Holy Stone GPS Drone with 4K Camera for Adults – HS175D RC Quadcopter with Auto Return, Follow Me, Brushless Motor, Circle Fly, Waypoint Fly,…
$170
- 4K Ultra Clear Camera: 4K camera with 110° wide-angle and 90° adjustable provides a high resolution picture, enable to capture a perfect shot; 5GHz FPV transmission delivery a smooth and stable videos even in high-speed or strong-wind conditions
- GPS Auto Return: GPS assisted flight, it can perform automatically return home when the drone lost signal, out of range or low power, never have to worry about flying it away
- Better Flight Experience: 2 batteries give you up to 46 minutes flight experience. And functions like Altitude Hold, Optical Flow, Headless Mode, One Key Take Off/Landing and Speed Adjust make it so easy to beginners or newbies.
- Considerate Design: This drone comes with a carrying case, and the foldable fuselage design allows it easy to store and more portable for outdoor travelling, weight under 250g to save you from FAA registration.
- More Intelligent Functions: This drone can trace and follow you automatically, flying along a path you set, or fly around a point in circles, and when you pose to the camera it will take a photo or video, let you enjoy the wonderful flight experience.
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7 reviews for Holy Stone GPS Drone with 4K Camera for Adults – HS175D RC Quadcopter with Auto Return, Follow Me, Brushless Motor, Circle Fly, Waypoint Fly,…
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Mike –
I had a non GPS Drone. This is far superior. Step by step instructions in the app soon overcome any hesitancy about calibration. Nimble and packed with features, such as “Follow Me” and “Fly Circles Around Me”. I had cause to contact Customer Support. That was a great experience. Staff were super helpful and response was immediate and solved my issue quickly and completely with minimum hassle.
Geoff Minors –
Had a few problems setting it up to fly and to take pictures. Customer support was excellent and helped to get it set up. Drone flies very well and very stable with good range. Picture and video quality is good for this price range. Good intermediate Drone, easy to fly. Follow the set up instructions to the letter. Not had a chance yet to use the follow me or circle a point. I would recommend this Drone if you are on a budget and want to put big money into another well known make if you want to see if this is what you want to try. Comes with a very nice case to hold all the parts.
Marty Schaap –
Very impressed with this drone. I received a defective one, but the company was extremely helpful in fixing the problem and went above and beyond to have a satisfied client. I would not hesitate to buy from them again. Thank you !
Chris S. –
This is a great entry level non-toy drone but there is a little bit of a learning curve needed to operate this device. Definitely charge the drone battery and controller battery to FULL before attempting to fly it. I was too eager to try mine out and when my drone battery was about to die, the drone uncontrollably shot up from 10ft to 60ft and nearly got caught in a tree when trying to emergency “low power” fly home. A great feature but be sure you learn to fly this thing in a big open field.
The flying is stable and precise, a little sluggish until you engage speed mode 2 where it’s very fast and can get away from you. The GPS is a great feature, I’ve lost cheap drones on day one before as they flew out of range and off to who knows where.
The manual has very clear instructions and is formatted nicely. I’ve flown many cheap toy drones in the past and thought I could just figure this one out, but trust me, take the time to thumb through the manual to learn how to switch control modes, calibrate, and look closely at how the return home feature works, oh and how to land the thing (hit the takeoff/land button).
The camera is okay, it’s neat to see my neighborhood from so high up but I didn’t buy this particular one to take footage. Maybe I’ll get a closer look at my gutters or something without having to climb a ladder but I mostly just got this to have fun flying it around.
The bag is great, I didn’t think I’d want or need it but it’s nice to have storage for everything all in one spot. The accessories are good too, 2 battery chargers, 2 batteries, extra props, screwdriver for the props.
The app I found was good too, there are some translation issues and I think the iOS reviews are low because peopled don’t understand how to connect the app to the drone. I’ll say it here if it helps anyone, but you have to connect to your drone as if it’s a WIFI router. Right when you turn the drone on, it will show up in your WIFI choices on your phone. Click on it and you’ll be directly connected to the drone and when you launch the app, everything will be connected and updating in real time. When you turn off the drone, your phone should automatically reconnect to your usual WIFI router.
I’m really happy with the build quality of this drone. It’s nice and solid while being highly portable. It has some heft in the hand compared to the $50 Syma toy drones I learned to fly on. I totally recommend this to someone that’s wasted money over and over on cheap drones that break or burn up motors instantly when they hit the grass. I’m not ready for high end professional units but I was tired of wasting money on throwaway drones and I think this will last for a long time, especially since it knows how to fly back to me when I mess up.
Doug –
We recently bought a drone on impulse. It was less than an ideal experience, but it taught me a few lessons. What do I really want? A decent flight experience starts with GPS and stability controls, or “gravity” sensors. Good cameras and image stabilization is great too for those fun arial photographs. It’s not a necessity, but if you get a lower quality camera and try to take video or photos the pictures are going to be grainy. Also, for photos I wanted a sd/tf card slot on the drone. Without the onboard storage the images must be transmitted back to the phone, which reduces quality (generally). Brushless motors are a huge plus. They seem a little quieter but most important they are speed controlled and allow more precise control of the motor. Previous drones, I had tended to have a lot of issues with motors differing in power.
Anyway, after reading reviews and articles for days I bought the HS 175D and it does what it says it does. The drone comes set to beginner mode. This limits you to 98 ft height and radius. This is a good thing. It gives you some time to figure the thing out. From the first takeoff the drone was rock solid. It’s pretty amazing really, the controls are simple and the video screen offers an HD real time video that is crisp and fluid. After a short experiment I let my 11yo fly and he had no difficulty maneuvering the drone around buildings in the yard. The camera only has one adjustment for angle, but you don’t need more. It’s really easy to acquire a great photo. After a couple of days, we took off beginner mode and flew the drone up to 260 ft. I’m sure it would go higher. But it’s barely visible at that distance, I was nervous since there was a slight breeze, it held its position and responded quickly to the controls. We pivoted the camera took photos and loved the experience. We then brought it back down perfectly to where we started.
After a week of use we learned an important lesson. Follow the calibration steps and if you are flying outdoors and do NOT fly without gps lock. The return home feature depends on the gps lock before flight. Otherwise if get gps lock after you take off no telling where “home” will be. This bit us twice. Once we used return home and the drone headed into the woods where it crashed. No harm done though. The second was when the “low battery return to home” feature engaged. We had launched before gps lock, and the drone headed off toward the street. I was able to bring it down, but it didn’t follow commands to land. I strongly suggest never flying without gps lock unless you force the drone into optical mode. There is a warning that pops up on the screen so kudos for the designer reminding me about gps. But it’s not clear what dismissing the warning will do. With no “home” properly set it creates unpredictable behaviors. It’s my mistake, in wanting to get flying right away I ignored the warning. So learn from my mistake and save yourself a crash.
All that said, we have had a few crashes, well 3. The two caused by failing to set home and one from flying into the roof of a shed. The propellors are scratched up a bit but it still works flawlessly. We are super happy with the drone and would recommend it.
It’s a little spendy for a beginner drone but packed with great features, the company has been around for a while and parts are readily available. Sooner or later may need to buy parts, so knowing you can get them is a big plus.
We have had a bit of time to learn more about this drone and still love it. We have still usually keep it on 50% speed which is quite fast for us. I flew it around some on 100% and it’s fast. Close to 20mph at best guess. So, for the novice or intermediate I recommend staying at 50%. I will say we did encounter some learnings on the way. ALSO, I reiterate, make sure you have that gps lock before takeoff. Otherwise, if you encounter a return to home situation from low battery or whatever you don’t get a nasty surprise with the drone heading off to who knows where. That happened to us. Fortunately, we were able to still land it safely. The app warns you that you are not in gps mode so this should never be a surprise. After the third time we finally learned our lesson. Another thing is that you really don’t want to encounter the low battery return home. If you are not in a clear area. The instructions state it can’t avoid obstacles and it’s not kidding. The drone will fly up to 50-70 feet or so then head straight home fast. If it encounters anything on the way that isn’t going to end well. I recommend a timer of about 15-17 minutes per battery. The batteries easily last 20 for us but if you limit yourself to 15 minutes you don’t get any surprises.
We are still on our first set of props, and have trimmed a few tree leaves and branches along the way. The drone still files so well. One thing I’m impressed about is if one of us does fly into a tree the drone doesn’t crash. It will fall through branches and recover itself! If you are paying attention you can fly it back out of the tree.
Another huge plus is that customer service chat is available right in the app. We encountered an issue with calibration once after an encounter with a tree. The customer service helped us out right away. There is a bit of a language barrier, it was obvious our agent was not a native English speaker. But to get someone to help us right away was fantastic. For that reason alone when I buy my next drone it will be from HS
Debbie –
I really like the drone and the value for money. I have taken some awesome aerial pictures of my home and cottage. However the startup instructions in the package and the ones that come with the app conflict. I would prefer to have an easy to read list of quick startup steps.
Travis –
I did crash on my second flight and dropped about 2 meters and after I inspected it, it still flies great like nothing happened. I’m not sure if I calibrated it wrong but when I come to a stop it kinda drifts for a few seconds after ease up on the throttle, the only thing that bothers me bc it contributed to flying into the side of the house. All in all a great purchase and I’m happy with it.