I was pleasantly surprised with this drone. It flys nicely, the camera is good and it has additional useful features. You can find more info about it here:
AMAZON (USA): https://amzn.to/31IDQXf
HolyStone Website: http://www.holystone.com/en/Drones/Medium/HS161FoldableDrone.html
BELOW IS THE GEAR I USE TO CREATE MY VIDEOS:
GoPro Hat (USA): https://amzn.to/2OFz5Hu
GoPro Hat (CANADA): https://amzn.to/2NwT7Zh
OSMO ACTION: https://click.dji.com/AGMYePtvQpUgGrPm-JdOVg?pm=link&as=0018&ch=OSMO%20ACTION
Round Landing Pad: https://amzn.to/2HBqp2w
Square Landing Pad SMALL (USA): https://amzn.to/2Yl7SPf
Square Landing Pad LARGE: https://amzn.to/2OZABEV
MOBILE GOPRO HERO 7 (USA): https://amzn.to/2XXqeWv
MOBILE GOPRO HERO 7 (CANADA): https://amzn.to/2Xjq6Vr
MOBILE GOPRO HERO 6: https://amzn.to/2PA2Law
MOBILE AUDIO RECORDER (USA): https://amzn.to/2IKMr6n
MOBILE AUDIO RECORDER (CANADA): https://amzn.to/2JeSSg1
3 AXIS GIMBAL: https://amzn.to/2DCrTJj
MOBILE OSMO POCKET: https://click.dji.com/AF16aDSox3GLFnRjHDxCkQ?as=0014&ch=OSMO%20POCKET&pm=custom
STUDIO UNBOXING CAMERA: Panasonic 4K Camcorder: https://amzn.to/2JYGFdx
STUDIO VLOGGING CAMERA: Canon EOS R: https://amzn.to/2W0qPq9
STUDIO VLOGGING LENS: https://amzn.to/2Gwb6JT
STUDIO BOOM MIC: https://amzn.to/2CgZ1ru
STUDIO LIGHTING: Studio Softbox: https://amzn.to/2GZTPX6
STUDIO LIGHTING: FalconEyes SO-40TD: https://amzn.to/2N9pp7J
STUDIO VOICE OVER MIC: https://amzn.to/2TlTjJt
STUDIO VLOGGING CAMERA: Canon 80D Body: https://amzn.to/2Kmggb4
STUDIO LOW COST VLOGGING LENS: https://amzn.to/2AWjZJ9
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This is pretty cool drone, but maybe a little over priced at $100.
I find this review very missleading.
If you say it can fly at night because it has a flashlight then test it at night. I bet you won't be able to pick up anyting significant on the camera even with the light turned on and how is the sensor on the bottom supposed to work in the dark?
Even if you can use it as a standalone recorder no one in their right mind would use that feature. Better use the power bank feature to power your phone and take pictures and video with it as modern phones have far superior cameras than this. And if you have the spare coin to buy a toy like this then I bet you have a nice phone that shoots better video than this drone does.
Pretty kool, this has alot of good possibilities, flashlight, able to charge your phone,or fly,also some night flying with a navigation light,I'm impressed for a cheap drone.
kinda cool drone and concept, love how small it appears to get.. imagine same drone equally as light but with brushless motors and GPS and better image stabilization and camera.
Definitely different! Always great to see the different types of drones—they have to do something to set themselves apart.
Cool
A flying flashlight. Whatever next?
Hi. I took your advice and bought the Helifar drone for my grand daughter. It works very well and she is delighted with it. It`s a feather in your cap, your input has made a little girl very happy, you can be proud of that. My sincere thanks for your help.
Hey it's the swiss army knife of drones.
Good all around starter drone. Something to get your feet wet.
Can you run it without a phone…?
LOL – "…and the camera is not that bad!"
It is almost usable, but mixed with footage from a GoPro or DSLR set at 1080P, it will be noticeably different.
Cool design otherwise.
Lol i had a different drone idea this afternoon. Cheers:)
Where do you put coffee into it?
Very cool one thing is that front light able to flash
Nice, I like it. We just gotta keep working on that Gimbal issue, LOL. Hope your Eye is doing well too Steve.
I do apologize Captain Drone.
For such a toy drone, i am impressed, feature really good, not copy from others, camera pretty good. Nice reviews
I got this drone from Amazon for $65 during a Holy Stone back to school sale. They also sent me a free battery for it for writing a review. I like the drone but sometimes it seems to have a mind of it's own. I took it outside tonight with no wind and it was all over the place. Crashed it twice, once hard enough to pop out the sd card. Mine doesn't beep like that during flight unless the battery is getting low. The battery for me seems to last for about 5min if recording and flying at higher speeds.
Does a spoon, a fork and a knife also pop out of it? ??
Brushed motors…a shame. You will get maybe 6 hours flight time before motors start crapping out.
a drone that is so useful when your not flying it… cool.
Hello Captain drone I have a HS161 drone too and your are absolutely correct great flyer shows really good photo and video and so stable, I’ve named it the survival Drone because of the features this drone has. Say your out is the woods and lost it has a flashlight to see where your going and a power banks for charging your phone but if you need a better perspective of where you are you can take the HS161 up to see the area better this is why I named this one the survival drone
Good to be Back Captain.. God is good, take care buddy, nice review..
You had me interested until the peeping stated.
The day the drone got smaller than the controller! Pretty neat looking but the price would have to drop a good bit for what it is.
Excellente review et bon drone vraiment ☺
Not bad at all ? Other drone companies need to watch this
I have to say that the motors would give me reason to be concerned. They appear to be "ring and pinion" brushed motors and as a general rule those don't last long. You end up with all sorts of gear lash issues with repeated usage.
This here Drone seems very good!
Who the hell makes time to dislike a Captain Drone ?✈️ video??? Smh ??♂️
Holy Smoke !