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DJI's Osmo 360 Mark II launched worldwide from IFA at 589 euros with no U.S. release again. How is the panel buying DJI gear now? And is the band pushing you to Insta360 or GoPro?

ASKED BY · Paul Walhus · AUSTIN, TEXAS · 25 SEP 2026 · ▶ 00:21:23

THE PANEL'S ANSWER

Notes that DJI products newly released are subject to a U.S. ban and not officially marketed domestically; emphasizes the need to plan for parts availability and warranty service when sourcing gear outside official channels.

Chris Fenwick

States that acquiring DJI gear requires creative sourcing; jokingly references Alexander as a conduit for obtaining DJI products through iPhone swaps.

Chris Fenwick

Clarifies he is not endorsing smuggling contraband across borders.

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20:56If you're talking about the audio interface, I think the answer is it's designed to encourage you not to put a cup of coffee on top of it. That's excellent. Reverse ergonomics. This is not a flat surface. You are not going to mess it up with your diet soda. Intentional design. Next question. All right. Next up is from Paul Valhus in Austin, Texas. DJI's Osmo 360 Mark II launched worldwide from IFA at 589 euros with no U.S. release again.

21:32How is the panel buying DJI gear now? And is the band pushing you to Insta360 or GoPro? Chris Fenwick. Here's how you get DJI gear. And I know this almost certainly for a fact. And Alexander will correct me if I'm wrong. If you want any DJI gear, contact Alexander. Tell him what you want. Buy yourself an iPhone 18 Pro Max Black, 256, 512 gigawatts of whatever,

22:00and drive it up to Alexander's house and do a little swapy swap that's how you do it phrase I know a guy comes to mind yeah I when the DJI when the drone when the foreign made drone band and DJI larger DJI band came into effect was announced earlier this year I actually ordered an Osmo 4 before they were not okay to buy

22:26because I knew it would be it would be tough stuff. A little tricky to get replacement parts for it now, but we can figure that out. There is a larger ban on any newly released DJI products. So if you notice whether it's this Osmo 362 or there was, I think the Pocket 4 was one that we talked about the other week, those new products

22:53are not getting cleared to operate in the United States. And so they're just not getting marketed here. Not a whole lot we can do about it. But how we're getting them is creatively. But also you should be thoughtful about if you are going to get a product that's not officially sold and supported in the United States, you've got to figure out not only how are you going to get it,

23:18but how are you going to maintain it. So if you have expendable parts like propellers or you're going to need to make a repair to the gimbal motor or something like that, how is that going to work? Because you can't send it – are you going to be able to send it to DJI Care if it's coming from the U.S.? That starts to get hairy in a hurry.

23:37Fenwick? For the record, I am not officially endorsing smuggling contraband across borders. Next question. Okay, Andrew, God, I can't speak this morning. Andre DeLay in Berlin is asking, what's the latest tech product that you are very excited about? Jason? I'll give you an app that I think is pretty neat. This is Pixel Platter. Now, we've talked about MIDI for really professional playback,

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