HOVER Air X1 REVIEW | Best drone for MTB riding. A game changer? 

I just purchased this drone, and I like it! But there are pros and cons. On the positive side, it does most of what it says it does; on the negative side, there is only a 10 or 12-minute battery life, even though it comes with two batteries, and it takes up to 4 hours to charge 1 battery. I see the advertising showing people getting followed on their bikes; I guess the bike ride is less than 10 minutes long. There is minimal instruction on how to really use it; also, when sharing the video or picture, it's not as clear as the original. I had to research RU-vid to find how to work things; with that being said, I give it a 7.5 out of 10 rating.

After watching 2 dozen videos on this drone, yours is the first honest review. Even though I'd already figured out that the contrast was going to be a problem, I still ordered it. And yes I think they can fine tune it through some firmware updates. I'd sacrifice a couple minutes of flight time for a sports mode. Thanks. Great video

The Information about the Speed was very helpful. I thought about using it with my motorcycle, baut this would Not habe worked out! So thanks for that!! ✌️

This is a really great review!

This is an excellent review of this mini drone. Your video is also a pleasure to watch. Thank you for creating this content and your effort in putting these things together.

I've bveen using this same drone for MTB for a little while. Very good review, thank you. The new firmware has lowered the drone height at fsat follow speeds, but it could still do with keeping lower, like you, I've high few high tree branches. The Mic on the phone / rotor noise cancllation is also pretty great, so u can commentate whilst riding. I very much look forward to the further firmware / next gen of this product.

the best review of this drone i have seen. Too many limitations I think to buy until the next model but very good review

cool review! this helps a lot!

Great review!

I’m definitely in agreement about sports mode! I would also like to see a side dolly track mode for open spaces to video me riding my horse in a field or while jumping. Thanks for your review it really helped me so the potential for horseback riding.

Great review, thanks! The Skydio is/was the undisputed follow me drone campion with incredible obstacle avoidance.... but they just stopped making it last year and this little drone will most likely fill that void. If they make one with obstacle avoidance it WILL take over the follow me drone market! Good stuff 🙂

I have this drone & would highly recommend the Peli 1040 case. The drone fits perfectly & tightly with up to 4 spare batteries

As a user of this drone, mostly for MTB, I agree 100% with your points and suggested improvements. At this point, I think the Hover Cam is a very successful and useful proof-of-concept, and if they can amp it up a little on a few fronts it will be unbeatable for its intended use. I must have crashed mine 20 times by now. One time cracked the frame open,but it was easy enough to snap it closed again. We have much denser woods than you appear to have, and in some places the trees aren’t much wider than the bars. If I get any speed at all (and I’m not fast 😅) it easily goes wide and crashes. Over and over. So my footage turns out not that exciting due to being slow and without many turns , though it probably wouldn’t be exciting anyway. As I’m sure you’ve found, it can sometimes get itself out of trouble, but I did learn to listen very carefully and as soon as it sounds as though the Hover Cam is struggling, I pull over, stop and look back at it. I almost lost it a couple of times in dense forest before I learned that lesson! One time I looked for probably 30 minutes and almost gave up 🤷🏻‍♂️. I’m personally glad I went with white, for exactly this reason. I keep meaning to do a video showing what it takes to get a two minute riding video in the can when using this little guy on our trails 😆. I still love it, though!

Shooting looks amazing. Wrong color, soft, not the best contrast. But is quite amazing at being an immersive action shot.

Thank you for one of the best reviews I have seen on this. Im pretty sure I want this to supplement my Instra 360x3 footage of trail riding. Also think this would work well for some video of xc-skiing, which would be awkward or impossible to get with my Insta 360. Just waiting to see if they offer a Black Friday discount!

Awesome, thinking of getting this for my electric skateboard videos 😁 now i own fpv drone, but i cant shoot myself hahaha. Also we have the same helmet 👍

Hello, if you look at the official site or other people's boxes, it's "hover air x1." What's different from "hover camera x1"?

Hej! Bra production! Vart ifrån beställde du Hover x1 drönaren? /Magnus🤙

Could you put a link on for the hard case you were using to store the HoverAir in please.👍

I wonder if this could be used indoors for real estate promo videos. Would it steer clear of walls if I had it follow me around the house?

How long it takes to charge the battery? How long a full charge last?

Nice! 👌 I’ve been looking for a drone but never found the useful due to the time of setup and to steer them when I ride. This is a different thing. To bad on the speed and camera.

Does anyone know if using it in forward face mode will work If you are wearing any type of mask since it uses facial recognition?

Sometimes it’s hard to setup an iPhone on a small tripod next to a jump having something hovering next to a jump while you session it might be cool

what kind power bank for drones? i need to get that.

Is this drone capable of shooting a scenic shot without the operator in it. ie, fly up and take a shot of a lake or mountain, or pan around.

Would it be avail on lazada?

4:02 it looks like it about to hit those branches until cut into other scene...

Uhmm… I’m planning to buy this one to record me while sandboard… the speed shouldn’t be a issue (maybe acceleration)

Awesome review and a very hones take on the hover air x1. It'S not yet there, but I fully on board with your wishlist. If those boxes are checked, I'm in!

It would need an obstacles avoidance system like the DJI. This way it wouldn't run into the trees in forest conditions.

So speed 30km/h the drone cant keep the records?

In order for this company or anyone to make “action” footage worthy drone. A stronger signal that’s attached to the user should be implemented…like an all on the “IPhone” while the drone harnesses that signal. Something along that nature…then you can go faster doing whatever you do. I would use this for my car videos and snowboarding.

Hello！Could we have your permission to repost and use it on our official website, social media, and other platforms, either permanently or for one year?

Thank you for the review. Is it a sponsorship or not ? We are into adventure Bike Riding .. Do u think a drone can follow at 50km/h, as u say than it need more speed ?

Anybody try a Go3 35gram camera on top yet?

How is this not a game changer brotha

It needs a tad larger propellers. Its too noisy with those tiny propellers it comes with.

I've have this and make mtb videos. It's got a few limitations but overall I've gotten some good content. You know there are plenty of other higher end drones out there will follow you as well.

How to buy this drone?

to all the cons you listed , the makers know ....they are creating demand for the next version .... they think of upgrades 3-4 versions ahead before they launch the first one

radio microphone for audio noise cancellation direct to the drone. no phone please.

Don’t you have to have a drone pilots license to legally use that footage in a monetized video?

Nah that's kinda crap.

Bro thinks he can blackmail HOVER

This is not you want? go and do better if you can! 😂😂

Carefull with such dumb terms as game changer. The difference between 1 and 1.00001 falls under "change". I have no idea which unit of measure or superlative "game" falls under. So the term is meaningless.