Hover Air X1 Pro Max Review – Best Self-Flying Drone?

The fact that you just somehow avoided

all of that was absolutely

insane. Holy

Uh yeah.

Wow.

They always say that the best camera you

have is the camera you have with you and

I couldn't agree more with that. And as

a solo content creator, having the most

minimal bag with me is the best thing

possible.

And what if your drone didn't need a

controller, a pilot, and followed you

like its own flying cameraman? Also, it

fit into your sling.

This [snorts] is the Hover Air Pro Max

and it is an 8K self-flying camera that

completely has revolutionized the way

that I've been able to create content.

And for solo content creators, this

thing is an absolute must.

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>> All right, you're probably asking

yourself, why is this one of the most

important things in my kit? And it's

because it is definitely a self-flying

cameraman. I primarily film electric

skateboards, EUCs, e-scooters, e-bikes.

So, for me, asking one of my friends to

come out with me is always a hassle and

setting up a shot on a camera tripod or

having something that's magnetically

mounted to a sign and riding past it and

having to go back and grab it, it

[music] just became a a bit tedious and

wasn't getting the shot that I wanted.

This flying cameraman literally has

completely revolutionized everything

that I've been able to do for my

channel, for my content. As far as

traveling, family photos, even just

simple wanting to go ahead and throw

this in the bag and have like your day

at the park filmed, this is something

that's incredibly easy to use, doesn't

have any complex accessories or anything

like that, can literally be controlled

just by taking it off and flying it

around. But, if you do want a little bit

more control, Hover Air thought of that

as well, too, and that is where they

came out with the Beacon and the Joy

Controller. This is also a an incredible

addition to the system. Completely

stand-alone, you don't have to use this

[music] with this, but this gives you a

lot more creative features. Built-in

microphone, the ability to fly farther

and use it like a regular drone

controller even with your phone as well,

too, which is a very nice accessory, in

my opinion, and one that I truly welcome

because there were certain moments that

I wanted to maybe capture a wider scene

or get a little farther out than the

standard 50-ish [music] to 70 ft that I

was able to fly away with my manual on

the phone. This gives you that option to

be able to control it and write it a

regular drone, which is perfect. All

right, so

what is it? The Hover Air Pro Max is

basically a self-flying camera drone

designed for creators who don't want to

deal with complex setups, no big

controller required, no giant case, no

intimidating launch process. It unfolds,

it powers on, it locks onto you, and it

flies.

The Beacon and the joysticks, though,

changes everything in that sense. The

Beacon extends the tracking range, it

gives you a live preview screen on

there, and improves subject tracking.

Also adds the manual control for the

joysticks as well, too.

So, it's part autonomous drone, part

regular traditional like FPV style

drone. There's a whole kind of gray area

with the two of this. It blends a lot of

it together, but again, you can buy just

this and have the best experience

possible. Here are a few clips that I

want to demonstrate with the Beacon and

the joystick combination. So, I am

manually placing the drone in the air

where I want it to be. Then, as I

continue to ride forward, I'm having the

drone do this arching sweep motion where

it actually is panning out in front of

me, and you could not be able to do this

with any other drone as easily as

possible with this setup. I truly think

that it's just a game-changer when it

comes to content creation for solo

content creators. I would have had to

rely on someone to be able to, you know,

fly the drone, be able to have that

skill and that ability to do it. I'm

able to do it on my own, quick, up,

back, and done. I'm very happy with it.

And I'm able to get these incredible

cinematic style shots that, again,

wouldn't be able to do on my own with

any other situation than this drone. So,

again, the drone is now circling me as

I'm able to go ahead and ride and get

these just, again, incredible shots that

would be really hard to obtain any other

way. So, being able to carve back and

forth, control it with the controller in

one hand, my remote control for my

electric skateboard in the other hand,

you're just getting a much different

perspective than you would outside of

just into 360 series look or GoPro style

look.

Let us talk about the actual different

features that are available just on the

drone alone, like a zoom out and zoom in

feature,

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>> follow feature, dolly zoom, orbit,

spiral. There are so many different

things available on this drone. There's

actually 15 [music] different flight

modes available just on the drone alone.

So, you don't actually have to use the

controller or anything along those lines

that way.

Even as something as simple as just

hovering in place and being able to get

this shot [music] that I wouldn't be

able to get unless I climbed a tree,

it's just fun.

Other features are like follow close

where, basically, [music] in wooded

trails or areas, it stays very locked in

on what you are doing. Another

incredible feature is using the Beacon

with microphone. This is demoing just

using the microphone here and being able

to hear crystal-clear audio while riding

and be able to record like I'm talking

to someone that is following behind me,

just amazing.

It's borrowed [music] similarities from

other companies, but at that point

created its own and made it something

that is just beautiful to ride,

beautiful to look at,

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>> and just

unrelentless when it comes to the power.

Ready to ride 13 mph and go.

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>> Another thing I wanted to talk about is

that the drone flies up to 26 mph, but

can burst above [music] speeds of 30

mph, just like in this video here. I'm

able to hit 37 mph and this drone is

able to keep right up with me.

Being able to just kind of hammer down

and still feel incredibly stable at

speeds here.

Please control speed to avoid [music]

losing track.

That was hella fun.

Here's where [music] this thing truly

shines. If you are a solo content

creator that is an extreme sports

person, downhill biker, skier, surfer,

anything along those lines that way,

Hover Air really does have [music] an

insane amount of lineup for you. Tripods

don't move, friends get tired of filming

you, and traditional drones require you

to actually have two hands and a lot of

This literally launches from your palm,

you start riding, and it just follows

you. The tracking is surprisingly sticky

and even especially with the Beacon

active as well, too, because it just

locks in on that as well, too. And

because it's lightweight and enclosed,

it feels [music] way less intimidating

flying near you compared to like the

bigger drones.

Now, let's talk image quality. The Hover

Air offers an 8K resolution, a [music]