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Nice Gimbal
The only problem I’ve encountered with this so far is that the joystick on the gimbal is also a button, and it’s a very easy button to press which then changes the gimbal mode. I will need to learn to be extremely delicate with the joystick as to not change the mode when I’m only trying to rotate the camera. Other than that it’s great so far.

Good value for money. Honestly though, save up and get something with more polish …
11/7/2024 : Testing with iPhone 15 Pro (with case). At $84.99 (before 25% coupon) at the time of writing, it seems like pretty good value for money if you are looking to get a 3-axis gimbal mount with face/body tracking. The difference between the “kit” and the non-kit seems to be only the additional magnetic light. I’m not sure you will need it, but, if you’re getting this, why not get it as well, who knows? I mounted my phone and read through the manual. Then, I came here to see their videos, I strongly suggest watching their videos, since a lot of material is missing from the printed manual! The face tracking is pretty good, but you need to first install the app, then pair bluetooth in the ios settings (it doesn’t show up within the app for some reason). The app is not too easy to follow, but also not that bad, you can figure things out by pressing here and their. You have to give permission for camera/microphone/photos in order to access camera from within the app, which is the only way to use the tracking features. The zoom worked, the 360 rotation works, everything seems to work, so I think it’s a pretty good deal, but you will lose out on some polish from the popular higher end competitor. What I was a little sad about was that it uses an old-school clamp instead of mag-safe; having mag-safe would make the whole installation so much easier. But, for that you need to go with something almost twice the price (I haven’t used those higher end models yet, so whether those are twice as good, I do not know). I like that you can mount his on the tiny tripod, or on your own full tripod. To be honest, this plus your own tripod is probably a much better value for money than the selfie-stick style rotating tracking models (single access model). I will be perfectly honest, if I were to be spending my own hard earned cash, I would save up for the popular brand that has mag-safe attachments and probably a much more polished all round experience. Since I was able to get this on vine, I am trying to get a variety of perspectives on what is available. I will give this 5-stars, because at the price it is pretty great value, and you’ll definitely have a lot of fun. Just make sure it has everything that you need. I have recorded some face-tracking etc samples, but will add those to a video review later. I feel a little sad giving this recommendation, because clearly AOCHUAN has tried hard to provide a compelling product at a reasonable price. If they could push just a liiiiitle bit more on the features (magsafe, better stability/rotation), and a bit more polish on the app, this would make a lot more sense for saving yourself some cash. I haven’t done any timelapse videos, but if you look at how poorly the app is rated, just be prepared for some bugs to pop up at regular enough intervals to make you wish you had spent more… is my initial impression. I will try to use this a bit more, and provide updates along the way.

It feels like really good quality, follows with ease I had to watch a YouTube video for instructions but once you get the hang of it nice bit of kit

This is a review of the Aochuan Smart gimbal stabilizer for smart phones. I tested this with a few different phones. I used a Samsung S23 and A54, as well as an Umidigi A11.The gimbal can be folded down so it is more compact and easy to carry, but you do not receive a case with this one. You do receive a small plastic tripod that can be screwed into the handle and adds an extra 3.5″ to the 4.5″ handle, the battery, and a USB A to USB C charging cable. The entire construction is a textured plastic that helps you to grip the device and cuts down on weight but possibly at the cost of durability.This uses three axis or stabilization including tilt (pitch), pan (rotation) and roll. There are 4 modes that set how this operates, a Pan-Follow mode, a Full follow mode (one I use the most) a full Lock and a POV mode. By single clicking the joystick, you scroll through these modes. Orientation can be set to either landscape or portrait, and you can switch between the two settings by a simple double click of the record button. When filming with this you do get a much “smoother” image that is free of jittery footage. Just make sure you balance your phone when you first attach it, I also calibrated the gimbal when first using it (press joystick up and power at same time, then hold folding arm horizontal to ground and press the record button once, let it do it’s thing without touching anything else). Not sure it was necessary but there was an online video about doing this so I did it.There are a couple of really nice features built into this. It has a built in fill light that works well in low light conditions and has 3 different brightness settings. On the back side of the light (against your phone) is a magnetic charging disk that can use the gimbals removable 2600mah battery to charge your phone (this battery can be replaced during long recording sessions, but you will have to buy additional batteries separately). The Aochuan app integrates your phone with the gimbal through Bluetooth connection. This adds features like facial tracking, object tracking, body tracking and gesture controls. The attached video is an example where I had the A54/gimbal set to facial tracking mode in the app. It recognized the toy Grogu’s face and the gimbal smoothly tracked as I moved it around the toy. Very cool!I do have couple of issues with the gimbal. The biggest problem with this is the limited tilt or pitch ability. It can not point very far down or up and when at its extremes, it seems to lose it’s self and can go a little crazy when moved (see the photo with phone mounted, this is the extreme down angle possible) . The other thing I found is that it doesn’t work well when your phone is in a case except a very minimal one. The fingers on the phone clamp are short and shallow, and on all the phones I tested, interfere with the use of the buttons on the side when the phone is balanced in the arm (if you don’t balance it, the battery will drain much quicker). Gesture control is pretty cool, but I found it to be a bit hit and miss on a couple of them. The palm gesture to start and stop recording works well, but the two thumbs up and Ok gesture for switching orientation and video/picture mode respectively, only work about half the time. The last issue I have is with the zoom switch on this. No matter which setting I use for zoom speed, it is not a “smooth” zooming in and out, but a very obvious “stepped” zoom. Not sure if this is due to the phone or the gimbal.Once you take the time to set this up correctly, both physically (balance the phone) and electronically (calibration and app settings) it does a very good job of stabilizing and removing shakes from your videos but with some limitations (maybe there will be a firmware update that allows more tilt as it isn’t a limitation of the hardware that I can tell)). Aochuan has other models with additional features that you may want to consider (carrying case, extendable grips, AI tracking, independent focus) for not a lot more money.I am not a professional user or a content creator, and thisis my first experience with a gimbal. I usually don’t have many issues with figuring out technology, but this does have a learning curve and the manual does not provide a lot of guidance. There are some decent videos online to help get you going though. I mainly want nice smooth videos that look a little better, and this does help do that once you figure it out, at a good price.