Insta360 Flow Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphone, Creator Kit - AI-Powered Gimbal, Auto Tracking Phone Stabilizer, 3-Axis Stabilization, Built-in Tripod, Portable & Foldable

Never had a phone gimbal before, but as I must film behind the scenes myself when regularly making videos, I find it difficult when I am on my own. So I thought I would try the Insta360Flow as the tracking will help stop me from going out of frame.So firstly, the set-up was simple, put the phone on the magnetic clip, connect to the gimbal, turn the handle and hey presto, it switches on, spins around, and auto balances. By the way, the size is great, my daughter remarked that it was so much smaller than her gimbal and she thought that was quite compact.You need to download the Insta360 App, which I already had for my insta360 x3. Open the app and it will recognise your camera if you have one and the Flow, click to connect the Flow and you will probably get a firmware update. Update and then you're connected. Worked fine with my phone, I use a Samsung A53.The Insta360 Flow gives you a choice of a built-in tripod or a ¼ “screw hole at the bottom, so you can use the built-in tripod, or connect it to a tripod or longer selfie stick with a stand.So I put in on a tripod, Switched on the ‘Hand Gesture’ on the App, which is great, just hold your hand up and it will start recording after 3 seconds, and it happily tracked me whilst I moved around with no issues at all, held my hand up again and it stopped recording. Worked a treat!I also tried it handheld and found the trigger movement up and down to be nice and smooth, even when you pull out the selfie stick part from the handle and tilt it down like a regular selfie stick.Not having used one before, I found it worked smoothly, it will take me a while to get used to the controls on the wheel and the double tapping for various effects/movements but it’s quite intuitive.The Zoom worked on my Samsung A53, which is great and as usual, the App gives some great features for shooting and controlling the phone and gimbal. I tried 360, but it did not work on my first attempt, may have been me as I don’t read instructions. I will try again but I know this is not available on some lesser phone models so we will see.So to sum up, I love the size, and the ease of use, I use the App with my Insta360X3 so I know how great this is so I expect this to be great. Insta360 adds firmware updates on a regular basis, adding and improving functionality which is great. As soon as you connect to the App it will tell you if there is an update and you just accept, and this keeps your gear up to date. Excellent.The functions are great, the built-in Tripod I have not seen on any other gimbal and that makes it so easy to stand somewhere to film with no need for additional equipment, coupled with one of the best Apps out there, this is a must if you're looking for a gimbal.Looking forward to using this regularly 😊

I’ve had two years now, use all the time still. Learning curve is a bit

Much to my chagrin, the cold shoe is basically useless. I Love my Shure Movemics. They are excellent. However, the receiver does not fit in the garbage cold shoe mount. So now what do I do? I am beyond frustrated.Update: The shoe is still garbage. I purchased a cheap shoe that has and elastic band that straps it to the gimbal and problem solved. I like the gimbal so I upped my rating to 3 stars. I think you’ll like this gimbal but here is my next frustrations.1. HUGE PROBLEM - YOU CANNOT USE CINEMATIC MODE IN THE INSTA360 APP. I purchased a brand new iPhone 15 Pro Mac specifically to shoot quality video in cinematic mode. My iPhone 11 Pro Max was not capable of this. I come to find out you cannot use it in the insta 360 app. I shoot mostly by myself. So, I don’t have anyone to work the camera. The main draw to this gimbal is that is has a really good follow and focus follow feature. However, you cannot use it in cinematic mode : /. SOOOOOOO DISAPOINTING. When I want to shoot in Cinematic mode I might as well be using a tripod without the gimbal. Cinematic mode is so important to creating quality video. I’m shocked they didn’t realize this. I hope they read this and update the app.2. Customer support is very slow. Thank goodness for YouTubers. There’s a long learning curve.I do like the device and will use it. It would probably get 5 stars if I could use cinematic mode and there was a set of intuitive instructions. I share this constructively in the hope that insta360 reads it and uses it to improve their product. I understand this is the first iteration. If they take this feedback seriously they will take their good product to a great product.Update 3: Really like the device and I think you will too. Raising my stars to 4. The latest disappointment is that the usbc cables are just charging cables and not data cables. So, they don’t work with my Shure Movemics. Hope that saves you some aggravation. If I would have known that I would not have purchased the accessory package. You require usb3 or usb4 for data. I guess it’s partly my fault for not knowing the difference.The support is still slow but friendly. They do get back to you it just takes some time.It’s a good gimbal and I really like it. There are just some things they could improve upon. This is the first iteration of the product so I would imagine the future version will be much improved. If you buy this I think you’ll like it.