Holy Stone GPS Drone with 4K UHD Camera for Adults Beginner; HS360S 249g Foldable FPV RC Quadcopter with 10000 Feet Control Range, Brushless Motor, Follow Me, Smart Return Home, 5G TransmissionGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardClimatePartner certified

I bought the HS360s as a toy for me to play around with drones. I was very surprised how good it was for the price!It has great range, a decent camera and is just overall great fun and a great way to get into drones, which turns out to be a surpisingly addictive topic, so be aware!I want to make clear that this drone is not a top shelf professional video platform. Many people seem to complain about the camera not having a stabilized 3 axis gimbal, so the video feed is quite janky when flying around. But that's just how it is when not having a gimbal.I consider this a really high quality and very fun 'adult toy'. Not a professional video production platform, as some people seem to falsely expect.The controller is really high quality, too. The video stream works fine up to the couple of hundred meters that I tested. The GPS works fine. It's just overall great fun.I bet you could find other generic chinese drones for a similar price, but here I want to point out and congratulate Holystone for their branding and customer support, which other generic drones will definitly NOT have. They have a Facebook group for customers where we happiy share our little "look! I have a drone now! This is fun!" photos and videos, and Holystone participates a lot in that group (in perfect english, I'd like to add!) and are very helpful if someone has problems. Their email support is also good and responsive. This is what a 'budget' brand should do, I think. It's a very decent product with support.I do have to say that I crashed my poor drone into a worst case scenario into iron-containing beach sand. This sand enters the motors and clings strongly to the magnets inside. This will absolutely happen to any and all brushless motor drones, no matter if they cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, so this is by no means a fault on this drone's part.What I really liked, though, is that I (!) messed up when cleaning my motors and caused a short circuit in one motor, burning the ESC. (I repeat: my fault!) What is awesome is that Holystone hooked me up with a cheap replacement part in order to fix it that they are shipping to me now. They even have repair instructions on their Youtube channel! I really love that.The drone does have some small quirks, but nothing that would impede having a lot of fun with them and learning about drones.I only have two complaints:a) it should be easier to disassemble the arms and motors if magnetic sand comes into them (really niche case, though)b) the battery charges realy slowly, for some reason. It charges at about 5 Watts. It would be awesome if the battery would support USB-PD and charge quicker.In summary: if you're on a budget, and want a really neat "toy| to dabble around with drones for the first time, I highly, highly recommend this little drone. If you have more money to burn, there are obviously better drones (the sky's the limit!). But for this price, I haven't found anything better, and am really happy with it, and am now officially hooked.[full disclosure: Holystone asked me to post a review here. But anything I am saying is truly my genuine opinion]

Been loving this drone, had it for almost two years now. Going to buy an extra battery, would say flight time ranges between 10-20 minutes. Was a little tricky getting take off figured out at first but now I can have it set up and flying in a minute or two. Would recommend an additional battery but not essential. Picture quality is amazing and I'm happy it saves directly to my phone.

Review for the Holy Stone HS-360"S"While this is my first drone. This is not my first digital camera. When making this purchase you have to consider a lot of things. The fact that you can get a battery-powered flying machine that can soar high in the air and travel a small distance away, while taking photos and videos and returning home with little skill or effort required from the user (all for $200) is pretty amazing ... Mind mind-blowing really. It served the purpose I had purchased it for, which was to have a way to photograph the new roof I put on my home. I did not expect however to enjoy using it as much as I have. It's a handy tool for anyone for this type of application.Now the real skinny...Ease of getting started.It took me about 30 minutes to get it up in the air the first time.It took me about 10 minutes the second timeIt takes me about 3 minutes now that I have the process memorized.It's low weight, so you will not have to register it or get an FAA license. plug and play!Ease of useThe controls on the remote are straightforward for the most part. However, some of the interaction between the remote and the app is confusing, because of some buttons have "double duties"The learning curve is further hindered by the short battery life, and long charging times. This gives you about 15 minutes per day max flying time. which makes it tough to get certain processes down to memory in a quick amount of time. Learn something new? Well, you'll have to wait 24 hours to use it again as the battery takes all day to charge back up.I also find its movements to be incredibly jerky and at times unreliable. it's hard to get this drone close to an object as it never really stays completely still. in fact its hover flight can vary as much as 5 feet in just a tiny spec of wind.PHOTO QUALITYThe photos and video are not that great. and I feel the reason for this is the lack of image stabilization. It makes it hard to get a really sharp image. but again... what $200 camera gives you a sharp image? DO not expect high res DSLR quality. Its never going to happen.. That being said the camera did much better when the drone was used (not flying) it produced photos about as good as a decent cellphone camera (which isn't great, but isn't bad either)DISTANCE TESTThe specs about the distance this thing will fly is GROSSLY overrated and honestly, its a flat-out lie.they claim it will fly "UP TO" 10,000 feet (which is 2 miles) I tested this for distance 2 times . The first time I was able to get 1200 feet 1/10 of what was advertised. the screen froze completely. the app was restarted, and the screen froze immediately. I hit the return home button and it promptly did return home. And while you could not see the return trip on your phone's display screen, the micro sd card never stopped recording and you were able to watch the footage without freezing later in post production phase.For the second distance test I only was able to get about 900 feet away before it announced it lost connection and would automatically return home. Both times that it failed to live up to the advertised distance and lost the image transmission, it never failed to return home. and as a result, I never lost the drone. If I had paid a lot of money for this, I would be pretty angry that it failed to go anywhere near the advertised distance. But again, what do you expect for $200Height test.Again another flat-out lie from the advertisement (note that they say "UP TO" 10,000 feet. meaning they are able to avoid false advertising lawsuits by not making guarantees of the distance. DO not believe these specs. It's a flat out lie. but again... you paid $200.... not $2k My height maxed out around 300 feet, despite my changing the settings to pro settings....Battery Life...Despite what the advertisement says, each battery lasts about 15 minutes. and they take all day to charge back up. I recommend getting a second battery. (or a third)Return HOMEOk so the return home feature has never failed me (yet) HOWEVER. It will never return to the exact location. its returns have been as close to 12 inches from where it started to as much as 10 feet.which honestly isn't bad in my opinion. and you are able to pilot its return once it gets closer to you.Final...Again. this is a $200 drone. Its amazing what it can do for such a small amount of money. I am very very very pleased with it. and it has spurred a new interest in me as I am already looking at getting a new drone with more rich features. I did not plan on loving the act of flying a drone and taking pictures with it. It gets me out of the house every day taking photos. You can't put a price on fun.

It is great for the price. I wanted a drone that was simple, reliable but also took great videos. It's pretty tough as I've had a few accidents. Battery life is what I expected based on description. Works well in light winds that are steady, but not gusty. It will fly OK but videos are shaky - will need another app to remove and enhance.

Arrived on time without issues. Drone is easy to set up and use, no issues and I would recommend to anyone.