SYMA Drone with Camera 1080P HD FPV Foldable Drone for Kids and Adults, Quadcopter Toys Gifts with Optical Flow Positioning, 90°Adjustable Lens, 3D Flip, One Key Function, Headless Mode

Fun drone, good quality phtos
Disclaimer: I own a DJI Mavic Pro, and started out with a Holy Stone quadcopter. I’ve flown smaller ones like the DJI Spark, which is similar in size. I would say that for the price, this is a five-star drone. You get a lot for $80.Pros:Small manageable size – the drone is large enough to make it feel like a nice machine, but small enough, especially when folded, to port around, which is nice because it lends itself to easy travel. You can also easily launch it and land it from and on your hand.Robust and reasonably crash proof – The blade guards seemed kind of flimsy, and didn’t stay on well, so I flew without them. The drone handled test crashes well. The propellers held up well, with only some minor scrapes after hitting the ground and nearby trees. The copter simply hit the ground and the arms folded in on impact.Quiet – The drone has a relatively quiet sound, and isn’t too loud. I could talk to those next to me while flying without having to raise my voice while the copter was only a few feet away.Auto-flip function – This is fun. When executed, the drone flips in your specified direction, rolling quickly left, right, forward or backward and returning to hovering once completed. The flip function does not work once the battery drops below a certain percentage.LED lights for battery and connectivity – These are easy to see when on the ground and display info about the battery when charging or low, and connectivity when first powered on. The rear lights are green, and the ones in the front are red, but they can be hard to see in daylight once it gets more than about 30 feet away.Good range. I flew the drone about 70 or 80 feet away laterally without any problems, and about 40 feet up before coming down for fear of wind gusts. It worked fine, with no noticeable latency.Headless Mode – Great function for learning pilots, especially for a drone like this that has no camera feed. However, the instructions are quite confusing on how to engage this and it took me a solid 5 minutes of fiddling with the controls to get it to work. To get this to work, take off, hold the button at the top left of the controller until it starts beeping, and then push the stick forward. The forward-facing direction will remain that relative forward until this function is disengaged.Tuning – This was easy to do, and I liked the tactility of the joystick buttons. I found it worked well.Camera usability- The quality is good, and it is fun to use. However, I’m kind of in the middle on this, which is why the camera is in both the pros and cons. It does provide an accurate view of what the drone sees, and I didn’t have almost any lag. The picture resolution was nice. It’s not super easy to use, but I was able to figure out most of the controls while flying.Battery: This had a nice battery life, with about 22 minutes of battery life to 1.5 hours charging time. I didn’t stream video, which I would imagine uses a bit more battery, bt for my medium intensity flight, I was very happy with the flight time, especially considering that they give you two batteries, which could give you about 45 minutes of flight time.Cons:Unstable/Jerky Camera – Because the camera is hard-mounted to the drone body, the video is very twitchy and jerky as the drone flies around and tilts, particularly when descending. The video became very shaky. I found myself more inclined to use the photo option over the video though, because of how unstable it was. I also found the field of view to be frustratingly narrow, and wanted a more upwards view from the drone.Instructions aren’t very clear – I found myself struggling to engage Headless mode, as well as set up the camera, one of the main selling points with this drone. I’ve found this is a common issue with Syma instructions, and it just makes the products a lot harder to use. There are occasional typos, and the layout is confusing.

Easy to use, excellent beginner drone
This drone is fun and has easy to operate instructions. Does flips and has auto take off and a 1080 p camera! So much fun !!

A great entry level drone!
This nicely packaged drone is very compact and easy to use. It’s a great entry level drone for both children and adults. I was new to flying drones, but soon became very capable with the controls and could make the drone do flips and high speed maneuvers. Of course, as a noob, I crashed the drone a number of times into branches/trees, and subsequently the ground, but the drone bounced back every time. It comes with replacement blades, but the originals survived my learning curve with ease so high marks for durability!The on-board 1080P camera leaves a lot to be desired, as it is very low resolution and not stabilized, but at this price point, having a wifi accessible camera on board is really just a bonus. You can also connect your phone and control the drone with SYMA’s app and capture photos and video from the camera.Overall a great purchase as both a fun toy, and a great practice drone for those looking to get flying experience before a quality upgrade. I now feel confident in my piloting abilities and would be comfortable piloting a more expensive unit.

Amazing Christmas gift
Such a fun toy to do as a family , it’s durable and the camera has amazing quality . I love that I can also control it from a app on my phone . And it’s totally begginger friendly and easy to use!