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Holy Stone HS210 Mini Drone RC Nano Quadcopter Best Drone for Kids and Beginners RC Helicopter Plane with Auto Hovering 3D Flip Headless Mode and Extra Batteries Toys for Boys and Girls

Last Updated: September 2, 2020 (Refresh Now)
8.8
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Review Analysis - 933 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
For Kids
 287
drone, son, year old, fly, year old son
+99%
-1%
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" ...  My son loves drones but I've always been a sceptic to buy him one, but I got him this & it was easy for him to use!  ...  "
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" ...  My son is really enjoying the drone.  ...  "
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" ...  Perfect for a child's first drone. ... I'll be buying another one for my grandson to play with. ... Highly recommend for a kids first drone.  ...  "
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" ...  Gets you into the world of drones or satisfies your kids.  ...  "
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" ...  Bought this as a Christmas present for my 6 year old son. ... My son did learn the controls but it took a little time.  ...  "
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" ...  Ordered this drone for my son and he loves it!  ...  "
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" ...  I bought this for my 10 year old son for his birthday and we've both had a blast with it!  ...  "
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" ...  Fun to play for my 7 year old son.  ...  "
Ease of Use
 226
easy to fly, easy to learn, fly, drone, beginners
+97%
-3%
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" ...  If you just want a little drone to fly around your house that's extremely intuitive this is the one.  ...  "
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" ...  It is durable and is easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to start and easy to play.  ...  "
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" ...  This unit is very stable and easy to fly.  ...  "
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" ...  Great for beginners  ...  "
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" ...   Easy to use drone.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  It's easy for him to handle and goes pretty high.  ...  "
Battery Life
 216
batteries, 3 batteries, charge, battery life, drone
+93%
-7%
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" ...  There are three batteries included so you can fly for a longer time.  ...  "
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" ...  You get 3 batteries and a little charger that can charge two batteries at once. ... You get about 8 to 10 minutes flight time on each battery depending on how your flying it.  ...  "
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" ...  I love that each drone comes with 6 batteries, and the chargers can charge both batteries at the same time.  ...  "
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" ...  it came with THREE batteries which was a surprise. ... as soon as the batteries charge i'm flying it over and over. ... the battery flying time per battery is great at 10-12 PER BATTERY, and it comes with 3 batteries ! ... the funny thing is,,, I JUST last night realized the charger,,,, can charge 2 batteries at the same time !  ...  "
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" ...  The three batteries allows more flying time than other drones.  ...  "
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" ...  3 batteries are great. ... Added: got a portable battery charger from my dad so now I can run batteries down . ... put on charge while playing outside and come back to charged batteries while still outside.  ...  "
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" ...  Glad that it comes with 3 batteries, flying on fast setting chasing my cats and doing flips I averaged 4-5 min a battery so extras are nice.  ...  "
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" ...  of total flight time with the three included batteries.  ...  "
For Fun
 186
drone, fun to fly, lots of fun, easy to fly, kids
+100%
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" ...  Besides benefiting from the practice it was fun operating yet.  ...  "
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" ...  They have stood up to crashes with no problem and are fun to fly!  ...  "
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" ...  Tons of fun  ...  "
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" ...  It is a fun little drone that entertains for awhile.  ...  "
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" ...  You don't have to worry about breaking anything lots of fun.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to fly, fun little drone.  ...  "
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" ...  IT'S ALSO VERY FUN!  ...  "
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" ...  This little fella is fun to fly and with the extra batteries it is even more fun because u can fly longer.  ...  "
Charging
 96
charger, batteries, battery, 3 batteries, three batteries
+90%
-10%
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" ...  I liked that the drone comes with 3 batteries and the charger is able to charge 2 batteries at a time.  ...  "
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" ...  It comes with THREE batteries and two charging cables. ... You could take it out along with a power bank and charge two batteries while you used the third one.  ...  "
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" ...  Stable flight, easy to learn controls, headless mode, three batteries, and a USB charger that charges two batteries while you're using the other one.  ...  "
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" ...  Always keep the other 2 batteries charging while playing with the drone.  ...  "
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" ...  They fit in the palm of my hand (adult) the batteries charge fast and are easy to swap in and out.  ...  "
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" ...  With three batteries and two chargers included in the package, it provides plenty of entertaining flight time for me and my kids.  ...  "
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" ...  With 3 batterys , 2 battery charger,15min.  ...  "
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" ...  With three batteries and two chargers included in the package, it provides plenty of entertaining flight time for me and my kids.  ...  "
Price
 78
money, drone, worth, value, reasonable
+92%
-8%
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" ...  This is money well spent.  ...  "
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" ...  this is my 5th Nano style quad and this has been the best in class the higher price is worth it.  ...  "
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" ...  But other than that, I couldn't ask for more, particularly at the price.  ...  "
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" ...  The price is very affordable and the quality is very high!  ...  "
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" ...  Great drone for the price.  ...  "
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" ...  This is an excellent product for the price!  ...  "
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" ...  Worth the money!  ...  "
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" ...  It's too good for it's price and size.  ...  "
Build Quality
 72
broke, drone, damage, crashed, pretty durable
+76%
-24%
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" ...  I've crashed it a million times and it's remained fine, it's pretty durable.  ...  "
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" ...  and nothing broken yet.  ...  "
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" ...  I was very skeptical of this to begin, but this sucker works and will stand up to some abuse and keep ticking  ...  "
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" ...  LOL, pretty durable I'd say.  ...  "
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" ...  Overall, it feels very sturdy and well-made.  ...  "
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" ...  The drone is very durable.  ...  "
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" ...  3 batterys is great, it's durable, prop gaurds protect it well.  ...  "
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" ...  All that being said, solid product, easy to use, and can roll with the hits.  ...  "
Overall performance
 59
drone, flies, 3 speeds, speeds, pretty fast
+97%
-3%
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" ...  It has 3 flying modes so you can fly it at higher speeds and have more control over the high speed maneuvers, or you can keep it on level 1 and let anybody in the family fly it.  ...  "
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" ...  It flies well and perfect.  ...  "
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" ...  I especially like the variable speeds that are able to be selected based on the environment and who is using the drone.  ...  "
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" ...  Very fast and agile if you can handle it.  ...  "
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" ...  The choice of speed makes it good also for beginners.  ...  "
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" ...  They do give you 3 of them but they still go way too fast.  ...  "
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" ...  It's working smooth, stable and quieter too.  ...  "
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" ...  It is very easy to fly and very forgiving for beginners, especially in the lower speed mode, but the high speed mode allows for more advanced users to still enjoy the product.  ...  "
Product Reliability
 51
year old, drones, replacement, stopped working, later
+61%
-39%
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" ...  It has been about a month since a purchase have no issues yet.  ...  "
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" ...  I bought it few months ago  ...  "
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" ...  However after one week of use it still functions perfectly.  ...  "
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" ...  I got this because my other little drones all stopped working a while back, the controls are nice and responsive and in the fastest mode it can really book it.  ...  "
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" ...  I've crashed many times and it has held up very well.  ...  "
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" ...  perfect for my 5 year.  ...  "
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" ...  I've been pounding on it daily since I got it and it has not broke or failed in any way.  ...  "
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" ...  We found it this month in a box of Legos and fired it up - worked great!  ...  "
Remote
 44
drone, control, learn, fly, flying
+68%
-32%
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" ...  Did have to call customer service for a hack to get remote working but they were helpful (tinfoil since Duracell battery positive end was too short to make contact at the terminal).  ...  "
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" ...  Best value Remote Control anything I have purchased to date.  ...  "
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" ...  Drone works well remote was easy for my 8 year old to learn and is pretty durable  ...  "
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" ...  Has a nice remote control and it’s very responsive.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to learn, works great for beginners and easy to use remote controller.  ...  "
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" ...  I never thought I would try a remote controlled vehicle but at this price I couldn't resist.  ...  "
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" ...  Well made b easy to use, remote breaks very easily. ... Took them 10 days to send a new remote!  ...  "
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" ...  The drone came with 3 rechargeable batteries which charge quickly, the drone, the remote and several extra parts.  ...  "
Controls
 41
controls, button, landing, one button, flips
+68%
-32%
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" ...  The ease of control is really nice and I love how it can stay in one place and land with a touch of a button.  ...  "
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" ...  Headless control is really essential.  ...  "
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" ...  3 speeds, flipping and 1 button fast take off and soft landing control. ... Has very responsive controls.  ...  "
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" ...  Plus the built in trick buttons make it fun once you're confident.  ...  "
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" ...  I love how the done has altitude hold, so that when you do not press any buttons it does not move very much.  ...  "
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" ...  It’s also a great way to learn the controls and get used flying the thing.  ...  "
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" ...  At one time the flip button on the controller broke but they sent me a new controller for free.  ...  "
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" ...  The controller has understandable icons next to the function buttons so you don't need to go back to the manual every time you pick up the controller to remember what button does what.  ...  "
As Gift
 41
christmas, son, drone, present, christmas present
+100%
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" ...  It was a birthday gift and the birthday boy (mid-teen) was impressed!  ...  "
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" ...  Bought it for my son's birthday (He is 5).  ...  "
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" ...  Birthday gift for my 8 yr old and 11 yr old grandkids  ...  "
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" ...  This was a gift to my dad. ... He's a retired engineer and I thought this would be a great "quarantine gift" for him.  ...  "
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" ...  The gift is for a Birthday presemt  ...  "
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" ...  I have purchased these drones for my 7 year old son and now as gifts for his friends' birthdays.  ...  "
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" ...  My son got this for Christmas and absolutely loves it!  ...  "
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" ...  This was a Christmas gift for my oldest grandson . ... he loved it at Christmas, he'll love it now.  ...  "
For Travel
 38
drone, flying, flights, flight time, drones
+92%
-8%
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" ...  The drone is very stable in flight and having spare batteries on hand means multiple flights at a time with minimum down time.  ...  "
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" ...  They make sure nothing gets damaged by flying the drone inside the house.  ...  "
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" ...  The controller joy sticks sometimes stick a bit when moved to full travel.  ...  "
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" ...  This is great for indoors during bad weather, bringing on road trips for hotels or rest stops.  ...  "
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" ...  Four star for flight time.  ...  "
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" ...  Of course I supervise him on every flight but, I'm comfortable enough that I can stand and watch him fly.  ...  "
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" ...  Perfect drone for indoor flying!  ...  "
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" ...  This is a great drone that our son has really enjoyed flying.  ...  "
Capacity
 31
room, around the house, fly, fly around, inside the house
+97%
-3%
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" ...  Seriously bored inside the house because of all the world events, get this little HS210 to amuse you and your family. ... Speed mode 3 is too fast for inside my little apartment but mode 2 is perfect. ... I have taken it up to my mom and dads house with a lot more room and mode 3 is great.  ...  "
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" ...  He can drive it and turn it room to room in our house and land it in his hand after one day's practice.  ...  "
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" ...  It zips around the room with little experience required from the pilot.  ...  "
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" ...  I specifically bought this one due to it's size so we could fly this one in the house.  ...  "
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" ...  I live in a cold climate so it’s been good to fly around the house.  ...  "
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" ...  Able to fly around the house without bumping into anything.  ...  "
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" ...  Enjoy this drone a lot nice to play with in small office space .  ...  "
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" ...  It zips around the room with little experience required from the pilot.  ...  "
Features
 30
mode, hover, auto, flip, easy to fly
+93%
-7%
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" ...  My 4 year old wanted to try so I gave him the controls and showed him how to control with headless mode on.  ...  "
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" ...  my 6 year old can fly these on easy mode.  ...  "
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" ...  3 speeds, learning mode (called headless mode), and does flips.  ...  "
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" ...  Automatic landing is a nice feature too.  ...  "
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" ...  I especially find the altitude hold feature and the red and green lights helpful for orientation.  ...  "
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" ...  So stable and easy to fly with all features and extra batteries.  ...  "
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" ...  Has lots of features like an emergency button and cool lights .  ...  "
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" ...  Lots of pretty cool features at a low price.  ...  "
Fit
 30
altitude hold, hold, prop, hand, falls
+87%
-13%
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" ...  Really like the sturdy fixed prop guards.  ...  "
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" ...  hold and flip. ... Seems to hold up pretty well so far.  ...  "
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" ...  This thing has held up really well.  ...  "
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" ...  3 batterys is great, it's durable, prop gaurds protect it well.  ...  "
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" ...  It's most likely due to the way altitude hold/stability control works.  ...  "
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" ...  Has altitude hold, which works very well.  ...  "
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" ...  I have a collection of drones from a dash nano to a dji mavic.  ...  "
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" ...  Altitude hold is very stable  ...  "
Comfort
 24
controller, palm, hands, holy, stone
+96%
-4%
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" ...  Easy to control, great for kids to practice hand/eye coordination.  ...  "
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" ...  mode 3 is for once you feel comfortable flying and want to zip around the room.  ...  "
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" ...  Built compactly, fits in the palm of your hand.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to control, great for kids to practice hand/eye coordination.  ...  "
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" ...  My 3 year old doesn’t have the coordination to use both hands yet but she can fly it forward and backwards and side to side.  ...  "
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" ...  Great Buy Hands Down Love Holy Stones products.  ...  "
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" ...  Could fit within the palm of my hand .  ...  "
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" ...  They fit in the palm of my hand (adult) the batteries charge fast and are easy to swap in and out.  ...  "
Setup
 19
easy, drone, setup, follow, instructions were easy
+95%
-5%
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" ...  Also included are some spare parts (extra props) and tools to remove/install them.  ...  "
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" ...  It was easy to get the drone up and flying after reading a few simple instructions.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to use and setup.  ...  "
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" ...  Instructions were easy to follow and build quality seemed ok.  ...  "
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" ...  Setting up the drone was easy and the instructions were very clear.  ...  "
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" ...  The instructions were easy to grasp and he has had no problem flying!  ...  "
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" ...  This was very easy to setup.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy setup and good beginner drone for practicing!  ...  "
Marketplace
 16
thank, amazon, thanks, stone, sent
+94%
-6%
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" ...  Great seller and a great product  ...  "
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" ...  Thanks for your support.  ...  "
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" ...  Very glad we purchased this Amazon recommendation.  ...  "
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" ...  Thank you for this product!  ...  "
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" ...  Shipped in 6 business days.  ...  "
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" ...  Product works as advertised.  ...  "
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" ...  I contacted the seller and they sent us out a new one right away.  ...  "
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" ...  Thank you holy stone for another great product.  ...  "
Size
 14
size, lightweight, use, smaller, expected
+79%
-21%
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" ...  Small enough to take with me outside.  ...  "
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" ...  Lightweight and easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  It's pretty small.  ...  "
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" ...  A good blend of many characteristics in a small package!  ...  "
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" ...  for the size, easy to use and the extra battery is a plus!  ...  "
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" ...  It is very small and maneuverable.  ...  "
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" ...  Small, lightweight and easy to control.  ...  "
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" ...  I also ordered a case to travel with.  ...  "
Returns
 10
return, back, sent, send, returned
+20%
-80%
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" ...  Don't waste your money on this, I would return it but is not clear for me if the A.I engine of this website will penalize you in some way.  ...  "
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" ...  Returning it for a replacement.  ...  "
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" ...  Had to send back for refund.  ...  "
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" ...  Returned first one, that didn’t work properly.  ...  "
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" ...  First one was defective, got a replacement and it it was defective too. ... It’s trash.  ...  "
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" ...  I'm returning.  ...  "
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" ...  It made me so angry I smashed it up and sent it back.  ...  "
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" ...  would have returned it but didn't get to the return delivery window in time.  ...  "
Cables
 6
connector, wires, wire, three batteries, two charging cables
+33%
-67%
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" ...  * battery has a tiny connector and short wire, not kid-friendly  ...  "
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" ...  The only issue we've had is that one of the wires on a battery detached from it's connector, rendering the battery useless. ... Believe this is caused by bad design, requiring the wire to be pulled on to remove the battery connector from it's slot on the done.  ...  "
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" ...  After a couple of weeks of use, the wiring came loose and popped out of the motor.  ...  "
Delivery
 6
product, one, first, arrived, second
+100%
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" ...  First of all, this product is ready to go right out of the box.  ...  "
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" ...  Shipped in 6 business days.  ...  "
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" ...  Received within 1 day of ordering.  ...  "
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" ...  Ordered a second one  ...  "
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" ...  The new unit arrived and it worked perfectly.  ...  "
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" ...  The packaging and unboxing experience was nice.  ...  "
Hair
 6
trim, one, hair, drone, works
+100%
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" ...  Fun to fly around the house just beware of anyone with long hair it will get tangled.  ...  "
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" ...  Trims easily and handles like the professional drones.  ...  "
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" ...  The trim works.  ...  "
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" ...  Trimming the drone from the remote works well.  ...  "
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" ...  Trimming the drone from the remote works well  ...  "
Gaming
 5
video, playing, little, game, drone
+100%
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" ...  Great indoor gun that is not a video game!  ...  "
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" ...  This little RC Quad-Copter is joy play with.  ...  "
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" ...  This is my first drone, but the transmitter is so much like a Playstation controller that flying this little guy felt like a video game I'd already played.  ...  "
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" ...  he really enjoys playing with it .  ...  "
Ports
 5
port, plug, computer, chargers, style
+60%
-40%
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" ...  I have tried plugging it to various USB slots at home.  ...  "
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" ...  I believe that means the electrical sockets with built in USB ports)  ...  "
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" ...  the usb cable style verse the flash drive style.  ...  "
Design
 5
feel, design, cool, cheap, palm
+100%
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" ...  The design of the product is great.  ...  "
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" ...  The flips look very impressive and cool whether flying low or higher up.  ...  "
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" ...  Due to its solid design I feel like it will long last.  ...  "
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" ...  Build quality is also good, and the controller does not look cheap.  ...  "
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" ...  Cool toy, works well!  ...  "
Camera
 4
one
+100%
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" ...  I should have spent the extra money and got the updated one with a camera.  ...  "
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" ...  Disclaimer: I am an owner of a much more expensive DJI camera drone, so I've been doing this for a while.  ...  "
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" ...  I can see myself stepping up to a model with a camera next.  ...  "
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" ...  It is a start, looking into bigger drones now with camera.  ...  "
For Running
 3
+67%
-33%
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" ...  I'm using it indoors as a training tool.  ...  "
Color
 3
colors, color, bought, 3
+100%
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" ...  I bought this in another color and also gave it a good review.  ...  "
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" ...  I have all 3 colors!  ...  "
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" ...  The styling is great and has different colors to choose from.  ...  "
Outdoor Unit
 3
flight
+67%
-33%
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" ...  I'm sure it is outdoor capable depending on wind.  ...  "
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" ...  More of a indoor drone then outdoor  ...  "
Product As Described
 3
advertised, described
+100%
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" ...  Product works as advertised.  ...  "
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" ...  True as advertised.  ...  "
Defective Delivery
 3
defective, piece, got, box, replacement
-100%
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" ...  The one I got was defective and one of the motors didn't work.  ...  "
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" ...  First one was defective, got a replacement and it it was defective too.  ...  "
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" ...  Hopefully it was just a defective piece because I am planning order another one.  ...  "
Cooling
 3
+100%
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" ...  Cool toy, works well!  ...  "
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" ...  And it does a cool flip!  ...  "
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" ...  It's cool  ...  "
Bluetooth
 3
times
+100%
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" ...  After turning it off and then on again though I have never had an issue pairing.  ...  "
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" ...  He was able to fly it a handful of times before it stopped pairing completely (there was a minor crash on one of those flights).  ...  "
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" ...  He was able to fly it a handful of times before it stopped pairing completely (there was a minor crash on one of those flights).  ...  "
Device Compatibility
 3
instructions, follow, control, connect, pairing
+33%
-67%
comment
" ...  Poorly constructed, hard to control and connect. ... Control hard to connect.  ...  "
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" ...  The controller hard to connect to the drone.  ...  "
Storage
 3
keep, well, room, maneuver, kids
+100%
comment
" ...  It holds its place in space amazingly well for a mini drone.  ...  "
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" ...  We researched for drones for our kids and purposely ordered this one because of its small size.  ...  "

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