Snaptain - K30 Mini 720P HD Camera Drone with Colorful Lighting and Remote Controller - White

For the price (where it is currently at $50) it's really good. Only thing is the wind resistance is essentially non-existent. Also, the camera is rather rough. My only other complaint would be the controller's rounded rectangle areas for the sticks. I would've preferred circles there in terms of the shape.

Great indoor drone for beginners or playing around. Affordable and easy enough to use that anyone can give it a try, with a few neat features. My 7-year-old daughter loves it and my wife (who normally doesn’t play with “toys”) has even taken it for a few flights and said it was fun. ---Pros--- 1. Easy to fly with quick start guides for the controls, decent automatic position holding, and landing/takeoff assist. 2. Preprogrammed tricks and neat features. Rather than a regular takeoff, you can just toss it in the air. It also has a button for a 360-degree flip or automatic circle flight (my daughter loves making it do the flip). 3. Easy to swap battery packs that just click in and have a USB-C port for recharging. This is way better than other drones I have owned that required removing a panel, disconnecting a wiring harness, and using a specific battery charger. 4. Tough enough to shrug off a few bad landings. We have had a few run ins with the walls and hard landings from as high as 6ft with no damage. The inboard mounted blades/motors are well protected, and I left the optional blade guards on for this very reason (even though they reduce flight time). 5. Includes extra blades, a soft carrying bag, removable blade guards, and tools. 6. Basic camera that can be linked to a phone. With a built-in phone holder on the remote. 7. Bright color changing LEDs with selectable patterns. ---Things to Consider--- 1. The manual recommends not using this drone outside. It is small (mini) and extremely sensitive to any type of wind (inside my two-story house, it had trouble keeping position with the AC on). 2. Flight time with the blade guards on was around 7 minutes per battery (you get 2). While this seems reasonable to me for such an inexpensive drone, you will need to be patient as the battery pack has a recharge time of around an hour. The good news is that you can easily charge both batteries at the same time with any spare USB-C cable and charger. 3.The onboard camera has good brightness, but a limited viewing angle and low resolution… only good for practicing using a camera in flight or capturing a casual video/photo.

Horrible, broke the minute the batteries were charged The little propellers broke off

I have used a few other drones. I definitely wouldn't say I am a pro, but I have had the opportunity to use some high end drones, and some more fun/educational purpose drones. I was excited to try out the K30 Mini Drone from Snaptain. It reminded me of some of the drones we have used in our classrooms. My sons were excited to get to use this one in the house. **Setup** Setup was a breeze. Everything was packaged very well, and was very easy to setup. You get a QR code to scan to get you to the app you will need for your iOS or Android device. You also get a QR code if you want to get a digital copy of the manual. I thought I would need to charge up the 2 drone batteries, but when I attempted to charge them they showed charged already. We always keep batteries around the house for my sons' various devices and controllers so we had the 3 extra AAA batteries that the controller needed. Everything paired up easily, controller connected to drone, and phone connected to drone. **Flying Experience** So this is a mixed bag if I am being 100. Right off we noticed that the drone tends to move all on its own. We noticed this when we connected the controller, or we tried to steer it with my phone or my son's phone. The drone drifted side to side, and back and forth. This drift wasn't subtle, like a couple of inches like I have experienced before, it was feet. When we went to try to steer it, if it was trying to pull to the left, you needed to go that much further to there right to compensate. If you're using this outside, I am not sure how well it would handle wind, since it is rather light. Indoors it would move back and forth on its own so it made it a little difficult to maneuver around the house. The camera is great, you can get some cool video or pics, but again I felt like the controls hampered the ability to capture what you wanted to record. The lights are a neat little feature too, and you get extra parts, and tools to easily replace any broken propellers or guards. You really get a complete package to get going with the little drone. **Overall** I will admit that perhaps our drone might have been defective. When we were able to pilot it around the house it is fun to use. The lights are great, and the camera works really well. It quickly pairs to your device and controller. I love that you get two charged batteries right out of the box, and the extra parts are great as well. You also get a nice pouch to carry everything around. I could recommend this as long as the one you get doesn't drift around so much on its own, then it might be difficult to use. Also, this is not quiet at all. I could see people in the house getting annoyed by the sound of the drone if they're trying to watch TV or concentrate on something.

EXPECTATIONS: This is an entry level drone, that is made to be used INDOORS, and has marketing made more for children/teens. But obviously adults can enjoy as well. Is 70 grams meaning you don’t need to have a license or register with FAA. BATTERY LIFE: It comes with two batteries, each last about 9 minutes, and recharge via USB-C. Recharge time was ~1 – 1.5 hours. FLYING: Flying the drone is a lot of fun. It is extremely sensitive to wind. First time out I did zero research, just took it out of the box, went outside, and went for it. Which was a mistake. As the wind took it, crashed, and fell into my neighbor’s backyard. After a nice conversation with the neighbors, I then moved inside, where the fan above me was pushing it around a bit as well. As it does not hover perfectly still and kind of wonders like someone who has had an expensive night at the bar. Controls are intuitive but take a little bit to get used to without any previous experience. It’s not super-fast (but has a slow and fast setting), which is good, seeing as it is supposed to be used indoors. This means if you go vrooming into something the product and the drone are less likely to break. The drone is lightweight with guards which work well. It also comes with some replacement parts. RGB: RGB lights are awesome. Very bright, color accurate, with very smooth animations. One of my favorite parts of the drone. CONTROLLER BUILD QUALITY: Controller uses 3 Triple A batteries. Feels cheap. As lightweight plastic. Buttons don’t feel great. Joysticks do feel good and are responsive. There is a slot on the top that you can attach your phone. But with the controller being lightweight it isn’t well balanced. There are some shortcuts which help reset the drone after a crash and to help it take off again. It is worth learning these. PHONE APP: Regarding the phone piece. The app is good. But I found the FPV view didn’t work well for me. As I couldn’t use it at all when the drone was in operation as it was a frozen picture. Not quite sure how well the recording feature actually works. As most of my time was spent just having fun with it visually.