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

Great little drone, absolutely worth the money. Thorough instructions and works as advertised. Very simple and stable in the house. Not very loud, and battery life is as expected. The standard 3 battery packs is nice. I thought 7 mins per battery flight time would be short, but because you're actively flying the drone, 7 mins is quite a long time. I've never flown a drone and don't play video games, but am able to fly this drone easily. In 5 mins I was doing oval laps around the room. This is an excellent stepping stone to learn with, before moving to more expensive drones.

I wanted to see if my cats and foster kittens might be interested in a flying toy. I wanted something relatively cheap so if it got pounced on I wouldn't upset at the cost. The first one I got was obviously used and broken, Amazon replaced it, and the second was in perfect shape. The good news is there's little risk of it getting pounced on. The cats are interested in this, but only at a distance. When it flies close to them they scramble where I was expecting them to get a case of the wiggle butts. I can see where some people damage these on the first flight. Having experience with RC airplanes and big drones I skipped reading the owners' manual (big mistake). I hit the takeoff button and it zipped up rather quickly, hit a cabinet and then went crazy fighting artificially induced pitch sticking itself to the cabinet door. If you're not ready for it the way it zips up will absolutely startle and hit something if you're not in a clear space. I also accidentally discovered the relative direction mode (in this mode which way the stick makes it go is relative to you, so that if you rotate with the left stick until the drone is facing the opposite way, pushing the right stick to the right will still make the drone go to your right right instead of left). This was a little confusing for me having prior RC experience. Again, reading the manual would have been smart on my part. Lastly is a tip about the reviews talking about it just drifting away outdoors. The controller has an IR panel on the front (facing away from the pilot). For those that don't know, IR is light based. I'm pretty sure this is how the drone knows which way it is facing for relative direction mode, but it's quite likely it's used for other purposes, including actual flight control instead of RF. This means that when it's in direct sunlight, the IR receiver on the drone itself will get "jammed" by the sunlight and will be unable to receive input from the controller. This is definitely an indoor only drone, but at a minimum if you're going to do it outdoors, do it at night and keep it really close to you. Without walls for the IR light to reflect off of, the range will be much lower outdoors, so you risk it flying away at night too. It wouldn't be a fair review if I didn't also list one big con. It comes with blue & black fans, which would be great, however the fans aren't actually color coded. The fans spin in different directions depending on their location on the drone. Normally I would expect them to be color coded along the lines of "black = clockwise blue = counterclockwise", however this isn't the case. If you break a blade, you will need to carefully look at the fan blades to ensure the broken ones you are replacing match the new ones. Putting a clockwise in a counterclockwise or vice versa the drone will not be flyable and possibly fly around erratically hitting people or objects in the room (causing further damage). OTOH if you're feeling like mixing it up you could swap a blue for a black or such for visual effect. Overall it's a good little drone. Read the instructions, know how to handle it before you're first flight, don't run into things and I would imagine this will last quite a while UPDATE: Been flying it around my house for a few weeks now. People who complain about it breaking are misusing it IMO. I've had a couple of small crashes. It seems fairly durable, no damage from falls from five feet up onto carpet, or accidentally tapping it into a wall. To break it, you would need to go full speed into a wall, which would probably break it. Kids being rough treating it like an RC car will break it. Drones aren't RC cars and are more fragile.

The Holy Stone NiHS210 Mini Drone RC Nano Quadcopter is a nice little drone. Due to the drone’s small size, my son, an avid drone pilot, is able to fly it throughout our home. He enjoys the three speed modes, although I think the fastest mode is a bit fast for indoor flying. Four stars for non-intuitive power up and flat surface requirement for power down; otherwise and enjoyable drone. The photo shows the drone in my 12 year old son's hand. Pros: · Easy flying · Compact size · Three (3) speed modes Cons: · Power up and take off instructions were not intuitive (my experienced drone pilot (son) had to read the instructions to learn how to get it in the air) · Rotors will not stop turning unless the drone is resting on a flat surface; this can cause problems if the drone lands on its side or leaning against an object. · At the time we ordered, the drone’s image was out of proportion, making the drone appear larger than it actually was when it arrived. From my 12 year old son: The Holy Stone Night Elf is an indoor beginner drone with blade guards. It has three speed modes and headless mode which means no matter which way the drone is oriented it will move in the direction you are facing. I had to look in the instructions to figure out how to take off it is confusing because you have to push the bottom left button to start the engines then increase altitude to lift off. The rotors will not turn off unless on a flat surface. That is the only down side to this drone. Over all I like it as a small fast drone I can use indoors.

Great little drone! Holds a charge and is really easy for kids to learn. My 6 year old flies it all over the place with very good control. Nice that it has a button to land it gently and to do flips. Also having more than one battery is a huge plus! Easily switch batteries and keep on playing!

My daughter wanted a drone for her birthday. She turned 9, so we didn’t want to go all out on something expensive since she’s never flown one. The reviews on this Holy Stone drone were really good, and the price was right. I loved that it came with 3 batteries! We started out in the house and even with the ceiling fan going on medium (somehow I didn’t get it turned off before she started, oops!) she was able to fly it with ease. There was a small learning curve, but with a battery charger that charges 2 batteries at once she could pretty much fly one battery till it died and charge charge it while she flew with the next battery! They didn’t seem to take long to charge at all! The batteries are a tight fit in the drone, and have a tiny connector you plug in. But even she could do it herself after helping her learn how to do it. This turns it on, there is no on/off switch. Try not to break the plastic plug casing, since it’s supposed to plug in one direction! The drone is pretty small, but not overly tiny. It’s a good size for in the house. You can take it outside, but if you do, turn up the speed! We did this once or twice, but I was worried she was going to land it in our little pool, so we mostly use it inside right now. She loves the 360 flip! We haven’t really figured out the “headless” mode. And since she learned to fly it “head first”, I don’t see us trying to learn a new way. We did have an issue after a week or so of playing with it, but when we contacted the company, they were friendly and ended up sending us a new one for a warranty claim! It came pretty fast and it’s still going strong. Overall me, and my daughter (and her older sisters who she Sometimes shares with) are very happy with the purchase.

This review is for "Holy Stone HS210 Mini Drone RC Nano Quadcopter Best Drone for Kids and Beginners..." First and foremost, it is an indoors only drone. Outside, it can't fly against even the gentlest of breezes, and even indoors, it gets pushed around by its own air stream as it gets close to objects. As such, gentle landing is impossible. Flying an inch or so above ground is also problematic since it is constantly trying to adjust to compensate for being buffeted by its own air stream. The batteries last about 7 minutes on the default (slowest and least powerful) setting. I like the fact that the blades are shrouded. This is huge help in keeping the blades from getting damaged. I also like the small form factor. It is small enough to fly around in a small room. I carry it around in a small cooler bag, and have already taken it on my travels and flown it in a few hotel rooms. There are also some major flaws: 1. No matter how many times I reset the gyro, it always has a drift. This drifting behavior is not consistent in the same direction all the time. This could be a bad gyro or some fault in the electronics unique to the one I received. 2. There is no tool provided to help remove the battery plug after it is plugged in. And, since there is no on/off switch, you have to plug and unplug every time. My finger nails are not long enough for this. For now, I am using a small flat head screw driver to gently persuade the plug to come out. 3. The controls don't seem to be proportional so it is impossible to get consistent results flying around. 4. There is a "+" mark on circuit board next to the negative side of the plug. It caused some confusion before I figured it out the mark next to the plug had nothing to do with how the battery is supposed to be plugged in. I put a dab of acrylic red paint on the correct, plus side, of the plug on the circuit board so I can orient the plug without using magnifying glasses. 5. The blades are about 1.5mm too short, and don't seem to be properly positioned in the shroud. This is just poor design and manufacturing IMO, to say nothing of loss of blade efficiency and blade noise that is result of huge gap between blade tip and shroud.

I love drones. I've owned several DJI drones ($$). I bought this to entertain my grandson (he's too young to fly it (3), but I thought he'd enjoy watching me fly it). For the price, this drone is amazing. It's very easy to fly (short learning curve), quite stable (indoors), and fun to fly. The battery life is short, but it ships with THREE batteries. This is a nice bonus. Would definitely recommend this drone for indoor use.

These drones are fun, however they definitely have technical issues… I have 3 kids (boy age 8, boy age 6?and girl age 2.5. For Christmas of 2026 my two boys each got one of these drones and they lasted about 2 weeks before they just quit working. It was a gift from grandma. We had so much fun with them that I spent $120 on 3 drones for each of my kids ($39.99a piece). (My daughter seen how much fun my two sons had that she requested one too) Dad would fly her pink drone for her. Same thing, after 2 weeks of use only ONE out of THREE drones work. Ridiculous. My eldest son who had the blue drone, said “mom, this drone smells bad and is smoking” And he was right. After inspecting his drone, one propeller would just start spinning without any controls being touched on the actual remote. The pink drone just quit flying, completely. It would no longer take off even after the remote would beep and connect to the drone. The red drone is the only one that currently works…. After 5 drones from this company, only 1 is in working condition. The only plus to this situation is that we have 15 batteries to the one drone that actually still works. My kids do know how to fly these as they do many flips and tricks with the drones. They didn’t mistreat these drones, they are just hit or miss with quality.

great item youngster is loving it.

The 6 and 7 years old are really enjoying the Mini RC Drone...

Excelente producto para aprender a manejar un drOn específicamente para niños si aguanta los golpes muy bien

I've bought several "beginner" drones recently. I think this is the best one to learn on. It is really tiny but that's a good thing when learning and flying around inside which is where you should learn the controls. It is reasonably fast and responsive in the lowest speed setting and is ideal to get comfortable with piloting drones. It doesn't have obstacle detection but the protected blades and the light weight mean it can't do much damage if it hits a wall/painting/etc. I've crashed it a number of time w/o consequence to it or anything else. It's also surprisingly quiet compared to other, larger and heavier "beginner" drones I have which have much bigger propellers. DO READ THE MANUAL THOROUGHLY because 1) some buttons multitask and it's easy to crash by forgetting which buttons do what; 2) it's crucial to learn how to use the trim function - it makes a difference here (and on all other drones) for stable hovering; and 3) some other beginner drones have slightly different start-up and gyro calibration procedures and button functions and it's easy to mix them up. Unlike some folks writing here, I've got 5-6 min+ with all three batteries at the lowest speed so far. Higher speeds may burn through the battery faster. Make a point of charging all of the batteries FULLY BEFORE FIRST USE and not using too powerful a charger. I use an old iphone charger with the provided USB charger adapter. Nitpicks: I agree with other users. The battery connector is finicky - hard to connect and pull out. I just don't jam the connector in hard (on either the drone or the charger adapter) - just push it in gently on a bit of an angle until the connection is made and the lights start flashing. Other models like the similar HS450 (which I also have) have a better, modular battery system. I'd also like a bit longer flight time (ie higher capacity battery than 250mAh) but there's no way I've found so far to "McGyver" a larger battery in w/o significant modifications or unbalancing the machine. There are additional similar batteries (but only 220 mAh) for sale on Amazon but the 3 provided have worked well and as advertised so far (a few weeks). Ultimately, it's really not an expensive unit so I accept the limitation. I will undoubtedly move up the food chain to more sophisticated machines as time goes on but I find this the most fun and entertaining of my current fleet. I expect it will be a favourite to fly for a long time since it's easy to practice on around the house (especially in the winter). If you are new to drones as I am (or are buying for someone who is), do yourself a favour and buy a beginner unit like this before you go to Amazon/costco/wherever for the $1000 Mavic set (which I was tempted to do). You can (and will) crash the hell out of this one with relative impunity, and have a hoot in the process.

It is only a little drone, which seems small at first but perfect for zipping around inside. The stand out feature is that it is so easy to fly. It hovers on its own and has a slow mode. I fly it and my 4 year old chases and has a go but too advanced for him to fly on his own. But it is remarkably robust for a little toy. We have had a ton of crashes and it is totally fine, hasn't missed a beat. Comes with 3 batteries and some spares so plenty of flying time. I generally get enough play time out of one battery. Oh I mean for my son.