This thing manages to be cute, fun and dangerous at the same time. It’s like a remote control helicopter, except they replaced the helicopter bit with a disco ball and there’s very little control where it goes. This results in much hilarity with friends when it randomly attacks them.
The run time is impressive for such a small lithium cell, and it recharges fairly quickly via the supplied USB charge lead.
The circuitry is predictably well-tuned for a mass produced product, and the ground proximity sensing and motor stall detection are well implemented. The small amount of circuitry is text-book.
Note that the unit seems to respond to infrared remote codes. Mainly decelerate and stop, then start again while LEDs remain lit.
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Guide price should be around $4, so ignore the first few listings that give an unrealistically low price for some completely unrelated product.
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