After owning four phantoms, I've never had a crash. Knock on wood. But here are the tricks. I don't recommend anything less than full throttle on any phantom up to at a meter or two. Learn to hand catch at just above head level and always *** of phantom to your face. This takes away issues such as heavy wind when landing. So, learn to hand catch. Keep return to home set at at least 30 meters. Don't be afraid of flying high at over 50 meters. Crashes happen to people filming trees or their house. Much less to folks doing the high and far thing. You have systems there to aid you in high and far so use them. For the close in, stone throw away flying, get a cheap quad cause they are cheap. Be careful on days where GPS lock is harder to come by. My only two fly always weren't really fly always. They were GPS losses mixed with fpv loss where I couldn't see it and it thought home were some place else. So, GPS is hard to come by, leave flying for another day. Perhaps one with less solar activity. But last but not least, buy a Hubsan H107L or equivalent like blade nano. Fly it in the house. Get good at it. Then get better at it. Get confident with it because those two little guys are far more effective than any gimbal protection device you can find. If you are here in this forum then it means you either have a phantom or want one. In that case, you either have a mini quad or should buy one NOW before you even switch on a phantom. Unless you have boatloads or airborne rc experience like a lot of us who remember the days of buying the helicopter for x amount of money then have the same x amount for spares.