Yuneec Breeze vs Hover Camera:Which one is for you?

The Yuneec Breeze and Hover Camera Passport are compact, portable and can easily fit into a stuffed backpack — especially the foldable Hover Camera, which is a little bigger than an iPhone 7 Plus (when folded).We’ve just taken the $400 Yuneec Breeze and $600 Hover Camera Passport “flying cameras” out for flights. Both are great first copters to get your feet wet in the land of drone photography.

These drones are operated via smartphone apps that let you launch, land, fly up and down, left and right and take photos and videos of your activities.

Both have features in their apps to home in on you and follow you on bike rides, roller blading, hikes and the like. And both come with a second battery, which is vital. Both will fly for just around 10 minutes before needing a recharge.

What they won’t do is go as high into the air as the bigger drones. Their limits range from about 65 feet to 300 feet.

The Yuneec Breeze and Hover Camera Passport are positioned to be used for aerial group shots and unique video angles on the world that go higher than any selfie stick.

As I’ve found in playing with drones the past few weeks, you really don’t have to go very high to get a great shot. Nine to 10 feet in the air and you get a killer slightly aerial image that looks nothing like your friends’ videos on Facebook. And they soar, too, in video mode.

The Hover Camera also has digital stabilization when shooting 1080p, and like the Yuneec Breeze, none when shooting 4K footage. This is a problem when you’re flying a device in the air and can be battling wind for your soaring shots. (The company says it hopes to add IS in the next edition of the camera.)

Unlike the Yuneec Breeze, the Hover Camera seemed to obey directions better. When told on the app to go somewhere, it did so. Outside, that just won’t be very high.

The downside is that footage could be shaky. Hover says a gimbal will be added next year, so you might want to wait.

Neither drone lets you shoot to a memory card — instead, the internal storage means you’ll need to move the clips and photos via Wi-Fi to your phone, or connect them to the computer.

If you’re looking for a low-cost way to add a drone, both models operate effortlessly, get you up in the air pretty instantly and should provide hours of entertainment.Which one would you prefer?

 

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