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Sunday, 29 October 2017

JJRC H43WH Blue Crab Selfie Quadcopter Drone

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Unboxing & Assembly

This drone comes all nicely packaged in a stylish box. When you open the box the following greets you:-

1 x Quadcopter
1 x Battery Charger
1 x Battery
4 x Spare propellers
1 x propeller removal tool
2 x manuals

There is no transmitter with this drone as it is controlled via your smartphone / tablet using the JJRC app.

Flight

For once we have a beautiful day to fly this little folding copter. My first step was to push the small button on the back of the quad that releases the propeller arms, then to connect my smart device to the copter and start the flight. I like the JJRC app as its quite basic but has some great features to get you flying quick and safely.
My first impressions of the drone flying is that was is very stable, altitude hold works very well but there was one quite large problem, I noticed the quadcopter was climbing but not dropping altitude very quick, it even seemed to get stuck at the 8ft mark (approx), even using the automatic landing it didn't fall enough. So i assessed the situation as i was on my won i decided to keep flying it, about 3 minutes later the battery drained and the copter brought itself down quickly and it landed without any issue.

Overall - 5/10

Positive - Flies very well, altitude hold works well, video quality recorded by the camera is good, folding arms makes this super portable, controlled from your smartphone using the JJRC app

Negative - Battery life is far too short, 360 flips don’t work but not every option works with every copter on the JJRC app.

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Tuesday, 2 May 2017

1080p Sports Camera Review - Sent by Didobuy

I was sent this gadget by Didobuy for an un-paid, non biased review.

Delivery

Very fast, turned up within 2 days and the outer packaging was in great condition, the package inside was also in good condition.

Product

https://www.didobuy.com/hd-sports-camera-1080p-2inch-screen-action-cam-waterproof-kit-included

Camera

The 'Sports Cam' as its called comes in one box with the camera on show through a plastic window. Once you take the camera out you will find the battery already inside the camera, it won’t have any charge and will need to be charged for 2 hours before use.

The camera does not come with a MicroSD card but does require one to record video and take pictures, i have used a standard class10 4GB card for this test and found it to work without issues.

The microphone on this camera is not that great and as such will need some volume adding to it in the video editing process, I did find i had to enable the audio through the camera's main menu as the first load of video i recorded had no sound.

Camera - Waterproof Case

The Sports Cam comes with a waterproof case that allows up to 30 meters of waterproof filming. I can confirm that the case keeps the camera totally dry, I would recommend drying off the waterproof casing before removing the camera. The quality and clarity underwater is good although the mic doesn’t pick up sound very well. In this test I kept the camera underwater for 10 minutes.

Accessories

There are also a load of accessories that come with the camera including:-

1 x Waterproof camera housing
1 x Back mounting clip
1 x Handle bar / Pole Mount
1 x Helmet Base clip
1 x Other mount
2 x Sticky backed mats
1 x Battery
1 x User Manual
4 x Velcro straps
1 x USB Cable.

Conclusion

So far I have used this camera solid for a day and have found it to be really useful and a good replacement to me taking my big video camera out. The battery holds a good charge, the back of the box states 1.5 hours of life but so far i have used it for approx 2 hours and am 3/4 the way through it. Sound is clear but low, make sure you enable audio in the menu before use.

Video 8/10

Sound 6/10

Battery 9/10

For the price you cannot go wrong with this little GoPro clone.

Unboxing Pictures