Must Have Accessories Mavic 2 Pro / Mavic 2 Zoom

The Mavic Pro 2 is discontinued and most of the accessories have also been discontinued, at least the official accessories. I’ll keep the third-party accessories that are available here.

Best Batteries & Chargers

Best Batteries For Mavic 2 Pro / Zoom

DJI Official Mavic 2 Battery

Available At: B&H

Currently, the best batteries for the Mavic 2 Pro are the official batteries from DJI. I haven’t seen any 3rd party batteries yet, but I wouldn’t risk it.

The official DJI batteries are rated at 3850mAh and output 15.4V at 59.29Wh.

These are expensive, I use two, which has been more than enough. I was fine with just one for a long time because I would usually just grab some B-roll or a few photos of landscapes before shooting with my mirrorless system and 30 minutes of flight time is already a long time.

Battery Chargers

If you bought the fly more combo you may notice the charging hub will only charge one battery at a time. You can connect all three batteries to it, but it still only charges one at any given time.

Mavic Batteries charge pretty quickly so this isn’t a huge problem but if you want to charge all your batteries at the same time you have to look at third-party options.

A few third-party companies have released their chargers that allow you to charge all the batteries as well as the controller at the same time. Many of them are the same OEM devices out of China with different labels on them.

Fstop Labs Battery Charger 5 in 1 Charger

Available At: Amazon

Best Memory Cards

I compared many of the most popular memory cards for the Mavic 2 Pro and I have more on the way to test. Check out the guide for the best memory cards.

Best Memory Cards Mavic 2 Pro / Mavic 2 Zoom

Camera Lens Accessories

I don’t use ND filters too often so I just stuck with the DJI brand filters. I don’t use polarizers since there is no way to adjust them, and the lens is pretty wide so there is potential to get strange imbalances in your skies.

There are a few popular kits that I’ll list. I like the kits that come with a 5-stop ND but they are tough to find. Most kits come with 2, 3, and 4 stops but then make you buy an extra 5 or 6 stops separately so they can make you spend more money. DJI doesn’t do this schizophrenic marketing strategy and they just give you everything you need with their kit.

If you don’t need an ND32, many of the other kits are very nice. Sometimes you can buy stand-alone ND32 filters and sometimes you can buy stand-alone Polarizers, it just depends on the brand.

Polar Pro and DJI have the best filters for the Mavic right now so stick with those. Otherwise, Fstop Labs is a good option if you’re on a budget.

ND Filters

Since both the Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom camera sensors have a tight pixel pitch, you want to shoot close to f2.8 and no more than f4, or else you will introduce diffraction which will degrade the image quality. The same goes for taking photos.

To get that cinematic shutter speed of 1/50 in the midday sun at f2.8-f4 and ISO 100, you’ll want a 5 or 6-stop ND filter. 5-stop ND will give you a little room to adjust your aperture in the case of some cloud cover whereas an ND-6 gives you a little less room in case the light drops. Anything past a 6-Stop ND is overkill for the Mavic 2 Pro or Zoom unless you’re doing some sort of long-exposure photography. So if you’re only using the Mavic 2 for video, don’t buy the kits with 8-stop ND filters, stick with the kits that come with 5 or 6 stops, and 4 stops is probably not enough for midday shooting.

DJI Official ND Filters For Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom 4-Pack

Mavic 2 Pro Available At Amazon / Adorama

Mavic 2 Zoom Available At Amazon / BHphoto

This comes with 4 filters at 2, 3, 4, and 5 stops. Perfect for video. The Mavic 2 Zoom filters are round, the images are my filters for the Mavic 2 Pro.

Polar Pro ND Pack (2, 3, 4 Stops)

Mavic 2 Pro Kit Available At: Amazon

Mavic 2 Pro ND32 Available At: Amazon

Mavic 2 Zoom Kit Available At: Amazon

Right now I can’t find a PolarPro filter kit that comes with an ND32 that isn’t polarized. So you would have to order this, plus an individual ND32 to be fully covered for midday cinematography.

Most third parties sell ND filters with Polarizers, so if you shoot video and photography, these kits will be more useful for you.

Polarizer Filters + ND

Choosing the right polarizer is going to depend on whether you’re shooting video or photography. Polarizers aren’t too popular for video shooters since the effect is a little uncontrollable when the camera is in motion, but if you still want to use the polarizer for video, you should get the filters that come with the ND built-in so you can maintain that cinematic shutter speed of 1/50.

If you’re shooting photography you will want the polarizer without the ND filter built-in, unless you’re trying to shoot longer exposures.

A lot of the polarizer kits come with polarizers at an ND4 and they cut 2-stops. Whereas most standalone polarizers usually only cut 1.5 stop. This is what you’ll want for photography since shooting long exposures is very difficult unless there is no wind, and even then, going of 1-second is very difficult. Or just buy a single Polarizer without a kit.

I’ve seen circular polarizers and fixed polarizers. Circular polarizers are going to allow you to adjust the polarity of the filter, however, polarizers only cut light that’s been reflected at 90-degree angles, the angles of the reflections will change once you’re in the air moving. So having a circular polarizer might be pointless since you’ll be just guessing the angle. But there could be situations where a circular polarizer is useful like if you’re only flying the drone a few feet overhead, you could then adjust the polarizer on the ground before launching.

Lens Hood

Most of the lens hoods you find for the Mavic 2 are all the same OEM hood, but there are two different models. One that flares out more and one that tapers in.

PGYTECH Lens Hood

Available At: discontinued

PgyTech sells a ton of drone accessories and their lens hood is one of the most popular ones. Most of these hoods are all the same unit though, just branded differently. This is what I use. It’s helped me out a few times.

Arzroic Lens Hood

There is a lens hood that looks like this. Do not buy it for the Mavic 2 Pro because it offers no shade from the sun. It’s completely useless. 

Take-Off & Landing

Launch Pads

Available at: Amazon

Almost all of these launch pads are the same OEM product so keep an eye out for that. There are some more unique launch pads, but I use foldable pads like what you use as a reflector for photography. These usually come in two sizes.

The advantage of using the launch pads is they help with precision landing which is very nice and works very well. The H gives the camera something to lock onto.

You can also set the pads down on grass, brush, or dirt and take off and land the drone without having to worry about propellers clipping anything or throwing up dust which will get everywhere.

The Launch pads ultimately will allow you to take off and land easier from difficult locations, but I very, very rarely use them.

Landing Gear

There are are few nice options for land gear for the Mavic 2, but many of them are the same OEM product.

Landing gear helps when you’re trying to take off or land in difficult terrain. I’ve been in a few places where I was not able to launch my drone and landing gear would have changed that.

Keep in mind these will add drag to the drone which will affect stability and speed and I would avoid any landing gear that looks bulky or has unnecessary bells and whistles like shock absorbers or LED lights.

There are two brands of landing gear that I like, PGYTech and Polar Pro.

Polar Pro Retractable Landing Gear

Available At: Discontinued

Polar Pro designs their products and their landing gear is nice because it allows you to pack the Mavic 2 without having to take them off every time. This is what I use.

PGYTECH Landing Gear Leg Extended

Available At: Discontinued

I also have this landing gear but switched to the Polar Pro gear when they came out. For some reason, if you can’t use the Polar Pro landing gear, then this is a decent option.

Extras

Propellers

I’ve only seen a few options for third-party blades or carbon fiber blades but there is some debate on this. A lot of people were using carbon fiber propellers a few years ago but there are some pros and cons to carbon fiber and it’s probably best to stick with plastic. The reason is plastic will flex more and has more weight which helps with the inertia of the blades. If I see any carbon fiber blades I’ll list them, but I don’t think people are using them anymore as there is very little advantage.

DJI is a fairly large company and they put a lot of R&D into making the perfect blades. Going with some third-party company is likely going to affect your performance negatively. So I would recommend only using DJI official propellers at this point.

Official DJI Low-Noise Quick-Release Propellers For The Mavic 2

Available At: Amazon

These are the official propellers for the Mavic 2. There was a carbon fiber trend for drone propellers for a while, but they don’t offer and flex that is needed for proper flight control. These propellers are the way to go, they’re also way quieter than the older propellers. 

These are some of the few accessories where I would stick with the official DJI product.

Must-Have Accessories Mavic 2 Pro / Zoom | Conclusions

Unfortunately there just aren’t a lot of accessories for this drone anymore and you might have to shop eBay or the used market. It’s a shame because this drone is still a very good drone.