Certified SYMA Z1 Drone Review – Good Flight Time

SYMA Z1 Drone is a very lightweight drone with the facility of being a foldable drone. That is what I would want to have a drone. With this SYMA Z1 Drone, you can carry it along wherever you go and click some amazing pictures just like smartphone captures. To know more about this SYMA Z1 Drone, let us jump into detail.

Our Verdict

This SYMA Z1 Drone has LED lights at the front of the drone which gives a touch of glowing eyes. These lights will allow you to fly high even at night. This SYMA Z1 Drone a considered a toy drone and with that this SYMA Z1 Drone has a very good flight time, and you have 7 minutes from a charge of one battery. Which is good for such kinds of drones.

Design

The very best thing about is that it can be folded and has a flat foldable design. This SYMA Z1 Drone is very slim and has foldable arms and with that this SYMA Z1 Drone is very light in weight. This SYMA Z1 Drone’s actual weight is around 200 grams. And the reason I mentioned this weight, is because in many countries you need to register your drone to your government as per your country’s rules.

In the countries like USA, Canada, the UK, and Australia this is very much compulsory. So, before buying any drone, check the rules of your country. The design of this SYMA Z1 Drone is very much appreciated. The company has kept a lot of aesthetics to this SYMA Z1 Drone and from the outer structure of this SYMA Z1 Drone, you will look as this drone is very expensive.

The built quality of this SYMA Z1 Drone is ABS plastic and this SYMA Z1 Drone has all black that gives a stealthy look and with that an additional look because of the SYMA logo which is at the top. When the arms of this SYMA Z1 Drone as all open then the drone with the measure with 25.6 * 20 * 3.5 cm and has a small size of collapsible propeller blades.

This SYMA Z1 Drone has brushed motors, which look like a cheap drone, and with that, the SYMA Z1 Drone has an optical flow sensor which is a 6-axis gyroscope that helps the SYMA Z1 Drone with the better stability of the fight mode and good capacity of floating. With all these, this SYMA Z1 Drone has propeller guards which help to attach at the end arms of the SYMA Z1 Drone and it protects the SYMA Z1 Drone from any of the damage if you end up having through the crash of the SYMA Z1 Drone.

Flight

As this is SYMA Z1 Drone due to that, this drone provides you with Z1 files and with that the internal barometer and the optical flow sensor, which helps to maintain a constant altitude. This SYMA Z1 Drone floats very well with minimum drift and due to which this SYMA Z1 Drone is quite a fun drone to have a fly with.

As I said earlier that this SYMA Z1 Drone is very light in weight, the company advises to not fly the SYMA Z1 Drone in windy conditions, moreover, if you are a beginner or newcomer, it is advised to not at all try to fly the SYMA Z1 Drone in any kind of windy weather.

Camera Quality

If you are in search of a drone, the very first thing you will check is the camera. So, this SYMA Z1 Drone is very much good with the quality of the camera. This SYMA Z1 Drone is very much cheap, but still, the camera is very much impressive. This SYMA Z1 Drone will give some very good quality pictures with an HD camera of 720p, which can able to capture some really good decent images.

This SYMA Z1 Drone gives you the feature to be adjusted manually to 90 degrees to have live streaming and to have good viewing angles, ad the quality of both is very good. The range of transmission of this SYMA Z1 Drone is approximately 50 meters in good weather. So, you need to remain in between this distance to have good FPV quality.

This SYMA Z1 Drone does not give a feature to have a slot of micro-SD card. Due to which you have no choice but to save all your files on your smartphone, just to have a surety that you have enough memory to shoot more.

Remote Control

This SYMA Z1 Drone does not have a remote control. So, if you want to operate this SYMA Z1 Drone, you need to operate this SYMA Z1 Drone through your smartphone with the official application of SYMA fly.

And this may give a disappointment to many people, but this suits this SYMA Z1 Drone because this drone is not to meant to fly far and with the application of SYMA Fly which is something better at a marketplace. And this application is available on iOS as well as Android devices, and this application has a good rating on the Google Play Store.

Also, this application is updated on regular basis due to which all the bugs are fixed regularly which is a stark contrast for many other applications of the drone which are not updated on regular basis.

Battery

The battery of this SYMA Z1 Drone is 3.7V 500 mAh Li-Lion battery. This SYMA Z1 Drone’s battery is the proprietary battery that fits on the belly of the SYMA Z1 Drone and this will only take over 2 hours to get entirely recharged. This SYMA Z1 Drone has a very short flight time of 7 minutes, due to which a very big request to have some extra batteries along with you for spare, in any case, if you got out of battery you can continue with the other battery with your shot.

Pros

• Light in weight.
• Gives a manual feature to adjust till 9 degrees.
• Floats well with minimum drift.
• Stores all your captures in your smartphone.
• Cheap in price.
• HD camera of 720p.

Cons

• Short flight time for 7 minutes only.
• Takes 2 hours to get fully charged.
• Cannot have stability in windy weather.
• Do not a slot of micro-SD card.

Final Thought

This SYMA Z1 Drone is quite a good drone that can suit a lot of people but the company claims that this SYMA Z1 Drone is specially made for newcomers or beginners. But if you are in search of a drone with which you can carry in some parties and have fun with it at social gatherings, then this SYMA Z1 Drone will definitely disappoint you.