The sub-$300 Holy Stone HS360 is a small drone that undercuts industry-leader DJI on price, but a poor flight experience and substandard image quality make it anything but a good value.

Even though I liked the Holy Stone HS360 drone very much, I can't recommend buying it—unless you have experience flying drones. At about $270, the HS360 is too expensive to be a learning drone. If you want to decide if flying drones is something to get...