iSteady Pro4

I love the GoPro and there are a ton of mounts for a wide variety of purposes, but sometimes you simply want to hold the GoPro yourself as you follow your subject around. And even though a GoPro has image stabilization, it doesn't hurt to add a little bit "extra" stability for handheld shots. This 3-axis gimbal does the trick!! It was easy to attach the GoPro and fairly easy to use and learn the features, although they need to put a "warning" sticker on the unit when they package it not to turn on the power without the GoPro (or other weight) attached and balanced. It will shake like crazy if you do this and can damage the motors. This is common sense for a motorized gimbal, but... still, there are people that will unbox it and quickly power it up not realizing they can damage it. Recognizing this, I thought I'd include the warning in my review title for new gimbal buyers. There's really not much to say other than it's sturdy, well-built, easy-to-use, and pretty much does what it says. Some extra nice touches are a mounting point on the side for a smartphone holder, a mounting point at the bottom so you can attach it to something like a tripod, and remote software so that you can feasibly set this up for remote pans/tilts/etc as long as you're not demanding a lot of precision. Even better, the remote app can be used to set up timelapse motions. Battery life is great and you can even use it to charge your GoPro. My only real complain is that the way you mount the GoPro blocks access to either the power button OR the USB-C port, depending on which way you position the gimbal before mounting. I wish they would have made a cage to hold the GoPro that could be quickly attached or detached from the gimbal and/or made it so that both the power button and ports were exposed when mounted. It's kind of a pain to remove the GoPro again just to access one or the other. Overall, I'm quite please with the purchase for the price, and expect to be using it a lot.

I will first start off by saying, this is my first powered gimbal experience. I am a professional still photographer getting more into the world of motion photography (Cinema). I have the pro SLR's that shoot video, but for intuitiveness I purchased a GoPro Hero 7 Black. Really easy to use, great quality camera for $350. I know the GPH Blk 7 has HyperSmooth - which is great! But to keep my shots level with the horizon, I was looking for something that would help with that aspect. Enter the Hohem iSteady Pro 2 action camera stabilizer. Out of the box it is rather intuitive. There were actual instructions (quick start guide) in the package. An aside, the packaging was rather impressive for a $100 Amazon purchase. Very nice case and all of the equipment needed to go. The instructions walk you through step by step how to get going. First step is charging the battery - which you should give it a few hours to complete. Mine came with 4 bars of power on it, but it still took a couple hours to peak it out. Once I had it charged, I was off to the races! Learning the 4 modes for a gimbal beginner is interesting - but it is nice that this gimbal is organized by these 4 separate modes of operation. I found use for the first 3, but the fourth is more for artistic movements... Maybe? The panning of the gimbal with the thumb operated joystick is rather fluid. With the app, you can adjust how fluid it pans, and really customize the heck out of this item. I really like the timelapse movement feature in the app. This allows you to have the gimbal automatically pan a shot over a specified timeframe. Cannot wait to play with that feature more. Calibrating it is pretty easy with the app. It runs you through gymnastics of calibrating it on a table. Quick tip - you can fine tune this in the app - i.e. roll, pitch, or yaw. The app is recommended highly because it allows you to do so much. This is a great gimbal for someone wanting to create video with an action camera on a low budget. I imagine you can use this with one of the $50 action cameras as well as a $400 GoPro model. As a matter of fact, it might even be the way to go with a lower cost action camera that does not have HyperSmooth. Basically you are building a DJI OSMO equal for around $150. Another positive to mention is the ability to charge your camera through the gimbal. It does add weight to the rig, so you may have to make some small in-app tweaks to roll and tilt, but otherwise it is great! The negatives... Every product has them... The first negative is how this gimbal is positioned realtive to my on-button of my GoPro 7. The way the camera sits on the Gimbal puts the power button against one of the pivot points. That makes powering my GoPro more difficult. I have to use my GoPro app or I have to power down the Gimbal, then remove it from the mount to power down. That is a great segway into the next negative... The mount... It is somewhat awkward to push your camera in and out of a friction mounting system. It does hold onto the camera really well - but it is just so awkward mounting and dismounting my camera. I wish there was a 'quick release' or something available for attaching various camera models - even as an accessory. The only other thing I have to mention is that the gimbal has the ability to control the stop and start of certain cameras. it is a bluetooth item and I was hoping it would connect to my GoPro to act as a stop/start remote - but I cannot figure out how this would work. I will do some googling to see if someone has figured this out yet through the bluetooth of the camera and the gimbal. Not a deal killer, but it would be a nice add-on is WiFi to setup as a WiFi remote for the GoPro. All in all, this is a pretty nice accessory for my GoPro for a very approachable price point. I hope to get some use out of this item moving forward and maybe upgrade to a Gimbal for my pro DSLR cameras once I get the hang of this action gimbal! I would definitely recommend this - especially to those just starting out!

After owning this gimbal and using it for 4-5 hours of filming skiing out in Colorado over the past month, I am fairly satisfied. The build quality is okay but it feels a little on the cheaper side. The stabilization is fairly good, comes with a few different modes where you can lock axes etc. , and the stabilizer can also be used as a power bank - around 2000 mAh I believe? (don't quote me on that one). It takes a little bit of practice to get used to how the gimbal reacts when you pan the camera and change angles, but it works pretty well when you get the hang of it. The image stabilization is also solid. Compared to the low cost mechanical stabilizer I was using prior to buying this gimbal, this stabilizer produces infinitely better videos and costs only 89 dollars! For my complaints with the product: I own a GoPro Hero 4, so prior to getting this stabilizer I always used it with its protective plastic case. In order to attach it onto the Hohem stabilizer though, I need to take it out of its case. This is a problem for me because when I am skiing and filming with the stabilizer, I don't want my camera exposed to the elements. This limited me to only filming on warmer sunny days. This won't be a problem however if you're using a camera with a hard outer shell like the Hero 7 and some others. The bracket used to attach the camera is also pretty flimsy and poor quality. Overall very satisfied with the product other than the few caveats listed above.

Desde el primer mentó inicié con grabar en zonas difícil de acceder y caminar incluso con mucho polvo y funcionó muy muy bien lo recomiendo mucho