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DJI Air 3S vs Holy Stone HS720: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the DJI Air 3S: 63% of 130 owners recommend it, vs 42% of 12 for the Holy Stone HS720.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

DJI Air 3S

63%of 130 owners recommend
63% recommend · 12% neutral · 25% don't
Owners praise
  • Rock-solid, confident flyer that owners call the best drone they've owned
  • Excellent photo and video quality, with images that hold up even blown up
  • Versatile dual cameras, with the 70mm tele lens delivering pleasing cinematic shots
Owners complain about
  • Image quality isn't clearly better than the Air 3, and some upgraders find the main camera worse
  • Larger and heavier form factor that eats more bag space and is harder to travel with
  • Main camera shows cut bitrate, mushy fine detail, noise, moire and purple fringing
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Holy Stone HS720

42%of 12 owners recommend
42% recommend · 8% neutral · 50% don't
Owners praise
  • Fun, easy drone to learn on
  • Good value and features for the price
  • Handy features like RTH and Tap Fly
Owners complain about
  • Rotation problem causes crashes
  • Toy-like and mediocre overall
  • Disappointing 4K camera footage
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What DJI Air 3S owners say

“The Air3s just works. The mini4pro is so quiet it's almost a stealth drone but the Air3s is my goto drone for windy days.”
— Grolbu on Reddit
“The Air3S can compete and even beat the mavic 3 pro in some scenarios. Its a amazing drone.”
— glenkrit on Reddit
“Just bought an Air 3s from Adorama 2 weeks ago now Flew for maybe 3-hours total flight time or let’s just say 2 battery charge cycles before I noticed all 3 batteries would stop charging for a second and then start again and then stop, repeat.”
— Affectionate-Buy9412 on Reddit

What Holy Stone HS720 owners say

“Holy Stone seems to be leading the budget drone market right now with their quality.”
— @Uberhr on YouTube
“This is by far the best low cost drone i ve seen yet. Well done HolyStone”
— @milaneisner196 on YouTube
“It quit working after three flights so I returned it to Amazon and left a review telling the truth.”
— @sgbawg0 on YouTube