Great toy for flying drone practice

curious man

The item was packaged well enough to be protected during shipping. Individual components were wrapped carefully and looks presentable. Below are my inputs/review
Pros:
-Quality is good for an above average toy drone
-Build it tough as I accidentally crashed is multiple times but it's survived the impacts and it still flies!
-4 extra propellers are provided
-extra batteries for longer flight time
-Batteries are made of Lithium-polymer which is lighter than Li-ion
-Remote control is included and provides a long range coverage
-you can control the drone via your smart phone
-photo's or videos can be taken without the micro SD card (you get better photos with SD card inserted)
-ground detection camera
-brushless motors
-one click take off and landing
-it's less then 250g, so no need to register your drone with FAA

Cons:
-the drone still moves forward a few feet after you release the joystick
-it descends at a very slow speed
-does not hold its position when hovering
-camera needs to be adjusted manually

Overall, this is fun to play and take photos from the up in the air. You can also enhance your flying skills with the RF control included. With this price , you already have a 4K video capture, HD photo, more than 30mis fly time (on the two batteries), RF remote control, 4 extra propellers.

Everything just worked as described and easy flyer

David T.

I had been looking for a while for a small inexpensive/portable brushed motor drone when this popped up in my Amazon search and with the discount I couldn't pass it up. The manual that came with it was well written and explained everything you need to get the drone in the air. I have already gone through two charges on both batteries and this is a very fun to fly drone. It has a lot of "pep" and seems to handle a pretty good breeze without blowing away. You may want to make sure it is in High rate mode so it has that extra power needed to fight the wind. The videos are a little shaky as this does not have a stabilized gimbal, but I tend to need still photos instead and it takes very nice still photos and the video is certainly usable for casual recreational flying. I still have several things I want to try out with this drone and I absolutely will be giving it a lot of flying time. They just need to get some spare batteries and propellers listed because two batteries just isn't enough. Both times I flew, I was still left wanting more flight time to the point I will probably just order another one for the extra batteries and spare parts. I even did a two part unboxing and flight video on the tube for fun since we had a couple of rainy and very windy days when it arrived so it was an alternate way to have fun with it while I waited for the weather to improve.

Good value

Anthony T

Nice little drone and don't be fooled it is very fast. Easy set up and flying in less than 10 minutes very responsive at first I was apprehensive to fly farther away from me. But after a few flights adjusted to Controls and speed. Takes nice quality photos

Good starter drone

Jimmy

Took it out for three flights with my 6yr old boy. Was very steady with fair wind condition. Worth the price if looking for starter drone.

Nice drone!!!

Sen H.

This is a great choice for those who have never flown a drone before, since it is immediately easy to learn right from the start. This drone is easy to control and the image with high quality transmits great to the phone.

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Greg Meyer

Review update:
Its light and fast. Good battery life. And tuff little drone. Ran into a pole in the building shown. Fell 6 ft one arm turned in and the battery came out. Repaced battery - recalibrated- took right off with no problems.