Can We Get Drone under US$100?

A pocket size drone

Like professional, those who amateurs also want to have a drone to photos taken from sky or selfie purposes.

The “simple” professional drone may cost from US$ 1,000 to US$ 3,000. Quite expensive, especially for beginners

In addition to cheap, the amateurs require the following features:

- good quality camera (video of bird’s eye view)

- portable (easy to carry)

- light weight

- easy to use

- fly up to reasonable high

Is it possible to have above features with price US$ 100 or even less? The answer is YES. 

Illustration of photo taken by an amateur’s drone (credit to Google)

I saw a website (pcmag) gave list of US$ 100 drones, few are:

- Eachine E010 Mini UFO Quadcopter Drone

- QCopter HD Camera Drone

- Ryze Tello

- UFO 3000 LED Drone Quadcopter

- Cheerwing Syma X5SW-V3

A drone is flying

Currently, some friends of mind are talking about “drone x pro” brand name. The price is US$ 100.

If we diligent enough to search through “Google,” few companies sell below US$ 100. I saw US$ 64 and even US$ 54.

However, I don’t know for quality and whether include shipping cost or not. 

Illustration of photo was taken from sky

Drone x pro can fly up to 150 feet (50 m). In my opinion that the height is excellent, below regulation set by Aviation authority.

In order to avoid conflict with private and commercial aircraft, USA aviation authority has a rule to drone that it recommended to fly below 121 m (400 feet).

From 50 m (150 feet), we can take very clear photos with 720p camera.

Interestingly, drone can take-off and landing automatically by pushing a pair of buttons on the remote control. It is perfect for beginner.

Do you want to have a drone? If so, what are you purpose for?