Holy Stone HS210 Mini Drone for Kids 8-12 and Beginners, RC Nano Quadcopter Indoor Drone with Circle Fly, Auto Hovering, 3D Flip, and Headless Mode, Great Gift Toy for Boys and Girls, Pink

So this is an indoor drone to be sure. I first turned it on and ran it and it had a mind of it's own. Turns out I had my fan on across the room and the breeze it created played merry havoc with the gyro in the drone. So yeah. Be very careful if you take it outside.Other than that, what a great little drone. I charged up a battery (One of them was ready within 10 minutes, I was surprised), slapped it in, and off I went. Follow the instructions and calibrate the gyro on a flat surface *every* time you pair or after a crash. In fact, I've used gyros like this for head tracking in other projects and it just helps to re-calibrate every landing. It only takes a couple seconds- you'll get drift after a while.Anyway, battery life is around 7 minutes like advertised. I'll time it later. Headless mode worked great (it works depending on initial calibration). Including 3 batteries is a wonderful thing.So this is actually my 2nd drone. My first is a syma and I was having no end of troubles with it so I just went and bought this smaller guy to learn on. I'm glad I did. I learned several things- like the gyro takes a sec to stabilize your drone and it can be a lil sqirmy until then. I learned that calibrating trim shouldn't be done until the drone is more stable. And that's just in the first 10 minutes. I went back to my Syma and tried again using what I knew and things worked *much* better the second time around. I still actually like this to the little costco syma I got, and suspect I'll be bringing this little guy with me more often.Down sides- It's a *little* pricey for what you're getting, but with the 3 batteries it works out okay.- It is *very* breeze susceptible.- The battery system is friction and a little 2 pin clip you need to be careful with- If you're running low on battery the loop function doesn't like to work.Pros:+ Rugged- I bopped it around a few times but because of the prop cowls it just bounces and stops+ Small- For an indoor drone this is good- more room to move around. The syma is about 6" and it covers distance very quickly compared to this guy on speed 1. Speed 3 is pretty fast.+ Great for learning- I imagine I'll be stepping up at some point to a more powerful drone, but for now this is giving me a good introduction to headless and traditional flight.From what I've heard, Holy Stone has amazing customer service. If you're having problems with your drone, make sure it's on a *flat* surface before you calibrate the gyro, and give it another go. Otherwise, talk to CS and see if you just got a bum drone.

I was apprehensive about buying a toy drone like this however, I believe this little guy did a lot for my indoor flight skills. I have a 4k camera drone that flies itself but I was curious about "whoop" drones. The contents of this kit are on par with the typical "fly more" kits and it is super inexpensive. Flying in the house was sketchy at first but now I fly 3 batteries back to back without issue. I can't fly my camera drone in the house without tearing up walls and/or the drone itself. Taking the HS210 outside, the wind pushes it around a lot and requires flying in high speed while making a lot of corrections. This package flies like a stabilized camera drone vs. the fpv freak whoop pictured next to it which is practically uncontrollable for a beginner pilot. Overall, this Holy Stone kit exceeded my expectations.4/2/25 update - yes, the batteries are small and do not last very long. My solution was the Urgenex 500mah 1s batteries which you can buy here on AMZN for $21.99/5. If you buy batteries, be sure to buy them with a ph2.0 connector. I get about 4:40 out of these batteries. It is a really fun little drone and will hover in about a 6" square if you trim the controls properly.

I bought this drone for a 9 year old girl. In short order she figured out how to fly it. The controls are fairly precise, but they take some practice. Fun to fly in the house. She only landed on the butter once.My only real concern is with the battery connectors. They are very small and when they are inserted into the drone or into the charger, they are very hard to remove and the kids have broken off the wires. It is virtually impossible to fix the battery when this happens. A small design change would fix it... or simply provide a small tool with every drone to help with battery extraction. Our partial solution has been to only insert the connector just far enough to make contact and no further. Or we use a pair of thin scissors and use the tip to grip the connector to pull it out of of the socket.The headless flight mode is a good feature for beginners. It's not the cheapest mini drone, but with the two battery charge adapter and three included batteries, and extra props.. it's a fair price.