Zhiyun Smooth X Phone Gimbal - Real World Test! | The Tech Chap

This video is made in partnership with Zhiyun.

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[Thetechchap]

Hey chaps! Would you buy a Gimbal for your phone??

[TheRacingChannel]

Did he say a Grey T-Shirt is Green😮 .... And there is a guy that sounds like you in the throttle house YouTube channel 🤔

[yaimem]

works so well with the iphone 12.
2axis stabilization is enough if youre using a phone with an Optical Image Stabilization back camera, it smoothens out the jerkiness when walking.

also a tip, when recording videos record with the gimbal stick fully extended. that smoothens out the Tilt axis jerkiness alot.

[amanjha]

"GOOD FORBID TIK TOK VIDEO" YES FINALLY SOME GOOD VIBE FROM TOM. NOW. I'M SUBSCRIBING
NOTE: I'VE BEEN A SUBSCRIBER FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TODAY. LOL.

[harmohitsingh]

Great video currently using s20+ & iphone 11.Would love to try out gimbal on my next vacation.Hats to your partner supporting you in what u love to do.Gbless

[dcstanda]

Definitely want to get this product as Im filming thing I literally have to sit with the phone and hold it. Also I'm rocking the S20+ and that is good value for something like that as Im on a budget

[thurstonhowell]

Thanks for that. solved all my problems. And I got mine second hand for 25 quid!

[blenlo.]

The tech chap finds great tech 4 his videos- amazing

[joelgarner]

Funny story: I got myself a DJI om 5 for Christmas and taken it out to the pit when I went out 8 days after I got it. I left it in the pub and I had it for 8 days. I'm looking for some cheaper alternatives, like the smooth X, because I'll probably leave it somewhere again.

[tinchairs]

Would you ever consider doing an Apple Ecosystem vs Google Ecosystem? I.e. Pixelbook Go, Pixel 4, Google Nest, Pixel Buds, etc vs Macbook, iPhone 11, HomePod, Airpods, etc.

[nannystatenonsense]

and now for the non sponsored (truth) about this gimbal.
Ive been using the Smooth X for almost a year now.
Lots of very disappointed owners with reports of it not working when updating the gimbal software (and it constantly nags you in to doing it when youre trying to concentrate on your filming, and the option to say 'get lost I'm busy!' is tiny so very easy to accidently agree to it when you dont want to).
I havent updated mine (complete PITA with the non-stop nagging) but at least mine still works.
With my iPhone 8 plus, using the non-updated app, it works really quite well. Theres also a couple of other button press options not mentioned in this video like fixing the orientation. But it DOES crash far too often resulting in you losing all the footage you are currently recording. Ive lost count how much footage ive lost on this thing (usually when you think you just captured something great).

It also frequently loses the bluetooth connection to the phone, simultaneously disconnecting the camera app and of course, again, losing what ever you were just shooting. It even decided to prompt me to update the app right in the middle of filming, again dropping all my footage (I DONT TRUST YOUR APP UPDATE GET LOST! When other users report its safe to use then I will).
Frankly, the App is Crap, but without it it barely works at all either (see below). To be fair, WHEN it works, for the price its great, but its too unreliable to trust either recording long footage (I got in the habit of pressing to stop the recording so it saves on my phone, and then restart recording periodically to lessen the risk of losing so much footage) or to update the app for fear of bricking the gimbal all together.

The most annoying part, is if you try to use it without their app. I also have a GoPro10 and while it physically fits, without the app this gimbal goes nuts and starts having fits if you try to film with the handle rotated 90 degrees up from vertical? (picture holding the handle at 3 and 9 on a clock face). As well as this the joystick to control where the camera is facing only seems to work when it feels like it.
In the vertical it seems to work ok, but I never shoot in this way.

I'm already looking for another gimbal, a 3-way this time, but there doesnt seem to be ANY currently sub £200 that also has a telescopic feature that I need.


Zhiyun, sort your app out please. I'd also like to know why it goes nuts when not using the app, I (and many others) dont need your app features.

[TechnoTunes]

*AWESOME Video!* Amazing Gimbal For Phone With Interesting Features! 👍

[turku-suomi-finland]

i read from other place that the GPS needs to be on while using this gimbal & the app - so it requires also internet

[BOSS-UAQ]

Thanks man ... The app is working better in iPhone than the androis is it true.

[ryandaniel]

Awesome video thanks. Had a question. Do you prefer using the gimbal app or native phone app while filming ?

[cmy]

I watch not because of all these gadgets but seeing you brings joy and brightens my heart. Love your personality, plus, you're too handsome :)

[feelgeorge]

Can you compare this Gimbal to the pupular DJI Osmo Mobile 3  please.

[cookingstudio]

He:God forbid tiktok
(Tiktokers :mate not you too)

[zvdndxf]

Loving my Samsung note 10+ in aura glow. Beautiful phone

[shahrukhinframe]

can we use this by bluetooth as well as bluetooth mic? so tow bluetooth devices in one go?