Holy StoneReviews of holystone.com

Had a 730e a couple of years ago, and like other reviewers it did not respond to Return Home and I lost it. Thinking it was my fault I later bought a 730g in December 2023. After a few tentative flights and RH tests I grew more confident in my ability to fly and bought a spare Battery from Amazon (£79!!) After around 20-30 flights one of the batteries expanded and would not fit in the drone. I was advised to dispose of the Battery at the local recycling center. The remaining battery now loses charge rapidly giving less than 5 minutes flight. Researching online I found similar warnings of battery life. Contact with HS informed me that batteries only have a 30 day warranty!!

After flying a Holy Stone HS720 For a couple of months I decided to sell it and purchase the Holy Stone HS720R. I went ahead and purchased it on a well known auction site . Anyway after about the 3rd flight it just went haywire , remote totally lost control and it wouldn't respond to RTH so down it went ,dived head first into our local forrest never to be seen again . Outside of the 30 day warranty as just over 9 weeks old and I didn't purchase the accident insurance. that's simply it🤷‍♂️ In my opinion the HS720R is a rubbish product not fit for purpose with obvious known issues I just wish I'd stuck with my used 720.. My advice don't buy unless you have deep pockets.

I bought a HS720R earlier this year but didn't unbox it until I'd had it for over a month. First time out it worked fine but on all subsequent flights it went completely out of control eventually crashing into a tree and breaking 2 of its legs. I've now read more reports of this drone on here and wish I'd never bothered with it. It was out of the pathetic warranty period when I reported it and Holy Stone refused to replace our refund. Total waste of £300+ pounds and I'll never use this company again. It is my belief that this drone should be banned as it represents a real danger to people within its proximity.

Recently recieved my HS720R a couple days ago and couldnt be happier with it. This is my first drone and has a beginner mode for easy operation. It came with built in remote ID and was super simple to register and acquire the trust certificate for the operator ID as well. Super simple operation overall, great safety features, return to home works excellent. Great flight time, and the camera is excellent. I will be a return buyer for my next one if i decide to ever upgrade further.

The company have very good suport and we're very nice to send out free replacement parts to a well know fault with the drone i purchased based on this support i give them a 2 stars as the oriduct i baugh is a 0 star this Review is based on the HS720-R drone .Do not buy . Not fit for purpose. Very dangerous. Absolutely terrible drone. Initial first few flights were good but every time you use it it will swirl round and round uncontrollable causing crashlanding every time . I have now lost the drone completely after it swirled way out of sight and lost GPS it never came back to its home position and I have now lost it . I did give an initial good review to simply receive a free battery and the support was ok from holistone who sent out a replacement wing after the first swirl crash however they themselves don't know how to fix the uncontrollable swirling effect "toilet bowling" before I lost the drone I tried everything to stop this from using in different locations, Calibration without any electrical devices near etc. Loosing it has probably done me a favour as it was a hazard and could really do somebody harm . Especially do not buy if you have small kids. Save the extra and get a proper drone not this cheap dangerous toy . Very Very disappointed. Not what I expected

Awesome drone!! Easy to fly and great for beginners. Camera quality is just as good as my iPhone. The bundle package was a great deal compared to other drones. Performance wise it does everything it should and more...

Right of the hop the battery smoked/shorted out the first time I turn it on. Continued customer service and received a new one a week later. Test flew the drone twice and both times it flew left on its own. Decided to take it to a large open field and give it a go the next day. I operated this drone in beginners mode only. Over all it took off good, hovered very well in low wind did a decent follow me but did lose elevation at times. Ascend was very slow and I had to have the left joystick in the left or right 45 degree position to get the drone to ascend but it would also rotate at the the same time. I had the drone fly away from me with the camera looking at me and at 62 feet away the drown would stop and rotate on it's own pointing the camera away from me. (Note: I was still in beginners mode so the distance on the app was showing 62 feet not 49 feet). The return to home function always went to the 49 foot ceiling and then descend and went into a large and larger circle. Every time that happened I took it out of return to home and regained control. It's been a week now of customer support asking me a bunch of questions and they have yet come up with a reasonable procedure to try and solve these issues. It appears to me that they are trying to delay until my 30 day warranty ends.

The drone is cheap. The 4K camera is not 4K. After 4 hours of flying the gimbal has broken. Despite the drone only being 10 months old when it broke they refuse to replace, repair or refund as it is outside of their 30 day warranty. What a useless warranty. I wish I’d just paid 3x the price for a DJI or purchased a second hand DJI for not a lot more money. They did offer me a 10% discount ‘reserved for their most valuable partners’ and after much back and forth now offering ‘25% discount reserved for our most valuable partners’ What a joke.