what's happening everyone my name is Alex and welcome back so for the past few months we got
a variety of smartphone stabilizers but of course two of the biggest players in this field are the
DJI osmo mobile 6 and the insta360 flow now the time of this video both devices retail for 159
dollars so which one offers the best value for your money well we are definitely gonna
find out in today's video by checking out the features for each device and what each device
can do and of course what the other one can't do let's start by checking out both devices and see
which one is easier to set up and basically get ready to use okay so let's start by looking at
the DJI osmo mobile 6. so of course this is a foldable gimbal this way it's a bit smaller so
you can maybe keep it in your pockets so how do you use this well you grab a hold of the top of
the Gimbal and then you kind of lift up so you do need two hands for this after the gimbal is
on you basically get the phone clamp this is a magnetic clamp and you attach to the back of
of the gimbal so that's how you start using the gimbal basically then of course the phone
will be nice and steady whenever you're doing any movement to remove this you basically pull on this
and then you fold this back up so you kind of need both hands to to be able to do this with this
gimbal you've also noticed that you cannot attach the phone clamp to the gimbal when it's folded so
you basically have to keep the clamp here in your pocket you always have to bring that clamp with
you or I guess you can keep it on your phone but your phone doesn't look that appealing like this
on top of that if you want to use um tripod so there is a tripod that comes in the box with this
but you're gonna have to keep this in your pocket as well and then this attaches to the bottom of
the gimbal here so this is how you use the DJI osmo mobile 6. now let's look at the insta360 flow
and see how you use that one okay so the insta360 flow is also foldable Gimbal and this one is also
a bit smaller when folded when compared to the other one so maybe it's going to be a bit easier
to keep this in your pocket so how do you use this one well opening this up and setting this
up is also slightly fast faster and easier than the other gimbal so this one you just lift this up
and then you get the phone clamp and you attach it to the gimbal so that easy now a big advantage
that I found with this gimbal is the fact that the foam clamp here can stay on the gimbal when
the gimbal is folded so this we are not gonna have to keep that phone clamp in your pocket with the
other on you have to remove the phone clamp every time you can even keep the phone on the gimbal one
folded if that's something that you want typically I remove the phone every time I fold this so I
just powered this off and then we can fold it like this and the phone stays with a gimbal but then
can just remove this if you'd like but as I said the clamp can stay here whenever this is folded as
well now another advantage that you're gonna get for this gimbal is the fact that it has a built-in
tripod at the bottom here so with that other one you do have to carry that tripod in your pocket
every time with this on the tripod is built in the actual unit so you can just have this on the
floor or something like that and you can use it that way and you don't have to carry a tripod to
deal at all times because well it's built in the unit so I feel that the insta360 flow is easier
and faster to set up and use now both devices also have a built-in selfie stick I'm just gonna move
back a bit so you can see both of them like this so you do have more possibilities whenever you
have these open with the selfie sticks now another thing that I've noticed so on One battery charge
you can get about 12 hours of usage time on the insta360 flow we're on the DJI osmo mobile 6 you
can only get about six hours of usage time so double the time on this one another interesting
thing is the fact that from this one you can also charge your smartphone so we do have a USBC portal
here and you'd use that to charge the phone so this kind of becomes a power bank for your device
where from this one you cannot charge any other device so power bank no power bank basically all
right so next we're gonna talk about tracking so first I'm going to take that phone that's
recording this video I'm gonna put it on this Gimbal and I'll show you what this gimbal can do
with the tracking and then I'm gonna use the same phone and of course use this gimbal we didn't show
you what this phone can do for tracking so let me switch that camera onto this gimbal all right so
in order to use the tracking on both devices of course you're gonna have to install the app for
each gimbal in this case we are using the insta360 app and I have the gimbal tracking my scooter so
if I go on the scooter the gimbal should follow us and see whatever what I'm basically doing and
just record the scooter at all times so let's go riding for a bit see how that tracking works
and we'll kind of go behind the the gimbal with the other gimbal you're not going to be able to
move that far back basically because the other gimbal doesn't spin as much
so this is how the tracking works on the insta360 flow
so let me switch to the other Gimbal and we'll see how that other gimbal
basically tracks the exact same movement that I've done with this one okay and we are moving
on to our DJI Gimbal and once again I do have the gimbal tracking the scooter right now so
I'm gonna jump on the scooter here we'll just have to turn on the scooter and I'll spin around
for a bit I also know that this gimbal cannot spin as much as the other on so maybe I'm not
gonna go behind the gimbal that far because well it cannot spin that far so go this way
oh no I think it lost me let's um go back here
let's track this once again I'm just gonna go to the gimbal and we'll track the scooter once again
so let's do that once again so I'm still recording so it's tracking the scooter once again
so I guess we'll go this way hopefully it doesn't lose us so I think it's still spinning with us
and oh no I think it lost me again or that's as much as it can now track
so I'm back here once again let's start the tracking once again
so I'll select the scooter on the screen once again so now it's tracking the scooter once
again and let's go riding again see if it doesn't lose us again
so it's tracking us still let's go this way again
oh no it lost us once again so yeah this is how the tracking works on the DJI gimbals so
definitely not as good as the tracking on the other device okay so next on the list we're
gonna have the DJI gimbal track my backpack so let me go on the App here and select my backpack
so I made a square on it so now it should track the backpack so no matter what I do
the backpack it should track it what happens if we do this
so it's still I think it just stopped up tracking so basically if this moves out of frame too much
or it changes shape this gimbal is not going to be able to keep drag of that object that
well let's move to the insta360 Gimbal and see how that one tracks my backpack okay so now we
have the insta360 flow gimbal setup and we'll do the same so I'm just gonna go on the phone here
and we'll select a square onto the backpack so hopefully I'm recording yes I am recording
and now the gimbal should move and follow the backpack what happens if I turn around
is it still tracking yeah it's definitely tracking the other gimbal does seem to lose tracking quite
fast what if I do this and this yeah so this one keeps track really well of my backpack another
tracking feature that's not available on the DJI gimbal but it is available on the insta360
flow has to do the person re-identification so what I'm gonna do now I'm gonna have Laura
draw a square on the screen so basically she's gonna start tracking me with a gimbal
so she has a square on me and now the gimbal should follow every move that I make so if I go
left if I go right the gimbal should follow me now what happens if I leave the room for a few seconds
so I'm gonna leave the room and let's see what the gimbal does we're gonna count to five one two
three four five and I'll come back in the room and let's see if the gimbal recognizes me and tracks
me once again so yes the gimbal still tracks me even now so this is a feature that you're
not going to be able to use on the DJI gimbal because it's not available there Zoom tracking
also works quite different on these two gimbals so the gimbal that we're using now the insta360
flow allows you to zoom in up to nine times so basically as much as your phone allows you to
zoom in the other gimbal only allows you to zoom in up to three times now I don't recommend zooming
in this far because of course this is digital zoom and you're gonna be losing video quality but for
example if you are tracking a boat or something that's pretty far maybe this extra Zoom will come
in handy so of course the phone well the gimbal will keep track of the scooter that I have set
as my tracking object basically all right so I've switched the gimbal to the DJI gimbal now and I'm
gonna zoom in to show you the maximum zoom in for tracking so this is the maximum Zuma for tracking
so three times Zoom now as I said earlier it's ideal not to zoom in that much because since we
have um electronic zooming basically you're losing video quality so in a way it's best not to zoom in
that much but as I said if you need to follow an object that's super far maybe that zooming will
come in handy but personally I don't recommend that you use like nine times Zoom that's available
um on the insta 360 flow so definitely a pretty big difference for the tracking features on these
two devices so the insta360 flow does do tracking better if the subject goes out of frame it will
retain the active tracking so if the subject comes back in the frame it will start tracking it again
with the DJI gimbal if the subject goes out of the frame for a couple of seconds it will stop
tracking that subject all together so in many ways yes the insta360 flow will do tracking better in
many many situations another very interesting feature on the insta 360 flow we are actually
using the Gimbal and the gimbals app right now is the ability to actually switch in between
lenses without stopping the recordings and without touching the phone so there is a button that you
can press on the Gimbal and you can switch to the rear lens you press that button once again and it
switches back to that front camera we're gonna switch back to the rear camera and now you can
also Zoom in or zoom out so we have the little wheel on the gimbal there and you can zoom in
and zoom out something that you cannot do with the other gimbals so with the DJI gimbal you
cannot do this every time you want to switch in between camera so the front or rear camera
you're gonna have to stop the recording switch the camera and then start the recording once
again so very useful feature mostly if you are vlogging and you basically want to show people
what's up in front of you so you just press this button here and then you can even zoom in if you
want so a very very useful feature in my opinion so with a Smart Wheel on the insta360 flow not
only that you can zoom in whenever you're using those rear cameras of course zoom in and zoom out
you can also switch in between modes easily so whenever you are trying to switch a gimbal mode
you can just go forward or backwards with the DJI gimbal you basically have one button and you have
to go through all the mods well with this one you can go forward or backwards to get to the mod that
you want also whenever you are checking out the footage that you have recorded you can easily
scroll through your footage with that wheel once again with the DJI gimbal you actually have to do
that and put your finger on the screen like this you don't actually have to touch your phone screen
other interesting features that you're gonna find on the insta360 Flow app and features that aren't
really available on the DJI osmo mobile 6 or the 360 degree Panorama photo so basically the
gimbal will take a variety of pictures and then Stitch those pictures together and you get a 360
degree in picture so pretty cool there is also a hoop mode available personally I don't play
basketball so I haven't tried it and there is also a widescreen mode available so if you want to film
in that form a more artistic view let's say so a lot of features built in the insta360 app so as
gimbals both gimbals do work really really well if you're buying one of these just to keep your
footage steady both of them do work really well this recording is done on the insta360 flow but
I'm also gonna show you a recording done in the exact same spot on the other gimbal so for this
function they are pretty much identical and they both work on really really well
but for the price I feel that the insta 360 flow the one that we are using now offers better value
for your money because we do have more features not to mention that the tracking on this gimbal
works much much better than the tracking that we have on on the DJI gimbal so which gimbal do
you guys prefer this one the insta360 flow or the DJI osmo mobile definitely leave a
comment and let me know your thoughts thanks for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one