Holy Stone HS290 Drone with 1080P HD Camera and 2 Batteries for Beginners

I recently purchased the HS290 drone, and I am thoroughly impressed with its performance. The drone is incredibly easy to set up and fly, making it perfect for both beginners and experienced pilots. The stability and control are excellent, and the image quality of the camera is superb, capturing clear and vibrant footage. The HS290's battery life is impressive, allowing for extended flight sessions without frequent recharging. Additionally, the drone's design is sleek and durable, with intuitive controls that enhance the overall flying experience. Overall, the HS290 offers fantastic value for its price. It's a reliable and high-performing drone that has exceeded my expectations. Highly recommended for anyone looking to enjoy a top-notch aerial experience!

Incredible! Bought this for my 9 year old nephew, he loved it! I loved it! We crashed it several times into trees whilst learning how to fly it and it was totally fine, it even fell through a tree and recovered itself and didn’t hit the ground! Haven’t tried it with a phone attached to the controller yet but for £40 it’s absolutely banging! (Was on offer)

Initially, great small drone. Easy to use and lots of fun. But second day of use the drone lost responsiveness, flew high, wouldn’t respond to the controller, flew very high and was then lost. Camera connection to the app was also poor.

Haven't opened as xmas gift so 4 stars for the price hopefully a good deal

This is a decent little drone for the money, but it’s definitely more of a kids’ toy or beginner drone than something for serious drone enthusiasts. The drone is lightweight, easy to set up and fun to fly. I liked that it comes with two batteries, a carry case and spare propellers, so you’re ready to go straight out of the box. Battery life is around 12 minutes per battery, giving roughly 24 minutes in total if you use both batteries, which is reasonable for the price. On the downside, the camera is fairly basic and the footage can be quite shaky as there is no image stabilisation. It also struggles in windy conditions due to its light weight, and the lack of GPS means you need to be careful when flying outdoors. Overall, it’s a good introduction to drones and a fun way to learn the basics without spending a fortune. It has its limitations, but considering the price, it’s hard to complain too much.

It super nice it come with all you need to fly it the camera it good and Beginner friendly it a good price

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The Holy Stone HS290 Foldable Drone is a great choice for beginners and casual flyers. The 1080P HD FPV camera delivers clear, smooth video and photos, making it fun to capture aerial views in real time. Its foldable design is compact and travel-friendly, so it’s easy to take anywhere. The drone is stable in flight, simple to control, and packed with beginner friendly features that make learning enjoyable rather than intimidating. Battery life is solid for its size, and overall build quality feels reliable. A fantastic drone for the price and a lot of fun to fly.

Third update: +3 stars Update 3: despite being a little frustrated with my experience, customer service came through again! I still have the first drone that flies just fine, gps works, just doesnt have a camera for more than a minute. Its enough to fly around though. Still waiting on the new camera, but if that works i will be thrilled. Also received a replacement for the second one that drifted off. My only advice to be cognizant of where you fly it and keeping real line of sight. All in all, still a good deal Update 2: customer service went above and beyond, I received a replacement drone and then they also sent me a new camera. but the camera is going to take a few weeks. enjoyed flying the new drone, logged a couple flights, but then when coming home to land it and replace the battery for another flight, it started to drift off, then disconnected and flew away. have not since found the drone. So not I am out a working drone, propeller guards and an SD card (purchased separately). while the first time they did go above and beyond for customer service, this time they are asking me to wait on the camera to see if it fixes the first one. while it isnt an unreasonable request, the return window is closing pretty quick. I do like the drone, but I am now at two separate issues and with no working drones. going to give it a week to see if the camera arrives and if that fixes it. otherwise, I may return it. Frankly, if they werent so helpful the first time I would have returned it by now. update 1: Drone lost connectivity to the camera. Not sure if it was from a crash, but just started disconnecting. Drone still flys and gps functions work still. All the positive comments about the awesome customer service are true. Holystone is taking care of me! Day 2 initial review!! I have played with mini drones and super cheap drones, and thought it might be time to go a little better and more capable in a drone. I agonized for a couple days, going back and forth on higher end drones and even less capable drones. Not sure if i wanted or needed certain features or to spend the money on a drone I might very well crash or lose due to inexperience. I looked at the higher end holy stones. As well as other brands. and finally found the HS110G model on sale during prime day. Was a step or so above the beginner drones, has some features (GPS follow, maps etc) I had never used for a price that was great. So far Pro: -Comes with great little carrying case. -2 batteries (I didnt find the second battery until day 2) -Comes with spare blades. -Descent flight time per battery -App is cool and easy to use -Easy to fly and stable in both modes. -Durable (so far) -Good quality in the camera (way better than i expected) -handled some wind better than expected. -great deal for price. Neutral (to be fully transparent) I havent had enough time to fully push the envelope or try all features in earnest due to winds picking up and gusting. -Havent figured out the map thing yet to fly a route (wind is preventing me) - havent figured out the wave feature to make it take pictures (also havent really tried either) -havent had the auto return featute kick in. -follow me worked but the camera orientation stayed the same so i was off camera immediately. Not sure if I am doing it wrong or its a super basic type follow function. Cons. -I would say this may not be good for true beginners. It is considered "advance". Would consider the mini or the hs 200 for kids or people really new to drones until they learn the characteristics. Although it is easy to fly, there is more to screw up. - set up is little more involved (instructions are great though) and take a few minutes eact time you fly. -it is a light, small drone, although it handled some wind better than I expected. Wind will be an issue for operators. -have to charge the batteries through the drone itself. (Seperate chargers are available) -charge time took awhile. -doesnt come with propeller gaurds. -camera is fixed, so during flight the view can be jerky. But, I knew that was going to be the case from reading reviews. -no collision avoidance, which i also knew, but being i generally suck at flying these. Would be nice to have Couple of lessons learned. -Follow the directions closely.. like really closely -read tons of reviews talked about these things developing a mind of their own (all sorts of different models and brands, but less with this one?) Well my first couple attempts at flight with the cell phone yielded the same results for me. But i was doing it in the house so i wouldnt lose a drone in case i did something dumb...which i did. 1. When connecting to the drone wifi. Turn OFF autoconnect to other wifi sources. My phone disconnected and recconected to my original wifi. Causing the drone to not respond and do its own thing..i did this twice. Its how i can say it is durable so far. 2. Make sure you have the right model selected in the app. 3. Make sure during set up you have the drone oriented in the direction you will be flying. All in all I really happy with it so far. But I do see this as a gateway drug to bigger more advanced drones!!

The Holy Stone HS110G is a great drone for a beginner, not only because of its features like Headless Mode that ease the job of learning to fly but also because it comes as a package that contains the drone, remote control, two batteries and a very nice fitted carrying case all at a price point that makes it one of the least expensive GPS drones around. And if that isn’t enough it comes from Holy Stone, a drone company with an excellent reputation for its customer support. I received my HS110G quickly from Amazon and immediately charged the remote and the two batteries. My first impressions of the drone were totally positive. It weighs in at 185 gm with a battery installed and comes with a fixed camera that takes a micro SD card in a slot in the rear. My 32GB card seems to work fine. The landing gear seem like they will do a great job at protecting the camera and are quite short. The result should be excellent stability. The case has a nice zippered pocket that I used to store the miscellaneous parts: spare propellers with screws and screwdriver, spare landing gear, charging cable and instruction manual. There is an interior pocket also. The inside custom foam cutouts nicely cradle the drone, remote control and two batteries with room for additional batteries should you get them. Altogether, a very nice package. My first flight continued to meet my expectations. After calibration and waiting for sufficient satellites for a good GPS signal I took it flying. The one key takeoff function works great with the drone hovering in place over its takeoff point. The default speed is the middle one, speed 2 and it is a great speed for learning to fly. Speed 1, the slow speed, is very slow and really helps steady the drone when taking pictures and especially video and speed 3 is quite zippy, for the more confident flyer. I flew at all the speeds around my field and landed a number of times. The battery life I got was 13 minutes, just as advertised. I also tested the return-to-home function several times and found it behaves well, first hovering in place and rotating to face its home take off point then rising to the preset RTH altitude and finally returning to the home coordinates before slowly descending to land. The RTH altitude can be set in the app and I was careful to set it high enough to be above all the tall trees around me. As I expected, the low landing gear kept the drone upright after landing and I was almost always able to take off immediately from the landing position, a nice feature if you happen to land some distance away. I did crash a couple of times, including hitting a wall and the drone was unfazed. Just set it upright, reinitialize the gyro and take off. The camera is fixed and not gimbaled which limits the usefulness of the extra features like Follow Me, which does follow the remote but doesn’t do a good job of keeping the subject in the frame. I have to say, the only thing I didn’t like was the battery charging, which has to be done with the battery in the drone. It do wish it had a charging dock so that both batteries could be charged at the same time. But it’s a convenience item that in no way detracts from the excellent flying experience I had with the drone. Overall, you get a lot of bang for the buck with the Holy Stone HS110G: GPS, a camera, two batteries, nice case, good support. It has headless mode, GPS and multiple flight speeds which really help a beginner learn to fly while minimizing crashes and reducing the risk of loss. And it appears to be fairly robust so you can fly again after most crashes. If you’re on a tight budget and just want to try drone flying it makes a great starting drone.

I purchased the Holy Stone HS110G because I wanted a drone with GPS and already had the HS110D before. This drone is very similar to the HS110D but has a different transmitter, which is rechargeable and does not perform 360 flips. The camera is the same as the HS110D which records in 1080P. The camera can record Video, take still photos and will give you FPv capabilities via the downloadable FREE smart phone app. The battery on the HS110G has a 3.7V 1500MAH battery which allows for a 13 minute flight time. I have always been impressed with the way Holy Stone products come packaged. This drone did not disappoint. Everything came neatly packaged in the included carrying bag which in my opinion, is an added bonus. Flying the HS110G is very easy due to the GPS feature. Just make sure you calibrate the drone correctly before flying. Failure to do so can result in your drone not flying stable and or your drone flying out of control. There are very few negatives for this Drone. First, charging the battery can only be done in the drone itself which is a drag because you cannot charge both batteries at the same time. Secondly, the package only comes with 1 micro USB cable which will not allow you to charge the Transmitter and Drone at the same time. I wish that we can charge both batteries as well as the Transmitter all at one time. This way, one can minimize the wait time for charging and maximize the flight time. Overall, The HS110G is a great drone for the price. It is a stable flyer (As long as calibrated correctly) and great for the first time flyer. Holy Stone Customer Service is great as well. They will always try to help with any issues as best as possible. Definitely would recommend purchasing this product. Have Fun and Happy

This is a very good basic drone, and would be well suited to someone who wanted to learn the basics without risking a high-priced, more advanced drone. I'm actually surprised at how many high-tech bells and whistles are in a model in this price range. The GPS in particular seems to function very well, it will hover quite stably even in a slight breeze, which is a revelation to someone like myself, whose previous drone experience was mostly with cheap non-GPS toy grade drones. Altitude hold also works well. When used in conjunction with the (free) app, you can access features like follow me (which I tried, and it works pretty well), circle mode, and waypoint navigation. The FPV WiFi feed to your phone looks very good, better than I was expecting, and the video gets recorded to your phone, as well as to an SD card in the drone. The 1080p camera quality is adequate, but nothing outstanding, so don't expect cinematic professional footage; good for this price range, though, and you can still get some pretty nice shots with it. The drone comes with a really nice zippered nylon carrying case, with foam inserts to securely hold the drone and its accessories, which is extremely useful, and unexpected at this price point. The physical design of the drone is very, well, drone-like, the sort of Phantom-esque shape that the general public tends to picture when they think of a drone. The size and shape actually remind me of the venerable old Syma X5C, if you're familiar with that one (but this one has vastly more technical features). The transmitter is different than what I'm used to, it's not the video game style that many inexpensive drones use, but a more professional looking design, with fold out grips and antennae (though I'm not sure if the latter are functional, or just for show), and clearly labeled buttons for the various functions. The drone is very responsive to the controls in flight, and is a lot of fun to fly. When video is recording, the control emits a low beeping, which I have read annoys some people, but I rather like it, it reassures me that I've remembered to start recording. I haven't had a chance to extensively test every feature, but so far I'm very pleased with this one. As someone whose previous drone experience was mostly with cheap, toy-grade stuff (and having been away from the hobby altogether for a couple years), I am pleased and surprised to see how many of the features of the more advanced drones have filtered down into the lower price ranges, and this company in particular seems to be very good at incorporating those features at a quite reasonable price point. I'd recommend this one to anyone who wants to get their feet wet in the hobby, without breaking the bank.

I read a lot of reviews, and even had my father who flies RC planes and drones approve my purchase. The product itself is nice and came with a nice case... BUT if you are new to drones I guess it failed to meet the easy standards. My teenager has programmed robots, good with technology and watched friend fly his 1500.00 drone with a gimbal camera. She really wanted a drone to take camping with us. Bought this model for her b-day and it just did not work as easy as either of us thought. Drone flying is a HOBBY. Not like a remote control car you turn on and drive. The drone had to be calibrated every time you used it or crashed. Had to remember the remote control positions and hand holding the drone a certain way to rotate it for the lighting to turn the correct colors so you know you successful calibrated each position. As a busy adult, my brain only retains so much memory - lol. Would be nice if the iPhone could direct you to setup steps. The thing would beep and display red lights, but the the directions did not tell you why it was unhappy. I thought hooking it up to her phone would give us an immediate birds eye view from the drone - but we never figured that out. The directions are not clear, and the Amazon screen shots does not seem to depict live video viewing as a feature. It says it can take pictures and videos, but not sure if you can watch it live and stream it to your phone. The quality was there, the size was nice....cool little thing, but it took way too much effort to setup each time for the short fly time and my daughter decided she would rather have something different. They are use to video games which is turn on an go. Again - for true hobbyists and enthusiasts of drones, this may be a good one. But if you want it as a "toy" to take out to the park, or camping - its not a get out a go kind of thing for todays teen.