This is a review of the LAUMOX SG907 GPS Drone with 4K HD Adjustment Camera Wide Angle 5G WIFI FPV RC Quadcopter Professional Foldable Drones E520S E58 sold by Aliexpress.
It’s a low-cost drone which features a 4k camera and GPS, which I thought wasn’t bad for the princely sum of NZD$207, and that included 3 batteries and a bag.
So, what do you get?
In the bag, you have the drone, the controller, 3 batteries, a spare set of rotor blades, a charger for the batteries and the manuals. The drone itself is quite compact and the arms fold out with the rotors on them, likewise, the controller has a spring clip in arms that fold out above it to hold your mobile phone, so you can see video and pictures in real-time.
The app for the iphone is reasonably good, I was pretty impressed to be honest, it has a lot of functionality for the price of it, including the ability to set GPS waypoints and a follow me function. You can even use gestures for it to take photos!
The flight controller feels reasonably intuitive once you get the hang of it, the manual isn’t the best, as you can probably guess from a cheap Chinese bit of kit, reading the manuals completely a couple of times over is helpful. The main issue with the supplied controller is the batteries, it takes 4 AA batteries – I’m using rechargeables because it was starting to add up, but they drain pretty fast.
The app is where the thing really shines, it’s really good and I actually prefer it over the controller, plus the iPhone 11 Max battery works for a lot longer.
The drone itself is quite good, the batteries last about 10-15 minutes each and it feels quite stable when it’s hovering, and can even cope with a bit of wind. One annoying this is the camera doesn’t seem to rotate 90 degrees anymore This could be because I crashed it a couple of times, but it’s disappointing nonetheless. I can manually adjust it before taking off.
The drone reaches a really high altitude – an advantage to my location is that I have 3.5 acres to fly around and I’m not that close to an airport.
I flew it over Missy Moo (our cow) and her pet Ram (they are inseparable). She didn’t get to upset by it, but she did moo at it a lot. I gave her a carrot to apologise after, and she’s all good.
It’s a great low-cost introduction to drone technology. You can’t argue with the price of it – a lot cheaper than the DJI drones. It’s not perfect, but a good ‘starter’ drone that’s for sure.
My mate Paul liked it, and he’s played around with a few drones and RC devices over the years, so I bought him one to play with as a thank you for all the cabling work for me. I think he’s crashed it and broke one of the landing feet off, but hey… that’s life.
Do I recommend it? For a first ‘starter drone’ absolutely – it does a lot more than anything I’ve seen locally. If you are experienced with drones and what to do some ‘real’ video work and photography – it’s probably better to spend the money and get the DJI drone from PBTech but it’s going to cost more.
Exploring new worlds!
Kirk out.