The good. The stability of footage is brilliant, return to home works well 99% of the time, and range can be impressive as long as you stay away from interference The bad This is my fourth drone as all the others have had video quality issues, being blurry and grainy in all lights.

nicedrone for beginners

Great design and colors, easy to fly even for beginners, and it don't lose control, it can be controls from a smart phone and the best thin, it self stabilize when take hands away from smart phone

I've always wanted a remote control airplane, but was frightened I'd destroy it within seconds before I'd even learnt how to fly it properly. After owning a Rolling Spider, I decided to try something a little larger.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Good It is slightly cheaper than the DJI phantom and is made of better material. It handled crashes while I was learning to fly. If you are an experienced flyer then I see little reason to purchase this instead of a DJI Phantom.

Horrible GPS and company support

Drones are hot right now, but they're also quite expensive-even the entry-level DJI Phantom 3 Standard will set you back a pretty penny. The Parrot Bebop ($499.99) doesn't fly as high or far as a Phantom, but backyard drone pilots looking for a GPS-stabilized quadcopter to tool around with shouldn't...

Stable 1080p video; Safe to fly indoors; Capable of performing aerial rolls and flips; Controllable via tablet or phone; Optional remote control available for purchase; Supports Raw and JPG image capture

Limited flight time; Not the most stable drone in the air; Indoor video footage is noisy; Remote control is expensive

Drones are hot right now, but they're also quite expensive—even the entry-level DJI Phantom 3 Standard will set you back a pretty penny. The Parrot Bebop ($499.99) doesn't fly as high or far as a Phantom, but backyard drone pilots looking for a GPS-stabilized quadcopter to tool around with shouldn't count it out. When purchased in this configuration you'll need to control it with your phone or tablet—Parrot sells a Bebop bundled with the Skycontroller remote, but it's overly expensive at $900. Our Editors' Choice drone is still the DJI Phantom 3 Professional, which is easy to fly and records video in 4K. But if you're looking to spend less, and aren't as ambitious when it comes to operating range and automated flight capabilities, consider the Bebop as an affordable alternative. Flying With Your PhoneI reviewed the Parrot Bebop with Skycontroller ($269.00 at Amazon) earlier this year, but couldn't get around one major sticking point—its price tag. For the same amount of money, yo...

The small Parrot Bebop doesn't climb as high as competing drones, and its flight time is limited, but it's easy to fly and records stable video.

Stable 1080p video; Safe to fly indoors; Capable of performing aerial rolls and flips; Controllable via tablet or phone; Optional remote control available for purchase; Supports Raw and JPG image capture

Limited flight time; Not the most stable drone in the air; Indoor video footage is noisy; Remote control is expensive

Parrot helped make drones popular, building quadcopters such as the AR.Drone, which introduced many people to the joys of flying quadcopters with attached video cameras. The new Bebop brings the fun to an audience that's more used to a touch screen than a joystick.

Phone/tablet control system familiar to non-fliers; Easy to get started; Strong image; video quality; Parts cheap; widely available

Touch-screen controls lack sensitivity; Short battery life; Long recharging time

The Parrot Bebop Drone gets points for being a compact, durable, easy-to-use quadcopter for capturing good video and photos. Battery life, performance and overall value make it tough to flat-out recommend, though.

The Parrot Bebop Drone is small and lightweight for its capabilities; It's relatively tough, but also user repairable if it breaks; It can be piloted with a smartphone or tablet as well as the optional Skycontroller

The large Skycontroller adds $400 if purchased with the Bebop or runs $500 when purchased separately; While its size and weight make it nice to travel with, it doesn't handle wind well, and its small batteries tap out in less than 11 minutes

The Parrot Bebop, which follows-up the company's AR Drone 2.0, is an affordable high-flier with built-in 1080p camera and app-based controls via tablet or smartphone. At ￡430 it couldn't exactly be called cheap, but in the world of drones it's an affordable entry point that will come as a tempting...

Affordable; easy to use; robust; two batteries included

Limited range; limited battery life; Skycontroller version expensive