Holystone HS160 Pro Foldable Drone with 1080p HD WiFi Camera reviews

Holy Stone HS160 Pro Foldable Drone with 1080p HD WiFi Camera for Adults and Kids, Wide Angle FPV Live Video, App Control, Gesture Selfie, Tap Fly, Optical Flow, Altitude Hold and 2 Batteries

1080P FHD 110° Wide-Angle Camera: Captures higher resolution photos and videos (1920 X 1080P), you can see what your drone sees from a smartphone, enjoy a live video feed up from 80m away with FPV transmission.
Considerate Design: HS160 Pro provides the perfect solution for indoor and outdoor flying, foldable and lightweight makes it exceptionally easy to carry; come with 2 batteries provide up to 24 mins flight.
Intelligent and Fun: Gesture control makes selfie so easy, simply raise your hand or pose V sign, the drone will take photos and videos; Draw a path on the phone screen, and the drone can automatically fly along the routes you set.
User Friendly: HS160Pro has multiple functions Altitude Hold, Optical Flow, Headless Mode, One Key Start /Landing, and Speeds Adjustment, make it so easy to control even for kids.
Gravity Control and Voice Control: Controlling the drone by adjusting the vertical and horizontal position of your smartphone; Or simply speak commands like “take off", "landing", "left", "forward", "backward" to fly the drone.

Explore More Scenic

HS160 Pro built with 1080p Full HD Camera and 110° Wild Angle Len transmits steadier and clear videos in real-time, helps you capture wonderful scenic and directly saved to your smartphone.

Take Selfie Easier Than Ever

Built-in Gesture Control, you can simply rise your hand up or pose a V sign, HS160 Pro will automatically take photos and videos, you can share it instantly with friends on social media.

Design the Path

Tap Fly is the newest technology that allows you to simply draw a flight route on your smartphone screen, let the drone fly following the path accordingly.

Foldable and Portable

The folded size 6.3x2.6x1.5 inch only, weight under 250g, it's very exquisite, small and smart, makes it a favorite toy and a photography shooting gadget.

Easy to Use
Flying Stability
See What Your Drone Sees
Fly Safe and Longer
Easy to Use
Simply press one button, it will take-off or landing as your command. Take control quickly and easily with one key takeoff and landing, perfect for beginners.

Flying Stability

Optical flow sensor provides altitude hold and position hold, hovers the drone steadily at a certain height, prevents it drifting, and helps to take selfies easily, to help you get it to start quickly and safely.

See What Your Drone Sees

Enjoy live video feed of the flight through your smartphone by the WiFi FPV feature. It comes with a quick guide manual for easy start and control.

Fly Safe and Longer

Come with 2 modular batteries can support longer flight time, the drone or control will send the alarm when it at low voltage, gives you a worriless flying.

Package Specification
Weight: 124g/ 4.37oz
Flight Time: 10-12 minutes
Charging Time: 110 minutes
Dimensions: 222 x 169 x 38 mm (unfolded)
Control Range: 164 feet to 230 feet
Image Return Distance: 131 feet
Video/Photo Resolution: HD1920 x 1080P

Product information
Package Dimensions 8.86 x 7.36 x 2.83 inches
Item Weight 15.2 ounces
ASIN B0832V7XYR
Manufacturer recommended age 14 years and up

Batteries 2 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included)

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Customer Reviews 4.1 out of 5 stars 388 ratings

4.1 out of 5 stars

Summary:

This is a good beginner to an intermediate level drone. I can see this drone being used for short recreational flights with the primary goal of taking a quick picture from the sky and then returning to the ground.

What Comes With It:
I found the user's manual very easy to understand, while still being thorough. I highly recommend reading the whole manual before your first flight so that you know all the features that can help you be a better pilot.

Everything you need (including extra propellers) is in the box with the exception of a USB wall adapter. Optional equipment that is not included is a mobile device if you want to use the app, and a virtual reality headset for your phone if you want to fly the drone that way.

I liked the size of the drone and the fact that it can fold up. This makes it much more plausible that I might take it on a hike to get my picture on a mountain top.

A bonus on the controller is that I found that my iPhone 6s Plus fit into the holder, even with the phone case still on it!

Flight:

I was pleased that there was no need to calibrate this drone before taking off. It made it more fun to just turn on the drone, pair the remote, and start flying.

The automatic takeoff did not seem to work. The propellers turned on, but there was no automatic lift. The automatic landing button does work well, however.

The drone hovered in the position very well, with no need for any trimming. I also found the flight very smooth. I did not fly in any wind, so I don't know how it performs in gusty conditions.

I did not notice any difference when turning the "optical flow" mode off and on. I believe it is intended to help the drone hover in position, but again, I noticed no difference.

I thought that the "headless" mode was better explained in this version of the user's manual. It seemed to work as described, where the joysticks became relative to the launch position, and the drone rotation no longer mattered.

I thought the speed of the drone was a bit slow, even at the fastest speed with a full battery. For me, this detracts from the fun a bit. The speed is good for getting pictures, but not for zooming around.

Virtual Reality View:

I really like the VR feature. It is very fun to look through the eyes of the drone and fly around. I found that the second flight mode (labeled MODE 1) is much more intuitive for VR flight. It changes the traditional drone controls so that the left joystick has forward, back, turn right and turn left and the right joystick has thrust and strafing right and left. Note: In-flight MODE 1, to pair the transmitter with the drone, the right joystick is used instead of the left, which I did not see in the manual. Watching the camera screen or using VR can be a bit disorienting at low altitudes because the camera will point straight down at the ground when the drone moves forward. However, at higher altitudes, this does not seem to be a problem.

Camera:

The video stream from the camera is very good. It is smooth and fairly fluent. The camera quality is not great. It is good for getting a general idea of landscapes, but do not expect high detail photos or videos. Facial features from just a few meters away are blurred. The camera can be angled vertically, but this is a static setting that must be done before launch.

Battery:

I like that this drone came with 2 batteries! Unfortunately, I think that the second battery is necessary because the flight time feels a bit short at 10 minutes per battery. At first, I found the battery difficult to remove from the drone, but after a few battery exchanges, it got easier to pry the battery out.

Mobile Application:

I was disappointed that instructions for the mobile application were just button labels. I needed to infer what most of the buttons were meant to do.

The user guide makes it sound like the app will automatically connect to the drone's wifi signal. In reality, you need to first connect to the drone in your mobile device's wifi settings, and then launch the app.

I like that the drone can be completely controlled from the app! However, an undocumented part of that is that you cannot (and should not) pair the remote if you want to control the drone with the app. Pressing the power button and takeoff button is what is needed to get the app connected to the drone.

There are multiple methods of controlling the drone from the app. The app has joysticks that work like the controller. There is also a "gravity" mode, where you tilt the phone to steer the drone. There is also a "TapFly" mode where you can draw a path for the drone to follow. However, the adjustments seem tiny to me. I could see the drone adjusting, but it seemed to make such minor steering changes that the feature is not helpful.

I could not get the hand gestures to work for taking pictures or video. I also could not get voice commands to work (mostly because I did not know what commands I could give).

Conclusion:
This drone is fun! I think the mobile app could use a tutorial, but I like all the functionality that has been packed into such a small and inexpensive package.

Mfg Recommended age 14 years and up

Manufacturer Holy Stone

Holystone HS160 Pro Foldable Drone with 1080p HD WiFi Camera reviews