$599 for a Hover Camera Passport selfie drone? Think twice

Last year, a new type of drone hit the (preorder) market. It was the self-flying camera drone – a device that promised to combine camera and AI technology to create a drone that you could essentially throw in the air to follow you around and take photos and videos. Some of these drones include Dobby, Lily, Breeze and Hover Camera Passport.

Let’s talk about the Hover Camera Passport which make the Internet abuzz in the drone space, whose features include auto-follow and hover maneuverability. Weighing just 242 grams, Hover Camera Passport is a self-flying drone – throw it into the air and it will follow you around taking photos and videos.

As talking about the selfie the most important is the camera, Hover camera passport comes with stabilization (both electronic and through a one-directional physical gimbal) – which helps steady the footage. The camera can shoot in 1080p and 4K.

Yes, you may say that’s great, it has high quality camera and stabilization which can make good photo or video. But I say that’s too naïve, it’s just one determinant, you also should take other factors into consideration. The first issue Hover Camera Passport has is with camera stabilization. It’s obvious that the electronic stabilization the Passport uses is working overtime, and without it videos would be un-watchable. It’s definitely doing its job. The problem I had was that even with the electronic stabilization working overtime, the videos often came out choppy. This detracted from the actual video quality, making the output look more like 720p than 4K video. And also no GPS design make stabilization even worse outdoor.

The Hover Camera Passport drone is actually the most expensive selfie stick you will ever buy. But conventional selfie sticks don’t fly. So is it really worth paying $599 for a flying selfie stick? Let’s admit it – selfies taken with normal selfie sticks lack the ‘cool’ factor which aerial shots give. This is why buying the self-flying selfie stick actually makes sense. With seamless technology that focuses on ‘ease of use’ rather than hi-tech features, you won’t have to worry about usual time-taking processes such as installing, updating, or upgrading. You can simply live in the moment and enjoy your surroundings while letting the drone do its job and capture the beauty all around. That’s the power of a self-flying drone!

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