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A pocket sized
foldable flying camera or a selfie stick,
extremely easy to use. If you don't know how to fly a drone,
this is a perfect alternative for quick selfie shots on the go.
What is it? How do you use it? How is the picture quality?
What are the cons and prons?
This video is sponsored by Hover Air.
The Hover Camera X1 is a small folding drone, a flying selfie stick.
It has received a red dot award 2023.
Whenever I see this, it only means a good thing.
It weighs only 125 grams with a battery.
It doesn't use GPS, which is a good thing because it doesn't require calibration
each time you want to fly it and you can use it anywhere indoors and outdoors.
It's still a drone under 250 grams,
so make sure you follow all the laws and regulations in your country.
As you can see, there is a lightweight plastic cage that protects 4 rotors
and your hand as it takes off and lands directly on your head.
There are two control buttons.
One is for a power button and second one is for changing different modes.
First mode is hover.
It will just hover in front of you and record a video.
Wherever you will move, it will always turn in your direction.
Zoom out is the next one.
It will focus on you and back up with slight upward movement.
Follow mode is third mode.
Wherever you go, the drone will follow you.
It will adjust according to your speed. Orbit is next.
The camera will slowly circle around you.
Bird's eye is another fun mode where the drone goes 16 feet in the air
recordings straight down.
The last button is custom.
Here you can fly the additional mode you selected on your smartphone.
I'm going to show you that little bit later.
You can customize literally everything
and also fly manually, just like with a regular drone.
All these LED lights will let you know how much battery is left
and what mode you have currently selected.
The maximum height is 50 meters or 49 feet.
Real-time view transmission distance is 30 meters or 98.5 feet.
It uses triple stabilization, hybrid anti-shake technology,
which is a combination of mechanical and electronic
stabilization along with horizon leveling.
When the camera is hovering, it's rock steady.
There is no drifting.
It has sensors at the bottom so it knows exactly where
to land or what obstacles to avoid.
I was testing it the other day over field
with quite tall plants and it was very windy.
I wanted to see what it can do for such a little drone.
Once it saw an obstacle, it went up immediately.
I was also quite impressed as it was windy.
The drone was fighting a wind, but the video looks great.
The electronic stabilization is really good.
It's also not recommended to fly over the water,
uneven surfaces, in the rain
or wet surfaces and over the snow.
Still the best quality you are going to get if you're going to be flying that
with no wind.
There are two batteries included with a charger.
Battery capacity is displayed on a screen.
It can take about 20 intelligent flight shots per charge.
It is roughly 10 minutes, so
it's not that much.
It is a good idea to bring a powerbank to charge it as you go.
If you use a charging dock, it will take 35 minutes to fully charge.
If you charge it directly in the X1, it will take longer up to 55 minutes.
It's easy to change batteries.
Just take it out like this.
All right, let's go to Hover
X1 app to see the rest of the modes and all the settings.
The app is just as easy to use as a drone itself.
It has built in tutorials which you might not even need.
It's so easy to fly this device.
Let's connect the X1 to the app first.
Home page will show you what other people filmed in the world.
Then Moments is your section where you can see
what you recorded once you download the footage to your smartphone.
It has 32 gigabytes, built-in storage.
Next page is hover.
Here is where you can connect your camera and access the album
where you will see the section
not downloaded.
Here you select your clips which will be downloaded
and then will show up in this section.
Let's go to hover settings.
Here you can customize all flight settings.
Let's say we are going to select hover mode. Here
you can change duration.
You can disable target tracking and change video quality.
Video is filmed at 2.7K 30 frames per second
or 1080p 30 frames per second and HDR
or 1080p 60 frames per second.
Image size is 4000 by 3000, it's a 12 megapixel camera.
Photos will be saved in JPEG and video will be saved in MP4 format.
Let's move on to another mode.
For example, in full mode, you can even change altitude.
You can film high, flat shot or low. In orbit
you can also change radius and angle.
All these modes can be customized.
Sound recording will allow you to turn on sound.
Then you have more settings such as storage management,
firmware update and so on.
Smart Preview will naturally show you what the camera sees. Here
you can also change Settings. Manual control
is where you can fly this drone just like any other drone,
all manually. Smartphone is going to be your joystick.
You can move the drone in any direction and you can also tilt the gimbal.
The adjustable gimbal range is -90 degrees to 15 degrees.
I am finding that is just enough to get some quick aerial shots on the go.
It's very easy to set it up and that's what I like about this.
Let's check out another page, which is called Mode.
Here you have all your basic modes.
If you select one of the modes, it will show you a preview and give you some tips.
There are three skilled levels below.
Whichever you are going to select, that one will be saved under custom.
So when you fly it, it will stay under custom
unless you change it to one of these. Manual control
as mentioned before, is manual flying, just like with any drone.
Snapshot will take a photo of you
once it detects that you are standing still and the last mode is Dolly track.
This one is a fun one.
The drone will be backing up and you will follow the drone.
I tried to catch it and it was quite quick.
The way you stop it is just place your hand like this.
It will recognize that you want drone to land.
It will come to you.
Of course I didn't know how to stop it,
so I was thinking to myself, Hmm, how do I catch this now?
So I tried this, and it worked like a charm.
Me section is the last page where there is more. My hover, time machine,
Academy, help and feedback, prevent screen flickering,
clear cache and about.
How is the picture quality? It's good.
I like the white balance.
It has nice cooler blue tones.
I actually really like the look. The picture looks crisp.
I have a bigger drone as well.
I'm licensed pilot, but
I don't really fly as much.
The reason is the setup, the GPS and all that and the responsibility
and.... I just, it makes me always feel a little bit nervous.
So I don't fly with this.
I honestly had none of those feelings. It's very small.
The cage is there, so I feel very protected.
I feel that everybody else is protected around me and it looks like a toy.
It's tiny, but yet it produces great video.
This is just perfect for those quick shots you need to make the video
more entertaining.
I love the fact that there is no setup involved.
Just turn it on. Select mode and done.
It takes only a couple of minutes to get the shot you need.
Put it away and you are done.
I love the fact that you can get it up and film shots
just like with a bigger drone.
It can film the scenery no problem.
What I don't like is the fact that it's a bit loud for such a small size.
So if you will be flying around the people, they might hear the drone, but if you do need to record
also a sound, here comes another amazing feature this drone has. And it is the ability to record
video and sound separately. What will happen, once you connect it with your smartphone and the app,
the picture will be recorded there, sound will be recorded right here, and it will be
all synced together. So you will get sound like this. This was now recorded with iPhone 14 pro.
The propeller sound has been cancelled.
The battery life is short, but it doesn't really bother me as much.
Most of the time I only need seriously quick
few shots for the video so it serves the purpose.
So it's not an issue.
Is a great companion for vacations, content creators
and family life recording.
The link to this product can be found below the video in a video description.
Now,
the Hover comes in two colors, this black one
and also white one.
Hover air was so nice that they provided
there's a white version for you guys for a giveaway.
So this white one will go to one of you. To win this Hover X1,
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