Can This Drone Really Follow You? HOVERAir X1 PROMAX Tested

I took the Hover Air X1 Pro Max all the

way up to Mount Rigi just to see if

these tracking modes actually work in

real life.

Because they look great in marketing,

but out here it's a different story. In

the last video, we set up the X1 Pro Max

and got it in the air. Now, I want to

show you the tracking modes and more

importantly, what actually works.

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channel. So, I brought the X1 up here to

Mount Rigi in Switzerland.

It took a bit to get up here, but it's a

perfect place to test this properly.

>> [music]

>> The idea is simple. You don't fly the

drone, it follows you. But depending on

how you move and where you are, some

modes work better than others. So, let's

go through the ones [music] that

actually use.

I want to test out a different flight

pattern of the Hover Air X1 Pro Max. I

did this already a while ago, you can

check out this video here. I'm recording

everything in 4K at 24 frames per

second. I use the HLG for recording the

quality of the colors. I use HLG, so

it's a log file, so I can actually

adjust the colors much better in

post-production. So, this way you can

see the best quality it comes. This

camera here on this drone can do 8K, but

it cannot do 8K and HLG. So, I'm

choosing 4K, which is plenty for what

I'm doing right now here. Let's start

with the follow mode. This one is the

one I use the most. Let's do follow

here.

Yeah, follow me here.

>> [music]

>> Just walking, [music] hiking, moving

naturally, it works really well.

The key is [music] keep your movement

simple. Don't rush it.

Next is the dolly [music] track.

Let's see here.

Slowly actually.

>> [music]

>> Should be in front of me like it is

right now.

It gives you that nice push in [music]

or pull back look.

Feels a bit more cinematic, but again,

works best when things stay controlled.

Yeah, took a little bit to adjust

[music] itself, but it did very well.

Angle track works. I just point an angle

and it basically [music] keeps that

angle more or less either front,

back, side. So, you can choose [music]

the angle you want to your motion and it

keeps that angle. This one actually I

like a lot.

So, it should follow me from this more

or less 90° angle here.

Let's see how it [music] does.

So far, it does pretty well. I mean,

almost 90°.

It feels more like a proper video shot.

Great for storytelling, but not for fast

movement. Yeah, it's pretty much Orbit

is the classic one.

I have to set [music] to orbit twice

around me.

It looks great, especially in places

like this. [music]

But it needs space. In tighter areas,

it's a bit more limited.

And then you have things like bird's eye

or zoom out.

These are great for quick establishing

[music] shots. Let's do bird's eye view.

It goes up in the air and it turns

around. Let's see this.

You just trigger it and it does the move

for you.

>> [music]

>> There are a few more modes as well, like

spiral, dolly zoom, 360 spin, but

honestly, these five are the ones I kept

coming back to. And this is really the

key thing. This isn't about flying a

drone, it's about capturing something

[music] without thinking too much about

it. And for that, it works really well.

But I usually do pick one mode and just

build the shot around [music] it. Don't

overcomplicate things.

In the next video, I'll show you where

this really makes sense and how you

actually use it in real life.

That's where it becomes really

interesting.

And if you want to check out the X1 Pro

Max, I've put the link down in the

description. I'm curious, which of these

modes would you actually use? Check out

this video next to learn more about

filmmaking and filmmaking gear and how

to use them. Thanks for watching. Until

the next one. Bye for now.