Hands-on: Propel Atom 1.0 Micro Drone

Drones are getting more and more popular these days with the Mavic Pro from DJI and the Karma from GoPro taking a lot of attention lately. However, these are enthusiast level drones and are on the expensive end of the toy category.

For those who want to start small and affordable, the Propel Atom 1.0 micro-drone can be a good start.

The Propel Atom 1.0 has been around in other regions for quite some time and only recently brought into the Philippines at a much more affordable price. This tiny quadcopter features a set of four propellers with tri-blades for better lift and stability.

The micro-drone comes with its own remote controller (2.4GHz) and a few more extra blades so you can quickly replace them whenever the original one crashes and breaks.

Because of its size, the Atom 1.0 is easy to carry around, can be flown indoors or outdoor and can be charged via a powerbank for just 30 minutes.

Check out our flying video below:

The Atom 1.0 drone can be a good starting point to practice flying the bigger ones and they’re affordable and a good gift idea as well.

The Propel Atom 1.0 micro-drones are now in stores (Hobbes & Landes and select 7-11 Stores in Metro Manila) and also available online via Lazada (see listing here).

These micro-drones are originally priced at $30PHP 1,761INR 2,542EUR 29CNY 218 (via Amazon) but the local units are much cheaper at just Php998USD 17INR 1,442EUR 16CNY 124. Available colors in silver, blue and red.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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5 Comments

Hoc Nguyen Triet says:

8 years ago

So interesting! Is there any sample video from this drone?
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Abe Olandres says:

8 years ago

It does not shoot videos. No camera.

D.rone says:

8 years ago

Come on now Yugatech!

This hands-on is prety much useless witout using this drone with a camera. This does’t answer the most important questions like- what cameras can this tiny drone support? Is it really practical to use with just 10 minute battery life and 30meters range?
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dhdheueh says:

8 years ago

nice but at this size you can no longer see at 20m away. easy to loose it.
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