I love this drone. At first I wasn't sure that I wanted to spend $280 on a drone. I thought, "That's a lot of money to spend on a mid level drone." Let me tell you, there is nothing mid level about this. When I unboxed it, my first thought was that it was solidly built. No toy. It was larger than I expected. Then I read the manual, and was amazed by what it can do. I had seen videos online, and people saying that the "Follow Me" feature doesnt work, so on my first flight I tried it, and it works like a charm. I even got on my bike and rode a bit (had to put the remote and phone in my backpack) and it kept up. kept me in shot the whole time. I love the fact that I can totally control the distance limitations. For someone who has lost a drone before, this was a real relief. I have to be honest, I am just mentioning a few of the best surprises for me, but I have only scratched the surface. Between other features like VR view, an amazing camera that can be controlled by the remote, and all of the return home safety functions, I am so glad that I chose this drone. Oh, and did I mention how amazingly responsive it is? and if you get overwhelmed, just let go of the controls for a second, and it will just hover until you control it again. Now I think that I should have paid more. I ran home and purchased another battery after my first flight (it takes about 90 minutes to charge fully) because I had so much fun with it. Oh, and did I mention that the remote is rechargeable too? Holy Stone thought of everything. Love it!!

The Holystone HS100 drone is an advanced drone jam packed with load of features. I have couple of other drones but neither of them is as good as this one.

The drone comes with very good transmission range, I took the drone to 116 meters in altitude and it was very much responsive, and in control; stability of the drone at that altitude was very impressive, it was holding its altitude pretty well which was very much visible in the video recordings. Video recordings at that level was smooth and stable. The features that makes me very comfortable while flying this drone is the Auto Return in case of signal drops or out of range or best, when the battery starts running low on power. I came across all the 3 scenarios and was happy to see that drone started coming back to its take-off location. Transmitter is powerful and reconnects on its own as soon as drone comes back in the range. This drone has a built in self monitoring system that keeps check on the battery charge and the distance its away from the take-off location, it starts Auto returning to the take off position as soon as it senses that the charge just enough to go back to the base.

Take-off and landing is super easy, it comes with one-key take-off and landing button on transmitter. While flying if you click land button, drone will auto land vertically down, controlling the speed on its own. This drone also comes with Smart Return to home option that means no matter wherever the drone is, on clicking Return To Home button, it will come back to the start location. It does not have obstacle avoidance so before hitting Return to Home button make sure it has clear path. The drone is also equipped with Follow Me mode, which is very cool. The follow me mode operates using Smart Phone GPS signal following you wherever you go; I used it while flying the drone and it worked pretty well. There is headless flying mode option in the drone too, this feature is very useful for beginners when you are learning flying a drone.

The drone comes with wide angle HD camera recording the videos in 720P; it can record the video or take the pictures in high definition. It comes with 90 degree Camera angle adjustment allowing you to record videos at multiple angle. While recording the video, transmitter keeps on continuously beeping, I really wish if there was a way to mute that. I recorded the videos from 116 Meters and the quality of the recording is very good. When connected to smart phone, drone is able to stream LIVE video's. Camera comes with microSD card slot to store the recorded videos and pictures. Although when connected to smart phones, 2 minute videos are also recorded on the smart phone, while full videos are recorded and stored in attached microSD card. Since smart phone is connected over 2.4 ghz WIFI channel, the connectivity is limited and is lost after reaching certain altitude, definitely its not connected when flying at 100m altitude. I used their iOS app, it comes with lot of features including viewing live streaming in VR mode. The app also maintains the flying log showing the details like, Altitude, Distance and Speed per flight. The app also provides various flying status like "Waiting for GPS single", "Transmitter not connected" and bunch of other details, helping first time flyer to get use to this Drone in no time. Talking about flying time, one full charge gives approximately 15 minutes of continuous fly time, which is pretty good. The only thing I think needs to be improved is the battery charging time, it take about 3-5 hours to get a full charge.

The drone comes with extra spare parts, starting from landing gears to propellers, propeller guards, blade caps to screws, almost all the spare parts except for extra battery. I really liked that they provide those extra spare parts, haven't seen many other manufacturers doing that. It also comes with a User Guide providing assembling instructions plus guide on setup and various modes. I used the guide to learn all the modes it comes with.

My husband bought the HS100 for my 60th birthday. Let me tell you I am one pleased grandma! I'm a newbie at flying drones. Right out of the package its a sleek looking drone. You will need to put on the blades and blade guards. The hardest part about that was holding those tiny little screws, lol. Batteries on reciever and drone charged, drone registered. Yes you have to register the drone with the FAA. Did it online, took 10 minutes and $5.00 and I had my numbers. Easy peasy. After following the calibration instructions the first flight went exceptionally well. The HS100 is responsive and very easy to fly. The follow me feature was a hoot. Almost like have a pet flying around following you.lol. And the RTH feature works very well. The drone comes to you very quickly stops near you and lands. Very cool indeed. The biggest reason my husband chose this drone was the camera. I have a small drone and the video is choppy at its best. Let me tell you what, the HS100's camera takes good pictures and decent video. I can actually use my VR headset with this drone and there's no choppiness! I absolutely LOVE the HS100. I have not found anything I don't like about this drone. Good quality drone that won't break the bank.

I watched my husband research drones for over a week before he decided on this one. He said he chose this Holy Stone because so many other reviews said it was the best drone for first time operators. He had gotten one other drone, and it had enough problems that he was wary of purchasing another one. Specifically, the other drone's controls were very difficult to operate, the flight time was very short, and it was incredibly unstable. The slightest amount of wind brought it down. Our son said it best when he said it was just too hard to fly. Comparatively, the Holy Stone HS100 worked flawlessly from the beginning. They mashed the button and it took off and flew! There is even a follow me button to coordinate with the phone which is handy for novice drone fliers. My son and husband were able to download the app easily to the phone and get everything connected and fly it with no problems! It only stopped when the charge ran out. They are both very happy with this drone!

I own the Holy Stone F181 Chaser and the Holy Stone HS 110 W toy class drones. The HOLY STONE HS 100 (GPS) is a major upgrade in the Holy Stone toy class fleet. This drone is much larger than the other two.
Unofficially, on my kitchen scale, this unit weighs in at about 1.5 pounds, without prop guards, compared to 4 to 5 ounces for the other two, making this a much more stable unit. The HS 100 has GPS capability added. This feature eliminates the issue of the drone drifting away in windy conditions and allows the drone to hold steady with regard to altitude and distance from the controller. This allows the pilot to concentrate more on taking photographs than on trying to control drone flight.
The camera is motorized and can be moved up and down. This action is controlled from the transmitter. The 720P HD WIFI camera takes clear still and video pictures. The camera, though, does not have a gimbal. As a result, with the GPS feature continuously adjusting the drones' position the fixed position camera mount makes for a lot of movement on videos.
This drone has a much bigger battery (15 mins flight time) and larger motors. This drone can fly to the 400' U.S. altitude legal limit and 500 meter distance from the controller. At these distances, it is impossible to fly the drone by visual observation. You can't see it let alone tell which direction it's going. You need to fly here using the viewer screen on your smart phone. This is where a good WIFI connection (which this drone has) and the return to home features are critical. When you are at these extreme distances, all that needs to be done is to press the return to home button. The drone will fly back to its take off point and automatically land itself. The same thing occurs if the drone loses contact with the controller or starts running out of power. The risk of loss is greatly reduced here. I would recommend this drone to a friend.