Holy Stone HS190 Foldable Mini Drone for Kids Beginners, Blue

This is a GREAT little drone...Another winner from Holy Stone! Incredible technology in a tiny, fun package! The description says that this is a drone for the kids...and so it is...even if the "kid" happens to be nearly sixty! It is easy to fly, with the altitude hold function which keeps it set at whatever height you want. Headless mode is good for new pilots; you don't have to pay much attention to which way the drone is headed so forward is always away from you and back is always toward you, right is always right and left is always left. (One caveat to that...once the drone is paired to the transmitter at the beginning of each flight, don't move or turn around, and always keep the drone in front of you, in your field of vision.) Once you've got the flight mechanics mastered in Headless mode, you can free yourself by turning that feature off. Now you can move around, turn in circles and fly your drone anywhere, but you have to keep track of which way the "nose" of the drone is headed. That is not too hard, because the nose has a bright white LED headlight, and red and blue LED's underneath,on the sides. You just have to remember that when the white light is facing you, the controls are reversed...forward brings it closer, back will move it further away, right moves it to your left and left will move it to your right! Once you get used to that, you may never go back to headless mode, because it is so much more fun when you don't have to stay in one place! There are so many fun things you can do with this drone, and it is small enough to fly inside easily, so you don't have to worry about the weather. It will do flips in any direction, and the "Fast Rotation" button makes it spin in place quickly, either staying at the same height or you can move it up and down while it spins...A real crowd pleaser! Practice landing it (there is a one-touch landing button, or do it yourself) in tight spots, learn to fly it through and around table legs, or take it outside and kick up the speed for some racing fun! With the LED's, You can fly at night and easily keep it in sight. As they say, The sky's the limit! Now, let me say a word or two about the Holy Stone Customer Service Team...Fantastic people!! To be truthful, I did have an issue with the first one of these that I bought...the altitude hold function didn't work correctly, and I had some trouble controlling it. But an e-mail to the company brought a quick response, and after answering a few questions, a new one was on it's way! The new one is performing flawlessly, and I just ordered one for my niece for Christmas! Tip: Don't hesitate to contact these people! They are not only knowledgeable and helpful, They are also very friendly, and genuinely want you to be happy with your drone! I own several Holy Stone drones, and if something isn't quite right, or if I just have a question, I know I can count on everyone at Holy Stone to be there for me. (SPECIAL shout-out to TIFFANY and OLIVE; both have given me LOTS of time as I learned this new hobby!) There is also a FB page for customers to share their comments, suggestions, questions and videos.

I bought this for my younger kids for Christmas gifts. I was afraid of it being cheaply made and hard to control. We have purchased a different quad copter before(different brand) and could never get it to fly stable. It’s currently in its box on the top shelf collecting dust. After reading the reviews on this Holy Stone HS190...I thought of giving the drone world another chance. Having it fold nicely in the controller is a bonus...protecting it front accidental breaking from stepping on when left on the bedroom floor. Setting it up is easy. Just read the instructions a few times to get familiar with the buttons and sequence of control action to calibrate and unlock the drone. ALWAYS follow these sequences of controller actions to make your flying a flawless task. Once you fine tune the trim and get the controls down...this is one of the best toys to have in the home! It took about a couple of hours to get comfortable flying with no fear. The controls are tight and responsive and this thing can GO! The speed is incredible. Running into walls didn’t crash it, it actually corrected it self a few times. Occasional crashes done, but it didn’t break anything, maybe need to adjust the arm back out from it folding in when it crashed. I liked this so much, I had to buy one...my kids were getting upset that I was flying it more than them(hey, they were at school :-) )! I happened to find the same drone as a lightning deal and also had an additional coupon...making it $9.99. I’m currently charging it to fly it this evening. It looks like it’s fully charged...time to go fly!! Thank you for the awesome deal!

UPDATED: The company was kind enough to send me a similar but different drone for our troubles. We really appreciate the attentive customer service. I will be sure to review the new drone over there. Like I said, we really like their drones (except when they fly away) and they’re customer service is great and responsive! ORIGINAL REVIEW: We actually really like this drone, except for one MAJOR flaw, which I will get to in a minute. My son bought this to use for fun, he's 12. Everyone in the family has played around with it now and then. It's small, very responsive, and very easy to use. We love how the drone fits right in the controller, it keeps it safe. We've actually owned two of these drones, one was a replacement that the company sent after our issue with the first one. Both the original and the replacement flew away, without warning and without any apparent reason. They had been working completely normally prior. The first time it happened was about 2 weeks after he bought it, my son was flying it outside, in nice weather. He was flying it and suddenly ALL the controls stopped working and it FLEW AWAY AND DISAPPEARED! We live in a pretty rural area, so the drone flew up and over the woods and was completely gone. We had no way to go find it, although we assume it must have fallen at some point. My son was rightfully devastated since he spent his own money on it. The company was helpful and after many email exchanges they provided a replacement (although I had to ask for one). The second time it happened was 2 years later with the replacement drone. We didn't open the replacement box for over a year (because he was using his brother's old drone), so the replacement was used for maybe 9 months before it flew away. Same conditions, same prior working fine. This time the company wouldn't offer a replacement since it was outside the warranty, they offered 20% off a new one. We don't plan to buy a new one, so the discount is useless. So, we actually LOVE this little drone, but can't recommend it since we've had 2 of them disappear. It's kind of a waste of money... Maybe you won't have the same problem or maybe they've fixed the problem in the past year.

Fun little toy, great for kids

It’s super great it’s tables. They great I gave it to

Really good for indoors not good for outdoors unless you have a backyard because the battery life is 7 minutes

Es bueno y resistente y es fácil de manejar pero es mucho más pequeño de lo que las imágenes muestran, cabe en la palma de la mano sobrado.

Arrived very quick and my son loves how easy it is to set up Happy customer