this is the Weevil 3 and this is the RS3 today we're going to compare and break down
the differences between these two gimbals hey my name is Jake and I create content here to
help solo Critters on the go so I test and review lots of filmmaking equipment like drones cameras
lenses gimbals here in Alaska and I teach you the skills you need so you can earn money from
your video your photo work in breaking down the differences between these two gimbals we've got
to start with stabilization but first full disclosure while this video isn't sponsored
by shoe and they did send me the Weeble 3 to test and review a few months back since
the main purpose of a gimbal is to stabilize your footage and get really smooth footage out of your
camera I will say that both of these gimbals stabilize extremely well and they both have a
similar capacity for weight of about 6.6 pounds or 3 Kg but I will say that this is the best gimbal
I've used from Joon and I have used I think five generations or six generations of their gimbals
in various iterations all the way from the Weeble lab and the original crane all the way up now to
the Weeble 3. the algorithms and the strength of the motors built into this gimbal are some
of the best I've used and I'm going to show you some samples right here of walking and running
now in that test I made no effort to do the ninja walk or the gimbal walk where
you carefully walk heel toe heel toe to make as little jarring vibrations
as possible I just simply walked down the beach I just wanted to push both of these
gimbals and see what they could do in this next test I ran down the beach as fast as I
could while holding both of these gimbals down low to the ground so that you could see every
possible bit of vibration as I was running down the beach which is also really hard to
run down the beach with the gimbals held way down at the bottom like this foreign
both gimbals were carrying the exact same Loadout and same lens combination both of
them were set up exactly the same way and both of them were auto-tuned via the app
or via the internal auto-tune system that's built into each of these gimbals there is
one other areas that historically gimbals have had a real issue and that's any time
you do a combination movement where you're engaging more than one axis at the same time
so for example rising or raising the gimbal up so the Tilt axis is activated where you're
starting like this and you're coming up like that and then also panning at the same time
foreign s between these two gimbals and how well they stabilize footage using the exact same camera
and lens Loadout and filmed at the exact same time to minimize as many variables as possible we need
to break down some of the differences between the two gimbals so you can make a good decision based
on how you use them or maybe your budget because there is a fair amount of difference in feature
set between the two and there is a fair amount of difference between the two in price when it comes
to Features there are quite a few differences between these two the DJI has this large touch
screen in the back here that you can move and touch and do whatever you need to do and while
that's nice I've actually found it to get in the way a little bit because I've accidentally touched
things while I've been filming not realizing that I did or maybe a small drop of water or something
like that we'll get on the touch screen and do something and make a change to something that
I didn't intend now there is a way to lock the touchscreen on the RS3 which is useful
um I just forgot to do it a few times the Weevil 3 on the other hand and doesn't have a touch screen
it does have a small really bright OLED screen which doesn't get in the way and because you
have the menu button here to get into the menus and then a jog wheel which can be a little bit
cumbersome to get around I find it's pretty easy to figure it out and because both of these include
an app that connects really quickly to the gimbals and then gives you a much finer much broader level
of control over each of the gimbals I don't find it to be a big deal beyond the screens on both
of these which both of them are bright and easy to see they both have a joystick to be able to
control the gimbals and then they both have a record stop and stop button and a mode button
now here the RS3 has the switch that will select between pan follow Vortex
or fpv mode and pan follow pan tilt follow mode
whereas the Weevil is a little bit simpler in its approach it doesn't have those extra buttons
it just has a mode button that you can cycle through the different modes and then also you
can you know start and stop recording if you've got your camera plugged in and set properly
both of these gimbals have a trigger system which you can use to you know set up Selfie mode or uh
RECenter and have them centered and then you can also both of them have a jog wheel which you can
use and set up for different things now the Weeble 3 will control Sony Zoom uh Power zoom lenses so
you can set this up to where you can actually use it to use the power zoom in your camera which I
find really useful since I have the new 16 to 35 power zoom lens one thing to note is that both of
these gimbals their controls are laid out slightly differently DJI has laid out everything very
centrally here whereas the Weeble 3 has everything that's really meant for a right-handed person to
use with their thumb I find it really nice and really comfortable easy to control everything
with my thumb here and nice to use it one-handed a couple of other notable features between these two
gimbals is the inclusion of This little light on the Weeble 3 which is really actually very useful
in certain situations it changes color temperature so you can go from warm to Daylight and then of
course you can dim it down in 10 increments from 10 to 100. the the light actually does
come in handy if you're out in certain situations where you're going to need a little extra light to
fill on your face like Heroes exploring this Old World War II Fort and it came in really nice to
be able to light both our way into the fort and then also light my myself up as I was in there
filming a little bit another feature that the Weevil 3 has that no other gimbal has right now
is this little directional microphone this is the example of what the camera mics the built-in mics
on the camera sound like they're always very ambient there's a lot of extra room noise and
stuff like that and so if you're in a crowded space or a place where there's a lot of other
noise it might be an issue but then if you plug in the mic from the gimbal itself you do have to
reduce a little bit of bass and then it actually doesn't sound that bad and it does give you a much
more direct much more focused sound which can be useful in a tight space and the same thing
goes with the little light on there like if you just need that little bit of extra and you don't
want to have a lot of extra equipment with you it is nice that you at least have the option and
that brings us to to the design and some of the other physical features both of these gimbals do
feature locking mechanisms the DJI has this very interesting electronic Locking System which while
I do like it I also am a little worried about how long those things will last the little Motors or
however they're using to switch the locks on and off the Weevil 3 on the other hand has the most
robust gimbal locks I think I've ever seen they're massive and they when they engage you can really
tell that they engage hard and they are locked in place both of these Kindles use a combination
style plate both of them are 501 manfrotto 501 style plates compatible but Jun has opted to do
this uh sort of specialized plate on the bottom here which I'm not really a fan of because I use
ARCA Swiss on everything I use these little Peak design plates on everything because I use a peak
design tripod but that being said if you just need a way to take your camera on and off the
gimbal quickly the plate the quick release plate that June has included works extremely well the
RS3 has a similar system but it also has an ARCA Swiss compatible plate on top the only issue is
that because of this system right here the locking mechanism you have to use the Arca Swiss plate
that came with the rs2 I cannot use this because the camera will bump and bottom out against this
little lever here so while they both do have a quick release system on the gimbal I find that
either one of them I probably am going to use this plate over some of the other ones that brings us
to batteries and battery life now the RS3 does have a removable battery that comes out down at
the bottom so you could have multiple batteries for it and it does feature fast charging power
delivery battery life on this is rated at 12 hours the Weevil 3 on the other hand does not have a
removable battery it does feature power delivery fast charging so you can charge it while you're
working but the battery life on this is rated at 21 hours and I can vouch for the fact that I've
been out a full day shooting and actually this is after a full day shooting the battery life on this
is about 60 70 65 percent the battery life at this is at 30 percent so this has a lot longer run time
another interesting design choice that I wasn't sure about what to think about it at first is the
way the bottom of the Weeble is it kind of works as a stand without needing to use a tripod now
I wouldn't let it like sit there and stand on a wobbly table or anything like that but if you need
to set it down somewhere for just a minute so you can kind of recalibrate or you know get something
out of your backpack or something like that this does work as a stand I still use the small tripod
here just because it gives it a lot more stability and I'm not worried about it but it's kind of nice
that it works in a pinch and because of the base it does come with two quarter twenties one on each
side now it's not exactly a rosette Mount but it will like you can put a quarter 20 accessory on
there and this thing I wasn't sure what to think about it when I first got it it was supposed to
take some of the strain off your wrist when you're shooting low and after using it a lot this way I
will it does take a lot of strain off your wrist it's kind of surprising of course with the RS3
you definitely want to use this tripod even though you can kind of balance it it's extremely tippy
and I would not set it down that way but when it comes to quarter 20s there are no quarter 20 on
this what they did is put a NATO rail on each side so you can attach something to the NATO Rail and
then use that to build out whatever you need to if you're attaching a monitor or something like
that when it comes to the size and form factor the Weeble 3 definitely is a little bit smaller and a
little bit lighter when it comes uh sideways like this now yes you can break the DJI down all the
way with the battery taking the battery out and then it becomes smaller in some senses still wider
from the side the motors are quite a bit larger as far as the what's around the motor belts and
so for me I think the Weevil 3 has really been fantastic for travel which I've been doing a lot
of lately because I can slip it into the front of my camera bag and I really don't even notice that
it's there and then it comes down to one of the more important factors for most people and that's
the price depending on what your budget is one of these may fit the base model of the RS3 or the
base package of the RS3 is 549 US Dollars where the base model of the Weevil 3 is 449 dollars for
me given the size and the feature set including the little light which I've used quite a bit like
the Weevil 3 is probably one of the best options on the market right now for a small gimbal that
you can use with some smaller lighter weight uh mirrorless setups although really six and a half
pounds is not that light a weight for a camera and a lens combination anymore no matter what
gimbal you have or what gimbal you're gonna buy you're going to want to watch this video right
here which shows you the basic ways of how to set up and balance a gimbal properly which will be the
Cornerstone of getting the best footage out of any Gimbal and Camera combination as always if
you have questions ask me in the comments below or join my live stream which happens most Wednesday
nights at 4 pm Alaska time 8 PM Eastern I'll see you again soon in the next video cheers