The Mavic Pro range went end of life some time ago now.
You’ll still be able to buy spares for many (many) years to come.
Depends on what the business is…
What business is it?
Ah, are you doing the course too Chris?
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Na, I have been thinking about doing it for several months now,but, going to wait till the CAA have decided what’s happening later in the year.
Then I will decide what I am going to do.
Would love to do it, just so I can use my middle finger a lot more!.
Not that I do not use it now !.
personally when I fly my drones (that have ATTI), I prefer to fly in it, as it needs a lot of skill to get the drone to do what you want, without the help of GPS.
In my opinion, it’s the real way to fly !.
I fact I used to fly just about everywhere when I flew my Phantom 2 Vision in ATTI, as it was a sod to get GPS Lock !.
It is a real challenge to get it to hover when there was a stiff breeze about.
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So here the thing I am going for a Mavic pro
The next question is
Do I get the platinum fly more combo for £829
Or
The alpine white fly more combo £649
Personally, I’d not pay £180 more in order to get an extra three minutes flight time and some quieter props 
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The platinum is quieter it is 60% less than the pro, battery life is slightly longer.
The motors are more efficient with re-designed ESC’s, that about it really !.
Lot of money extra, for not a lot!.
One thing to be aware of with the alpine model is recently they seem to be a lot of people complaining of DOA batteries on the clearance deals.
Retailer of DJI should replace but just so you are aware.
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Sat on the shelf too long? 
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I had/have a problem with the two tiny screws on the gimbal having very small cracks around them, was common on the first Pro’s out of the Factory.
A lot of people sent them back for repair, I never bothered, and they are just the same today after many, many hours of flying.
Has not ever affected the gimbal in anyway.
Probably. They have been out of production for nearly a year so any batteries in the kit have been on the shelf at least that time.
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Well I’m leaning now towards the zoom
Not sure if it’s still available, but there’s a very impressive, and comprehensive, Zoom kit that’s still listed for sale by one of our members.
Edit: Has been sold, apparently.
You originally said your budget was “£900 tops”.
You’re not going to get the Zoom for that, and even second-hand you’ll have just the basic kit with one battery. You’ll need several spares if you’re serious about PfCO. They are £129 each
DJI Care Refresh, probably, is another £109.
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I know I said £900 but the zoom is only £199 more and my PFCO school have said they would knock £33 off so £166 more
I know the platinum gives better battery and is slightly quieter but for terms of doing weddings is the standard one sufficient?
plus another 2 batteries (minimum), and DJI Refresh = £533 more.
You cannot really contemplate PfCO work for a client with less than 3 batteries (those that do this would probably say several more?).
… depending on what type of PfCO work you have in mind, I guess, something you’ve not alluded to.
For the Mavic s I have 4 batteries, the typhoon h I’ve 3, my tarot 680 heavy lift 7 .
So between them I get about a total of 4 hours flight time. Which is usually plenty for a days work.
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My eyes would be like dinner plates maintaining VLOS eyeballing for that long! 
(Or - my spotter’s would be. Delegation is king! )
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If you can find a way to afford it, stretch to the Mavic Pro 2 or zoom. They’ll last you longer and quite adequate for pfco work if it’s just aerial shots or especially mapping work.
You only need an inspire 2 etc for proper ciné work or a matrice for thermal and multispectural stuff. For everything else the Mavic Pro 1 or 2 will be fine in my humble opinion.
If you want to impress the client buy an old inspire 1 in a huge box! Still a cracking drone now!
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Another thing to remember when it comes to batteries, is on a mutli-take shoot you won’t use a full battery’s capacity as you may land between takes or shots and if there is only 3-4 minutes left (more in reality) in a battery you will swap out and use a fresh one. Hence for commercial work lot’s of batteries are a must.
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Not sure I’d trust drones direct for a refurb.
£50 more for a new one with full warranty at Scan.
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