Self-Flying Drone, 4k Video & 13MP Photography, Auto-Follow, & Facial Recognition_P000017/P000043

AWESOME!!! Definitely the most awesome drone I've owned so far, next to my DJI Phantom Vision+ (that is). I love how compact this thing is, how rugged it is and the long flight time. The manual controls are great, the image stabilization is great, the drone hovers on the spot.However, like a lot of other people have said in reviews, poor lighting definitely affects the "follow me" feature... sometimes it doesn't follow (or even track) .. but that appears to be due to lighting and shadowing, and also noticed that the "ok" hand gesture is sometimes mis-understood, turning the tracking off (and on).One critique about the "take a selfie" hand guesture .. for some reason it doesn't work all the time for me, but I can't figure out why or what i'm doing wrong, and also don't see any visual indicators from the drone, that let you know a picture was taken. So far, after the fact, I have found that sometimes a selfie was took and other times (unfortunately times when I had the family around) the selfie didn't work .. and the moment is long gone by that point.One last odd thing I did notice was, in some youtube reivew, the reviewer showed there was a hand gesture that would make the drone go up or down, but I'm not seeing that in the current downloadable app. Anyone have any ideas on this?

The media could not be loaded. I paid for a brand new Hover Camera yet found footage of another customer and his daughter flying the drone stored on the device. Not so brand new after all!I also paid $500 for this product yet days after the price dropped to $350.Why was I not reimbursed the difference, and why does Amazon allow sellers to send customers refurbished products after advertising them as brand new?As for the drone itself-Flys great. Steady. Hovers perfectly. Outstanding features. However, facial recognition is not precise. So if you are flying within a crowd, expect the drone to be confused during Owner Mode. Also, be careful flying near sunset. It will malfunction and possibly crash. Sunset was approaching and my drone lost control and rammed into a neighbor's second story condo then fell onto their car! There was no property damage; just cosmetic damage to the drone. Compared to the other drones on the market, this is hands down the safest one out there. Just be careful flying in dimly lit areas under windy conditions and you'll be fine. I flew this when it was semi-windy and it just dropped from the sky (granted the device did give me a warning about the conditions). Now each time I hover above 30 feet I feel nervous it'll drop out of the sky.Overall, fun drone with impressive hover control and quality 4k camera capability. However, something needs to be done about this merchant and their unprofessional, underhanded treatment of customers.

The media could not be loaded. where to even start.1.) This is the second Hover Camera I got the first one was an open box when I clearly paid for a brand new one. Amazon sent me a replacement ASAP next day.s2.) Charged the batteries and start it and it works fine but it would not keep the HOVER part correct so look up on their website and it said to update the firmware to correct hover action. Downloaded the firmware and updated via wifi to the device it reaches 100% and it said to wait 3-5 minutes well it has been over 24hrs at this point and the hover camera is dead.3.) I louder than my DJI Spark flying.4.) At a price of practically the same as DJI SPARK AVOID THE HOVER CRAP because it does not work returning it and getting my money back.5.) some of the pictures it took were awful really blurry.

Let me preface this review by saying that I have used a fair number of drones in the past - DJI, Air selfie, a bunch of Hubsans and an Eachine. Obviously each drone has its own purposes, advantages and disadvantages. The Hover camera is an amazing drone. I love everything about it. Its light yet strong. Its packable. The perfect thing to take on a vacation. The battery last 10 minutes, which is good enough to take some great videos and pictures. The controls are just incredible. For the follow your owner version, you don't even need a phone. It follows you around like a puppy. The quality of the videos and pictures are excellent. Its not too noisy. The battery takes only a few minutes to recharge. It comes with 2 battery's and one can buy more. Its perfectly safe to hold while the blades are running.I was looking for a selfie drone that I could take with me when I am travelling. I bought the Air Selfie (selling it now, if anyone is interested). The quality of pictures on the Air selfie are very very poor. The battery last an extremely short time. By time I get to adjust it for a good angle, the battery is dead. It does not have the face recognition feature.

Very very sensitive to the wind. No remote control = very short control distance with the WiFi phone... Hard to control in manual mode. Impossible to recognize my face to 'owner control'. The phone app is a pain in the B*****...Otherwise very compact and light, could be carry in the backpack. Good quality of video and pictures.