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Overall Rating 4.8   349
5
Before I start, let me preface this by saying that I do have prior experience with drones. That being said, this is the first drone I've purchased that was more than $200. So I may be easily impressed.Now, this drone is awesome! For $400 I'm in awe at how many features it has. The GPS compatibility is probably the single greatest feature, as it allows the drone to perform accurate station-keeping even in 20 knot winds. It's incredible how stable it is in strong gusts. Coupled with the onboard barometer for altitude keeping, this drone will not move until you tell it to.The Return-to-Home is amazing on it. If I lose contact with the drone and I can't see it, one button press and the drone will turn back and head home. The fact that it will climb to over 100 feet to clear itself of obstacles before starting the return home is something I really like. Keep in mind that the RTH seems to have about a 5 foot radius margin of error on landing. So make sure that on take-off you're not launching from a confined area, as the drone could collide with things.The camera quality is great as well. Everything is crisp and easy to see. The fact you can't change the camera to 1080p @ 60fps is a slight issue for me, as I'd rather have a higher video refresh rate than more pixels. But it's nothing that's deal-breaking.The battery life is amazing. Almost half an hour is insane, especially when just 4 years ago 15 minutes of flight was the top of the line for drones. Add in an extra battery that comes with it, and you're set for almost an hour. The 4 hour recharge is a bit bothersome, but some drawbacks are expected.My one big complaint is the Wi-Fi transmitter for FPV flight. I use an iPad Pro 8th Generation (2020) for the video feed. Once the drone gets about 300-500 feet away (as determined by the app telemetry), the signal stutters and lags, and after about 600 feet I lose telemetry and FPV entirely. I'm not certain if this is due to hardware/environmental issues or a d defect with my particular drone, but it's advertised as having over 3,000 feet of FPV range. So this is quite an issue. I'll post a video later as proof.All in all though, this is one sweet drone, and an excellent alternative for someone who isn't ready to spend close to a thousand dollars on a DJI. I'd highly recommend it!Pros:-Accurate GPS guidance-Easy for beginners-Very long flight range-Long flight endurance-Folding design for storage-Quick setup-Comes with spare rotors and toolsCons:-Limited FPV range (on my drone)-No collision avoidance-Latency in the video feed-App is sometimes finicky(UPDATE: Unfortunately I've had to drop the rating to 3 stars. After about a week and 5 flights, the gimbal and EIS no longer are working on the drone. There's no wires that have been disconnected or any damage to the system. Hopefully customer support will help me this this.)(UPDATE II: After contacting Ruko's customer support staff, I was offered a replacement drone completely free of charge. If you're on the fence about getting this drone, don't hesitate. Buy it! The customer service alone is top tier! A very special thanks to Lassie for helping me out! You rock Ruko!)
29/03/2021
5
My 14 year old finds this drone to be extremely easy to fly and he is right, as I also found it super easy to figure out the flight controls and fly. It is very responsive and the risk of crashing is almost zero. All the extra features work really well and are easy to use. The only feature that my son doesn't like is the "low battery auto return to go back home." The problem is that the drone wants to return where it took off from without warning when the battery gets into the yellow zone, not where the person with the controller is. For example, if you take off and then have the drone follow you down the street, it will, but once the battery is low, it will return to where it took off, even if the operator is no where near there. It is hard, if not impossible, to override the return to home feature, meaning you have to land it before it gets at risk of deciding on it's own it needs to return. Another problem is that the drone has a limit for how far it can go from where it took off, which sounds good, but my son wishes that the drone radius was from the remote, and not from where it took off. That way he could have the drone follow him while moving a distance away from the original take off spot. This drone goes amazingly high and has captured some beautiful photos and views. The customer service is by far absolutely outstanding and responsive. Any time we had questions or issues, they responded overnight and went way above and beyond expectations to help us. The drone itself is likely a four star because of the issues mentioned above, but the customer service bumps the rating to more than a five star. Customer service can't be complimented enough! They were simply awesome!!!
29/03/2021
5
My husband has been eying this drone for almost two years. after a long time debating if he should get it or not was on his mind all this time. I made it easy on him and got it for him as a birthday present. He loved it as soon as he open it he used it in no time. He loved it and will recommend it to any one who loves drones.
29/03/2021
5
I just recently received my Ruko F11 GIM drone and I am very satisfied with it. Like most electronics, it will take me some time to learn all the features. The books that came with it are really helpful. It looks to be very solid and ready to fly.
29/03/2021
5
I bought this Drone for work, GPS won’t work and now it’s useless. The company saw my post and send me a new one that actually works. They company reached out to ME. Not the other way around. I`m impressed how they want to do the right thing. I recommend this Drone and Company.
29/03/2021
4
Very nice for the amount that it cost. Flew it on a windy day without issue other than the battery drains faster for trying to stabilize itself constantly. Flys great and the camera works fine for what I use it for. Well worth every penny.
29/03/2021
4
Being New to the drown world I found this to be a good quality drone. Calibration to a while to figure out but once I had the process down and a few YouTube video’s later I was flying in know time. Still taking baby steps with its operation and I found the GPS fly home feature to be very valuable. Over a good experience and love learning new things each time I use it.
28/03/2021
5
I liked everything about it and no dislikes. Easy to learn and easy to fly. I Would recommend buying this drone.
28/03/2021
5
It's easy to set up, gives great video quality and has a long battery life.One warning though, video gamers should practice with this in an open area for a while as the controls are a bit counterintuitive if you are used to gaming controls.
28/03/2021
4
Right out of the box this F11 was a piece of cake to fly. The 4k camera also takes great pictures. It is raining here now but I can't wait to get out and fly it again. The only downers are that I can see up to now is that the batteries are charged with a USB micro cable and they take 4 1/2 hours to recharge and it will not recognize and write to anything larger than a 32GB micro SD card.
28/03/2021