Great Little Drone for the Money

Adam Torres

Note: In my previous experience, Holy Stone has literally the best customer service I've ever seen. If you have any problems, email them, they'll work with you.

Pros:
-Tiny, very portable drone
-Charges quickly (in my experience, less than the 1 hour advertised in the instructions)
-Extremely fast, probably could have kept pace with my DJI Spark if it wanted to on the highest speed setting
-Able to counter wind speeds of about 5mph (I don't recommend this, as the drone can easily be lost, see cons below)
-Holds altitude pretty well, except for in high wind conditions
-The standard flying mode allows for great beginner practice, while headless mode gives the feeling of flying a "DJI like" drone (in terms of it controlling it the same way with the joysticks on the remote).

Neutral:
-The remote feels like cheap plastic, the buttons feel great though, so I don't know where to put this.

Cons:
-Range of about 100ft/30m, considering this is a toy drone however, I'm not sure that you should be going any farther than that
-When the drone loses connection to the remote, it will keep flying in the last direction you told it to fly. This means you should not fly near roads/houses if you expect to go anywhere near the distance limit.
-Only comes with 1 charger for 2 batteries
-I never got the flip button to work with my drone, however that wasn't important to me

Overall:
This drone was a great little toy to take for a spin. Again, please keep in mind when buying this that you are buying a TOY. It is not a $500 drone, so don't expect anything fancy. This is just a drone for fun/practice. It is great for kids, easy to use, and fun to fly. It is not going to be your next racing drone.

I think if you have realistic expectations of what a $30 drone can offer, you will be very happy with this drone. I've owned 2 Holy Stone drones in the past, and have yet to be let down.

I can recommend this drone for purchase for the following use cases:
-You are buying for a child
-You are buying a cheap drone to learn how to fly more expensive drones
-You are buying a cheap drone to take apart and learn more about how to build drones
-You are just looking for something to occupy your time during the quarantine

Have fun flying!

Great all around beginner drone, especially for the price.

Mark S. Huggins

I LOVE this thing! Overall, it's a great little beginner drone for the price. Very agile once you get used to the controls and the 3 speed modes are perfect if you're new to flying drones like I am. Oddly, it seemed to be easier for me to fly it at the higher speed level as it responded better to my control input. It's definitely faster than I thought it would be. It takes a few to get it dialed in with getting the trim set right. I recommend trimming it indoors or with no wind as I found the slightest breeze can cause the drone to get a little squirrelly. The manual states battery flight time is only about 8 minutes, but I've flown it on 4 (I bought 2 extra) different fully charged batteries and each flight time was clocked between 10-13 minutes! That included "aggressive" flying and several flips! The drone seems very sturdy, having crashed it in to everything I can think of both inside and outside and it doesn't have a scratch. Another cool thing is that it automatically shuts off when it crashes. I recommend leaving the blade guards on unless you're in a wide open area or very comfortable with the controls.
I only have a few minor issues, one being the controller size. It seems unnecessarily large and clunky. I can handle it fairly easily, but for smaller kids this size might be an issue. Also, there are red and green indicator lights on the controller, (not the drone lights) and at one point they were both flashing together, and also separately. There was nothing in the manual about the indicator lights, I assume one will flash when the drone itself runs low on battery power? I only did a quick Google search so maybe the info is out there somewhere.
This one is probably my biggest complaint. Hopefully you've made it this far with me rambling on. The battery compartment is fairly small, and it can be difficult to remove and install the battery, what bothers me the most is that the battery pushes against the internal circuit board where the battery connection wires are soldered. I fear that after trying to squeeze a battery in and removing it, that over a short time, those wires will separate from the board at the soldering points. Hopefully that doesn't happen, and it looks/feels worse than it is.
Overall this thing is great. Perfect for learning how drones work, and for kids. For me it's worked very well both indoors and out, and after several crashes, some fairly aggressive, it still flies perfectly, and for the price, it's definitely worth it.

Easy set up

micaheather

Super easy to set up and the controls are intuitive. Word of caution however, the slightest breeze will quickly send the drone askew, and it doesn’t take much to send the drone out of range of the remote.

Good and fun

Yizhe

Good product. Brings a lot of fun to the family. Kids love it!

Great for learning.

Amazon Customer

Iv always wanted a drone & this was the perfect one to start with. Its easy to use, inexpensive, and a lot of fun.

Powerful drone with some good features. Fast Shipping

Robbie

Really good drone for the price. Works both indoors and outdoors on those not so windy days. It's very fun to fly for all ages although for younger kids it will take some practice since the drone tends to drift in certain directions which takes some practice to counter the drift even after trimming on the remote. The remote is a little bulky for smaller hands but its still very functional. I wish the push to land button was on the top left front where like the L1 button would be on a ps4 controller since its a lil difficult pushing it while trying to counter the drift at the same time.

Pros:

Fast drone.

Powerful motors.

Comes with 4 extra blades, 4 screws,
Propeller pry tool, and small screwdriver.

Push to takeoff/land.

Altitude hold.

One Key 360 Flip.

Indoor and outdoor capable.

Sturdy construction.

Remote only needs 2 AA batteries (not)
included.

Comes with (2) 3.7v 350mah lipo
batteries and 1 USB charger.

6 Axis Gyroscope.

8 mins max flying time.

Cons:

Wiring from the silicon chip to the battery
is in a strange position where eventually
the wire will break off because of the
battery rubbing on it after every battery
change.

Bulky remote for smaller hands.

Remote sticks are raised a lil to high
making some maneuvers tricky for
smaller hands.

Seller: Really Fast Shipping bought on July 3rd and received the package July 5th. The package