That's not quite the range of the Phantom 3 Professional, which managed 2,500 feet without issue, but it's better than the 1,000 feet I got with the Phantom 3 Standard in open space and the 400 feet it managed in suburbia.
Medical specialists with a public voice like Dr. Oz should absolutely be encouraging people who are sleepy to sleep more. However, arbitrarily applying eight hours to everyone is actually harming people who simply need less sleep, or those who actually need more than eight hours.
According to the Mayo Clinic, adults should get seven to eight hours of sleep a night. The Cleveland Clinic suggests that adults should get at least seven and a half hours of sleep a night and not much more than eight hours a night.