Oso,
You're the perfect person to ask, based on the different versions you're flying on your birds. Have you seen a better product and result on your upgraded bird? I'm not slamming anyone for doing the upgrades but I'd like to know about the improvements "you've" experienced in your upgraded bird. Honestly, Based on the firmware notes that DJI provides, it all sounds like a bunch of non-specific hogwash to me. Before I get slammed, I'm just asking a question of someone that is flying different versions of firmware.
Thank you in advance for any insight you may be able to provide,
Jerry
In my experience, my current versions work fine. If I were new to the P3 and these were the first versions I've seen, I would probably be happy since the P3 itself is so amazing and I wouldn't have any personal knowledge of the older versions. The thing is that I've used every version in the past 12 months, and
none of them have been as awesome for me as 1.19.
I know that one of the staff here often adds that 1.19 had some sort of curved horizon issue, but I wasn't impacted by that at all. It was just greatness for me. Totally stable, beautiful horizon and video, rock solid connections, speed, distance, ultra soft landings, very accurate RTH location, etc.
One important point is that I very rarely use the cool features we got with 1.4. If they are important to someone, 1.19 would suck for them.
Also, something I think about but can't answer objectively. Do I think 1.19 was the best because it was early and I was still super thrilled and excited with my new toy? Then when each new version came out it was routine by then so I was less impressed? My gut tells me no, since I have seen the little nagging and sometimes head scratching issues introduced with new versions. For me, I really think that 1.19 was better.
I guess that my experiences place me in the camp with people who feel like each version takes something away or makes something less awesome. Of course, the autonomous features of 1.4 excluded.
I know that this topic is polarizing and I may get flamed, but since you specifically asked my experience I wanted to be as open as I could be.