Holy StoneMini Drone for Kids and Beginners RC Nano Quadcopter Indoor Small Helicopter Plane with Auto Hovering, 3D Flips, Headless Mode and 3 Batteries, Great Gift Toy for Boys and Girls, HS210 RedGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardClimatePartner certified

For a little indoor toy drone. It's a lot of fun. Don't expect this to be an outdoor freestyle machine, because it's not. I was looking for something to fill the void for when I either can't or just don't feel like going out to fly my drones and this does the job. It's quick and easy to get going and reasonably stable. Make sure you check the manual because there's plenty of settings to adjust and calibrate the way it flies hidden with controller combinations. If I had to complaint about anything it's with the charger. Do NOT plug the cables all the way in the charger ports. The ports are extremely tight and it was difficult to unplug the batteries without fearing ripping the cables the first I did this. Plug them in just snug enough so they'll charge. Aside from that, everything about this package is great.

After going through multiple drones from local stores that broke within hours, I decided to try this one based on the great reviews—and I’m glad I did. It’s been a few weeks, and this little drone is still going strong despite regular indoor use.My son, who’s actually younger than the recommended age, is able to fly it with ease. That speaks volumes about how intuitive and beginner-friendly it is. We fly it together often, and it’s become a favorite activity in our household.We haven’t tested it outdoors yet, as we live in a windy area, and given its small size, I doubt it would hold up well in strong wind. Indoors, however, it performs reliably with stable controls and no noticeable loss of connection.The build quality is solid—much more durable than others we’ve tried. It’s handled a few bumps and crashes without any damage, which is impressive for a drone in this price range.Overall, this drone has exceeded my expectations. It’s a great choice for beginners or younger users (with supervision), and it brings a lot of fun without the frustration of flimsy construction or complicated controls.

I bought this drone for a 9 year old girl. In short order she figured out how to fly it. The controls are fairly precise, but they take some practice. Fun to fly in the house. She only landed on the butter once.My only real concern is with the battery connectors. They are very small and when they are inserted into the drone or into the charger, they are very hard to remove and the kids have broken off the wires. It is virtually impossible to fix the battery when this happens. A small design change would fix it... or simply provide a small tool with every drone to help with battery extraction. Our partial solution has been to only insert the connector just far enough to make contact and no further. Or we use a pair of thin scissors and use the tip to grip the connector to pull it out of of the socket.The headless flight mode is a good feature for beginners. It's not the cheapest mini drone, but with the two battery charge adapter and three included batteries, and extra props.. it's a fair price.

So this is an indoor drone to be sure. I first turned it on and ran it and it had a mind of it's own. Turns out I had my fan on across the room and the breeze it created played merry havoc with the gyro in the drone. So yeah. Be very careful if you take it outside.Other than that, what a great little drone. I charged up a battery (One of them was ready within 10 minutes, I was surprised), slapped it in, and off I went. Follow the instructions and calibrate the gyro on a flat surface *every* time you pair or after a crash. In fact, I've used gyros like this for head tracking in other projects and it just helps to re-calibrate every landing. It only takes a couple seconds- you'll get drift after a while.Anyway, battery life is around 7 minutes like advertised. I'll time it later. Headless mode worked great (it works depending on initial calibration). Including 3 batteries is a wonderful thing.So this is actually my 2nd drone. My first is a syma and I was having no end of troubles with it so I just went and bought this smaller guy to learn on. I'm glad I did. I learned several things- like the gyro takes a sec to stabilize your drone and it can be a lil sqirmy until then. I learned that calibrating trim shouldn't be done until the drone is more stable. And that's just in the first 10 minutes. I went back to my Syma and tried again using what I knew and things worked *much* better the second time around. I still actually like this to the little costco syma I got, and suspect I'll be bringing this little guy with me more often.Down sides- It's a *little* pricey for what you're getting, but with the 3 batteries it works out okay.- It is *very* breeze susceptible.- The battery system is friction and a little 2 pin clip you need to be careful with- If you're running low on battery the loop function doesn't like to work.Pros:+ Rugged- I bopped it around a few times but because of the prop cowls it just bounces and stops+ Small- For an indoor drone this is good- more room to move around. The syma is about 6" and it covers distance very quickly compared to this guy on speed 1. Speed 3 is pretty fast.+ Great for learning- I imagine I'll be stepping up at some point to a more powerful drone, but for now this is giving me a good introduction to headless and traditional flight.From what I've heard, Holy Stone has amazing customer service. If you're having problems with your drone, make sure it's on a *flat* surface before you calibrate the gyro, and give it another go. Otherwise, talk to CS and see if you just got a bum drone.