So i've been using the new iPad Mini 6 for just over three months now
and i've been wanting to make this video for you because i want to
share the things that i do still really like about the iPad Mini 6
but also the one big thing that might be a reason for me to change to something different
playing it's the seaplane first thing to talk about in my last video i mentioned about the
apple pencil as being a good option to use with the iPad Mini 6 it's better integrated
it charges by connecting to it magnetically on the side but i've got to be honest
i haven't been using it an awful lot in the cockpit i have used it a little more
i have been tending to revert back to paper and pencil there's just something that i actually
prefer especially when i'm getting things that i'm not expecting so if air traffic
control comes over the radio and tells me to do something and i wasn't expecting it
it still feels like it's a bit of hassle to get the pencil out to swipe up to start writing when
i've got a pad and a pencil sitting next to me it just still feels sometimes i actually put the
pencil in my hat it still feels easy just to grab the pencil write a note and it's there and clearly
with paper you can't accidentally delete them so if i've written down something in 10 minutes later
i need to find it again it's always going to be there on the paper for me on the ipad sometimes
it just feels fiddly and in the cockpit when i'm flying i don't like fiddly one key difference
between the ipad mini 6 and the ipad mini 5 which i used before is the fingerprint to unlock
versus the home button to unlock at the bottom i actually am getting used to the
fingerprint to unlock but it does take a second you have to rest your finger on it
and then it will unlock the ipad for you on the ipad mini 5 what i had was i actually had the home
button set to unlock and no passcode so i could just press the home button and it would unlock
not a deal breaker but it's just an extra step that i would like to take away if i could
also there is a reason why i'm down here on the beach i didn't just want a nice backdrop um
because i am cycling today i'm doing a cycle ride like a sponsored what i responsible fundraising
cycle ride for an aviation company which is coming up on the channel in a couple of weeks time
which i will share with you so i'm practicing i'm cycling because i don't cycle as often as i should
especially if i'm going to try and raise funds for a big aviation company right let's go here
shall we now in terms of storage if i just look it up here in terms of storage yeah you can see i've
got the 64 gigabyte version here and the questions do you go for the 256 gig or the 64. i've used up
about a third of the storage space with my two primary electronic flight bags all my other apps
on here the maps that i've downloaded i honestly think for me still the 64 gig is plenty of space
this is brighton beach by the way you see if you know australia and i love showing off melbourne
so bear with me one second see over here those are the famous painted beach boxes down here at
brighton okay couple of quick things relating to the battery life and overheating no issues
whatsoever the battery life has actually been really good the one thing i will say is i do
run two efbs two electronic flight bags around avplan and garmin pilot you've got the two running
together on a two or three hour flight it does actually drain the battery quite quickly because
obviously it's using gps to plot your position on two apps at the same time in terms of overheating
though i mean i'm lucky i've got air conditioning in the cirrus so it doesn't get too hot but even
taking that into consideration fortunately this thing hasn't overheated on me once the ipad
mini 5 did overheat a couple of times that was flying through the desert though that's not fair
overheating really hasn't been an issue all right i'm going to keep cycling around to the other side
of the beach now and then i want to tell you about the one thing with the ipad mini 6 that
well i think it might be a reason for me to try different device in the future
final point about the ipad mini 6 it's less related to the ipad itself and a little bit
more related to who you are and how you use it now the ipad mini 6 is obviously smaller than a
regular ipad it's a mini that's the whole reason why a lot of people get it because it's small and
it fits neatly in the cockpit however it's small it's smaller than a bigger ipad screen and for
some apps which don't support the accessibility option that ios has where you can increase the
text size can be sometimes hard to read the text especially when if you're anything like me your
eyesight isn't quite what it used to be when you were a younger pilot so yes i have been giving
a little bit of thought as to is the size of the ipad mini maybe a bit too small for me now in the
cockpit and what i wanted to do is ask you because i know a lot of you use ipads out there as well so
what do you use an ipad mini or an ipad full size and if you've used an ipad mini and move to the
full size because of eyesight have you found the change i sound really old recording this bit but
the one big thing i will say though is if you're using an ipad mini 5 and you're watching this
video considering whether you should upgrade to a 6 i honestly don't think unless your ipad mini
5 is completely shot and it's not working anymore i still use my ipad mini 5 as my
backup in the cockpit it works in exactly the same way as the 6. i don't really notice any
difference whatsoever so if you're wanting to upgrade because you think you should upgrade
but don't upgrade the ipad mini 5 is still an excellent device if you are using an ipad
in the cockpit like me and irrespective of the regulations in your country i would absolutely
recommend having a backup and that could be paper or if you do currently have an ipad mini and you
are looking to buy a new one then use the old ipad mini as your backup that's exactly what i do
all right i'm gonna keep cycling i still need some more practice before
that big challenge that's coming up on the channel soon thanks very much for watching
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