3 great foldable drones, and what real users and critics say about them

In a nutshell: Foldable drones are a nice – and increasingly popular – variation of the genre, giving you a flying camera that’s easily portable.

Here are three great options you should consider – in the absence of the recalled GoPro Karma.

Zerotech Dobby

• Small enough to use indoors
• Top speed: 36 kph
• Flight time: 9 minutes

Photo credit: Zerotech.

With its four arms tucked away, the Zerotech Dobby fits in the palm of your hand. Weighing just 199g, it’s more serious than a toy chopper but not as substantial – or pricey – as DJI’s drones.

Despite its size, it still packs a 4k camera, 1080p HD stabilized video, and a few other goodies like facial recognition so that it can follow you around and serve as a selfie drone.

What reviews say

Quadcopter Flyers:

As evident by now, Dobby is a selfie drone and does not come with any kind of remote controller/transmitter and is purely operated with the app – the control distance is 100 meters in open area with no obstacles, when the drone goes beyond the operating frequency, it auto returns itself.

GizChina:

The front of the Dobby Drone has a single camera that can be set into one of four positions before flying. The compact design means a motorized camera [on a gimbal] isn’t viable, but the small size of the drone means you can get in tighter and closer than on a larger UAV.

Yuneec Breeze

DJI Mavic Pro