I finally got a free drone to review. Garbage!

photojunky

photojunky

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Well, I finally got a free drone to review instead of the usual GoPro knock-off camera. I've got a lot of those if anyone wants one cheap. PM me. Unfortunately, they sent me a piece of junk drone instead of the more expensive drone they said they were going to send. Honestly, it wasn't worth the time but I still felt a little bit obligated to do the review. The drone sucked and I have a feeling this company will not be sending me anymore free drones to review.

 
I think you are being way too hard on a drone that can be had for ~$28 including shipping from Lightake.


"very nice, very smooth flier'
 
After watching this video I suspect they sent me a defective one. Mine was extremely hard to hover, and just plain slow. Flying It Outdoors with a slightest Breeze was impossible. Also, mine came with the wrong instruction manual, and a couple of pieces that had fallen off of the remote and quadcopter itself. I was comparing it to the 2 inch Micro Drone I reviewed which was Far easier to control and hover, and the syma x5c that can be found for about 40 bucks on eBay.
 
One more thing I forgot to mention, the battery light charging indicator never went off. You had no way of knowing if it was fully charged. I left mine on for about four or five hours and it stayed the same. If I did not have a battery voltage meter I would have never known if it was charged. Most people who would own a toy drone probably would not have invested the extra six bucks in one.
 
Also although you say reviews are time consuming, you have your foot in the door to get many nice things for zilch.
Including:
  1. Taranis transmitters and other hobby grade ones.
  2. All the well liked MJX quads
  3. Various Eachine RTF racing quads with FlySky transmitters, and all their FPV goggles
  4. Various Off-road RC Racing Cars and airplanes.
  5. Very sweet cameras, including the lovely Xiaomi Yi 4K II, Firefly and SJCAMs
That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Many reviewers got these.
https://www.banggood.com/Xiaomi-Mi-...-p-1057057.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN

Just saying. :)
 
I received over a dozen GoPro like cameras, and a couple of battery charging bags. I had a fire in one, did a good review and they sent me a couple more to review. Most of the cameras retail between 79 and $100, but I received two that were about $150. I guess you do get what you pay for it because they were both better than all the cheapies. BTW, I just reviewed the sjcam. Very good. It's a keeper.
 
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