HD Zero Goggles | First Impressions | The Good & The Bad 

Kris is such an amazing guy to allow smaller creators like Kelly to collab on his channel and join in on the review. 😊

Im glad he mentioned what happened with his dji when he flew through that score board. some people think that nothing affects dji's singnal in anyway

The reason it doesn't stall is that hdzero and analogue are one way communication and dji and walksnail are two way. One way - the drone keeps sending and the goggles just display whatever they get, even noise. Two way - if there is a dropped packet the goggles request that it is resent and if there are lots of dropped packets it just fails rather than displaying a snowy picture

Excellent work Kris 🎉 I’ve never flown FPV but watching videos like this is enticing

Carl really should do something about the stock foam. The sky04x foam is a perfect replacement (its what I use). Make sure to clip the face plate in all the way. Great antenna choices by also. Had the same problem with x2-air falling off. I used e6000 to glue them to the 3d prints and it's rock solid now

Brilliantly put across mate 👍 thank you 🙏

I just received my second set yesterday. Been using a batch 1 set for last 6 months. I fly all 3 HD systems, DJI, Walksnail and HD Zero. Still fly some analog also. I understand all 3 systems and how they work so, I fly accordingly. Long Range, Freestyle and Bando. As for your antennas and keeping them stuck, a simple solution..buy a bigger case to put your goggles in.

Howdy Kris and Kelly, Thank you for your review, comments, and test with the HD Zero Goggles. Looking forward to seeing you guys at SpinUp!

I’m here for Kris!!!!! This is the future

Excellent review Kris! I've seen that guy who was flying the drone in other videos before. Nice of you to let someone else review your goggles.

The biggest downside of hdzero at the moment is that their vtxes only go to 200mW except for that huge bulky freestyle vtx. But there are some hints that we might get a smaller (made for 3" frames) freestyle vtx soon.

You nailed it.! I have a pair of the HD-Zero just for the HDMI input feature. I don’t fly FPV and love using goggles when I fly my Mavic-3 drone w/RC-Pro controller. The RC-Pro gives me HDMI out and I feed that into a distribution splitter and send it to my goggles and to a wireless video transmitter to send it to a remote field monitor. The best goggles in every way EXCEPT the thin crappy foam and sharp “Velcro” piece that holds the foam. I have a huge nose and small brain… so the pain is brutal after more than 10 minutes of wearing the goggles. The original DJI Goggles RE (Racing Edition), the goggles 2 and v2 goggles. All fit so much better for me (except the goggles 2 don’t curve enough around my face), but the RE, while it has HDMI in, is way too heavy for my neck (I have ankylosing spondylitis) and the v.2 and goggles 2 do not have HDMI in. Did you ever try the SkyZone foam? Thanks !

He fly probably at 700mw or more with O3.

What about when the VTX power is higher than 200mW? Or does it not make much of a difference for Range? Doesnt seem to be too great as far as rage, but it was also hard to tell how far away the pilot flying was.. I do like having the Video LQ up on top, i know you said its digital but it seems like Analog with a much better picture basically lol..

Well done, very informative video. For better sound recording you can plug in an extended mic, detaches the fan noise totally.

Great video. Looking in to buying my first set of FPV goggles and don't want to be cheap but also don't want to spend money I don't have too. I like the versatility of the HD Zero, lots of options for analog or video so if I wanted I can use my of video equipment that is already on my ground station. Still a toss up with this or the DJI goggles 2 :/ One thing I would like is head tracking for anything that has a controllable camera gimble.

U2 are great thanks for the honest review

Thanks for this test. I'll keep my 04X because it records the OSD :)

Just unboxed my hd zeros and differently will need better face cushioning .... you mentioned SkyZone replacement foam ? Any luck with that ?

they do look like well made goggles

What’s the face pad that you have on there?

You get a foam cover to protect from sun burn

How the best goggle in the market is inexpensive. Right now they got them on sale with a set of antenas.

Slightly firm but with plenty of padding, things you can only say about goggles 😂😂😂

You do a wonderful job Kris, # DJI fanboy lol, regards

Awesome video! HDZero has come a long way that’s for sure! #DJIfanboy

HD Zero 4 the win 👍👍

#DJIFanBoy

I moved from analog to Hdzero and dji at the same time. Hdzero was a waste of money. Now moving to walksnail

why is HDZERO so pixely? Seems like there is a lot of unnecisary breakup, like I can't even count to 3 without seeing some kind of breakup.

#djifanboy

Nice review 👌

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This is exactly the way most channels represent HDZero... They fly out in an open field! Analog would give the same results, but not be quite as sharp. The real key to auditioning HDZero is to fly it where there is no open field, and there's objects to fly around and buildings to go around. Any system can fly an open field and get great results. But, as soon as you fly in a forest, a tree laden Park, a business park with lots of buildings to fly around and between, EVERYTHING CHANGES! As soon as you go around the VERY FIRST corner of a solid building, boom! ... Signal becomes completely filled with colored sparklies and very quickly you get the rainbow 🌈 screen of death! ☠️💀 You're done. And I'm talking typically with 20 - 30 ft of the corner, surely by 50 feet. You're never going all the way around any solid building, like the other two digital FPV systems can do. Flying through and around trees is the same thing but to not such an almost instant effect... You'll get tons of colored sparklies, the new flyer is incorrect ... It's Not like analog snow ... The particles are much bigger, colored, and with the excellent LED screens very bright. Some say it actually hurts their eyes, they're so bright and there's so many of them. Again, when flying through and around trees it's almost impossible to go very far because those colored sparklies are everywhere making it tough to see where you're going and get back to where you are. You have little range. Any solid objects and you might get 100 feet, but only with quite a bit of clear area and not solid groves of trees, bushes, etc. Bottom line: Anything solid in-between you and your quad and it's gonna be tough to go very far without gobs of colored sparklies and then, out of no where, complete loss of picture when the rainbow 🌈 screen of death ☠️ ends your flight. Best recommendations: Buy the very nice, but very expensive HDZero goggles if you race. Then, you'll be flying in an open field with gates set up. Typically, races feature tight courses so you are usually flying within 100 feet of yourself, if not much closer. This will give you almost no break up, just like this new flyer had in this video. Beyond racing, fly within 100 feet of yourself when you can, and the less solid objects the better. Sure, flying in an open field isn't fun for very long, unless you are a brand new beginner, but HDZero goggles have one advantage: low latency, so racing is their forte. Anything else and you'll get performance kind like plain ole analog. It's why it got the nickname of Analog2. It performs just like analog, but a little shaper. IMO, it's a whole lotta money for the very small advantages over analog. Compared to the other digital FPV systems, there is no comparison. It comes in dead last, and by a huge margin, in everything but racing. Range and penetration is not even in the same league as DJI or Walksnail. Not close! Stick to racing and you'll love them. Not a racer, buy someone else! 😎🤘

hey man just #DjiFanBoy

Honestly it looks like the camera isn’t in perfect focus.. as focused it could be anyway

Bruh,. Foam? You’re complaining about the foam? You kids. Try strapping a small television glued to the back-inside of a large box to your head and then get back to me about your “nose foam problems”, bud. smh

I cannot get video from my hd zero freestyle vtx. The rx and tx wires should only be for OSD correct? I should be getting video as long as vtx is powered up. When I scan for channel, nothing is found. I have carefully followed updating procedures, but I am getting nothing. Do I have a faulty vtx maybe? Any suggestions would help, thanks.