Holy Stone HS170: A Mini Drone for Kids & Adults of All Ages

B. Gatson: The drone came neatly packaged. It is very light and is recommended for indoors and outside use. I would not recommend using this outdoors if there is any measure of wind present as it might put unnecessary strain on the motors while the drone attempts to stabilize. Indoors is its ideal playground. When I examined the drone on a level surface, I found only three of the four feet were touching at any one time, so it was not exactly level. This does not hinder landing or performance but was worth noting. The battery charged very quickly and is better designed than past ones where the charger had a cord as did the battery. This current design minimizes cords which is a good thing. Once I installed the battery, I found what could be a design flaw that could affect long term use. Where the cable is attached to the drone it is subjected to being creased against the sharp edge of the body of the drone. I feel that this could cause damage to the cord of the drone requiring soldering in the future. Possibly trimming the body or creating a smooth separation for the cord to go through. Once I flew the drone it took a fair amount of trimming the stabilizers to maintain steadyflight. Please...

United States on Apr 11, 2021

Camilo: An excellent product at a low cost, wonderful for entering minors (even well below the recommended age) to the experience of this hobby, it would not make sense to invest in something more expensive to learn to become familiar with this device. It is a toy that allows you to give an experience, a nice memory and many smiles. Within the limitations of the light materials of the drones, it is due to my experience with other toys of this class, this drone is of good quality, quite compact (not indestructible, but resistant to the learning stage, obviously with many crashes) easy to handle; as I gave it to a little boy who took a matter of a day (8 charges) to understand (feel) the functions which (again) represented a lot of hits and even one of the blade broke but they come with 4 spare blades, with everything and this to me, the drone resistance surprised, considering the circumstances. The battery charge is good, gives a decent time of fun, and recharges quickly. Perhaps what I am going to say is going to sound a bit ambiguous, I have given away several of these toys, bought in different places and it is as I said quite compact, for example at Costco I have bought good ones and...

United States on Dec 03, 2020

William Royce: The media could not be loaded.  I was looking for something to replace a dead mini rc copter that ate a lot of batteries and was very difficult to fly.
I wanted the replacement to be something with a rechargeable battery and could be flown both indoors and outdoors.
I looked at a few mini-drones in the sub-$30 price point including the ones Amazon had recommended.
This Holy Stone Mini Drone model garnered my attention because of the 2 rechargeable batteries and the take off button feature on the remote in addition to it being inexpensive.

Once I received the drone I flew it in the evening in the backyard. Never having had flown a drone before, the learning curve on this model was not steep. The directions provided enough guidance to get the drone flying. Plus the LED lights on the drone proved to be valuable- there are red leds in the rear and blue in the front. Especially helpful when flying it in the dark or headed mode. In slightly windy conditions outdoors you may need to adjust how you fly lest the winds blow the drone further a flight then you desire.
I have had a ball with this drone mostly my backyard. In low to minimal wind condition the drone...

United States on Sep 30, 2020