# Looking for a video drone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-drone/738763>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 27, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-drone/738763 "2015-11-27T21:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-drone/738763/1 "2015-11-27T21:00:49Z")

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Trying to give a nephew a video drone that ideally has 720p or better resolution, streams the video to a phone or tablet, communicates at least to 100m, and has a “return to home” feature. Is there such a thing for under $150? Can you recommend one?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-drone/738763/2 "2015-11-28T04:14:01Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> Trying to give a nephew a video drone that ideally has 720p or better resolution, streams the video to a phone or tablet, communicates at least to 100m, and has a “return to home” feature. Is there such a thing for under $150? Can you recommend one?

I’ve found most of the cheaper drones have less stabilization features and are a lot more difficult to control and tend to crash a lot . Not sure that an inexpensive drone is a great present for a kid as much as something that will be trashed in short order or put on the shelf when the operator discovers how difficult it is to play with.