Holy Stone HS720 GPS Drone with 4K UHD Camera 5G WIFI FPV Transmission + Storage Case

Pros: Smooth, very stable, and easy to fly Excellent Battery life (so far I’ve got about 22-23 min) Controller is top notch compared to others in this price range High build quality on the Drone Camera is adequate Love the landing lights for night flying! Case is very nice and sleek! Love it! They have customer support and they actually respond and help you! Cons: Phone holder on the controller was a little tricky to figure out. At first I couldn’t get my phone to stay in, but then I realized the arm was not fully extending. I had to pull a little harder in order for it to fully extend. My iphone XS then fit in it like a glove. It also took a little force getting the arm to go back in the controller. The charger is capable of charging two batteries at one time which is cool, but it does seem a little on the cheap side. Every USB C cable I tried, including the one it came with didn’t seem to fit securely into the input jack. It also takes 5-7 hours to charge which is on the higher side compared to similar drones. You will definately want a 2nd battery. The camera quality is ok compared to other drones at this price point, but it could use better stabilization or a gimble. I’m also still learning so I’m hoping my videos will improve with my flying! =) Overall Review: 1st time GPS drone user here so I did mega research and went down a rabbit hole of similar drones! Despite it’s very few and minor shortcomings I’m glad I chose this one and I think you will too, especially if it’s your first “real” drone.

Pros: Even though this is my first drone experience and I may not be able to compare my experience to other drones, this is a great drone. I contacted HS’s customer service pre-purchase with some questions and they responded very quickly and detailed. After receiving the drone a few days later, I charged the battery, read the quick start manual and followed all pre-flight steps, before I launched the drone. It was very easy to fly and navigate. I tried a few starts and landings and felt comfortable very quickly in operating it. The video and photo quality is great, even though some videos showed clearly that I was not operating the drone as smoothly as a more experienced operator would do that, as some of the moves were a little abrupt – but that seems more an operator experience question than an drone short coming. The drone also was amazingly stable besides having some light winds. I have not flown it in more wind but will try that when I have a more open space available. The remote control feels solid and provides good controls, even though for a beginner it takes a while to get familiar with all the information available on the screen. I do like the protective case and the other accessories the drone came with – it not only protects the drone well but makes it very convenient to take it along. Cons: The battery was supposed to last for 26 min flight time, which I have not been able to achieve. My flight time is typically around 20 minutes by the time the battery status changes from green to yellow, which is also when I start to go back to home given the experience in my very first flight (see below). Even though the drone is very well designed in how it folds together and it’s overall shape, I find it a little difficult to remove the memory card from the drone as there is hardly any space to grab it (inserting the memory card is totally fine – just removing it is a little hard). As there is quite a bit of information on the screen during flight time, some of the symbols are rather small and I find them hard to read. This may be a function of my phone, which has a 5 inch screen, but as I could not fit my 7 inch tablet into the holding bracket, that was all I had. It may be a good idea to design the holder a little bigger, so that it can also accommodate a small tablet instead of just a phone. Overall Review: Overall I have a very good experience with this drone, even though I had a little ‘incident’ right on the first day: After getting more comfortable, I decided to do a roof inspection, which revealed some great detail about my roof. Given that I was busy watching the drone, I didn’t notice when the battery got low and the drone switched to an automatic ‘return to home mode’. Unfortunately there was a tree between the location where I had launched the drone and the drone’s location at the time, so that it first moved up, across the trees and then started to decent – unfortunately it got stuck in a tree branch doing so. The drone stumbled and eventually fell down on to the lawn. Never the less, I was very impressed that nothing broke and fortunately there was no damage. As the manual had clearly described this behavior and warned not to fly close to trees when the battery is about to be empty, this clearly was my fault and in my eyes it speaks even more how solid the drone is built. Overall I really like this drone and would buy it again with no hesitation. My experience though also includes that it really helps to take the time and read the manual front to back before flying it – especially if one has no prior experience in flying drones. I also like the responsiveness of the HS customer service – that is really nice to know that they actually do respond and help – thanks for that!

Overall Review: No because its crashes itself