Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Potensic Upgraded A20 Mini Drone Easy to Fly Even to Kids and Beginners, RC Helicopter Quadcopter with Auto Hovering, Headless Mode, 3 Batteries and Remote Control, Gift Choice for Boys and Girls

Steve McNutt

Amazed!

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019

This exceeded my expectations, it simply works right out of the box. Turn on drone, turn on remote, left stick down until drone blinks to connect, right stick down and out to calibrate, hit the launch button and go. It is easily effected by ceiling fans or outdoor breezes etc. but in still air is incredibly easy to control. Amazed by the technology for the price! You need AAA batteries for the remote, the drone has 2 rechargeable batteries and a simple charger included. Great fun!

A wintertime fun fun drone!

Vantage Point Videos

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019

Background: I have a DJI Mavic Zoom and a Mavic Air. A Skyviper S1750. A Potensic F183DH and now a Potensic Firefly A20.
The Potensic A20 is more than advertised! (Both Potensics are).
Build obstacles out of your Amazon shipment boxes. Stay warm and run the course during halftime.
Folks, this little drone is great! Durable. Controllable. Quiet. Indoor friendly. Easy. Quick battery charging. Good looking.
Potensic did it again!

Great Inexpensive Indoor Drone

Wally

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024

Tough little drone. Fun to fly. Good for beginners and fun for more advanced pilots. Works best indoors, but can be flown outdoors.

Pretty good value for the price, but has limitations

Frizzy

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2022

I think this product is best suited for kids, or adults who want to play around with a drone casually. It is pretty easy to learn, though the controls do have a learning curve. The 3 "speed" modes offer a good balance between very slow and controllable to quick, nimble, and potentially unstable. I personally find the default level of "2" to be fine for maneuvering around in tighter areas while the highest level of "3" is the most fun. Level "1" is for absolute beginners and children in my opinion as the controls respond like molasses.

Overall, I think the price is right for what you get and I can definitely recommend this for kids and those adults who want to play with a drone casually. If you have any potential interest in a drone with a camera or doing any "intermediate" or "advanced" maneuvering, you will quickly tire of this drone.

I have two main criticisms for this drone.
1. The battery only lasts for around 6-7 minutes at best in my use case
2. The remote controller and/or onboard flight controller are poor at maintaining any direction (Z, Y, Z, and yaw mostly).

For the size of the drone, I can forgive the short flight time. The battery has to be small in order to keep weight down. However, the battery is always quite warm to the touch when removing it after a session to charge. Even if the batteries are rated for the high load that is put on them, I expect a short lifespan and to start seeing bloating at some point soon if I continue frequent use.

The flight control is my main issue. It will drift forward and back, left and right, up and down randomly. Using the remote controller to move in the X or Y axis often results in the altitude and yaw (rotation or direction the drone is pointing) changing too. No matter how much I mess with the initial calibration or dial in compensation when in flight, the moment any other input is used, the compensation goes right out the window and it starts drifting again. It is almost like the remote controller has joystick "drift" or no deadzone when resting in the center. This makes navigating this drone in any tight spot or obstacle quite a chore and requires constant correction.

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Amy Moore

Great beginner drone

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2019

Way smaller than I was expecting but super fun

Jennifer Carr

Pretty darn good

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024

I’m a huge fan of writing reviews for crappy items on Amazon. But this is not one of them. I bought another drone for my seven-year-old that was aimed at kids and it was a complete piece of garbage. Then I did my research and I found this one. So far we are very pleased. The battery life is good. Learning the remote control is simple and my seven-year-old loves it.
The only challenging part is reading through the little booklet in calibrating the thing if something goes wrong. I like how it came with some spare blades. I don’t like how it’s super tiny and the battery compartment doesn’t close all the way. But it’s all good.

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SUPER easy to fly and control!

Amy F.

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020

If I could give this drone MORE than 5 stars, I would! This is the easiest drone to fly EVER!! Our kids (ages 7 and 10) can both fly these on their own with no help. We've tried a few different ones, all which broke easily or were too hard to control. Not this one. It is by FAR the best and easiest one we've owned. It's super easy to control -- our boys literally walk around the house with it flying right in front of them. It also might be important to mention that we have two of these (one for each kid), and they can both fly fine at the same time without the signals getting mixed. Battery charging and replacing is fairly easy, and they can do it themselves -- we just showed them how to carefully unplug it and replace it after it's fully charged. If you are considering buying a drone, this is the one to get!

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Sunny Nee

Fun, When It Works

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019

It worked for one flight, and then something happened, don't know what, so it either wouldn't turn on, or turned on very briefly and then shut off. The connector to charge the battery is difficult to insert and perhaps it happened there or in some other area. They need a better way of charging as it requires one to disconnect the battery to connect it to the charger. The wires are very small and the connector very difficult to insert and disconnect creating strain on these wires.

this drone has 2 things going for it

Kevin

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020

Number one, the learning curve is not steep, it is easy to fly once you get the hang of it. I have has another drone from Potensic, the A30W, so I can compare the 2. The A20 is a bit smaller and is very basic. The A20 has no WiFi and no camera. That is fine, it still performs well.
Comparing the durability of the A20 to the A30W at first glance, especially when looking at them online, they appear to be the same. But the A30W is built much better. The A20 seems a bit fragile. The protection around the propellers is thinner and is ok for the job, but I think if it crashes hard into something it won't protect the blades.
The biggest difference between the 2 drones is the battery, The A30W had a battery that fit in the drone and no further connection was needed. Just put it in, close the door and away it goes. I remember the battery was pretty secure in its place, The battery on the A20 isn't as secure inside it's compartment. The door opens easily but doesn't stay shut when it crashes. The battery falls out easily.
Another issue I have with the battery is that it is connected to the drone and the charger by 2 wires that protrude from the battery. it would be very easy to pull one of the wires out, One must manipulate the wires 4 times with every charge, disconnecting it from the drone and connecting it to the charger and vice versa. It won't take too many charges before the wires will become loose and will eventually become useless. This was not the case with the A30W. That one could charge without manipulating wires.
The battery life on both is about 5 minutes. Charge time seems a bit quicker for the A20. i haven't timed it but it seems a lot faster than the A30W battery.
I bought this one because the A30W didn't last long. After about 4-5 weeks of flying it every day, it crashed and burned. One of the motors burnt out. It was smoking when it crashed, not a lot but I could smell it and the casing was blackened. I missed playing with it, I didn;t know I could replace the motor so I tossed it. The price for a new one is considerably higher now so I bought the A20, I wish I would have bought another A30W. Spend the extra money and but the A30, it is better than this one. And if a motor burns out, it is cheap to replace

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