Parrot’s New MiniDrones Are an Entertaining But Mixed Bag

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Right now, I’d like to be flying and rolling the quite entertaining Parrot MiniDrones around the office, but I can’t. They’re busy getting a recharge.

When you’re using the $159, Jumping Sumo or $99 Rolling Spider MiniDrones, it’s easy to forget all the time you’ll spend waiting for them to recharge. Even with a spare battery, 8 minutes of battery life for the Rolling Spider and roughly 10-15 for the Jumping sumo doesn’t add up to the 1.5 hours it takes to charge each battery.

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The problem is especially vexing for both drones since the only way you can charge the batteries is by placing them inside each one and running a USB cable from your computer (or wall charger) to the micro-USB port on each robot. Read more...

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