Customer Reviews

Air Hogs Switchblade - Red and Grey 27.195 Mhz

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I got two of these for Christmas for a couple of 10 year old boys. They flew them on a baseball field over the weekend. While they really loved them and flew them a LOT, by the end of the weekend, the charge in the planes was getting less and less-- and yes, I changed out the batteries in the controllers. It definitely does what it says. It spirals up about 30-40 feet in the air and then it changes to plane mode and flies around, but don't think you are going to be able to control the flight more than making a slight turn here or there. I have purchased Airhog planes before, and here is my assessment: They are really fun toys that will be used 2-3 weeks before either the battery in the planes can't charge enough or the wings get dinged up too much affecting the flight. Don't even think about flying this thing on concrete! Hey, if you've got $50 or $60, and you want a fun toy for a while it is great, but don't think it will last.

Purchased as a christmas gift, the toy didn't last christmas day. Charge would not last. Low hoover only. Not worth the money

I bought two of these and neither one would fly. Both would take off great in hover mode but when I changed them the flew straight into the ground. The problem is one lf lift. When they switched they instantly went upside down which caused the wings shaped for lift to take is down and not up. Nothing in did made them fly right side up. Huge waste of money.

My 11 year old bought this with his birthday money, it has been the worst RC vehicle he's ever had. It's hard to use, the slightest wind knocks it down. Every time it crashed while he was learning to use it something broke. We watched the video, read the instructions, went to a large open area - it was a bust. He's tried and tried to make it work like it shows in the commercials and has never been successful for more than a few seconds.
After fewer than 5 attempts to fly it, it's broken so many times it's held together with glue. I would never buy this toy.

I picked this toy up, as my previous Air Hog's airplane battery quit working. This plane was never able to get higher than how high I could throw it. When in "Chopper" mode, the plane would spin and only hover about 5 feet off the ground, leaving too little space to "Morph" before crashing into the ground. When in plane mode, the plane would not ascend at all, only descend. Seemed I may have gotten one with one or two poor performing engines. I would not recommend this toy.

Definitely very exciting for my 7-yr old son -- me too. Takes a little practice to get launched! Make sure there's NO wind the first time you take it out because it makes taking off very difficult. Also, make sure you've got PLENTY of space! We went to a big open field at a park -- about 2 football fields worth of open area. That's about as small as you can manage. Definitely stay away from trees because it's a tree magnet and gets stuck easily. (Learned the hard way!)

My Son is not very happy with the product it doesn't seem to hold a charge
very well thus it doesn't fly for very long. It is a real disappointment
I wish we could return it for him and get his money back as he is 11yrs old
and used his own money to buy it.

I bought this product for my son for Christmas. The propeller
mode worked fine. But once it switched to the flying mode,
the thing just fell on ground. We tried many different ways
to make it work in flying mode. I even climbed to the roof
of my house to fly it so that it has more time to switch from
propeller mode to flying mode. It still doesn't work.

The paint was off here and there after about two hours of playing.

My son got very disappointed, and so did I.

It worked ok...It was hard to control and it was not durable overall i think i could have gotten a better product than this.

Seems like a great item however it can only be used indoors because ANY wind whatsoever will send it out of control. With that being said flying it indoors is impossible considering it needs fairly high speed to fly. Its pretty much a useless toy.