Its not often that I'm surprised, well, there was that one time my grandma vaulted over a mini-pony to get to the last cream-puff before the dog ate it, but aside from that, its unusual. In this case though I can say without hesitation that I was surprised. Given the vast list of features that typically demand premium prices, to say nothing of the case, battery and folding functionality, I figured costs had to have been cut somewhere - like propellers are extra or you're only buying a picture of the drone, with a scratch and sniff sections where you can smell the summer breeze that you'd be flying in.....if you had propellers. It was with no small surprise then and all too rare bested expectations, when I opened the box to find the F11 Pro every bit the quality machine its claimed to be. The build quality is exceptional, it feels twice the price you pay. There's nothing cheap or flimsy about this aerial juggernaut, in fact before the flight test I wondered if something so....robust....could actually lumber into the air, let alone fly - but I'd be proved wrong on that score. Everything looks carefully crafted, form and function by design and purpose, as opposed to whatever injection mold was kicking around the shop. The case is good, everything fits well and even here, something that is often an afterthought thing "thrown in" you can see there is attention to detail and a bias toward doing it right.

Unfolding the drone takes a bit of thought - I mean, not Mensa-level, but there is an order to it, and in another nod to quality, you're going to need to apply some effort - not "Earl, get the sledge" effort, but the "arms" positively move into place and you won't be doing it with one finger - unless you have a really strong finger, like a body-builder, but just your finger....like your finger works out, but the rest of you doesn't. Unfolding the controller is actually as near a work of art as unfolding a controller can be - reminds me of a transformer...auto-bot, obviously.

Lets get down to brass-tacks though because as Humphrey Bogart once said, "design doesn't add up to a hill of beans in this crazy town, if the drone won't fly" - I'm not sure Bogart said anything even close to that actually, but if they had drones in 1942, he would have - but I digress. The start-up procedure for this drone is a little more involved than some lesser models, where the start-up procedure is basically "turn it on". This however is a more sophisticated machine and so your "pre-flight" is going to be more involved as well - and you want it to be.....it means the drone has complex systems, and just like any pre-flight check, its important to know that they are working and calibrated. That said, its relatively simple -basically comprised of turning in a circle and moving the control sticks - the instructions, app and quick-start guide on the inside of the box lid all do a great job of walking you through it.

Flying this drone is is what drone flying should be, but so often isn't. I have four drones and at least half are fair-weather only. Did someone sneeze fourteen miles away? Best not fly because the drone will be sent careening into a hedge. What's that?a perfect day with no wind? great....lets get our 8 minutes of flying in. Seriously, some drones seem more designed to have you take up another hobby, than fly drones. Fortunately, the F11 Pro makes flying fun. First, it laughs in the face of a breeze - it is basically a flying brick folks, and bricks don't take shtick from any mere gust of wind. Second, it will fly for about 28 minutes on a battery....28 minutes... that's almost 29 minutes, which is almost 30! AND you get a second battery in the box....so ....take 28, carry the four, find the square root of your mom's meatloaf and TADA!.....near as makes no difference, an hour of flight...IN THE BOX. I found all the flight features to be better than expected and more fun than I had thought - better yet though, is that you can actually fly this drone properly, outside, in the real world, and for longer than it takes some kid to say "hey nice drone, can I fly it"? To which you must automatically respond "Heck no kid, buzz off,...and.....tell mommy I'm on an important call, not to be disturbed for another 27 minutes".

I won't go into all the features, you can read them yourself, they are there, they work. What is important here though is that this drone is worth every penny you spend, and yes, it is more expensive than some lesser models, but those are the ones that don't fly well, or crash if uncle Dave toots in your general direction. It also flies for a long time, in a way that's controllable and adjustable for varied skill - and not just because it can go faster or slower, but because it has multiple features designed to make you successful and enjoy flying, almost as if that were the point.

I have no affiliation with the brand, I bought the drone with my own hard-earned cash and I write reviews for products that deserve them.

I've owned five drones and I'm extremely impressed by this drone over all the others.

The pictures I've attached are taking off at maybe 30m, view looking straight down from about 100m high during daylight, and skyline at night at about 120m (max height allowable by FAA). Do note it was pretty windy up at 120m the night I took that picture. These are just the ones that were sent to my phone; pictures saved to the SD card are of higher quality.

Pros: Outstanding power - this drone can fight, and win, against light and moderate wind! The app even tells you when the wind conditions are getting dangerous for flight! Well done.
Folding profile and carrying case is extremely well done - over and beyond convenient. Folding arms snap into place, so they aren't going to jostle out of alignment during flight. Case is soft yet protective; no trouble fitting it in a backpack and hiking along with it.
ABS plastic + reinforced aluminum frame means this thing is durable and built to last.
Using the 5GHz wireless signal and my phone I've gotten steady real time video transmission from over 300m away and 120m high, consistently, without losing connection. That's impressive at this price point!
Return to home/GPS is ALWAYS spot on; you can count on this drone coming back exactly to you! Major plus.
This really does fly for up to 30 minutes as advertised. This will of course depend on wind, speed setting, and how aggressively you're flying it though, so your flight time will be influenced by your conditions and flight pattern.
Extremely responsive controls, and steady enough flight to get quality pictures and video. Three speed modes; I like to put it on the lowest speed setting once it gets close to the ground for landing, or when I'm steadying it to take a picture relatively close up. Putting it on max speed and racing it around is a blast too.
This drone uses 5GHz band to connect with your phone wirelessly. This is good; better video quality and better signal transmission means you can communicate with it from further distances without being crowded by numerous 2.4GHz signals usually in any given area these days. You want this over 2.4GHz for a wireless connection to your phone. (Of course the pictures and video are saved to the SD card, but for maintaining a good real time image and connectivity you want the 5GHz channel.)
I really can't recommend this enough; skip the toys and get this - it's worth every dollar of the price!

Cons:
I have to nit-pick here, and there's not much to dislike. These are very minor points I include to make this review fair and unbiased.
It is loud; not at all hearing unsafe or offensive, but it is noticeable compared to a toy-grade drone. Any drone with this much power (read: not strictly a toy) is going to make some noise. It is not offensive though; you won't bother the neighbors.
The camera has a slight fish-eye effect when you're trying to look straight ahead. You can see that in the first picture I posted and the nighttime picture. Do note the camera is in-flight adjustable, so you can go from straight ahead to straight down, and all points in between, on the fly. So big plus for that. I can't knock the camera too much because it doesn't have a stabilizing gimble. That's a necessary trade to fit the profile. Plus if you're watching the ground at an angle the fish-eye effect goes away.
It can be just a bit slow to get a GPS lock. Don't be put off though; it's not difficult to obtain one, it just takes a couple extra seconds. It never loses the GPS signal once it's got it. (So you can hold it up high to get a signal quicker, then set it down for takeoff.)
You do have to register it with the FAA (it just barely meets their weight requirement for registration). Don't be put off: this process takes less than 5 minutes on their website, and there's zero waiting on paperwork. Just fill out the form and you're ready to fly immediately (register as a modeler/recreational flyer and you're good to go with no hassle).

Tips:
Disconnect your phone from any wireless networks it is auto-joining. This will ensure you maintain a video feed to your phone as you fly greater distances away.
Android users: when you connect to this wireless signal, you have to tell Android OS to keep connected even though there is no internet connectivity. This is a quirk of the Android OS, not the drone. Be sure to do this the first time you connect to the drone and you'll be fine.
To get a GPS signal quickly, calibrate the compass and the gyroscope as per the included instructions then hold the drone up off the ground while it searches for a GPS signal. You'll get the necessary 3 bars of signal much faster than sitting flat on the ground. (Also note - to unlock the motor to take off you must have 3 bars of GPS signal! If your drone motor is not unlocking for take off, this is why. Do not fly without GPS mode! You'll be thankful when your drone is auto-returning to the takeoff location from who knows where you've flown it - trust me!) Then just set it back down, unlock the motor, and take off.
On the geo-fencing feature, set the auto-return minimum height high enough to clear any trees in your immediate area. That way, when auto-returning, it will climb safely over the height of any trees between the initial location and the drone's current position. This will avoid crashing into anything on its automated return path.

Overall verdict: this has all of the features of more expensive, professional grade, drones at (if you catch it on sale as I did) an entry level/toy price point. Buy this. Grab an extra battery - you'll need it to feed your addiction! I can't imagine how fun this will be using VR glasses in first person view.

The media could not be loaded. I feel it's important to explain how I came to buy the F11 PRO Drone. Several weeks back I got suckered into purchasing a drone that was advertised on Facebook. It was an elaborate video about how some engineer at a big name brand company realized the company he worked for was purchasing lower valued electronics but charging a high brand name cost to cover advertising. So he left the brand name company and started his own with a few of his co-workers offering the same high quality electronics at a fraction of the cost because they aren't spending money on marketing. But I need to buy it now because this price won't last long after the word gets out about how great it is.
It looked like a lot of fun and now I had to have it. so I ordered it right after the advertisement ended. I know it was a compulsive purchase because before seeing the video I had never thought about having a drone. Whatever, I'm only human. Now I was excited to get this awesome drone in the mail. I waited and waited and waited, several weeks for it to finally arrive. I had never seen a drone before but even I could tell it seemed really light in weight and cheaply made. Trying not to deflate my excitement so quickly, I rationalized with myself thinking maybe it has to be light in order to fly. I very quickly learned that was not the case. The supposed high quality drone couldn't even get off the ground. When I contacted the seller about it. They told me to shake it up and down to get it working. OMG are you kidding me??? Long story short it never worked. After being let down by the drone scam, I did some research and found the F11 PRO on Amazon. It had great reviews and was still very reasonably priced. So I ordered it. Unlike the other bogus drone, the F11 PRO was delivered almost immediately. No waiting at all this time and no letting me down this time either. The difference between the two drones is night and day. The F11 PRO is sturdy, weighty, very well made and has so many cool functions i haven't even begun to master them all yet. In one of the pictures above you can see the two drones side by side. The little one is the cheap knock-off I got scammed into purchasing from a Facebook advertisement and the larger drone is the F11 PRO right out of the box. EVERYTHING is better on the F11 PRO than the cheap piece of crap advertised on Facebook. I was talking to a friend of mine who is also a beginner. He told me he had received the Mavic drone as a Christmas gift a year or two ago. The funny part is he's afraid to fly it because he hasn't gotten insurance for it yet. It's so expensive he feels the need to insure it before even attempting to fly it? That's just silly. The F11 has many of the same features as the Mavic and if I happen to crash it due to my limited knowledge in flying? I'll just buy another one because they're priced so I can. I don't see that happening because the GPS and other features on the F11 PRO prevent it from crashing. Even If you'r a beginner. Why spend thousands on a drone? You can get the same high quality experience and just as much fun with the F11 PRO. I promise you won't be disappointed. You don't need to research anymore or think about it anymore. Just buy it and you can thank me later.

It's been a few days since I wrote my review. Since then I've been learning more about this drone every day. It hasn't ceased to amaze me. Every person who has seen me flying this drone, said....I have to get one!! This thing flies so high it's hard to believe even when you're looking at it with your own two eyes. I've added a couple pics and a video I took with the drone. The video may be a little bumpy in some parts but that's all on me. I just turned on the video to see how it worked? I was still having fun flying it around. Zipping from one place to another, rather than paying attention to the filming. It still took some great footage. I'm looking forward to putting together some really nice photography & video shots with this drone. So there ya have it. After a few days I'm still loving it. As a matter of fact I bought another one for my wife because she was jealous of mine...LOL

This is my first drone and was not sure what to expect. Turns out it is amazing. Very easy to set up and fly with no experience. The Beginner Mode made me feel comfortable that I was not going to lose it as my house is surrounded by trees. After about 10 minutes of flying around my yard, I took off Beginner mode and started exploring.

First, I was excited to see how high it went (about 400 feet). Seeing my house and neighborhood from that perspective was very interesting. I then started to "explore" the surrounding woods and was very pleasantly surprised by the video quality. I did not have an SD card so just captured the video on my phone. My family loved the results.

Going to the lake in a couple of weeks and really looking forward to trying it there. Would highly recommend.

Rather than repeat the many very thorough five star reviews, I will just say I agree with them.

I had wanted a recreational-use drone for years prior to 2020, but I waited as the quality and technology rapidly improved and prices went down. When the F11 Pro became available for under $300 in 2020 I took the plunge. As the reviews of the F11 said back then, it was (and still is) a great drone with some amazing features for the price. I had never owned or even flown someone else's drone at that point and in reading stories of lost and/or crashed drones over the years I was a little apprehensive at first. I had read so many stories of people spending hundreds of dollars for a drone, taking it out for a flight, it flies away and they never see it again. However, by 2020 drone technology had progressed by leaps and bounds. and the tech contained in the F11 including the Return To Home (RTH) feature makes it almost foolproof. After a quick reading of the instructions and watching a couple of demo videos I took mine out and started flying it right away with zero issues.

The closest thing to a problem I've ever had was on one occasion it stopped responding to my commands and began hovering over a fenced-in field just at the far edge of my line of sight. Assuming there was something interfering with my signal, I moved as close as I could to the drone, which was the fence at the edge of the field about 100 yards from where it was hovering, and at that point It responded to my RTH command and did just what it was supposed to do - it flew back to where I had launched it and safely landed itself. I was reassured by that experience. Even though it temporarily lost my signal, it didn't fly away or crash, it executed the RTH function appropriately.

In fact, I liked mine so much I bought another one for my son in 2020, and we sometimes fly them together.