There is quite a bit of controversy regarding whether or not Blade 720 Drone is a scam or legit.
Official Site: Blade720.Pro
Created less than a few weeks ago, Blade 720 Drone has endured a sincere sum of scrutiny from the online drone community about being a ‘scam.’
To learn more regarding the Blade 720 Drone “Scam” along with the shady entity who is backing this misleading Blade 720 Drone campaign we invite you to read our unbiased review.
What is Blade 720 Drone?
Blade 720 Drone is marketed as a highly discounted performance foldable drone.
Allegedly retailing for $199.98, the Blade 720 Drone is reflecting a 50% discount per unit and can be purchased for $99.99.
Features
- Foldable
- 10 minute battery life
- Speed of up to 12 meters per second
- Top transmission range of 2km
- Altitude Hold Mode
- Anti-Collision System (allegedly prevents drone from ground or in-flight collisions)
- 3D VD Mode (joystick to better control your drone)
- High-quality video (this is been a complaint amongst consumers)
- Panorama Mode
- USB Charging Port
While most cameras are 4K compatible this day and age, according to consumer feedback the Blade 720 Drone camera is more along the lines of 720p.
Additional consumer reviews also state that the Blade 720 Drone reflects a flight-time of only 8 minutes, possesses a range less than 75 feet while the speed is HIGHLY exaggerated.
Who is Behind Blade720Drone?
The Contact Us page at Blade720Drone includes the following:
Email: help@support-deals
Telephone: + 1 351 888 2441
Telephone: + 44 178 245 4716
Mailing Address
MDE Commerce Ltd.
72, TRIQ TAL-QROQQ,
MSIDA,
Malta
We tried to verify the authenticity of MDE Commerce Ltd through a Malta Business Registry but unfortunately the page lead us to a 404 Error Page.
According to OpenCorporates, MDE Commerce Ltd. was incorporated on June 4th, 2018 and is filed under Company Number C86613.
MDE Commerce Ltd is the same ‘corporate entity’ behind the MadDeals, MegaDeals and EcoCharge Hoaxes – all of which reflected highly discounted consumers goods like a Maxclean robot cleaner and an eco-chargeable battery pack.
Shipping & Returns
It it obvious that the return policy regarding Blade 720 Drone was taken from a different site and implemented into the framework on their policy.
“Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned.”
Since the only item for retail is a Blade 720 Drone, it obviously doesn’t fit.
This is the same return policy found at EcoCharge.Pro, a known retail hoax pretending to offer eco-chargeable battery packs.
Evidently a much bigger network is overseeing a wide number of select discount retail opportunities such as the EcoCharge, MaxClean Robot Cleaner and the Blade 720 Drone.
Blade 720 Drone Reviews
Shared below are some reviews we found regarding Blade 720 Drone at the UKClimbing Forum:
“I’d definitely say scam. Photos seem to be very slightly photoshopped images of a DJI Mavic, the returns page talks about them not accepting health and personal care items back.”
“Somewhat bizarrely, the Terms of Use has a range of irrelevancies which rather suggest a cut-and-paste from an unrelated site. Personally, I would’t touch it with a bargepole. “
“my uncle bought one of these for my brother for his birthday. He likes nature photography and video and we thought this would be an inexpensive way to dip his toe into drones. Now, I can’t officially call it a scam, because a piece of electronic equipment did show up at his house. Remember another adage: You get what you pay for. Cheap is the right word for this thing. Our first indication should have been the 720p camera. I mean 4K is pretty much standard now. This camera isn’t even good at 720p. The image stability is awful, the focus is soft, and as far as we can tell, it’s a fixed lens. On top of that, their other claims are bogus too. The range is less than 75 feet. The speed is nothing like 50Kph and we flew for about 8 minutes in absolutely calm conditions. Because it only has a USB charger it takes a long time to prepare for another 8 Minute flight, so if you did decide to buy this cheap toy, I would buy extra batteries. It’s light enough that when it fell to the grass it didn’t break, but I wouldn’t want it to fall onto concrete. I would tell your kids to do their research, and be ready to pay a little extra. I will say that all three of us agreed that we would have had a great time if not so frustrated with the drone. We’re looking into getting a better one. My brother lives in New Brunswick on the St. Lawrence, and there are lots of great opportunities to get some good shots.”
We are unable to find any other feedback pertaining to the Blade 720 Drone.
Domain Insight
Blade720Drone.com was privately registered on July 12th, 2019 through the NameCheap, Inc registrar.
During the time of writing this review (July 31st, 2019), Blade720Drone.com failed to reflect any web rankings with SimilarWeb, a market intelligence website.
We suspect that Blade 720 Drone is making rounds through social media outlets, or that is atleast how the operators affiliated with the unverified MDE Commerce Ltd. corporation in the past have lured consumers into their site.
Is Blade720Drone.com a Scam?
Blade 720 Drone appears to be operated by an entity who is responsible for retail hoaxes in the past that have yet to deliver on the promises of their merchandise.
With that being said we do not believe Blade 720 Drone is a scam BUT it is certainly a deceptive retail offer that should be avoided.
Blade 720 Drone Review Conclusion
If you were looking to purchase a drone through Blade720Drone.com just remember the adage that you get what you pay for.
Affiliated with MDE Commerce LTD, who is responsible for a handful of retail hoaxes that we know of, the items that you see featured for sale aren’t likely worth your time or money.
While consumers report receiving theirs products, they tend to fall drastically short of the claims presented amongst many affiliate websites along with their own sites.
With these facts in mind we do not recommend the Blade 720 Drone for those looking for a worthwhile drone.
Verdict: Blade 720 Drone Should Be Purchased at OWN Risk!
Site: Blade720Drone.com
Feel free to share your insight and experiences below!
This company basically takes an already made product, makes a YT ad with a fictitious story about some disgruntled engineer/product developer, and then tells you that they are selling it at a steep discount (that’s only double or triple the actual market price from other sellers). And that the competing products are over priced due to price gouging of naive consumers and greedy execs.
They all have the same stock footage, music, and graphics. They basically cut and paste the same ad and swap out the product with different text. If you see ANY product is one of their ads, it is a sure sign that you can get it from another retailer at a lower price. The story is fiction. The pricing is fiction. And they often use images better products (from a competitor) in their ads and a couple of them use footage from actual video reviews.
One product, a magnifier for watching videos on a mobile phone, lists a discounted retail price of $30 CAD and the same product is available on eBay for less than $10 CAD. And the video footage of the review used in the ad is 3 years old. But the “ad” claims the product is a recent “innovation” from a respected eye doctor.
The products are largely crap and ridiculously over priced.
I ordered this and never received it.First I don’t think this is that great of a price.They’re are too many of these criminals loose in this world.The wrong people are being shot.
Ok glad I didn’t buy this. My first suspicion was the fact they said didn’t spend a dime on advertising just word of mouth, but somehow was seeing an advertisement for their product on YouTube. My second suspicion was in the video they called it the “Blade 720” and when I clicked on the 50% off link they were calling it the “DroneX Pro.” The third suspicion was the price (this one is subjective depending on how you interpreted it at first). In the video they said it was under $100 and when I saw the link for 50% off I thought it was 50% off whatever price it was under $100. Come to find that the 50% deal was the very thing that made it under $100. The deal took it from $199.99 (retail) to $99. I looked up name of the drone by what it was called in the video in my browser and found this website. From what it looks like from some of the comments, they are possibly buying drones that are going for around $23-$46 elsewhere, make the price around 2.2-4.3 times the price of what they got it for, say that it’s the 50% off price and exaggerate the features to make it seem like it’s a different product and a good deal.
I got ripped off! After waiting nearly 5 weeks for delivery, a white plastic envelope finally arrived with 5 pieces of clear broken plastic pieces.
This just exemplifies why I don’t like to conduct business on line.
Now I have to try to get my money back and get the word out against these scumbags!