Holy Stone HS210 Mini Drone for Kids and Beginners RC Nano Quadcopter Indoor Small Helicopter Plane with Auto Hovering, 3D Flip, Headless Mode and 3 Batteries, Great Gift Toy for Boys and Girls, Blue

Lovely piece of kit. Works better than any I've had before. Small and responsive. Kids can use it independently fine and even worked out how to carry sweets across the room and up the stairs. Good quality and battery life is fine.

Got this for my 10 Yr old boy for Christmas. He was able to get used to the controls very quickly. Quick demo and he was away and I’d say pretty competent in less than and Hr of flying time.It’s better quality than most of the cheaper chineseum “toy” drones on offer and has some good features such as the ability to trim, flips, spins and three control rate settings. Trim works reasonably well but it still has a tendency to drift ever so slightly if you’re trying to get a perfect stationary hover. It’s best used indoors only as it will drift with wind and I’m not sure how well the signal will cope with bright sunlight and or longer distances. It’s also small (about size of the palm of an adult hand) so would be easy to get disoriented by the time you flew it any distance anyway. It’s robust in that it’s still working fine after a month of use (and some misuse!) at the hands of my 10yr old. There’s no camera which is good for our use area and honestly are mostly terrible on the smaller, cheaper starter drones anyway.It comes with three small Lipo batteries for the drone that can be swapped out for continuous flight time if required. They charge quickly with supplied usb dongle (charges two batteries concurrently). You do need to provide your own AA batteries for the controller (3 if I remember correctly). Main Lipo battery is fiddly to change as I think was reported before but is more of an inconvenience than a major issue.Overall 9/10 for what it is, it does what it’s meant to and does it pretty well. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one again.

It can hover in the air, but the power management needs some improvement. You can shut it down with the remote control (aircraft plus controller), but it cannot be woken up with the remote control when it is turned on. You need to plug and unplug the battery. Easy to use and reasonable price

I always do my best to give a truly honest review, as a owner of many all sizes drones, and there are bad ones out there, as I have found out at a cost.Firstly the HS210 arrived the packaging this wee drone came in is first class well presented, 10 out of 10 holy stone.The little drones about 4 inches, looks great, detail marking on drone look good, comes with 3 batteries, set of spare props double charger adapter so you can charge 2 batteries at same time, I am trying my best to express how amazing this wee drone looks, but I don't think my review can do it justice.One little issue I want to get out of the way is, when plugging in and out the battery at drone port, its a little difficult and you would need to be really aware of the little battery wires, my solution to the issue is I use tweezers I find it a lot easier to grab tiny plug.Back to good points, the controller is a good size about same size as a Xbox controller, unlike most little drone controllers which can be really tiny.Pair the drone with controller, do calibration, push button to start motors, then push up on the stick and drone moves up to a hover very easy, and motors sound nice, I am not tell you any lies I have drones at home that cost around 5 times as much as the HS210 and don't sound or preform as good.The response and performance of this little drone is excellent.There are 3 speeds and you will really see the difference between them, this drone is quick in 2nd speed, and amazingly quick in 3rd. Battery takes about 30 minutes to charge, I flew it around indoors, up and down all speeds non stop, performed flips, and the drone flew for 7 minutes 23 seconds, before coming down to land itself, again there are lot more expensive drones that would last the same flight time, some less.I found all this drones features worked, and work well. I know it can be hard to decide on which drone to buy, but if your looking a great looking, great flying, easy to control small drone, This is it.This is a must buy, you won't regret it.Hoping to update review with outdoor flight soon.

The drone seemed pretty good, we had fun playing with it while the first 3 batteries lasted, but then we plugged them into the charger to charge. They charged and then I spent the last 30 minutes trying to get them to disconnect from the charger with no success. I tried needlenose pliers, everything. If I continue I will just break the connector, the pliers are gripping so hard they are crushing it. There are no tabs anywhere to release the battery or anything. Pity, my son will be very disappointed when I tell him in the morning.

It stays in air fine but. Its hovering by itself sideways so you have to be careful it does not touch any wall etc. Fun toy for children over 7 y.