HoverAir X1 Mini Drone - Review & Tutorial 

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Great review. Had mine a month or so, and already made a film of a cycling trip for my channel. The resolution was fine for me I think, and it's ideal for filming on my solo trips. Found dolly track works well on the bike. Managed to get to 18 mph with it still flying in front. It's just so easy to carry if your running, hiking or biking. Keep up the good work.

I have this drone. It’s simple and very small. Battery life is short so buy 3 batteries. It’s not clever enough not to hit things. The pictures and video not being 5K super duper but enough for many people indeed. I used it across Easter Europe on a bike adventure off road and it survived. Cheap enough to accept its loss if it ends up in a tree. It it won’t fly so far or so high you couldn’t recover it from Most gotcha’s. I am very happy with it in auto modes and manual it’s OK. The company I fed back to agree they will smooth the manual moves more like maybe tripod mode on a DJI in an update. Memory is small 32GB and 8 is used in system memory. There is not a removable SDCard. I still like it. It’s with me a lot which is the key to mini shoots having the thing with you. PS - my 5 yr old nephew has managed to make a video ( with supervision of course ) using the pre select buttons to do the shoots.

Hi Simon, First of all I must say, “what an awesome intro” I would have to agree with one of the previous comments. Best intro on RU-vid for 2023! You summed up everything I needed to know about the HoverAir X1. Unfortunately, they’re not available for sale in Australia yet, but I’m even more super excited when they will be after watching your video,

nail on the head future of B roll ... great review thankyou

These are so slick. A mini drone without the faff of controllers.

That intro was amazing..

great video, Simon. Shot in Germany, I instantly thought 🙂- thanks a lot, I learned from it as a non-tech hoverair fan

Another excellent video Simon!

Smoothest way to plug a patreon in a long time, props! 🙏 👏

Fantastic review one of the best.

Buena cabecera!!

Nice review

Great video Simon, loved it, ive seen various videos of the X1 now, your the first one ive seen that shows front dolly tracking, I didn’t know it did this. I think at £400 its a bit pricy, especially since it doesn’t shoot 4K/24 or 4K/30. A set of ND filters would be nice too. Perhaps if these sell well we might get an X2 next year. ATB Darren

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The film quality is not good enough! I think I will wait until the X2 (if it ever does) come out, and see if camera is better. Other than that it looks useful for some people, where film quality is not an issue!

oh u showed me how to remove the battery couldnt find it anywhere thankyou so much n ow rewinding to watch the whole video

Nice

Im looking to use this with my Pixel Pro 7 .... can you recommend a good but cheap microphone for recording (rather than using my phones microphone)

Can the height above ground be changed in dolly mode so someone getting between you and drone cannot get hit?

HoverAir X1: "dji, eat my dust!!!" 😂

We live in the future! Great review Simon. Hey how did the X1 fare indoors? I have a client wanting to film installations at custoner homes. The X1 may be a great fit and safe too. May save using a tripod plus provide interesting footage

and you can long press mode button to change mode settings!

Hi, Thanks for making this video. can the Hoverair x1 follow you if you're on a boat or canoe in the lake? thanks

Hi thanks for the video.😁👍🏻 👍🏻 have a question, did you have to clean the footage up in an editing app…?TIA😁🤗

Just purchased one ⚛️

Great little drone, I wish they would give us the option to "unsharpen" the image. Rest is just great

nice film.....what audio music library do you use? top editing.

While this thing looks like a lot of fun and would be a great B-Roll addition for solo creators I'm stuck on the price point. Seems a little high for what you get and it's limited use. Drop it down to about half the price and I might be more interested

most liked thing is location.. scenery ..

I didn't see your Operator ID on the drone.

Hi Simon, neat little gizmo, loved your intro! Q. can footage be edited in premiere pro? Price in Canada is $671.00 +13% tax which is pricey.

Surely, as it doesn't have obstacle avoidance the only legal mode for it would be using a phone.

How many circles does the drone make in orbit mode?

The majority of the footage comes not from the drone...

n the uk they will fall under the rules for sub 250 gram drones lol rid anybody

You can use it to hover behind you so you can see to tie that dbag man bun!