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.

I was apprehensive about buying a toy drone like this however, I believe this little guy did a lot for my indoor flight skills. I have a 4k camera drone that flies itself but I was curious about "whoop" drones. The contents of this kit are on par with the typical "fly more" kits and it is super inexpensive. Flying in the house was sketchy at first but now I fly 3 batteries back to back without issue. I can't fly my camera drone in the house without tearing up walls and/or the drone itself. Taking the HS210 outside, the wind pushes it around a lot and requires flying in high speed while making a lot of corrections. This package flies like a stabilized camera drone vs. the fpv freak whoop pictured next to it which is practically uncontrollable for a beginner pilot. Overall, this Holy Stone kit exceeded my expectations. 4/2/25 update - yes, the batteries are small and do not last very long. My solution was the Urgenex 500mah 1s batteries which you can buy here on AMZN for $21.99/5. If you buy batteries, be sure to buy them with a ph2.0 connector. I get about 4:40 out of these batteries. It is a really fun little drone and will hover in about a 6" square if you trim the controls properly.

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.

This drone is excellent. It is very stable (it hovers and stays in the same position when not flying in a direction) which makes it easy to fly, particularly for young kids. It is also very resilient - the protectors around the propellers make it pretty resistant to bumps and crashes. It also comes with three rechargeable batteries and four spare propellers. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable drone for kids.

Good build quality and tiny cute drone. The kids got used to controls quickly and had quite a bit of fun. The 3 batteries help with keeping the kids engaged while the spare batteries are getting charged.

The holy stone mini drone really deserves 4.5 stars but it is not a 5 star product, so I decided to rate it 4 stars. The good: - Resilient despite me being a beginner smashing it against walls, furniture, you name it. This little thing is still alive and kicking. The guards do a great job protecting the propellers - It is perfect as a first drone because it is cheap and resilient - It comes with 3 batteries so plenty of fun time. - Comes with a double charger and batteries charge fast. - Comes with some spare parts which i haven't had to use yet, because nothing has broken - It has a "kill" function which protects the propellers from getting damaged in collisions with furniture. The bad: - Big biggest pet peeve with this drone is that it doesn't have an on-off button which means I have to disconnect and re-connect the battery each time it crashes. - Second biggest peeve is that in headless mode the controller keeps beeping, which is very annoying as this is my preferred way to fly the drone. - It doesn't really hover well as it tends to drift. - The trimmer doesn't really rectify drifting, as it then drifts the other way - At times it just has a mind of it's own and flies wherever Overall, it is definitely not perfect but it's the only branded learners drone i found that comes with so many accessories as well as propeller guards at this price range. If you are a beginner, buy it.

I've bought several "beginner" drones recently. I think this is the best one to learn on. It is really tiny but that's a good thing when learning and flying around inside which is where you should learn the controls. It is reasonably fast and responsive in the lowest speed setting and is ideal to get comfortable with piloting drones. It doesn't have obstacle detection but the protected blades and the light weight mean it can't do much damage if it hits a wall/painting/etc. I've crashed it a number of time w/o consequence to it or anything else. It's also surprisingly quiet compared to other, larger and heavier "beginner" drones I have which have much bigger propellers. DO READ THE MANUAL THOROUGHLY because 1) some buttons multitask and it's easy to crash by forgetting which buttons do what; 2) it's crucial to learn how to use the trim function - it makes a difference here (and on all other drones) for stable hovering; and 3) some other beginner drones have slightly different start-up and gyro calibration procedures and button functions and it's easy to mix them up. Unlike some folks writing here, I've got 5-6 min+ with all three batteries at the lowest speed so far. Higher speeds may burn through the battery faster. Make a point of charging all of the batteries FULLY BEFORE FIRST USE and not using too powerful a charger. I use an old iphone charger with the provided USB charger adapter. Nitpicks: I agree with other users. The battery connector is finicky - hard to connect and pull out. I just don't jam the connector in hard (on either the drone or the charger adapter) - just push it in gently on a bit of an angle until the connection is made and the lights start flashing. Other models like the similar HS450 (which I also have) have a better, modular battery system. I'd also like a bit longer flight time (ie higher capacity battery than 250mAh) but there's no way I've found so far to "McGyver" a larger battery in w/o significant modifications or unbalancing the machine. There are additional similar batteries (but only 220 mAh) for sale on Amazon but the 3 provided have worked well and as advertised so far (a few weeks). Ultimately, it's really not an expensive unit so I accept the limitation. I will undoubtedly move up the food chain to more sophisticated machines as time goes on but I find this the most fun and entertaining of my current fleet. I expect it will be a favourite to fly for a long time since it's easy to practice on around the house (especially in the winter). If you are new to drones as I am (or are buying for someone who is), do yourself a favour and buy a beginner unit like this before you go to Amazon/costco/wherever for the $1000 Mavic set (which I was tempted to do). You can (and will) crash the hell out of this one with relative impunity, and have a hoot in the process.

It is only a little drone, which seems small at first but perfect for zipping around inside. The stand out feature is that it is so easy to fly. It hovers on its own and has a slow mode. I fly it and my 4 year old chases and has a go but too advanced for him to fly on his own. But it is remarkably robust for a little toy. We have had a ton of crashes and it is totally fine, hasn't missed a beat. Comes with 3 batteries and some spares so plenty of flying time. I generally get enough play time out of one battery. Oh I mean for my son.