Holy Stone HS420 Mini Drone with HD FPV Camera for Kids Adults Beginners, Pocket RC Quadcopter with 2 Batteries, Toss to Launch, Gesture Selfie, Altitude Hold, Circle Fly, High Speed Rotation

To start off with, let me just say that this is a really kewl thing to fly around the house. Yep, it's small but because it is so technically sophisticated I wouldn't necessarily refer to it as a toy. I can toss the thing into the air and then it just hovers there staring at me, like okay now what. It has a camera and I can see the drone staring at me on my phones display with that puzzled blank look. So, following instructions from the users manual, I touch one of the sticks gently and it turns, wow. I touch another and it moves forward. Now we're getting somewhere, not far but I'm almost 69 years old. This stuff is a bit new to me. I have watched a lot of utube videos about these things and I let the guy on the B4U GO channel convince me to start with one of the small Holystone drones before moving up. He said they are the best and are a great value... I agree. He also said that you can crash a small inexpensive drone just as easy as a big expensive one but you won't feel as bad. I have so far hit a wall, kitchen cabinets, chandelier, TV and of course the floor. Fortunately i have not hit anything with much velocity. The machine is durable and has not damaged a single thing it has hit because of the soft bumpers it has. The one bad thing that did happen is that for whatever reason, one of the motors stopped working. I sent an email to Holystone tech support to see if there might be a simple fix that I could do. I wasn't looking for a replacement or complaining or anything like that, i sorta figured i did something wrong. They said basically, not to worry... we got ya covered. Bottom line, they told me it was under warranty and sent me a new one within like just a couple days. It took longer to get the original one from the seller then it did the replacement from Holystone. I would consider that good people who will stand behind their products. I am very happy with Holystone, the drone and how easy it is to fly.... although I have a ways to go before I invest a few hundred dollars into one of the fancy Holystone machines, but that's just me. Happy Flying and may God bless you and this great country... where I get to fly my drone!! PS: I never ever write product reviews, for what that's worth.... so there must be a good reason I wrote this one.

I really like this little drone! One of its great features is that it is very durable. I've crashed it and bounced it off things, and so far, nothing has broken, either on the drone or in my house. It helps that it is very light, small, and completely enclosed in a protective cage. It is so forgiving that I can bounce it off of something, and it won't drop out of the air. I have a more expensive drone that I have only used twice; it crashed on the last use (I've since repaired it) mainly because I wasn't used to flying a drone. I'm pretty sure I hit forward instead of ascending in a panic. I really wish I had started with something like this HS420 so I could learn how to handle those situations with nothing at risk. Setting it up was easy. Calibrating the gyro just takes a second, and it isn't finicky. The controller is straightforward. I've also flown it with the app. I wish the app had more detailed instructions. It isn't really mentioned in the manual. The app is mostly intuitive, though. The controls are pretty simple and easy to learn. I get around 5 minutes of flight time with each battery, which takes about an hour to charge. I don't have a problem with that because I know they are trying to save weight. I do wish I could find a charger that could charge multiple batteries at the same time. I've explored the camera's capabilities. It takes very good pictures and videos. It took me a moment to figure out where to find the saved videos. They are in the app's gallery and do not get saved directly to my phone like the photos do, but they are there. The only reason I'm not giving this drone 5 stars is that I have to set up the trim every time I change the battery... and it does require a lot of trim adjustment (even before I crashed it). It's not out of control without the trim adjustment, though. It won't suddenly veer into a wall. It will just slowly drift, and you must compensate for that. Overall, I'm pleased with and enjoying the HS420. It is giving me exactly what I need to learn to be a better drone pilot!

The only minor I've had so far is with the calibration. At least my experience so far is every time I take off I need to adjust the drift. Either side to side or front and back. It's definitely not a big deal and probably more common with small toy drones like this. It's my first. And I will tell you it's a great, fun practice drone. That is why I got it. If you're really wanting to fly drones getting to know the orientation of a drones flight controls is obviously critical. Don't just get a big drone and take off. I did that. Hence my review right here. I'm hoping to help some of you save a little before you go big. And trust me, it may sound silly but this little drone gave me more confidence to fly the bigger drones. The remote control for this is very easy to use. This does take video, and photo. The quality is actually good. You can also make the drone flip, rotate 360 degrees, fly in circles. Besides being a great practice drone it's a fun one for everyone. I definitely recommend.

First - it gets easily blown around if there's is ANY wind. Second, it's difficult to tell if it's not taking off because the battery is too low. Also we've had this for a year and have only used it infrequently, but it seems that two of the batteries don't work anymore, or they don't seem to take a charge because it refuses to takeoff.

Had a lot of fun with it, controls are nice, and it’s smooth to fly. Battery gets low pretty quickly, but it was a good fit for me since I only wanted to fly it once or twice a day. I would recommend flying this mostly indoors, as it can be light and winds can affect it easily. Overall, great mini-drone.

Awesome little product goes great,a lot of fun ,battery life is short

The add shows 2 drones , a red and an orange, exactly the same price one thinks the choice is colour but really no case and no extra battery, with the red one .looking more closely I see they are quite different so why same price Fooled me , I’m sending the red one back as the only way to protest. Cheers

My first device had a problem with pitch and yaw control and not hovering properly, and their customer service organised a replacement drone to be sent. Cool, thanks, another happy customer.

Great little drone to fly in our back yard and the park. It is easy to control, as my kids can fly it. It is also not too loud. My kids have lots of fun playing with it.