4DV4 Drone with 1080P Camera for Adults,HD FPV Live Video RC Quadcopter Helicopter for Beginners Kids Toys Gifts,2 Batteries and Carrying…

I like it so far, but everytime the packages are delivered to the wrong address!!!!!!?

It’s a super cheap, small drone. It doesn’t fly level, which makes some other features unreliable, but it serves my purpose: to figure out how to fly a drone without worrying about wasted money when it inevitably crashes into something.

The drone is pretty good for the money. I will say that the battery life is great and I get at least 15 to 20 minutes per run. (without video). One thing I don’t like is the speed of the unit on #3 speed. At the fastest setting the unit is not too snappy as others I have flown. It does take some getting used to having it hover by itself. And even if you pull the throttle down all the way, the blades still spin fast and will wack what its near in an emergency. There is a cut off button at the bottom but it drops like a rock and will chip it if you hit concrete. ( I did) That’s a problem because the controller is horribly small, and putting the phone on it to watch video is awkward and top heavy.
But over all for the price. I’ll play with it until I break it. Wouldn’t get another one though.

For any review to be worthwhile, context on the reviewer is helpful. I am a middle aged male. I am an IT/IS Management professional. I don’t play video games often. I definitely do not have the hand/controller/eye coordination of the younger generations. I am a do-it-yourself type who is mechanically inclined. I purchased this affordable drone to learn how to fly before spending $$$ on a more capable drone.

PRO: Price, carrying case with cut foam inserts, two batteries, some automatic features, headless flight mode (a.k.a. no matter which way the drone is oriented on the horizontal axis, the controls will behave like a novice would expect)

CON: Lightweight drone gets bucked in a breeze. Instruction manual is tiny and hard to read. Flight time is relatively short (expected in this size). The rotor arms are easily bumped out of position. Has brushed motors, so it is louder than I initially expected.

In all honesty, this isn’t the best drone out there. It’s lightweight and gets bucked in the wind easily. The instruction manual is physically small. The text is hard to read without additional magnification. I definitely recommend searching YouTube for how-to videos on the drone controls and drone calibration. The camera isn’t the best. To pair your mobile phone to the drone, you have to connect to the drone via Wi-FI. The drone has it’s own Wi-FI mini router built in. When you’re connected to the drone via Wi-FI, you sacrifice your internet connected WI-Fi connection.

THAT BEING SAID…

I’m a novice. My desire is to shoot some drone footage on my next vacation. I purchased this drone to learn how to fly a drone. If I crash it or break it, I’m not out hundreds of dollars. I went into it without unrealistic expectations. So far, it has been a great “gateway” learning tool.

The controller works, but it doesn’t have truly “fine” adjustments via the joysticks. There are fine controls on the “D” pad on the controller, but I haven’t had enough stick time to evaluate the effectiveness of the fine controls. The auto takeoff feature is helpful. The auto land feature hasn’t worked quite right for me yet (most likely operator error).

There are three rotor speed settings available via the left shoulder button. I’ve only flown for any real amount of time in setting 1. I tried setting 2. The drone becomes faster, can fly higher, and becomes more sensitive to control input. I haven’t tried setting 3 yet. I’m working to gain comfort flying at speed 1. The drone has some built in acrobatic routines (flips / rolls) via using combinations of the right stick and the right shoulder button. I haven’t tried these out yet.

The rotor blades are flexible and can withstand impact. If a rotor blade breaks, extra blades and the required tool are included with the drone package. Also included are rotor guard “bumpers”. As a newbie, I can not overstate the value of the guard “bumpers”.

The drone does not have any on-board memory storage or memory card reader. To capture video, you must download and install the drone app onto your mobile device. Any pictures or videos are stored on your mobile device. The software app is obviously created by a non-native English speaker. I’ve only tested the still photo capture and a video capture via the mobile device app. I haven’t attempted to use any of the mobile app flight controls yet, and I don’t think I will.

After I can achieve stable, safe flights with this drone, I will upgrade to a more expensive drone with better features, better control fidelity, better camera (gimbal and stabilized), ..etc.

Hope this helps.