We handed the Pivo Pod Active, along with the tripod, to our mini-sponsored rider Alicia Adams, and her pony-mad mum, Michelle to review. Alicia is a 10-year-old pony club member who actively competes in showjumping and aspires to be an event rider. At home, she has two ponies, and she is also often seen riding others.
The Pivo Pod active took a little while to get used to saving the tracked footage, but overall it was simple to set up and use. The package came with the Pivo Pod Active, and the tripod - both came in their own cases.
Once set up, the smartphone is attached, and the app opened up. There are a few initial settings, and then you’re ready to go. We trailed it with only one horse and rider in the arena. For up to 95% of the time, it tracked all the horse’s movements, only losing tracking on occasion when the horse and rider rode across the screen too close on a sharp angle, for example.
Overall, the device tracked halt, walk, trot, canter and jumping. There was no problem moving through the paces and changing the rein.
Pros
✔️ Great to use when riding on your own to track both your seat and posture and the horse’s way of going
✔️Helps identify areas of improvement to work on in horse and rider
✔️Ideal to use for showing a recording to a coach/trainer/instructor
✔️Great to film a show, so your family members don’t miss out by recording the round
✔️Easy to use and set up
Cons
Can be a little noisy when watching on playback, but not noticeable when riding the horse
Can (not very often) lose track of the horse - when we spoke to the brand about this, they said a patch for this is being worked on.
Alicia’s thoughts
Pros
❤️“I love it! It was easy to set up and a great way to ride without my mum being there all the time”.
❤️“I can play it back to see what I need to improve on, for example, correct canter lead. There is lots more I need to learn on the Pivo, and in the summer, it will be great for my mounted games, jumping and galloping in the field”.
Cons
“It did glitch a few times and makes a little noise when recording”.
5 сен 2024
