Customer Ratings & Reviews

I recently had the pleasure of experiencing the Snaptain S5C Elite 1080p Drone, and let me tell you, it's an absolute blast! From the moment I hit the takeoff button, I was hooked. There's something truly exhilarating about watching this drone gracefully ascend into the air. Setting up the S5C Elite was a breeze. The seamless pairing with my smartphone was intuitive, allowing me to easily view the live 1080p feed and control the drone with precision. The video quality is surprisingly crisp for a drone in this price range, capturing clear and vibrant footage. The included remote controller provides a comfortable and responsive flying experience, even for a beginner like myself. What truly sets the S5C Elite apart is its thoughtful design and included accessories. The two batteries are a game-changer, doubling my flight time and allowing for extended aerial adventures. The spare propeller blades are a welcome addition, providing peace of mind in case of any accidental bumps or crashes. The drone's stability and responsiveness are remarkable. It handles wind with surprising grace, and the various flight modes offer a range of experiences, from smooth, cinematic shots to more agile maneuvers. Even just taking off is an adrenaline rush! The drone's ability to hold its position and respond to commands made me feel confident and in control. The Snaptain S5C Elite is an outstanding drone that delivers a thrilling and accessible flying experience. Whether you're a beginner looking to dip your toes into the world of drones or an experienced flyer seeking a reliable and fun option, the S5C Elite is a fantastic choice. The combination of its ease of use, impressive features, and included accessories makes it a truly exceptional value. I wholeheartedly recommend this drone for anyone looking to capture stunning aerial footage and experience the pure joy of flight.

I recently purchased the Snapton S5C elite 1090p drone and let me tell you!! I could not have chosen any better for this price point!!! Set up was a breeze!! Camera takes awesome video. Remote and two batteries so plenty of flying time. Even had replacement blades in case you guide like me to start. If you want an incredible drone and don’t want to spend the really big bucks? Get more bang for your buck and purchase this one!! Best purchase I have done in a LONG time

I got the Snaptain S5C Elite 1080p Drone for my 8-year-old, and it has been an absolute hit! The setup was straightforward, and the remote controller is intuitive and easy for kids to use. The drone's 1080p camera captures stunning video and photos, making it a fun way for my child to explore and document their adventures. The build quality is impressive, and it has proven to be quite durable, even after a few minor crashes. The flight stability is excellent, and the various modes and features, like altitude hold and one-key takeoff/landing, make it perfect for beginners. Overall, this drone has provided endless fun and learning opportunities. Highly recommend it for kids and beginners alike!

Absolutely love it I got a absolutely great deal on it and it is so durable I've ran it into trees sand and hard concrete and it's still going strong and I never had to replace one of the propellers yet The batteries last at least 30 minutes and honestly I don't know how much more time you need to fly it lol

All around a very good beginner drone. Gets pushed around in strong winds, but otherwise a very good little drone.

I wasn’t expecting what I got when receiving this product. I’m very impressed and Pleased with this drone. I’m still learning to work with it, but having fun doing it. It was a Great Christmas gift to myself.

I purchased this drone for my son a few weeks ago. He has been enjoying it a lot and it does some really cool tricks! It’s a very good drone to start learning to fly with. It comes with a nice carrying case and two batteries. Each battery lasts about 30 minutes so at least an hour of flying time. It came with extra blades and it charges fairly quickly. It’s a very good quality drone for the price. I would definitely recommend for a beginner.

I love it great camera its easy to fly. Everything about this drone i love

Flys great and would definitely recommend to friends

Great beginners drone comes with extra battery for extended flight time.

Hard to control when windy but takes very nice pictures

The Snaptain S5C Elite package is a unicorn in the low-cost drone market; easy enough for even a beginner to get flying right away, but with a feature set that you’d find in more expensive drones. Powerful enough to get you up to decent heights with a superb camera to get high quality pictures once you’re up there. It really is impressive, but even more so when you consider the price and value. From the moment I opened the box I was amazed. It includes a really nice travel case with two batteries, a charging interface and spare propellers as well as a well written and thorough set of instructions. The drone itself folds into a tiny package which makes the whole kit easy to stuff in a knapsack or bag so you can carry it anywhere, safely. The batteries are stated to charge in about 4 hours, but I found the charging time to be much less in my tests. The controller is simple yet includes all the necessary controls. This includes being able to control not only the drone flight itself, but also the ability to tilt the camera up and down. This is something you don’t usually see in lower cost drones and is a welcome addition. Installing the software on my Pixel 8 Pro went without a hitch, though I did have to turn off my cellular radio to pair properly with the drone. Once paired with the phone and controller, I was ready to fly in minutes. If you’ve ever been intimidated by the idea of drones, or you’ve had the sad experience of trying to fly one of those cheap Amazon/eBay specials (only to have it zoom into crash mode}, you’re in for a surprise! With one button press, I was able to get the drone off the ground and into steady hover on my first flight. Maneuvering the S5C proved easy and intuitive, and I was flying confidently right away. The first person view from the camera was mind blowing. Clear and steady, I was seeing my neighborhood from a completely different perspective. I could use either the buttons on the remote or their counterparts on the phone screen to take pictures or video and go right back to flying. Now, it is a small and lightweight drone, so it is affected by medium strength winds. But even in mild winds, it was impressive how steady it was and how well it responded to commands. Still, I wouldn’t fly this outside during strong winds. Not because I don’t think that the S5C could handle it, but because I wouldn’t want to lose or damage it – I’m having too much fun! You could fly it inside though; not only is it steady in its hover with little to no drift, but it is also amazingly quiet! I was kind of shocked at how quiet it was – both in the air and in the videos. Usually most drones sound like a swarm of angry bees but the S5C is virtually silent. This means that not only can you fly it inside, but you won’t be annoying the neighborhood when you take it outside. I’d confidently say that this drone is not only perfect for people who have never flown a drone before and are looking for a little fun, but also for people who may be looking at purchasing a professional grade film drone. I’d say buy this FIRST and get used to flying and filming BEFORE you drop those big bills to see if drones are for you. I think even content providers could make use of this given the high quality of the camera. When you outgrow it or need more features like GPS flight or following a person, then you can upgrade. But I still think you’d find a place for this drone in your tool kit. It’s just a pleasure to fly and so quick to get up and flying. I did crash it once, coming down a little too close to a small tree and it fell about 10 or so feet. But it took it like a champ and once I set it upright again, I was back in the air in minutes. It’s solidly built and well-engineered. I cannot recommend this highly enough. If you are considering drones at all, you’d be crazy not to buy the S5C Elite Package!

– BUILD – The S5C Elite is fairly small and made primarily of plastic, including the propeller blades. It is equipped with 4 brushless motors with twin blades on each motor. The blades themselves are pushed into their flight position with each motors’ centrifugal force and are able to withstand crashes due to its swivel design. Basically, if you crash this drone the blades will give way when it impacts an object or surface. The detachable battery sits on the backend of the drone, while the adjustable camera towards the front. There are various LEDs on the drone that indicate flight status, especially when crashed or out of battery. It also emits a sound during low battery as well as turning it on and off. There is a small antenna on the underbody of the drone for optimal signal reception, and a small center adjacent to it to determine elevation relative to the ground. A microSD slot can be found on its starboard side for when taking photos and videos. When necessary, the blades can be easily replaced with a Philips screwdriver. The four main arms are able to fold in to allow easy storage. The controller itself is made of plastic as well. The joysticks’ tension feel firm and for extra comfort, there are lower arms that fold out that give you a more comfortable grip. The controller will allow you to clamp your smartphone when you perform FPV flights. – CONTROLS – The controls are…simple, yet complicated. It really depends a lot on your experiences with RC cars, planes and even video games. There are two main joysticks: the left joystick controls elevation(up or down) and yaw(turn left or right) and the right joystick controls pitch (move forward or backward) and roll (lean left or right). It sounds simple until you actually get in the air and learn the behaviors of the drone with each input change. Being a beginner myself, I practiced a lot with oval flight routes around my house. I practiced clockwise, then counter-clockwise to get a feel for the pitch and yaw controls. After several runs (and several crashes), I was able to switch to Speed II on the controller, and this allows your joystick inputs to be more sensitive and allow for faster maneuvers. The controller also has one touch take-off and landing, and dedicated buttons for circular flying (camera is always pointed toward you) and a very sleek flip. If a microSD card is inserted, you can take photos and videos with dedicated buttons on the left shoulder of the controller while adjusting camera angles with buttons on the right shoulder. – APP CONNECTIVITY – Using the Snaptain Era app, you’ll be able to pilot the S5C as if you were in the cockpit. Connectivity is done via WiFi @2.4GHz; you’ll have to connect to the drone’s SSID prior to launching the app. Once connected, you’ll see a real-time feed of the camera and fly FPV (first person view). – PERFORMANCE – This drone is perfect for those that are getting into drones and learning to fly drones, in general. As a newbie, I am still overwhelmed with the various ways to fly in 3D space. This isn’t an airplane that flies nose first; drones hover and can fly in any direction and the S5C is completely capable of doing this. I loved flying around my home, learning to navigate using the controls and ultimately learning to fly with confidence. I’ve crashed a lot….A LOT, and the S5C is still able to take the abuse and continue to fly. I think with enough practice using the S5C, I can move up into a more advanced, professional grade drone. –RANGE– As far as range goes…Snaptain claims up to 100m…which is 300ft. With my testing, I felt that it was a bit shorter. I’m not trying to dispute their claim, but wanted to let folks know that there are a lot of factors that can drive this range lower. An obvious one is line of sight. Make sure that your remote control has direct line of sight to the drone. If you don’t have direct line of sight, it may seem fine as you work towards 100ft, but the remote control will start beeping loudly notifying you that it does NOT have any signal connection to the drone. This happened to me while I was trying to take pictures of the solar panels on my roof; the drone just stopped responding. I had to take a step back away from the roofline to attain a signal and get the S5C back on the ground. – BATTERY– The drone comes with two 3.7V 1200mAh Batteries that last around 15 minutes each. If you run FPV, run times will come a bit shorter than that. Having two batteries charged back-to-back is plenty enjoyable for a good practice run or just having fun. –CAMERA– The drone does come with a 1080p camera that can swivel up to degrees from pointed straight to looking straight down. The photos and videos are decent. Photos will appear washed out, but nothing that you can fix in post. The videos are also in 1080p, but it looks at 30fps…maybe less. The video feed felt choppy at times during FPV, and that’s probably attributed to signal strength. The same result will appear in your recorded videos. Nothing too crazy, especially this being a beginner’s drone. – CONS – Considering that this is a beginner’s drone, I didn’t dock it for the niceties that I wished it had; those features come when moving up to the advanced models. But if i had one complaint, it is most definitely the range. I didn’t really have a lot of confidence flying farther out. I thought simply flying over my roof would be safe enough, but the signal started cutting much sooner than I expected it to. Otherwise, flying indoors or relatively close to you outdoors is fine. Just know that this thing looks a lot smaller once it starts moving away from you. My only star to take off.

Works perfect. My kids love it. I also love the camera quality

I have never owned a drone before and have been wanting to get one so this one was perfect for me to dip my toes in the water. It came with 2 batteries, the controller, extra blades, and a screw driver. It also comes with a nice case to keep the drone and controller in when not using it. I put a 128Gb SD-Micro card in it and after downloading the app from the Google Play Store I was able to quickly format it. The app was very easy to use, I was able to quickly connect to the Drone via Wi-Fi following the quickstart instructions. Once connected to the drone via Wi-Fi I was able to open the app and now have access to the live camera feed. There are also controls in the app you could use and it also allows you to take pictures to your phone if you don't have an SD-Micro card in the drone. Pros - Great for beginners, has an easy liftoff button that will start it up and launches it off the ground - Is durable and still works fine even after I crashed it into a palm tree or my truck - Can move the camera up/down from the controller then take video or pics pressing the shoulder buttons on top Cons - Smaller which means it isn't very heavy so it is difficult to fly in windy conditions - Controller seems like it would have been better if the sticks were reversed for us who play FPS video games the left stick would make more sense to move it forward/back/sideways vs up/down or turn Overall I am very happy with this drone and feel it is a great entry level drone for those wanting to explore what drones can do and have fun with them.

The SNAPTAIN S5C Elite is an excellent little drone. It’s fun for the family and isn’t that hard to operate. Who: I recommend this drone for the family, kids, or anyone who just wants to have fun. This is not an advanced drone but one that is designed to be fun and affordable. The kids will love playing with this! I would say the age on the box (14+) is accurate. Anyone younger should be supervised by an adult and also provide full guidance. App: luckily I have experience with similar devices and could figure out how to use he app with the drone. The app to me is confusing and really provides no guidance in connecting it with your drone. There’s no screen guidance so you have to follow directions or remember how to connect it each time. You only have to go into your phone’s wifi setting and select the drone (must be powered on) and go back to the SNAPTAIN app. It will take a minute but it will connect and you will get a live stream of the drones camera right on your phone. You can also use the app to control the phone. Batteries: the drone comes with two rechargeable batteries that will give you a combined flight time of 30 minutes (15 min per battery). Each battery has a usb c port built into it which is convenient. What’s not convenient is that you have to use the included usb c charger to charge the battery. I used another high end usb c charging cable and it would not charge the battery which the directions state would be the case. I’m not sure what usb c cable I would need if I lost the included cable. The control takes two AAA batteries. Drone: the drone is extremely light and I would consider it fragile. Any large drop will most likely cause damage. Although, I did crash it light twice and it was fine. The drone is equipped with 4 brushless motors, an adjustable 1080p 5 megapixel camera, and altitude hold. Theres a slot of a micro sd card (not included) and plenty of lights equipped around the drone to help see it in low light situations or guidance. Flight: flight is easy! Either hold the take off/ land button or move both joy sticks in an inner motion to fire up the engines. Once started it’s easy to fly! A few cons about flight which is why this is not an advance drone. You must always have your hands on the sticks, any wind you will need to keep a thumb on the stick to compensate so your drone doesn’t fly with the wind. I also learned never to turn off the control while in flight, did this by accident and when it happened the drone just flew off. I recommend making sure you use healthy batteries in your control. Any signs of a weak battery I would make the swap before you fly. Controller: the controller is nice and holds your phone so you can live stream your drones camera. It does make a low quality beeping sound when powering it or down. It’s also important to note that there is a speed selection switch. I like having the drone in the 2 selection spot as the drone is that much faster. Other accessories include blades, a good case, and a screwdriver. Simple but helpful!

So many great things about this drone, but I will start with the fact that it comes with 2 batteries. It takes about 30 minutes to charge each battery and each battery lasts about 30 minutes. My son can get a good amount of play time to fly the drone around. The drone also has a little camera that you can connect through your phone and take pictures straight to your phone. We love that the remote controller has a phone holder that you can attach your phone to. Even on a semi-windy day he was able to use the drone at a low level but you can feel the wind slightly pulling it because of how lightweight the drone is. We cannot wait for a non windy day to use it and see how high it can go. Another thing to love about it, is it is easy to control but it sometimes goes in the opposite direction of where we are controlling it, but we still like it. The drone also looks really neat when navigating it through out the house. It can be a little loud, but it looks really neat. The drone can flip sideways and forward which is pretty neat. It also comes with extra wings in case the wing fans get broken and you run it into a wall like we have done a few times. Even with that, the drone is going strong and working just fine. Overall this is a great starter drone and my son loves using it everyday. Summer break is here so this was perfect timing. Just another thing he can use that can bring him outside and I love that.

I’ve always wanted a drone, but I’ve always been afraid to put down the hundreds of dollars it requires to buy something decent. I’ve also been really skeptical of the cheaper offerings as I’ve had one of those before and it was just impossible to do anything with. This from Snaptain changes everything for me. I’m no drone expert, I’m just casual user who wanted something to use with my autistic 5 year old and this fits the bill perfectly. From the get go this feels great. The packaging is nice and inside the box you will find a case, inside the zippered case you’ll find everything you’ll need In the box you will find the following: The Snaptain Drone The controller ( this takes 3 AAA batteries that do not come with the device so be sure to grab some ) 2 1200mAh batteries A short usb cable 8 spare screws 4 guards 2 landing skids A screwdriver And paperwork Pretty generous considering the price. You connect the app via WiFi and then you can cradle your phone in the top of the controller, here you can se the camera quality and it’s not bad at all. This is a 1080p camera and will be great for scanning around the woods or on the beach. Picture quality is good. No image stabilization here but that’s to be expected at this price point. It’s pretty easy to use once you get used to the controls which may take a few attempts to get right, but once you have them figured out you’ll be zipping around wherever you are without issue. It does move somewhat in the breeze making it a little difficult sometimes but you can counter that with movement. It’s also pretty quick, I’m sure it’s because I’m not used to them but I find it much quicker than I expected and I’m only on speed 1. Overall this is a really great package. Whether you’re looking to get into drones or just a casual user who doesn’t need all the fancy extras then this is an excellent low cost way to get into drones. I highly recommend and so does my son

Alright, let’s talk about the SNAPTAIN S5C Elite Camera Drone. It might come in minimalist packaging with some spare parts, a soft carrying case, and two rechargeable batteries, but don’t let that fool you—this thing is pretty awesome! The controller uses three AAA batteries, so no need for any fancy charging setups. Why It’s Awesome: Tough as Nails: This drone is built like a champ. It’s taken falls from 10 feet onto my driveway and bounced off a few trees, yet it’s still going strong. Sure, it shows some wear, but for the purposes of this review (and my own entertainment), I’ve been rough with it. Great Value: At just $99 (and even less if you catch it on sale), you get a lot of bang for your buck. It’s a fantastic entry-level drone for beginners. Decent Camera: The camera is a nice bonus. While it’s not going to win any awards, it’s perfect for fun aerial shots. User-Friendly: My 9-year-old son picked up the controls in no time. It’s simple enough for kids but still enjoyable for adults. Cool App: The app is well-designed, though it can be a bit finicky when connecting. Once you’re in, it’s smooth flying. Fun Factor: The first-person view (FPV) mode on your phone adds a whole new level of fun. My son and I have had a blast playing hide and seek with it. Bottom Line: The SNAPTAIN S5C Elite Camera Drone is a fantastic choice for those looking to dip their toes into the world of drones. It’s affordable, durable, and packed with features that make it fun for the whole family. Whether you’re a newbie or just looking for some high-flying fun, this drone won’t disappoint. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a game of drone hide and seek to play with my son!

I’ve wanted to try flying a drone for a while now. As a beginner, I wanted something more than the toy drones, and didn’t want to invest in a more expensive drone. This drone easily met my wish list. It has a 1080P camera, easy to use controller, 2 batteries, and extra propeller blades. You will need 3 AAA batteries and a microSD card (up to 64GB). Unboxing it is straight forward. The carry case securely holds the drone and its accessories. Once you’ve installed the app on your phone, you’re ready to fly in just minutes. The drone weighs in at 145g, so it’s under the FAA weight requirement for registration. My first attempts at flying went great. The easy to use controller and cell phone interface made it simple to understand. One button take-off and landing and I was off and flying. I found that even indoors, it was easy to manage. The photo quality was very good. My only concern is that I couldn’t get it to record to the SD card. The pictures recorded to my phone however. I’m waiting on a response to an email to their support team to understand what the issue may be. As a first drone, it’s a perfect way to start in the hobby. It’s a lot of fun and will certainly keep you entertained.