Should I get a CrystalSky in 2025? Are they still viable.

Keith Cody · Wednesday at 3:39 PM

CrystalSky's have really come down in price. I've been using my iPad Mini 6. Just wondering if I should get a CrystalSky monitor in 2025.

Donnie Frank · Thursday at 11:30 AM

Keith Cody said:
CrystalSky's have really come down in price. I've been using my iPad Mini 6. Just wondering if I should get a CrystalSky monitor in 2025.

My experience with iPad vs. many posts in the forum regarding CrystalSky pushes me to recommend against CrystalSky. It's my understanding that it runs Android, which has not been as reliable as iOS. I have used 4 iPads with a half dozen DJI drones over 10 years and have experienced not a single failure. CrystalSky can't make those claims. That said...

If you're just flying for fun and your flights aren't "mission critical," then go for it. My situations were always mission critical, so I steered clear of Android offerings, which included the CrystalSky.

Disclaimer: I am no Apple Fan Boy, but I recognize when a tool works as it should. I give credit where credit is due and these iPads have been 100% reliable. Very few tools can make that claim. Any issues were with DJI software/firmware, which I worked through by hacking the original programs.

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BirdUp · 2025-05-24T13:12:46-0400

I have been using the CrystalSky 7.85:" UltraBright for year and it has been great for the Inspire 2 (now for sale on eBay). I have the new Air 3S and that screen is no where near as bright as the CrystalSky.

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Cheers!

Partner · 2025-05-24T14:48:28-0400

Absolutely, they are bright & clear. have never had a issue, not one. You can even use with out a sun hood. A normal tablet are dim, not as secure when mounted onto the controller.

Donnie Frank · 2025-05-24T17:59:28-0400

Partner said:
Absolutely, they are bright & clear. have never had a issue, not one. You can even use with out a sun hood. A normal tablet are dim, not as secure when mounted onto the controller.

Like I said...

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Thread 'Crystal Sky & Inspire 2 Problem'

May 10, 2023

Hey Y'all,

My Crystal Sky has been very unreliable. Sometimes it works great and sometimes it works terrible. The problems are latency and interference. I haven't been able to find patterns in the monitor's behavior because the problems occur almost randomly and spontaneously. I have had it for about 1.5 years and find myself going back to my iPad consistently. I sent the Crystal Sky into DJI and had it "repaired" about 6 months ago, but the problems are still there. Anyone else experienced this? I welcome all advice. Maybe I just got a bad item. Thanks.

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Thread 'Crystal Sky reliability'

Feb 23, 2021

Hi all,
I seem to have endless issues with my Crystal sky 5.5 while using with an inspire2. I'm using it with the standard remote.
Almost every startup, the top right menu will fail in some way, and become unresponsive. Sometimes if I invoke the C2 button to bring up the FPV camera, the menu will then suddenly appear. If the C2 button trick does not work, inevitably the monitor will freeze and I'll have to reboot. I've done all updates available, but this issue has been with me for at least 12-18 months.

We also get the lag issue occasionally with the 7.85" crystal sky, but a reboot, and...

Thread 'Image Breakup When Flying on Crystal Sky Really Annoying!'

Sep 16, 2021

I just had DJI Arizona install a 4Hawks antenna on my Inspire 2 standard remote and not sure why but I am getting lots of image breakup on my crystal sky and people are saying it's from the antenna. Obviously I would have thought would have been better with the antenna mod but not sure what is going on. Do you have any input or suggestions on what to do to get a clearer image on my crystal sky when flying? It's extremely frustrating flying a $10k drone capable of SO much and barely being able to see what you are composing or getting when shooting. Thank you.

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Thread 'Crystal Sky Won't Connect to network'

Nov 22, 2020

Trying to read my flight logs on my crystal sky 7" and the blasted thing INSISTS that I connect to the network, even though the records are right here. So...can't connect as i get a "network unavailable. check your network connection.

So...tried using the browser app and that brought up google, although it wouldn't actually let me in because it had a problem with Google's certificate and just would...not...let me go past that.

Even tried resetting to factory setting (which nuked my flight records anyhow) and it still won't let me connect. Have tried mobile hot spot instead of my...

Thread 'Help with Crystal Sky 5.5 and I2 controller HDMI only sending gray screen with audio levels to external monitors?'

May 15, 2021

I've tried several different HDMI displays including the Atomos Shoguns at various different resolution settings from both the Crystal Sky and the Inspire 2 remote and have yet to see the camera view.I just get a gray screen with the audio meters in the lower right corner. It's probably something obvious but any help getting this sorted out would be appreciated.

Thank you!

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Thread 'My cendence w crystal sky won’t update to 4.3.32.'

Feb 20, 2020

It’s stuck on 4.3.16. Haven’t tried computer yet but my phone updated it no problem. Anyone having this issue? Anyone had their crystal sky update without properly without computer?
yes it’s on WiFi

There's more. Lots more.

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