Are cheap $50 '4K' drones with 45-minute flight times worth it?

Specialist-community consensus is skeptical. Across r/drones and r/Multicopter threads, reviewers repeatedly note that these generic models inflate both camera and flight-time claims (the advertised time is usually split across two short-lived batteries), and many are rebadged versions of the same unreliable hardware. For usable footage and stable flight, the consensus points buyers toward DJI's entry tier instead.