Who has a Pivo?

Hmmm, paired OK, set up OK, saw me and started to track, and lost me every time. Never did a full circle.

My arena is 30 X 30, tried in the middle and on the outside in the corner, but it never did track a full circle. Gave up as it was very hot!
 
what settings did you have it on, Red? I have found AI, horse (obv) centre of screen, fast or frenzy speed and then depending on the area zoomed in a bit or the brightness turned up has worked for me. Also having it on a taller tripod has been more reliable than on a low block.
 
Did anyone else experience issues with it in shipment. My was shipped, but had been sitting in Hong Kong for days now which has me a bit worried.
 
Has the Pivo Equestrians group been deleted? I can only seem to find the Pivo horse riding community one.
 
Mine arrived a few days ago but I've now go no where to use it (long story). I've not even taken the plastic off the boxes! Pivo have told me to return it to an address in South Korea which is going to cost me £50 in shipping, and they're going to keep the same amount back from my refund to cover the initial cost of shipping so I'll get a refund of a whole £9! Just something for people to be aware of.
I'll be putting mine up for sale if anyone is interested.
 
DirectorFury said:
Mine arrived a few days ago but I've now go no where to use it (long story). I've not even taken the plastic off the boxes! Pivo have told me to return it to an address in South Korea which is going to cost me £50 in shipping, and they're going to keep the same amount back from my refund to cover the initial cost of shipping so I'll get a refund of a whole £9! Just something for people to be aware of.
I'll be putting mine up for sale if anyone is interested.
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I'm interested! That's a rubbish refund
 
Oh no!
I'd def put it up for sale, I saw someone selling one on the BD facebook page that went pretty fast
 
Mine just came today! Can’t wait to try it out later. Only thing is I now also need a tripod. When I bought Pivo I didn’t know that YO had decided to make another outdoor arena. So now we have a beautiful 20x60 with a view. But unlike our old 20x40 it doesn’t have a tall-ish fence around it, so there’s nowhere to put Pivo. I’ll need to see what I can do about that until I get a tripod...
 
AUB said:
Mine just came today! Can’t wait to try it out later. Only thing is I now also need a tripod. When I bought Pivo I didn’t know that YO had decided to make another outdoor arena. So now we have a beautiful 20x60 with a view. But unlike our old 20x40 it doesn’t have a tall-ish fence around it, so there’s nowhere to put Pivo. I’ll need to see what I can do about that until I get a tripod...
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have you got any jump blocks etc?
i used the pivo excuse to get myself a new tripod, my old one was so fiddly to put up. new one was super cheap so I doubt it will last the multiple decades that the old one has, but it's saved a lot of swearing and faffing :p
 
milliepops said:
have you got any jump blocks etc?
i used the pivo excuse to get myself a new tripod, my old one was so fiddly to put up. new one was super cheap so I doubt it will last the multiple decades that the old one has, but it's saved a lot of swearing and faffing :p
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I don’t think jumping blocks would be enough, the arena is raised about 50 cm to drain better, so that would only be hoof-height. Could make for some cool footage, come to think of it! I’ll definitely try that later on, but for today I’ll just go in our old arena where I can put Pivo up on the fence and actually reach it without getting off.
 
Mine is working well for flatwork but can't quite cope with jumping- it's ok if we don’t jump too high but once we're in the air it seems to stop recognizing it as a horse!
I'm pleased with mine overall though, it's been a useful tool
 
Mine arrived a week or so ago.
Have tried it twice, and it's not going well. It's starts off tracking me but quickly loses me and spins in the opposite direction.

I think it might be my phone, but I'm not paying out for a new one just to use a Pivo.

Will probably have to sell anyway as horse is now up for sale and won't have anything to school til next year....
 
I’m quite happy with mine. It’s not perfect, and I can’t be bothered using it everyday because I do focus too much on it and can’t use the whole arena so it impairs my riding a little, but to check once a week or so if we’re generally moving in the right direction I think it’s a good tool.

I’ve learned lots from just following the Facebook group. And auto zoom will be cool! Can’t wait for that.
 
mavandkaz said:
Mine arrived a week or so ago.
Have tried it twice, and it's not going well. It's starts off tracking me but quickly loses me and spins in the opposite direction.

I think it might be my phone, but I'm not paying out for a new one just to use a Pivo.

Will probably have to sell anyway as horse is now up for sale and won't have anything to school til next year....
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If you do decide to sell pivo can you let me know?
 
mavandkaz said:
Mine arrived a week or so ago.
Have tried it twice, and it's not going well. It's starts off tracking me but quickly loses me and spins in the opposite direction.

I think it might be my phone, but I'm not paying out for a new one just to use a Pivo.

Will probably have to sell anyway as horse is now up for sale and won't have anything to school til next year....
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This is what happened with me. It would start to follow then lose me. There were a couple of factors, the sun was low plus I had a jump up.
milliepops said:
what settings did you have it on, Red? I have found AI, horse (obv) centre of screen, fast or frenzy speed and then depending on the area zoomed in a bit or the brightness turned up has worked for me. Also having it on a taller tripod has been more reliable than on a low block.
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Sorry, I missed this. Firstly I had mum troubles to sort again, then my arena was re-surfaced. No time to play.
 
milliepops said:
rain!!
hopeless at the moment :p

I think I read they are releasing auto zoom this week :cool:
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ive used mine the once, it worked quite well. my horse has had a couple of weeks off due to saddle adjustment. Hopefully will have another go at the weekend.

The auto zoom should be good, if anyone receives notification of its release could they update this post in case I miss it, pretty please ??
 
I am late to the party as wasn't really sure what the Pivo was but know now. Am tempted too as normally ride on my own and find it so helpful when I see a video as I realise my forward is still snail pace. Off to look at the link now. What sort of height works best for it to be set at - thinking whether tripod or perhaps top of a beer barrel (that is probably too low but we don't have arena fence and the barrel is in the arena as a mounting block). Off to investigate now.
 
I have mine on a tripod, about 3'6 or 4' high I guess.

Has anyone had a play with the auto-zoom yet? app updated the other day but the weather has been a bit hit and miss.
 
Oh well, does any one want one for £100?

Mine works beautifully in the house, but my arena is on top of a hill and it just can't track me against the skyline with no fences or background.

Still under full warranty, in box as new, only a month old.

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Just got one for my birthday but it's been a bit hit and miss so far. Loses me when I go.past haylage bales. And how do you use it on your own! I am using AI, fast, horse, centre screen on a small jump. It picked me up when Katie pointed it at me till it got me then she could put it on the block. I wonder if a tripod would be better?
 
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