Hey everybody, my name is Tom. Welcome to the channel if you aren't already make
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for photo video stuff stuff I use in my daily vlogging and storytelling but as
you can see today we are going to be talking about the GoPro karma grip about
a week and a half ago two weeks ago I released a video talking about the GoPro
Karma drone and I was lucky enough to have the GoPro karma grip included in my
purchase and I just want to be able to talk about it with you guys because I
think it's a severely underrated gimbal so today we're going to be using the
GoPro Karma drone with a GoPro Hero 5 it's a good little camera I do enjoy
using it I have not used the 7 yet but I've heard exceptional things so with
that being said the GoPro camera drone really just includes two different
things the first thing is a 3-axis gimbal one two three and then we have
the actual grip now the GoPro Karma gimbal is able to be reattached inside
the drone and it's always kind of nice to have your camera inside your gimbal
that's able to switch between something that's handheld and something that's a
drone but then again if you guys haven't seen my drone video and review I'll
leave a link pop on an info card or you can find it in the link in the
description below with that being said let's take a look at the actual Karma
grip so there's a couple buttons on the Karma grip that you guys can see this is
the locking mechanism once the gimbals in there you can just simply lock it
into place and then and then use it empower on the gimbal by pressing and
holding the power button and then once on you can click to switch modes the red
circle on the top is to use as record this marking right here is to bookmark
parts of the footage and this button here on the bottom is to check the
battery and to lock the gimbal in the place when doing specific shots the
gimbal itself isn't that long roughing only about nine inches long and only
about two inches wide it is a comfortable grip to hold in your hand it
does have this back kind of edged out area makes it kind of easy to not slip
when moving it also has a wrist strap that you can put around for extra safety
and then we have right on the bottom the GoPro logo and then at the bottom of the
grip you have a USB C plug for charging the top of the grip has a notched out
area where you can see you're going to be able to fit this part of the gimbal
directly in there slide it in and then on the back
into place before we put those together I do want to take a look at the gimbal
itself just to show you guys the build quality of this all mostly metal couple
plastic parts down here on the end where the electronic plugin is it's a very
fluid gimbal feels a lot better than some of the mobile gimbals that i
purchased in the past I will say though that the harness itself is a little
chintzy it's all plastic but it functions the way it should
couple metal pieces inside you have access to the side buttons for mode on
your camera as well as power when you're sliding your phone into the gimbal all
you'll have to do is remove the side panel from your GoPro extend and then
pull away from the body itself you'll see that inside the GoPro there is an
HDMI and a USB C so all you're gonna do is line up the two ports slide the GoPro
into the mount and then once it's fastened just close the GoPro mount and
then you're good to go to lock the gimbal in place on the grip all you're
doing is finding the port sliding it in and then locking it into place power on
the grip by pressing the button and it turns on the GoPro itself you might
notice that the GoPro when I first started it had a low battery of 1% and
now is actually charging that is because the GoPro karma grip will actually
charge your GoPro as you use it it's kind of a nice feature because you're
not gonna have to remove the GoPro every time you need to change batteries the
motion of the gimbal is super fluid most definitely keeps up with you as an
operator which is very nice and it's funny that the lock button is actually
one of my favorite things about this entire gimbal it feels like it's super
easy to maneuver super easy to operate I'm now going to
show you guys some footage that I've taken with the GoPro karma grip just to
show you around my house how smooth and stable this actually is
that's gonna be it for the footage from the GoPro karma grip if you are looking
at buying a GoPro in the future whether it's a 5 a 6 or the newest 7 I highly
recommend picking up one of the GoPro Karma grips they're currently still
available from GoPro for the price of $2.99 or you can just buy them used on
ebay they run about 200 bucks you need to make sure that you're always going to
get the gimbal though the Karma grip itself only runs about a hundred also if
you're buying you there's a couple really nice features that are included
in the package there's a mounting ring that goes around the GoPro karma grips
you're able to hook it on like a backpack that you have a clamp already
attached and it's nice that you're able to use it hands-free also included is a
USBC cable so you're able to charge both your camera and the GoPro grip for 300
bucks to get a very nice durable stabilizer I highly recommend it it
doesn't feel like other gimbals and stabilizers do this one's a little bit
more durable you can tell that it's got rubber coating and it's it's meant to be
beaten around a little bit more I'm super happy with what I've done and used
it for thus far and as a product I can see it lasting for many more years but
with that being said I am going to wrap up my review of the GoPro Karma grip I
hope you guys did enjoy if you did make sure you guys leave a thumbs up let me
know in the comments what you think if you have a GoPro karma grip and what you
like what you dislike about it also what camera you're using with it I know I'm a
little behind on the GoPro 5 but it does the job and I'd love to see some of the
footage that this is taking with a GoPro 7 and the image stabilization if you
guys are interested in picking up your own GoPro karma grip I will throw a link
in the description below to Amazon and you can pick up your own there thank you
again so much for watching I'll see you guys in the next video peace