Holy Stone HS440 Foldable FPV Drone with 1080P WiFi Camera for Adult Beginners and Kids; Voice Gesture Control RC Quadcopter with Modular Battery for long flight time, Auto Hover, Carrying CaseGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled Standard

I received, unpacked and fully charged my new HS 165 quadcopter and controller yesterday afternoon. This little gem is my first quadcopter and this morning was my maiden flight. This thing is crazy fun to fly even for a rank beginner. The instructions are fairly straight forward and walking through the pre-flight setup was as easy as 1, 2, 3, (4, 5, 6). I attached my Smartphone running the HS app and the image sent from the quadcopter's camera was really quite good.Being a newbie, I used the One Key takeoff/Landing button to start and end the flight which worked like a charm. I live on the edge of a bluff and there is always a bit of wind. This morning's breeze was around 10 mph but the HS 165 was easy still easy to keep reasonably steady with only minor adjustments on the Joysticks. The HS 165 was very responsive, very maneuverable, not near as loud as I thought it would be and plenty fast enough even though I did not open it up full throttle. The app interface was very good aw well.I have ordered a 32gb micro card and intend to practice flying and taking photos/videos over the weekend. My ratings on the Battery life and Durability is just a placeholder at this point because I haven't run down the battery or crashed (yet). The unit feels very durable however.I will update this review as I learn more about it and get some photos/videos I can post with it.UPDATE: Aug 12, 2019I enjoy this quadcopter every time I fly it and I've been flying it practically every day since I got it. I no longer use the one-key takeoff/landing button on the controller because it's just very simple to do using the controller sticks. Once the initial setup is done, subsequent pre-flight setup consist of 4 easy to remember steps.Taking photographs/videos is as easy as pressing a button and the quality is quite good for such a small unit. I often change the flight speed just to test it's capabilities and I've been pushing it further and further out to test it's range. Several times, I've pushed it out or up to where I can't see it but returning using the camera view on the connected phone attached to the controller makes it easy to get back to the landing without problem. The unit remains responsive.I've found no negatives to the quadcopter itself. The only relative cons have to do with the phone application. Parts, such as the video review screen, have not been translated to English but there are only 3 options and it was easy to figure out their function through quick trial-and-error. All other features of the app are pretty straight forward and I'm sure they'll get better with future releases of the app.More testing to come but as of this moment, I'm extremely pleased with the HS 165 and would highly recommend it.

I've never had a drone before and this seemed like a good entry point to see if I'd enjoy flying one and/or continue to use it. It's been a blast to fly! The setup was easy (once I read the instructions, which are brief, but complete) and I had my flying technique down after just a few sessions. I was easily flying it for around 10+ minutes, taking pictures and videos. The camera isn't super high quality, but it's certainly good enough to have fun with... and for the price point, I have no complaints at all.The features that I've used all seem to work without any problems, but I haven't explored all it can do yet. It returns to it's takeoff point automatically at the press of a button and flies in "headless mode" quite easily. Taking pictures and videos is also quite simple to do.Overall, it's a fun little drone that I keep having fun with... and at the same time, it makes me want to get another, larger drone. :-)

Let's just say, if I could return it, I would, but I can't because it flew away and I have not been able to locate it. I would give a zero star if I could.The full story is this. I bought this drone for my son for his birthday. The first one that we had flew fine on it's first short flight and landed right back where it left on when the home button was pressed. On flight #2 for this first drone, upon pressing the take off button, it flipped to the side and one of the propellers would not longer spin. We put in for a replacement via Amazon which shipped right away. Upon receiving the replacement drone, I charged it and got it ready to fly. On flight #1 of drone #2, the drone took off just fine and we were learning the controls. I had my smartphone hooked up to it, we were receiving a good video signal and taking pictures with no issues. Everything was super right up until I pushed the return home button. At that point, the drone began drifting North away from me. While I could still see the video from the device, I no longer had control over it. I began chasing it but it eventually left our street heading over a wooded area. I gave chase but lost sight of it. Leaving my son heartbroken.Incase you are wondering I followed all instructions to calibrate the drone and had GPS signal at 12 before it took off. Needless to say that I'm very upset over the fact that none of the multiple return to home functions brought the drone back to it's original location as they should have. Pressing the home button should have done it, the drone eventually getting out of range of the controller should have done it. I believe the drone running low on battery should have done it. In the end, we flew it once and watched as it took off in the completely opposite direction of home. I am left with 2 spare batteries and I now need to figure out another birthday gift for my son.I am reaching out to the vendor in the hopes that something can be done to make this right, I will update this review if I receive some good news.