GPS Drone with 4K UHD Camera for Adults Beginner; HS360S 249g Foldable FPV RC Quadcopter with 10000 Feet Control Range, Brushless Motor, Follow Me, Smart Return Home, 5G Transmission

My short review of this drone is it has everything you need to get the real experience of operating a drone and performs beautify. The HS700 is a real treat to fly especially for beginners. I have several drones, mostly hobby grade racing style from 2” - 7” prop sizes. All of which I have built from scratch. They are fast and fun but I only let my sons or myself fly them. Also the hobby drones need a lot of maintenance. The HS700 shines in its ease of use and stable, consistent, and predictable flight qualities. I was out flying it at our local park with my son and we handed the control to a 10-year-old boy who never flow before. The young guy got the hang of it right away. I would never do that with any other drone I own. The folks at HolyStone also include a battery bag for charging. This is more than just a nice touch. It’s the kind of detail a hobbyist knows is an important detail for safely charging Lipo batteries but someone new to the hobby might overlook. Also include are the tools needed to to remove the props and install the landing gear, and a nice notebook with post it tabs and a pen. It’s good practice to make notes on your flights. Again, everything you need to just go fly. I have crashed the HS700 (more than once I’m afraid) and it holds up quite well. I once (okay twice) hit a tree and it fell about 20’ to the ground. After cleaning it up it fly like new. One thing to keep in mind is that after you power it on by inserting the battery and have it paired to the controller, you need to calibrate the drone in order to get it to fly. To do this, place the drone on a flat surface and pull both controller joysticks down and to the left. The lights under the props will blink fast green than alternate yellow and green slowly. Next spin the drone flat about three times until the lights all flash slow green. Lastly point the nose of the drone up and rotate it until the red light are solid in the front and green LEDs are solid in the back. The iOS App is easy to set up and use and the video is clean and very usable for flight but not up to the task of professional cinematography. Flight times are long. I haven’t timed it but it’s several times longer than any of my other drones. They say 20 minutes and I have to believe it’s close to that. This is a great kit at a relatively low price point and I feel it would be wonderful for anyone who want to dip their toes in to the drone hobby.

Product arrived in well designed packaging, and one day in advance of the date given to me. After fully charging the drone and transmitter, it was ready for a test flight. I was pleased with how easy it was to fly the drone. I did a couple of flights to help me become familiar with the controls, and then did my first videos. The quality was very good -- the only drawback was my failure to make smooth controlling movements. The unit seems quite durable under normal use, and I didn't have any issues with wind resistance. That is saying a lot since I am out in the country and we always have breezes. I did manage to bungle a flight and the drone landed in a field with high weeds; however, using the GPS, I was able to quickly locate the unit. This is a good drone to learn on and I look forward to making more (and better) videos. Highly recommend this HS360S model.

This is my third drone. I have an Syma X8HG, a DJI Mavic Pro and now the Holy Stone HS360S. I am happy I started with the SYMA as it has no GPS and taught me how to control a drone. However, after awhile I wanted a GPS drone to do much better aerial photography. Consequently, I saved up and purchased the DJI Mavic Pro (Excellent drone by the way). Now, I wanted a budget drone that I could use for fun flying that has GPS. Since I already have the Mavic Pro I really didn't need it to have a great camera. I wanted something that had good reviews and was still a budget drone. After doing my research I chose the HS360s. I am very pleased with the HS360s as it is very easy to control and fun to fly. I think it is a good choice for a beginner or casual flyer. I don't use the features such as follow me so I can't comment on those. The camera is ok for casual photos but it does not have a three axis gimbal so the video is shaky. All in all I think the HS360s is a deal for what you get. I am using the controller in concert with an iPhone 6s that has no cell service activated and it works just fine. Your eyesight may be better, but for me to keep visual on the drone, I have not flown it over 900 ft away from me. However, at 900 ft I have had no control or video problem at all.

I bought the HS360s as a toy for me to play around with drones. I was very surprised how good it was for the price! It has great range, a decent camera and is just overall great fun and a great way to get into drones, which turns out to be a surpisingly addictive topic, so be aware! I want to make clear that this drone is not a top shelf professional video platform. Many people seem to complain about the camera not having a stabilized 3 axis gimbal, so the video feed is quite janky when flying around. But that's just how it is when not having a gimbal. I consider this a really high quality and very fun 'adult toy'. Not a professional video production platform, as some people seem to falsely expect. The controller is really high quality, too. The video stream works fine up to the couple of hundred meters that I tested. The GPS works fine. It's just overall great fun. I bet you could find other generic chinese drones for a similar price, but here I want to point out and congratulate Holystone for their branding and customer support, which other generic drones will definitly NOT have. They have a Facebook group for customers where we happiy share our little "look! I have a drone now! This is fun!" photos and videos, and Holystone participates a lot in that group (in perfect english, I'd like to add!) and are very helpful if someone has problems. Their email support is also good and responsive. This is what a 'budget' brand should do, I think. It's a very decent product with support. I do have to say that I crashed my poor drone into a worst case scenario into iron-containing beach sand. This sand enters the motors and clings strongly to the magnets inside. This will absolutely happen to any and all brushless motor drones, no matter if they cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, so this is by no means a fault on this drone's part. What I really liked, though, is that I (!) messed up when cleaning my motors and caused a short circuit in one motor, burning the ESC. (I repeat: my fault!) What is awesome is that Holystone hooked me up with a cheap replacement part in order to fix it that they are shipping to me now. They even have repair instructions on their Youtube channel! I really love that. The drone does have some small quirks, but nothing that would impede having a lot of fun with them and learning about drones. I only have two complaints: a) it should be easier to disassemble the arms and motors if magnetic sand comes into them (really niche case, though) b) the battery charges realy slowly, for some reason. It charges at about 5 Watts. It would be awesome if the battery would support USB-PD and charge quicker. In summary: if you're on a budget, and want a really neat "toy| to dabble around with drones for the first time, I highly, highly recommend this little drone. If you have more money to burn, there are obviously better drones (the sky's the limit!). But for this price, I haven't found anything better, and am really happy with it, and am now officially hooked. [full disclosure: Holystone asked me to post a review here. But anything I am saying is truly my genuine opinion]

Let me start to say that if you never flown a drone it can be tricky. This Holy Stone HS 700 has some fantastic features that I did not know I needed until I started flying it. There is a one button takeoff. This starts the drone up and brings it to a hoover in about 8 to 9 feet. This is great because as a beginner one has a tendency to use the controls in the wrong way and it is easier to get started with maneuvers when the drone is in the air. I used the regular controlled flight and when I flew it a bit far out I uses the headless mode to bring it back. This is very important for an inexperienced pilot since you can forget where the drone is pointing which can make the way back very difficult. What I really liked was the automatic landing. one push button bring the drone to the exact spot (within a foot or so) where you started. on my second try I had encountered some strong sidewinds and the drone started to drift towards a row of large trees. I was not sure ho to maneuver it quickly out of harms way. The automatic landing button brought it up a bit, made it hoover over my landing site and brought it down slowly and smooth. For a monitor I used my old cell phone which I still had laying around. In my case I used a Samsung note 3 which handles the drone app with ease. That phone did not even needed a sim card since the connection to the drone goes over wifi. Just sink to the drone and you see everything the camera sees on the screen. Good video quality. On a calm windless day I can probably get some really nice smooth video footage going. I can only recommend this drone. If you are a beginner and want to get your feet wet in something like real estate photography this is the ideal drone to do that. The price is quite affordable and the features are quite comparable of much more expensive drones. The battery lasts a good while so you can get a nice 10 minute aerial video on one charge. I also like that they gave you a camera that already comes with a micro SD card. The only thing you need is a card reader to pull the footage in your computer. However, according to the handbook without using the card you can apparently record directly to your phone. Don't get a toy drone! Get this one since it can do what much more expensive drones can do. I am truly impressed. I thought I have to shell out over 1000 $ for a phantom or something like that to take some decent aerial snapshots. This does it well. And if you prefer your Gopro, have at it. You can mount even your Gopro instead of the camera that comes with it.

I don't even know where to start my complaints about this $250 piece of crap paper weight so I'll start with a list. 1) The pictures are god awful for "4k". 2) Takes about 3+ hrs to charge a 2000 mha battery for less than 30 minutes of flight. 3) Pretty sure the batteries does lose its charge fairly quickly. Charged mine the night before and got low battery when I used it the next day. 4) Oh, the batteries will swell and render themselves a fire hazard. What good is a drone if you have no batteries to use? Just pay $70+ for a new one/back up! 5) Issue with connectivity, I used mine for approx 30 minutes after 6 flights (I kept having to return it to fix connection issues) because the CABLE doesn't work! So it will connect when I start the drone and controller up, connect the 2, use it for a few minutes and BAM! I lose connection between the controller and my phone, WITH A FRIGGIN CABLE! 6) The side to side controls respond when they want. Yup, that's right! You can't even really control the damn thing! So its a DANGEROUS paper weight. 7) None of the special camera fuctions work, catapult? Nope, circling? Sure - it'll say it started then say it ended... immediately. Basically NONE of the special camera functions work for this thing. 8) This thing is rockier than a little boat in the middle of a storm. 9) Oh, I mentioned none of the special camera functions worked, but neither does the gps stablization that helps with drifting. 10) This thing is not only a paper weight costing $250, but it is a danger to those around you if you use it because of all the issues I mentioned. As much as I want to try to get my money's worth from this thing or at least learn to fly a drone, I cannot in good conscious endanger those around me to do so. I made the horrible mistake of buying this and taking it on an international trip with the expectation it be functional, horrible mistake having any sense of trust in this company. If you purchased this, return it within the return window. If you are THINKING about buying this, don't think again and just go look for something else.

After starting with one of the fifty dollar drones and after developing SOME skill with flying, it was time to upgrade to a vehicle with more range. The HS360S has certainly been an excellent improvement with the stability and great video clarity. Since the HS360S arrived I have been waiting for some calm days to spend time with it. Yesterday I took it out in the yard in spite of a breeze. It had been blowing and gusting all day. It really handled the 6 to 10 mph wind without a problem. Something you couldn't even think about with my first drone. I like GPS! What a difference. And the display of HSFLY app is very clear and helpful. The value of the HS360S is far above what I expected. I'm obviously new to drone flying and look forward to exploring more range, heights, and turning off the "beginner" mode soon. LOL! I am having to add to my review, due to a tragedy. On March 24th I received my Holy Stone HS360S and flew it every day that the weather permitted in springtime in the Mid-west. It was easy to get used to the controls and soon I was flying it as far as I could see it. Then, on April 15, it made a decision to go and it never came back. I used the "Find Drone" feature but to no avail, even with a neighbor helping me. So, here I am with a nice case, transmitter, batteries, spare blades, and no drone. I went to the Holy Stone website and sent a message hoping to buy another drone. (This sport can be almost an addiction.) I would have been happy with a refurbished unit. Then Ada from Holy Stone replied immediately and asked a series of questions about basic flying procedures, such as my location, if I had performed the GPS calibration before flying, had the drone ever crashed. These are basic points that they would have to cover, I understand. And she asked for the flight logs. Which I forwarded to Ada along with my answers to her questions. To my surprise she replied that, if it would be okay with me, she would like to replace the HS360S free of charge! Are you kidding? So the new HS360S came yesterday April 20th. That was only two days after Ada's email. Now I'm waiting for some decent weather again. I am sold on Holy Stone. What a company, to provide this excellent service! Thank you Holy Stone and Ada.

Let me say this is the first drone I have purchased and flown myself. However I do have some negatives to go with my positives. Negatives. 1.It does not have image stabilization. I knew that going into it but it makes the video recording real choppy and can be a little disorientating when flying at high speed. 2. The controls are not super refined. I have found I have to push the control stick more then half way just to get the drone to move slowly after that it’s full speed (in what ever speed you in IE slow, medium, fast). You need to find a sweet post to fly slow and even then it’s still basically a two speed drone flying in any direction. 3. On mine it least if I trim forward it continually drifts right. Maybe it’s the blades or its internal are off balance but I calibrate everything every time and no matter what I do it drifts slightly right when goin forward. Positives 1. Pictures are very clear on the as card. And even photos taken with the phone are decent enough. 2. If you have extra batteries flying time is (in my opinion) decent. Iv had on average about 20-25 minutes of flying time using all aspects of the drone, before low power alerts started. 3. It’s stabile enough flying. It’s fairly stabile for a more budget oriented drone. I do plan on buying higher priced (better tier) drones but if you’re not a professional and don’t need the better brands this can be stabile enough to fly. AS LONG AS YOU CALIBRATE EVERY TIME and have decent signal All in all in my opinion 3 out of 5. It is my first one so maybe I’m being hyper critical but I plan on using this for still pictures only since the image is soo choppy in video. If you’re a beginner I say go for. If you a veteran drone flyer. You’ll be disappointed.

Device had connection issue with remote control I have purchased it as a gift since I purchased it didn’t work at all!!! Need Reimbursement

Great product just few issues with the transmitter’s controller battery it has a very low battery life after 2days of purchased. I fully charge the controller for 2 hrs and have a good 40mins with 2 combines drone’s battery each have 20mins flying time, the transmitter’s interface show that I have 60% life on the controller however, after few minutes of flying time my drone already reach over 1000m away and gave 2mins beeping indicator and my drone can’t RTH was not able to locate me with 5g signal or failsafe RTH function . I was fully lost my drone! The controller should have enough time for at least 120mins flying time and able to charge with cable while still able use the controller so it doesn’t drop dead all suddenly or have more accurate transmitter’s battery indicator reading.

Having used the Holy Stone HS360 for over three months now, I can confidently say it's a solid investment for drone enthusiasts and filmmakers alike. As my second drone, I've found its build quality to be exceptional, with brushless motors providing remarkable stability and a whisper-quiet flight experience. One of the standout features of the HS360 is its GPS location system, which performs admirably, allowing for worry-free flights even over distances exceeding one kilometer. This reliability lends itself well to capturing expansive aerial shots with ease. Equipped with a 4K camera, the HS360 delivers impressive image quality within its price range. Whether I'm shooting real estate presentations or short cinematic clips, the footage consistently exceeds expectations, showcasing sharp details and vibrant colors. I'mOverall, the Holy Stone HS360 has proven itself as a dependable workhorse in my aerial filming endeavors. Its stability, silent operation, and impressive camera quality make it a standout choice for enthusiasts and professionals looking to elevate their drone videography game. Highly recommended.