Parrot - Bebop 2 Quadcopter with Skycontroller 2 and Cockpit FPV Glasses - White

I purchased my Parrot Bebop 2 FPV pack from Bestbuy (amazing price). Tons of technology in this compact drone. I use my drone for security at my church. With an "Eagles eye view" I can see between vehicles, in truck beds ect. that from ground level you can't see. I also used my bebop 2 to inspect my roof on my warehouse and found a bullet hole where a bullet that was fired into the air came down into my roof. I would have paid more than 300 to have a roofer to inspect. I have had issues with my controller and Parrot tech support replaced the unit for free. Parrot has great support. The Bebop 2 has in app purchase for "follow me, way point flight) I love way point flying. I preset the bebop 2 to fly a certain pattern over the area I'm securing and at the touch of a button it will fly flawlessly to every way point and video, change altitude, fly different speeds, turn camera angles during flight, and more. I flew 1.1 miles away using the sky controller 2 until it lost connection. The drone automatically goes into "return to home" feature. The bebop 2 came back to where its tarted and hovered at 6' high until I regained control over the drone. The bebop2 does 4 different flips when you just want to play around. It does way more than I'm mentioning in this review. The next closest drone with this type technology will set you back 799.00. That's more than double the price of my Bebop 2. Like I said, it can't be beat period. It is "the Parrot that flies like an Eagle"!!!

I've looked into buying a better quality drone since getting my son what was basically a toy 2 years ago & found that if there's anything more than heavy breathing it was impossible to fly. I drooled over the DJi Phantom 3 but it was just too expensive until the recent price drop & couldn't justify the expense. The original Bebop didn't impress me & neither did the Bebop 2 at its original price. BUT, the price drop for the Bebop 2 FPV made this the ideal drone for what I wanted it for. Not nearly as big as the Phantom 3 but having pretty good video & picture taking while having a long lasting battery the Bebop 2 also has an excellent software package with the option of purchasing Follow Me & FlightPlan features for an additional $20 each (kind of offsets the price drop but well worth the additional expense). In just the couple of days I've had this I've now used it with my IPad, my Samsung S6 Edge+, my son's IPhone & the Skycontroller and I have to say that flying was never easier or more fun! Out of the box the BB2 was limited to a maximum height of 30' but once I connected my phone or IPad to the Skycontroller I was able to change numerous parameters to better suit my needs & have had this drone up high enough to make you dizzy looking around. While using my phone or IPad, I won't go much above the house (large 2 story) as 1 time I went to about 75 or 80' and it lost contact with the drone! While initially in a panic, I had set the drone to return home within 20 seconds without getting a signal from my controller & the drone just hovered there without budging an inch before it started to return home but once it came to about 40' I was able to reconnect to my phone & haven't had any issues since. I haven't yet been able to test the distance capabilities as I want to bring it to an open area first. Follow me works amazing as long as you follow instructions & set it up properly. They give you a 15 day trial for each add on but I'll be buying them soon. The Bebop 2 is very easy to fly--I've never flown a drone before and haven't had any problems flying this, it takes off & lands with the press of a button & the controls are very smooth without jerking the drone rapidly out of control & you can set the parameters to be as sensitive as you like. Some reviews around the web have knocked the BB2 for poor picture quality but I've watched images & videos on my 60" tv & they looked quite impressive & I'm a very discerning videophile. While other drones may have better image quality according to their users, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the image quality from this--even flying at night the image didn't get pixelated or filled with 'noise'. Even my wife was impressed and that's just not easy to do with electronics! If you're considering this, I would wholeheartedly recommend it. IMHO, the only con is that recordings are limited to 8gb as the drone only has onboard system memory & doesn't have the option to add any external memory. I had 1 flight today of about 13 minutes and used 1.3 go or so on the 'Standard' mode. I haven't even tried high quality yet as I wanted to see how the image looked in just the standard mode first. The drone is rated for 25 minutes of fight & I've gotten at least that on every charge, which takes about 55 minutes for an empty battery using the included charger.

This is my second drone (the first was Parrot Bebop 1) and it meets all expectations. It flies upward of 38mph in sports mode. It is agile, sleek, and a joy to fly. If you are wanting a drone that can compete with DJI type drones and don't want to spend a fortune for it, this is your drone. It is good for teenagers and adults of all ages. The battery life has been improved to 25 minutes. It can fly a distance of 1.24 miles in an WIFI free area. Inner cities varies and depends on how congested it is with WIFI. Be sure to purchase FOLLOW ME function and your drone will follow you just about anywhere. The downsides to this drone are few. It lands hard so don't land on concrete. To offset the hard landing I land only on soft surfaces and I take control of the landing on RTH. I gave this drone a 4 only because there are no fractions. I give the Bebop 2 a 4.75 out of 5.

Ok, so my wife bought me this for Christmas when I saw it was on sale for $250. I have been wanting a good drone but never really wanting to spend the money ie $500+ for 20 min play time. So this thing, up to 25 minute flight time for $250....with the goggle holder (also, it’s their newer one not the one in the picture. Basically a smartphone holder to use as goggles for fpv flying) for the smartphone, which I used and it’s honestly amazing. I got out to 1200ft and lost connection but I think it was the transformer in front of me. I walked about 15 ft to the left and regained signal. Flew it in video (slow) mode at 200 and 300 feet for 12 minutes and 45 seconds using 38% battery. So a almost 13 minute flight with 62% battery life on a calm evening was honestly amazing. I have only owned it about 3 days and flown it twice for short time frames (daylight saving time sucks) but honestly, if you want a great beginner top notch drone without breaking the bank...buy it. Use the saved money on extra accessories for it like batteries and a case. Put the more expensive drones to shame with a 25 minute flight time for a fraction of the price!

Bought this on 11/25/18. Got it at a steal for $249 during Black Friday weekend. Got it home and I've flown it a dozen times. Very pleased with control, agility, speed, and camera. It's easy to fly and does great in strong winds. Very stable. Update: on 12/16/18, my Bebop2 fell from the sky in mid flight for no rhyme or reason at all. I had to contact Parrot due to damage. They did an investigation within 48 hrs and had me send the drone back. I'm waiting on a new one now. I cant say anything terribly bad since parrot has agreed to replace it. I'd just like to know why it failed. Will it happen again? One other reason I gave it 4 stars in the wifi connection. You really need to buy an additional extender to get decent range out of the drone.

I bought this for work to inspect roofs. I am very happy with the drone, but have no use for the fisheye pictures and don't know how to get the camera to produce regular photos. Im sure there is some application for those type of images, but not for me. I was very nervous at first to fly it because I had never piloted a drone before and did not want to ruin it right off the bat. I found that it is extremely easy to fly and get the hang of. I have used it in winds about 15 mph and it was pretty stable, but still had to keep an eye on it to keep it from getting too close to tree limbs. Battery has held up about 22 minutes (didn't clock it exactly) before I got the low battery warning. Video is great and after 2 weeks, I have no cons to report.

Drone is easy to fly and the camera is excellent. Flight time is acceptable at almost 1/2 hour per battery. I would recommend this product especially for a beginner, its that easy to fly.

I purchased this drone for taking pictures but as I have gotten used to flying it I have been having a great time flying it as a sport drone. It is fast and agile and just a blast to fly. I will upgrade in the future as I'm loving the sport of flying.