There's an entertaining review of the helicopter here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9gMP7-b9g

By the looks of this video, the big advantage of the Syma is that it can actually be successfully controlled:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrXEz11fdkY

Compare and contrast with this somewhat humorous look at the SammyDress chopper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9gMP7-b9g

I would hope not , so are you saying that the retailer has been checked out by HUKD, as I am always suspicious of unknown retailers who do not provide basic information.
Here's a review site I use more commonly http://www.reviewcentre.com/Online-Clothing-and-Accessory-Shops/Sammy-Dress-www-sammydress-com-reviews_2258812

Great, ordered one as a stocking filler - Heat added

£4.88 in total due too shipping insurance which was 0.89p

American site by the looks of it! Anyone know if this will be taxed? Don't suppose it would be much if this was the case.

Who is this company and are they reliable to order from?
Don't like the fact that there are only email and phone options for contact, no physical addresses or return addresses. No idea who they are or where they are.

I thought it was over orders of a value of £15

Price cones up as a lot higher here, any idea what I'm doing wrong?
I have applied he code correctly

Yes, applies tiny discount, totalling over £13 total for 2x

Thanks for letting us know about the tax. Ordered 4, 1 each for the kids and great little pressie for kids birthday parties. Total came to £15.96

quadruple checked, still doesn't apply that much discount for me.
Maybe because I'm on mobile not desktop?

Got 2 for stocking fillers, thanks!

Worked fine on my home pc, after changing postage etc.
Wouldn't work on my phone.
Heat added and my thanks to all who tried to help me out :smiley:

Thanks have ordered 2 as stocking fillers. Paid by PayPal....easy!

thx

Purchased 2 , thanks OP

£3.82, worth a gamble, cheers OP

Took a gamble on one and see what it's like. Thanks op

Ordered 8)8):sunglasses:
Thanks emribena, great find!!

Word of warning I had dealings with this company last year where goods weren't received and they failed to provide a valid tracking number so made a paypal claim which was rejected even though the tracking number was false, £90 down the drain !!!!

15% topcashback if you're a new customer.

good find op, heat added

New Signups get 10% off

Thanks OP, ordered.

have taken risk of £4 with this company

There's an entertaining review of the helicopter here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9gMP7-b9g

I would hope not , so are you saying that the retailer has been checked out by HUKD, as I am always suspicious of unknown retailers who do not provide basic information.
Here's a review site I use more commonly http://www.reviewcentre.com/Online-Clothing-and-Accessory-Shops/Sammy-Dress-www-sammydress-com-reviews_2258812

Just ordered 2 total £8.07 with the priority shipping- thank you hot deals!

Just ordered 2 total £8.07 with the priority shipping- thank you hot deals!

Ordered, worth a go. Thanks OP.

£6.40?? Is that right?

If you register your email address first you can get it for 2.81 delivered

****. £4.04!

£4.04!

Going by those reviews I don't think I will even waste £3.99

​I've never ordered from this site before but I ordered 2 posters from Teefury for total of £12 with £6 shipping and I had to pay a customs charge of £12.62 on top when it got here to royal mail (which included £8 handling fee). the customs charge ended up costing more than the actual posters did! lol xxx I guess I'm just saying be wary cos I've had stuff from America before and no charges then this last week. guess it's a game of hit and miss

Well, oreded for the kids, hopefully it'll all work out as planned.
If custom tax is hit, can we deny the delivery, have it get sent back, and get our money back??

Probably too late to ask all this now...:smile:

Got it for £3.82
No confirmation email from Sammydress but order showing in my sammy dress account.
Now wil it eventually show up and in one piece????

Check spam - my order confirmation went there....

I registered first and it said 10% discount code, however, it would not let me add this code to the other one - SG99 (to get the larger discount). Went ahead and ordered anyway and paid out £3.99 with Paypal.

thanks ordered. not going to worry at that price

Details of site

https://who.is/whois/sammydress.com

It gave me 100 points when I confirmed my email address, which was $2 discount then the code SG99 on top. You might have points for your next purchase then.

Going by those reviews I don't think I will even waste £3.99

Where do you enter the discount code?

Cancel. Found it :smiley:

These things are near impossible to control. Kids will soon get bored and give up.

I posted a deal for a laptop once and HUKD took it down saying there weren't enough reviews for the seller (who was on Amazon marketplace). However this site fit the helicopter, with all its negative reviews gets allowed on HUKD. Crazy

Brill ordered I no a happy 49 old who will love this (me)

Thanks €4.44 delivered to the Netherlands.

​I think because they let you pay with PayPal.

DONE THANKS

Thanks - $21 for 4...

thanks heat added.

came to £4.04 through paypal.

Ive ordered one at £4 cant complain

Ordered thanks

Don't need one.


Ordered two.

Mine was £3.88, shall wait and see now

Ordered nice find

Cheers op had a couple for xmas gifts

Thanks. Ordered 2 for £7.17 - used some points given for verifying email address.

I think you will find that China is still a part of Asia still and not a USA state yet!

They are in China. Check their reviews on Trust Pilot. They don't have a contact address and you have to leave a message with an answering machine in order to get a return ticket. You pay return postage and they deduct a percentage if they ever do refund you. Maybe worth a go for a couple of quid.

Went to order two then spotted the COD clause so bare in mind you might have to pay £8 on top to parcel force when delivered, or more if it's a different courier

Have you looked at Youtube to see how crap this item actually is ! LOL :P

£6.19 for two :smile:

Have you looked at Youtube to see how crap this item actually is ! LOL :P

It only gave me 10 S points when I registered, however, 60p (for being a new customer) from Topcashback has tracked.

It doesnt look that bad. What do you want for that money?

watch the view for this looool not worth it

What's the difference between these things and drones please?

i keep getting £10.70 for two. i have applied the code and selected free shipping, no inusrance. please help

Can someone translate this for me?

When you can get a Syma S107G for £11.99 on ebay these are an utter waste of money. If you want your kids to have a cheap heli that is easy to control and fun to fly then get the Syma!

Thanks OP. Ordered 1 for £3.83 delivered. You need to make sure you untick shipping insurance and tracking after entering the code to ensure you get that price.

why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8Z7tKeoX8

make sure you have content insurance for your home.

Err, you probably meant to say 'HotUKdeals won't allow their deals on the site unless they had agreed to pay the correct referral fee'.

Lol, you so hit the nail on head there.

By the looks of this video, the big advantage of the Syma is that it can actually be successfully controlled:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrXEz11fdkY

Compare and contrast with this somewhat humorous look at the SammyDress chopper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9gMP7-b9g

It does look good. Decent chasis. But maybe it was just the user who was controlling this, in the video? But you can get three of these for that price of syma

http://www.rcmania.com/syma-s107g/

Read the reviews for them, it's been regarded the best budget 3 channel heli since they came out. The one in this deal isn't 3 channel so it can't be controlled forward/back and they really are rubbish compared to a 3 channel, i've had one and just doesn't compare.

I know £4 is throw away money but if you really want to at least have some fun and enjoy it i'd say pay £12 and get the Syma.

The Syma has also been posted on here numerous times over the years and always been popular so can maybe search back and see what other HUKD members think of it.

6 hours of charging for 6 minutes of fun...cool, ...cold

45 minutes charge gives 8 minutes flying according to sellers description

you live in a dream world...

and your being quite disruptive an a fool. Your claims look worse than what is quoted!

Nope I'm not a disney princess and I can't fly....

I love the comment, especially from someone who never owned remote quad/helicopter(s), if you are really expecting what sellers descriptions says for £3.99, you are an Micky mouse...:innocent:

I don't expect it to be a million miles from the truth. I know this is not a uk website, under our law's, you couldn't blatantly lye about a product legally. I am guessing this similar to the us

Anyway, i can get four of these for the price of a syma, and thats if i can get hold of it for that imaginary price you made up.
I cant see it any where near that.

​where did I actually say China???

They automatically add on for a tracking number and shipping insurance....you can remove them with no trouble.....I have bought from this company several times before and everything has been relly good!

Very strange site, ordered and they have sent me a form to fill out with my name and address and order amount before they send it. And I get a malicious website warning when I click on the link they sent. Forget that.

I went via TCB - new customers 15.75% CB & existing customers 6.3%. CB has tracked about 2 mins after ordering so a winner! (Great deal anyway, ordered 2 at £3.99 ea and came across some batman led keyring for £1.67 so bunged that in for my little boy.)

Oh well, 60p better than nothing. :smiley:

Have you unchecked the tracking number cost and shipping insurance?

just ordered. Great deal Heat added :wink:

ordered, thanks

​Wouldn't work on my phone, worked fine on my home pc, (stated above) thanks :smiley:

Utter ****.. if they go above 5/6 meters away you lose control over them and they can fly if 100 meters + away if ithere is a slight breeze! Total waste of money whatever price they are

Depends on what model you get. I've had a couple, first was an uncontrollable nightmare (much like this one), but the Syma one I got bought last xmas is great fun and totally controllable.

Given they're not designed, or intended, for outdoor use, I think that's not exactly a fair criticism.

£4.04 was the price it stated so i clicked pay and all of a sudden £4.04 became £5.05 it added insurance after i clicked pay :/ couldnt sort it out with paypal as only option is not as described. and there was no contact button on their site other than make complaint so used that, but could be a mess up as i used TCB aswell for 15% new customer

Drones are generally multi rotored/engined (for stability) radio controlled choppers that film/photograph. This is a single rotor, infra red controlled chopper, that just (sort of) flies :smiley:

As much as that's true you normally need a more expensive drone to hover properly, i recently purchased a £40 drone from MenKind had built in camera/camcorder that refused to work and the drone would only fly forward lol wouldn't hover, however RED5 which is owned by the same people as MenKind do a microdrone with no camera for £20 and that thing can hover in 1 spot properly.

I own a Syma already micro copter its pretty good and i'm quite good at controlling it however its about 2 years old now and it's internal battery is dying, not sure if i'm going to keep this one for myself or give it to my partners son so we both have a micro copter to mess about with lol.

There's a reason proper drones cost in the hundreds. You wouldn't get a decent camera for £40, let alone one attached to a functional drone. The things you mention are basically RC toys using drone as a buzzword.

4 ordered Thanks OP

Exactly the same!

well not all good my order got cancelled and refunded so my TCB for 15% may get declined even tho i just re-ordered but ordered 2 instead this time with priority mail and the SG99 code still worked.
However found something a bit cool
If you create a Sammydress account you get 10 S Points, upload a random avatar get another 10S points, complete personal profile get 20 S points, verify your account 100S points and if it's still there on home page theres a spin the wheel thing where i won 200S points.

So i went through TCB prob will get 6% tcb as my first order was a dud so it prob wont track at 15%, i used 147Sammy points + SG99 and bought 2 with free priority shipping for only £5.73 ($6.92 current paypal exchange rate)

Oh and if you want to use your sammypoints, when you have everything in your basket and used discount code, dont click on paypal continue through to end of checkout as you can only pay by paypal but it will give you option of spending SP

My order is still processing since last week end. Anyone is on the same boat?

Same here.

And here

same here

Same here.

Just got a despatch email

Same here, got a dispatch email.
I bought 4 and in the email it gave the price paid as $32.20, which I believe was the price before code deduction. However I checked my credit card statement and was only charged £16.08, so looks like they did charge me the reduced rate of $19 :smiley: I was worried for a moment though.

I sent a support message, regarding that they had not shipped my item. I woke to find i have received a support message, This what i received

Has anyone received there orders yet?

Early days yet. My dispatch email arrived on Saturday and advises of delivery in 15-20 working days. Might be here for Christmas!

I received my 3 today. They are dreadful. No real control when turning left or right.
There isn't even a charging port on the helicopter so no idea how it recharges.
It will be a 10 minute stocking filler so worth the money

Really? Well, it's almost like everything people warned about them was true. Shocker :smirk:

I received mine this evening. I have inserted the batteries, and have placed the copter onto the usb. How long does it take to charge from it? I see there is a red light and I believe i saw a green one on the copter. But nothing is happening, and i am beginning to think its a DOA

Doesn't bode well for the rest of us who have ordered these:(

Ok so to charge you push the helicopter on the controller USB and there's a little light.
Leeparsons sorry you might have a DOA, mine all worked before I charged them.
By the way there's a little stabiliser bracket cellotaped to the box. Not sure why it's there and not already installed to the helicopter but it's made it at lot easier to control!

Any chance you could share how the bracket should be attached? A photo or something?

So what did you do exactly then? Just inserted the batteries into the controller and then hit the throttle, to take the copter of, from the start?

I suspect he's referring to the little plastic bar that attaches between the top rotor and gyro arms, have circled it below (it usually comes unattached with these helicopters IIRC):

Yeah that's all I did. Inserted batteries, turned both helicopter and controller on. Waiting a few seconds for them to sync and it just worked.

JDPower is right. It's just a simple ball and socket. Just push until it clicks into place.

Regarding the stabiliser - my copter had one already attached, and a second tapped to the box - do both need to be attached, or just one?

Both

I bought four for the kids to play, they are all fine, should be a right laugh on the weekend in the park

Very happy, thanks OP and every one else

They won't work well outside, so be prepared to have them lost or busted :wink:

Oh, really? Maybe I should save them for a larger place that is indoors?
In any case, I think the main issue will be having for of them working in close proximity - will the remotes start controlling each others machines,??

They will partially work, but with loss of control and sudden unresponsiveness (due to interference of the IR beam by the sun's own IR, and lack of walls for signal to bounce off). And obviously any amount of wind will be troublesome, as will range.

If they work the same as the Syma/Silverlit choppers do, using several together will work fine. Just have to make sure to turn on each chopper and control one at a time so they sync up with the correct controller :smiley:

Mine turned up today and have now fitted the stabiliser. Can I just use a double ended USB to charge this, or do the batteries have to be used as well? Thank you.

A bit confused now, I can see where a USB lead goes into the controller, but what is the small box above it for - does that just light up to show that it is on? Thank you.

mine arrived today it is truly terrible

I really like them, cheap fun for the kids!
Not sure what people expected for the cost, and from the reviews :confused:

​I didn't have unrealistic expectations for the price, being able to have some sort of control over the flight (other than vertical control) would have been nice. I've already got a light up ball that I can bounce off the ceiling and it hits the floor, it also has no further abilities and cost me a quid.

It does sound like your expectations were a bit high for this item :stuck_out_tongue:
If it works and moves in anyway, you got what paid for!!

Works really well vertical, I go outside and just shoot it with BB guns, lost 1 already tho

pretty fun, cant go wrong for the price as a stocking filler

heck found it easier than the pico drone to fly lol

I ordered three of these, and only one has been sent. I sent a message to their customer services, but having no luck in getting them to send me the other two or issue a part refund, so now dealing with Paypal to try and get something sorted. Luckily it's not for much money, but I certainly won't ever be buying from Sammydress again.

I threw the box away without checking if there is a stabilizer or not. Now it's almost impossible to fly the helicopter :disappointed:

Hi dear customer,

Really sorry for the trouble, could you kindly PM your order number, so I can look into this issue for you? Please don't worry, we'll find a way to solve this. Thank you.

Sammydress Customer Service

Hi dear customer,

May I know what's the problem for yours? I'm here to help. : )

Sammydress Customer Service

I don't think Sammydress are sorry for any trouble. I have contacted their customer services several times about the items I ordered which never arrived, and they basically fob you off! I am now going through Paypal to try and get a refund. Although after reading other people's negative reviews I'm not sure I will have much luck, as they are a company trading in China and people have said they have used false tracking numbers. I've also noticed that on every negative review they get on here and trustpilot, they always reply to make the company look good.

Hi dear customer, we've tried our best to solve your problem, and we hope to satisfy every dear customers we have, I didn't get your order number, so could you kindly re-send it to me? I promise to look into it and give you a result, thanks. Wish you a great day.

Over a month and still no delivery. Not good, I have contacted PayPal for a refund. Would never use the company again

Hi dear customer, may I have your order number please? Will check it for you. :disappointed:

This helicopter was terrible. I understand what people are saying you get what you pay for, BUT it really doesn't work . It is impossible to control it just goes in wild directions. So yes, it's cheap so was never going to be amazing but surely you would expect it to do a basic flight . Just a warning for anyone who's kids may open it Christmas Day and get their hopes up too much

Really. And so many positive reviews for it in this thread. Shocker.

All these people complaining they bought junk from a shoddy company, after they were warned they were buying junk from a shoddy company :smirk:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the company in my opinion, just that product was poor. I didn't read poor reviews before purchase either so yes it was a shock.

Why do you feel the need to be so smarmy anyway? What are you or anyone gaining from your message?

Hi dear customer, may I know what's wrong with your helicopter? If it doesn't work for some reason, we'd like to re-send you a new one to try if it works well. Thank you.

I bought a few of these for my nephews. All of them continuously spin around and there is no way to move them left or right.

Has anyone else had these problems and is there a fix?

The packaging had a very small black thing that attaches to the roaters - have you got that attached?

yes but still no joy :-(

Yes but still no joy :-(

The fix is to bin them and buy a £20 Syma.

Hi dear customer, may I know what's wrong with your helicopter?