TOMZON A23 Mini Drone for Kids and Beginners, RC Toy Drone with Throw to Go, Easy to Learn, Auto-rotation, 3D Flips, Circle Fly, Headless Mode, 2 Batteries, Gift for Boys and Girls, Orange

My grandson loves it. I will have to get another for my next grandson’s birthday.

The media could not be loaded. I have several drones, but this little Tomzon is my favorite. This is a very small drone (~ 3.5 inches square), so it's an indoor drone. Unless you have zero breeze, I wouldn't fly it outside. Even if you don't feel a breeze, remember that there's always air movement higher up, so if you're outside, be mindful that this little guy could get lost very easily. So, I advise only indoor flying.It's capable of doing flips, which are nice and tight. It'll also do large pirouette, and my favorite, spin, all my a simple push of a button on the remote.There's almost no latency between the remote and drone, so it responds quickly. It's zippy, even in slowest speed, so keep it in mind when flying it. It's easy to correct any drift with the 4 dedicated buttons on the remote.As with all drones, it needs calibration on a level surface when you start it. If you don't do this, you won't be able to control the drone. The Tomzon has the easiest setup and calibration I've ever used. It automatically syncs with the remote and gyro calibration is done by pushing the dedicated button.The drone is hardy. I've crashed a few times and like a well-known bunny, it keeps going. This drone is my cat's favorite drone. I guess it's the LEDs, or maybe because it's so zippy. He loves stalking it.The LEDs are fantastic. They're controllable by remote. They're bright, so you can see them in daylight. I took the short video to show you how how they look. The light was on in the room.The batteries last a surprising amount of time, especially given the fact that the drone is small. I get a good 9-10 minutes of flying time per battery. I always let the drone rest after using 2 batteries, so the motors don't overheat. The charging time is ~ 1.25 hours. You'll get the recharging cord, which plugs into a standard 5v USB plug.I loved this drone so much that this is my 2nd A23. I gave the first one to a friend. It's a very good first drone.

Both batteries simultaneously start bulging recently.

Overall this drone is a great one! I also got the A34 from TOMZON, and this is pretty much an upgrade from that version. For starters they finally inlcuded a charger that can charge both batteries at the same time!! That is a huge plus for me because in the A34 drone you could only charge one battery at a time. Also, this drone as well as the controller are significantly smaller. The drone can fit inside a persons pocket that is how small it is. But don't let the size fool you! This drone can still fly really fast and do all kinds of tricks! Each battery gives you around 8-10 minutes of flight time at full charge. Which means you will have to be swapping batteries relatively quickly. And it takes a little over an hour to charge both batteries to full after being fully depleted. The drone itslef also includes some cool RGB lighting that has some awesome effects. Lastly, I think the ease of use is the best part about this drone. My 4 year old daughter was able to get the hang of flying it! So that just goes to show how intuitive the controls are. Taking off and landing with a single press of a button. A button to do some awesome "donut" spins. Its such easy and amazing entertainment for kids of all ages. I might buy another 3 drones just to have a little drone flying competition for all my nieces and nephews because they all want to fly it and handing off after just 2-3 minutes of flying doesn't seem to be like enough time for them. Overall I would give this drone and absolute 10 out of 10. I highly recommend this as a gift for a kid (boy or girl) ages 4+. It is a compact, durable, and absolutely easy to fly drone that even an adult can have fun playing with (I know I sure did). I am 90% sure that I will be buying more of these (especially since they are so affordable and economically priced).

My nephew loves it!

Not easy to fly. Battery life isn't great.

I bought this for my 4 year old. This drone is perfect for young kids. It is stable and sturdy. Easy to fly and use. It’s affordable. No fuss. The batteries charge quickly and have about 1.5 hours of flight time.It’s survived everything my 4 year old does to it. He crashes into everything still going strong. He’s dropped the controller probably 10-15 times, put the batteries back in and works just the same.Only con is the battery cover on the controller comes off pretty easily when dropped.Takes 3 AAA batteries for the controller.I will buy this one again.

We got this for my son's birthday a couple weeks beforehand, and then it broke within a few weeks of use but was after the return window of 30 days so they would not return. It was *extremely* difficult to navigate and never just hovered. It was constantly moving, and you had to use the controller to basically fight it's flight plan. So if you started it to fly, it would just keep moving in a direction. And then you had to use the controls to redirect. The controls were not intuitive. There wasn't a left right forward backwards button. You had to spin it to the direction you wanted, and then only forward and backwards. But if you didn't know what direction, you'd sit there for a second trying to get your bearings and it would already be 10 ft away, and then you'd have to get your bearings again. But just mostly disappointing that it didn't last more than a month before breaking - and it's not like my son was that rough with it.