10 Best Pocket Drones 2023
Reviewed by Gareth Otwell
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Newest Syma X20 Mini Pocket Drone Headless Mode 2.4Ghz Nano – ⭐ Best Overall Pocket Drone
RCDroneX20-FBA-3 by DoDoeleph
- Color: Gold
- Weight: 0.01 pounds
- Dimensions: 4.1 x 4.1 x 1 inches
- Syma X20 Mini Drone is the newest drone upgraded with multi features, this 6-Axis gyro quad-rotorcraft flight can easily achieve various flight movements, and easier to control. More stable and more suitable for kids or beginners. This mini drone is very suitable for indoor playing.
- Headless Mode makes easier flight: Once the fuselage direction can not be recognized, it can enter headless mode so as to continue the flight. It helps the beginner to get the hang of directional control within several minutes.
- One Key Take off / Landing: one button press automatically taking off or landing, remote control quadcopter will take off or go back to the position where it took off. It helps to protect the drone when it is out of control or low battery power.
- Altitude Hold: Auto hovering is an altitude holding technology that lets the flying drone stabilize and suspend in mid-air automatically, even when you let go of the controls.
- 360°Stunt Flip: A key 360°roll, continuous roll for perfect action and wonderful performance. With the colorful flashing light, keep your aircraft flying excellently at night.
Holy Stone HS190 Foldable Mini Nano RC Drone for Kids
4347098000 by Holy Stone
- Color: Black
- Weight: 0.06 pounds
- Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.5 x 1.2 inches
- Altitude Hold Function: Powerful air pressure altitude hold function allows you to release the throttle stick and the drone will keep hovers at it's current height.
- Foldable and Easy to Carry: This mini quadcopter can be folded into the controller, which is small and easy to carry.
- One Key Take off / Landing: Drone automatically hovers at a set altitude after take-off and before landing making it easy to control and maneuver, especially for beginners who are not yet skilled.
- Headless Mode and One Key Return: Enable players of any level to fly and operate the drone easily; One Key Return: press this button in Headless Mode, the drone will automatically come back to you.
- High Speed Rotation: New and interesting function. The drone can do 360° circle and fly at high speeds, offering you a special and exciting feeling.
4DRC V2 Foldable Mini Drone for Kids Beginners
4DV2 by DRONEEYE
- Color: black
- Dimensions: 3.7 x 3.7 x 1.2 inches
- Warranty: 1 year warranty
- ✈【Altitude Hold】The drone will hover at the certain height when you release the throttle stick. Easy operation with extra fun.
- ✈【3D Flips Stunt】The robust and fantastic 360°flips & rolls stunt reveals effortlessly with the 6-Axis Gyro flying control system.
- ✈【One Key Return】The drone will instantly take off/land/return by a simple push of one single button. Fair idiot-proof with ultra-responsive motor.
- ✈【3 Speed Control】3 speed control to meet the needs for beginners, intermediate and experts. Mini pocket size makes it ultra portable.
- ✈【Mini size&free flight】Compact, lightweight design, our drone can fly between bookcases, tables and so on. Even you can take it out just in your pocket. Will be the best gift for Christmas, children's birthdays, new year and holidays
Holyton HT02 Mini Drone for Kids Beginners – 💲 Best Budget Pocket Drone
HLT-HT02 by Holyton
- Color: Red
- Warranty: 1 year warranty
- User-friendly (One Key Take Off/ Landing & Altitude Hold & Headless Mode) -- With a short press of the one-key take off button the drone will take off and hover at a certain height, which allows you to release the throttle stick and the drone will keep hovers at its current height. The headless mode will help the pilots at any level fly and operate the drone easily.
- More Fun with 24 Mins Flight Time -- The package contains 3 Batteries, which guarantees 24 Minutes of flight time. And the drone can do 360° circle and fly at high speeds, offering you a special and exciting feeling.
- Mini and Portable -- HT02 can be stored in its transmitter and it’s super easily to carry with. The size of the drone is 70*48*35 mm. Free your bag to its limits because RC Drone has never been so easy to carry with.
- Safe for Kids: The protection guards make it safe flight for your kids. Speed mode can be changed from low to high to satisfy kids’ needs. The Emergency Stop can keep novice pilots from losing the drone.
- Christmas Gift/Party Supply -- The Drone covered by our warranty and it does not have to register FAA in the States. The indoor drone is a great treat in the Christmas/Birthday/Thanksgiving/other holiday party, classroom game or family gathering.
DJI Mini 2 – 👑 Premium Pick
CP.MA.00000312.01 by DJI
- Release date: 11/03/2020
- Color: Gray
- Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.5 x 7.4 inches
- Warranty: DJI Warranty Applies
- 【PACK LIGHT, FLY FREE】: at less than 249 g, it weighs about as much as an apple and fits in the palm of your hand. compact and convenient, this small drone is your ideal travel companion, transforming how you capture your favorite memories.
- 【3-AXIS GIMBAL WITH 4K CAMERA】: a 12mp camera in the sky delivers content guaranteed to impress. along with 4k/30fps video and a 3-axis motorized gimbal, mini 2 ensures stunning image quality that is consistently smooth no matter how adventurous your piloting gets.
- 【OCUSYNC 2.0 VIDEO TRANSMISSION】: mini 2 supports up to 10 km of hd video transmission and has excellent anti-interference capabilities, giving you the ability to fly farther and see clearer.
- 【POWERFUL PERFORMANCE】: with a max battery life of 31 minutes, dji mini 2 grants more than enough time to compose the perfect shot. mini 2 can resist level 5 winds and take off at a max altitude of 4,000 meters, so your footage is stable even when flying along a windy coastline or high above an alpine forest.
- 【4X ZOOM】: there’s no need to get so close for your dream shot. 4x digital zoom makes it safer and more convenient when transitioning between shots of varying distance and composition.
- 【QUICKSHOTS】: with just a few taps, dji mini 2 automatically records and shoots professional-level videos to share directly on social media. whether you’re a beginner or a more experienced flyer, the dji fly app helps you produce impressive results complete with soundtracks and filters.
- 【COMPATIBILITY】: the dji fly app requires ios v10.0, android v6.0, or above. compatible devices include: iphone 11 pro max, 11 pro, 11, xs max, xs, xr, x, 8 plus, 8, 7 plus, 7, 6s plus, 6s, 6 plus, 6, samsung galaxy s20, s10+, s10, s9+, s9, s8+, s8, s7 edge, s7, s6, note10+, note9, note8, huawei p30 pro, p30, p20, p10, mate 30 pro, nova 5, nova 4, nova 3e, nova 2, honor 8x, 10, 9, 20 pro, magic 2, mi 10, mi 8, mix 2s, mix 2, redmi note 5, oppo find x, r15, vivo nex, x27, x21, x20a, oneplus 7, 6t, 5, pixel 4, 3 xl, 2 xl, 2, lg v20, lg g6, sony xpeial 1.
Quadcopter Drone With Camera Live Video
Eachinedirect818 by EACHINE
- Color: E58（3Pcs Batteries）
- Dimensions: 7.1 x 6.3 x 3.1 inches
- Take HD pictures and videos, enjoy FPV function: The E58 drone is equipped with a 120° Wide-angle 720P HD Camera including adjustable angle, which captures high-quality video and clear aerial photos. The Wi-Fi real-time transmission FPV system can connect to your phone with the drone and the view will be shown directly on your phone, thus enjoy the world above the horizon, accurately capture photos and record videos for extraordinary moments.
- Can be carried around & Replaceable Drone arm : The small fuselage contains excellent performance, clever folding design, let you travel light, enjoy the flight fun. The drone arm is replaceable, when the motor or drone arm is broken, you don't need to worry about the drone not performing anymore. Just replace the drone arm and it can fly again.
- It's easy for everyone to fly the drone: On altitude hold mode, you can accurately lock the height and location, stable hover and capture video or photos from any angle shooting, making the experience very easy and convenient, even a novice, can play this drone easily. The drone automatically takes off and lands with one click, which is very handy. There is an emergency landing feature to prevent collision with other things.
- 3D flip & one key return & Headless mode & Trimming: The E58 Drone includes the new 3D rolling special effects and can be quite the surprise! One-key return function allows the drone to return automatically without losing the drone. The Headless mode option can make the drone's front side the same as the remote control, making it easier to fly to your destination. With the Trimming function,you can adjust according to the tilt direction thus, making the drone stabilize during flight.
- APP controls have super cool functions: Download the APP to control the drone. Click on the gyroscope icon, the drone will fly according to the gravity of the mobile phone. Click the REV icon, the drone can flip the screen 180 degrees. Click on the VR icon to turn on mobile phone split screen mode. Wear the VR Glasses to experience real-time transmission 3D visualization. Click on the Trajectory flight icon to draw a flight trajectory on the phone. The drone will then follow the trajectory.
Holy Stone HS110D FPV RC Drone with 1080P HD Camera
946223 by Holy Stone
- Color: Black
- Weight: 0.33 pounds
- Dimensions: 12.6 x 12.6 x 3.5 inches
- Warranty: 1 year warranty
- 1080P FOV 120° HD FPV Camera: You can capture memorable moments with distortion-free and view images on your phone from the wide-angel lens. The app enables you to expand your creativity further and share it on social media with ease.
- Altitude hold: When you focus on shooting images, you may set your hands off the joystick and the drone still suspend in mid-air with locked altitude. A perfect drone for beginners, kids, starters, or newbies to have a easy and stable flight experience.
- Headless Mode: The pilot will feel easier to control, especially when the drone is out of sight, under headless mode while the orientation of the drone is in relation to the pilot. The drone are also equipped with 3D flips to make your day.
- Mobile Control: Through the APP, multiple functions, Voice Control, Gestures Control, Trajectory Flight and Gravity Sensor Control can be activated. Instruct the camera to take photos by gestures of Scissor and videos by Paper.
- 2 Modular Battries: 2 batteries can support a 20 Minutes flight which makes it easy to replace battery and safe to charge battery.
SIMREX X300C Mini Drone RC Quadcopter Foldable Altitude Hold Headless
X300C by SIMREX
- Color: White
- Dimensions: 4.5 x 1.3 x 2 inches
- Phone direct control with transmission or transmitter control with smart phone. Apple iOS/ Android phones Compatible
- 360 degree flips & rolls. One key 3D rolling special effects. Flip in 4-ways flip(left, right, forward, backward). Continuous roll for perfect action and wonderful performance.
- Headless security mode. When eyes can't identify the orientation of the drone, The headless mode can help to control easier and prevent from losing the direction.
- Equipped with the latest 6-axis gyro flight control systems, provide better using experience.
- Range: About 30-45 meters. Flight Tim: about 8-10 minutes. Charging time: about 60 minutes.(Note: the battery of the drone could only be charged with the original charging cable.)
SNAPTAIN S5C WiFi FPV Drone with 1080P HD Camera
B07GPNZSMY by SNAPTAIN
- Release date: 09/01/2018
- Color: Black
- Weight: 1.55 pounds
- Dimensions: 13.9 x 9.7 x 3.3 inches
- ✈USER-FRIENDLY✈ SNAPTAIN S5C drone is user-friendly. Simply press one button, it will take off, land or return to your command. Smart voice control, headless mode, and the fascinating 360° Flips & Rolls come handy even for the drone newbies.
- ✈Farther & Clearer✈ The SNAPTAIN S5C provides video transmission within a range of up to 80m. Edit and upload instantly your videos on Social Media by iPhone or a 1080P video transmission signal up to a scale of 80m, allowing you to fly farther. Edit HD footage and directly upload it to social media from your iPhone or iPad. The video clips are automatically saved to the Micro SD card.
- ✈POWERFUL & SAFE✈ Protective Propeller Guards to ensure a safe flight. High quality ABS material to free your worries of a sudden shock or drop. Best choice with enough fun for beginners.
- ✈STEADY & TRACKABLE✈ Altitude-Hold function ensures a steady hover in the air at a certain altitude. Great aerial pictures and videos are feasible thanks to this function. Trajectory Flight function is the newest technology that by drawing a flight course on the touch screen on your smartphone, the drone will fly accordingly. Pure fun awaits.
- ✈GRAVITY CONTROL✈ A built-in G-sensor is designed to allow controlling the drone by adjusting the vertical and horizontal position of your smartphone via the Snaptain Era App downloadable on iOS and Android App market.
Contixo F24 Pro 4K UHD Foldable RC Quadcopter GPS Drone
F24-Pro by Contixo
- Color: BLACK
- Weight: 1.14 pounds
- Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 8 inches
- Warranty: 12 months limited manufacturer warranty
- ✔ 4K UHD Camera - 90° vertical adjustable experience amazing 4K UHD picture quality and 2.7K video for stunning clarity, deep contrast and vivid colors. The camera with a 120°FOV lens gives a broad view of the memorable moment.
- ✔ 30 Minutes Longer Flight Time - Equipped with upgraded 2500mAh intelligent battery provides up to 30 minutes flight time. The package comes with 1 battery, extends your flight time to 60 mins (30+30), search B07S8F7LCG to add an extra battery to your cart.
- ✔ Stronger and Stable GPS Signal - The Drone can reach live video and image transmission distance up to 1,700 feet. With Stronger GPS positioning, can hover stably to catch clearer images and return to home precisely
- ✔ Foldable Brushless Motor - Comes with equipped Brushless Motors to ensure a smooth and powerful flight. Easy folding capabilities allow for compact storage without uninstalling propellers after use.
- ✔ Smart and Powerful Performance - Follow Me, Orbit Mode, and Gesture Control free your hands to take ideal selfies. Point of Interest or Tap to Fly you can fly it in a directed and custom path using up to 16 Waypoints.
