Buy Hover Camera? You need to see this first

Zero Zero Robotics released their newest selfie drone the Hover Camera on October 17 with a starting price of $599. Many people want to buy a Hover Camera. At first glance, the Hover Camera is pretty cool. When folded up, the quadcopter is about the size of a videocassette. So… so there’s no time to delay. Let’s get stuck into some of its key features!

The Hover Camera is controlled by an iOS or Android app, so anyone with a smartphone can connect via Wi-Fi and easily learn to control this quad (though the Wi-Fi range is limited to a maximum of 20 meters, according to the company’s specifications).

What’s cool, is that the company has built in a few smart features.

The Hover Cam can follow you, or orbit. It has face tracking and body tracking – and can even spin in one spot to capture a panorama shot.

People buy Hover Camera not just for the function or distance, camera is the core feature. As for the image? It’s captured in 13 megapixels via a 1/3.06” CMOS sensor. The maximum image size is 4208×3120 pixels with a field-of-view of 28mm. What’s more, it’s capable of recording 4k, 1080p, and 720p – all at 30 fps. You can control the pitch of the camera angle from -90 degrees to +30 degrees.

These features sound quite familiar don’t they? In fact, they’re pretty similar to other drones of the same ilk like, Zerotech’s Dobby and Yuneec’s Breeze as well as others. But these drones are priced cheaper than the Hover Camera and they outperform most of its features. So why the sky high pricing? What’s so good or so bad about the Hover Camera? Before you buy Hover Camera, you should attention some features.

To start with, its propellers are fully enclosed by a strong carbon fiber frame, making it the safest drone we’ve ever played with. Using optical and sonar sensors to position instead of GPS, Hover Camera is easily affected by lights and can’t really hover precisely. There’s no return-to-home function and without GPS it struggles to outdoors.

Last but not least: the battery. I love that Hover Camera sends you two batteries, along with a charger that can charge both at once, with the Passport. It’s especially useful because the battery life is only 8-10 minutes. Officially, the battery life is 10 minutes, but in practice I usually found it to be a bit shorter.

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