I eventually succumbed to temptation and madness, returned the Tello unopened and took delivery of the Mini SE combo. Son's been flying\learning for a couple days now and we've had great fun recording some fantastic quality footage. Before ordering I accepted I'd have extra costs but the amount of enjoyment I see on the 10 years olds face and a seeing learn so much about his new hobby it's been (so far) worth every penny. I think the short fly time per battery change on the tello was final bit that swayed me.
Anyway, so far so good and no regrets yet
Anyway, so far so good and no regrets yet