Parrot PF728000 Portable Long-Lasting Battery Drone
Last updated: January 25, 2022
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Product Details
In our analysis of 94 expert reviews, the Parrot Portable Long-Lasting Battery Drone placed 10th when we looked at the top 14 products in the category. For the full ranking, see below.Expert Reviews
What reviewers liked
You can fly it indoors with ease, and it’s relatively quiet. With the hulls attached, the Mambo can slam into walls and ceilings and smash into the floor without a scratch—it’s the drone version of training wheels, a far better option for practicing than doing the same with a full-size Mavic Pro.
The Parrot Mambo is a bit more than your average minidrone, coming equipped with interchangeable grabber or mini-cannon accessories to open up your flight to more fun and hijinks.
The Mambo drone itself is small and light, measuring just 7.1 x 7.1 inches in size (and about 2 inches tall with the camera) with its propeller guards and weighing just 2.2 ounces. It has a standard drone shape: a central body with four rotors extending out from each corner.
Parrot’s new Mambo is different. Unlike most other mini drones, this one is actually designed specifically for kids. In addition to a boatload of motion sensors and advanced autopilot software that keeps the drone stable, Mambo also comes with a handful of attachments that make it more fun and engaging than a basic quadcopter.
The Parrot Mambo is an affordable drone that's perfect for beginners. It comes with detachable miniature ball cannon and note grabber, so it's a blast to play with. Key specs of the Mambo include up to nine minutes of battery life, a flight range of up to 200 feet with an optional controller (65 feet with your smartphone), and a 60 fps camera.
Flight is intuitive, speedy and customizable, and you’re able to set max height, banking on turns and the different flying modes all from within the app. There’s even a function that allows you to start a flight by just chucking the Mambo into the air, which is a lot of fun to do.
What reviewers didn't like
It lacks a camera and fancy features like GPS-assisted position hold, and its battery life is rated at 9 minutes (closer to 7 minutes in our tests), but it’s the ideal drone for getting used to the control layout.
The 0.3-megapixel camera really is not great. Think an old VGA webcam level of quality and you’ll hit the mark. It’s noisy and blurry and the colours are underwhelming.
However, you'll most likely have to fiddle with the phone's placement. I found that if the device wasn't perfectly centered, the first-person view didn't align properly.
The battery life did prove to be an issue for us – eight minutes just didn’t feel like enough time. Plus, in high winds, the drone has to work harder to remain stable and on course, and the flight time is reduced further.
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