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!

It's incredibly simple to fly, and it's teaching me to learn how to use controls that pretty much all drones have. It's amazingly stable, and I was zipping around my living room in a matter of minutes. I get to use my phone with it as well for FPV, just like you would with the bigger, expensive drones. The programmed stunts that it does are novel, but that's about all they are good for. I particularly love the spin command that makes it look like Gamera, that prehistoric monster flying turtle that Godzilla fought. I also love that you don't have to worry about take off or landing, because it can be accomplished with the press of a button until you gain more confidence. The camera is OK, and gets the job done. I also love that I can just toss this drone in the air and takeselfie photos with my family and friends.It is not good with any sort of wind, including drafts in my home, even the air conditioning vents. This makes it quite difficult to fly outside, at least for a newbie, but even that has become easier after just a few days. That's to be expected from a drone that can fit in the palm of my hand, and is so light that I almost can't tell is even there. I can easily get more than 5 minutes flight time from the tiny batteries, which seems like a short amount of time on paper, but it's more than enough time for practicing a new skill. Especially when there are 2 batteries. So not being able to fly in a breeze, and relatively short flight times are not flaws in my opinion. These are just properties that are intrinsic to a drone of this size.So, yes I would buy this little drone, as well as recommend it to anyone.