Drones Reviews

Bottom Line: The Ryze Tello is a toy quadcopter flyable via smartphone or laptop (using Scratch). Its video quality isn't anything to write home about, but it's a fun tech toy and learning tool.

Bottom Line: The Ryze Tello is a toy quadcopter flyable via smartphone or laptop (using Scratch). Its video quality isn't anything to write home about, but it's a fun tech toy and learning tool.

Bottom Line: The Mavic Air is DJI's smallest, most portable drone, and is just as full-featured as its larger siblings.

Bottom Line: The Mavic Air is DJI's smallest, most portable drone, and is just as full-featured as its larger siblings.

Bottom Line: The Halo Board Drone Pro is a folding drone that costs too much for what it offers and has an issue that caused a near fly-away in testing.

Bottom Line: The Halo Board Drone Pro is a folding drone that costs too much for what it offers and has an issue that caused a near fly-away in testing.

Bottom Line: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinum is the best small drone you can buy, and a fantastic choice for most aerial videographers and YouTubers.

Bottom Line: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinum is the best small drone you can buy, and a fantastic choice for most aerial videographers and YouTubers.

Bottom Line: The tiny, relatively affordable Yuneec Breeze places an emphasis on ease of use, but it isn't as capable as many other drones.

Bottom Line: The tiny, relatively affordable Yuneec Breeze places an emphasis on ease of use, but it isn't as capable as many other drones.

Bottom Line: The AirDog II is an autonomous drone designed for extreme sports and outdoor fanatics. It's more expensive than competing models, but it flies itself.

Bottom Line: The AirDog II is an autonomous drone designed for extreme sports and outdoor fanatics. It's more expensive than competing models, but it flies itself.

Bottom Line: The DJI Spark is a $500 palm-size gesture-controlled selfie drone for the masses, but it's hampered by short flying time and an app that could be easier to use.

Bottom Line: The DJI Spark is a $500 palm-size gesture-controlled selfie drone for the masses, but it's hampered by short flying time and an app that could be easier to use.

Bottom Line: The DJI Phantom 4 Advanced and Advanced+ drones combine the airframe of the original Phantom 4 with the upgraded camera of the Phantom 4 Pro.

Bottom Line: The DJI Phantom 4 Advanced and Advanced+ drones combine the airframe of the original Phantom 4 with the upgraded camera of the Phantom 4 Pro.

Bottom Line: After a rocky launch, the GoPro Karma is available for purchase. but there are better drones on the market at lower prices.

Bottom Line: After a rocky launch, the GoPro Karma is available for purchase. but there are better drones on the market at lower prices.

Bottom Line: If money is no object, the DJI Inspire 2 is the best drone you can buy, delivering Raw video capture at 5.2K quality, superb build quality, and top-end performance.

Bottom Line: If money is no object, the DJI Inspire 2 is the best drone you can buy, delivering Raw video capture at 5.2K quality, superb build quality, and top-end performance.

Bottom Line: The Parrot Bebop 2 FPV is an attractive, compact drone for backyard and rural pilots, but it has difficulty with long distance flight in areas with crowded Wi-Fi signals.

Bottom Line: The Parrot Bebop 2 FPV is an attractive, compact drone for backyard and rural pilots, but it has difficulty with long distance flight in areas with crowded Wi-Fi signals.

Bottom Line: The Parrot Disco FPV is a lot of fun to fly, but isn't the most practical drone on the market.

Bottom Line: The Parrot Disco FPV is a lot of fun to fly, but isn't the most practical drone on the market.

Bottom Line: The Xiro Xplorer Mini is a small drone that has some appeal for backyard pilots, but its video quality leaves a lot to be desired.

Bottom Line: The Xiro Xplorer Mini is a small drone that has some appeal for backyard pilots, but its video quality leaves a lot to be desired.

Bottom Line: If you love the idea of flying a drone with a virtual reality headset, take a look at the Ehang Ghostdrone 2.0 VR. But most pilots will be better off with another model.

Bottom Line: If you love the idea of flying a drone with a virtual reality headset, take a look at the Ehang Ghostdrone 2.0 VR. But most pilots will be better off with another model.

Bottom Line: The DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone adds additional obstacle sensors and a vastly improved camera to the already stellar Phantom 4.

Bottom Line: The DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone adds additional obstacle sensors and a vastly improved camera to the already stellar Phantom 4.

Bottom Line: The DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ drone includes a remote control with an integrated tablet, so you don't need a smartphone to control the camera, but the approach has its drawbacks.

Bottom Line: The DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ drone includes a remote control with an integrated tablet, so you don't need a smartphone to control the camera, but the approach has its drawbacks.

Bottom Line: The Zerotech Dobby is a toy drone designed with selfies in mind, but it's expensive and doesn't fly for long.

Bottom Line: The Zerotech Dobby is a toy drone designed with selfies in mind, but it's expensive and doesn't fly for long.

Bottom Line: The Yuneec Typhoon H Pro with Intel RealSense Technology has enormous potential, but its flight interface and video both leave some room for improvement.

Bottom Line: The Yuneec Typhoon H Pro with Intel RealSense Technology has enormous potential, but its flight interface and video both leave some room for improvement.

Bottom Line: With a sharp, stabilized, distortion-free 4K video camera, the $999 DJI Mavic Pro is much more capable than you'd expect given its size. It's an excellent choice for pilots looking for a more portable drone.

Bottom Line: With a sharp, stabilized, distortion-free 4K video camera, the $999 DJI Mavic Pro is much more capable than you'd expect given its size. It's an excellent choice for pilots looking for a more portable drone.