Who has a Pivo?

Red-1 said:
Yes, I had just ordered one (silver) when you posted about having ordered one. Had yours been on order long then? If you too had only just ordered then mine may be nearly here!!! :D

I just took delivery of a tripod today for it. Theirs was quite expensive, but mine off nay was £11 including delivery!
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Hi
can you please post a link for the stand you brought I’m not sure what one to get as so many options. Thanks
 
milliepops said:
i just have a generic tripod. the pivo one doesn't look very stable for using in an arena tbh. it fits any standard tripod.
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This. Tripod came from Jessops but you could also use one of the gorilla ones on post and rail if you don’t have the floor space for a tripod. I’m actually also using Pivo for training sessions with my personal trainer and that’s working well too!
 
i got a nice light one from amazon, it is not hugely robust but it cost peanuts and is super quick to put up compared to my old "proper" one :p
 
Thanks! Wasn't sure whether it would properly fit another brand of Tripod. I borrowed a friend's Pivo back in the spring and balanced it on a Polyblock but it was a bit precarious (and couldn't get it to track me for love nor money, but I think that was my own personal failure rathe than Pivo's fault!)
 
FourLeafClover said:
Thanks! Wasn't sure whether it would properly fit another brand of Tripod. I borrowed a friend's Pivo back in the spring and balanced it on a Polyblock but it was a bit precarious (and couldn't get it to track me for love nor money, but I think that was my own personal failure rathe than Pivo's fault!)
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the Pivo horse functionality has come on quite a bit since the spring. there's still a knack to it but you'll get there if your phone camera is up to the job :)
 
milliepops said:
i got a nice light one from amazon, it is not hugely robust but it cost peanuts and is super quick to put up compared to my old "proper" one :p
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Same its fine in an indoor arena, for an outdoor on a windy day I would need to weight it down somehow.
I've actually used mine now and it works really well, as we're in a gloomy old indoor I do put it roughly at X and no problems with it tracking or recording. It really highlights things with my riding, I need to use it again to see how I've progressed since the last one.
 
milliepops said:
the Pivo horse functionality has come on quite a bit since the spring. there's still a knack to it but you'll get there if your phone camera is up to the job :)
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My phone is an iPhone X so I'm hoping all will be fine. Arena lighting situation is pretty good as well as no particular variants in light/dark areas.... I have my fingers crossed!
 
I’ve just caved and bought a pivo!

fecking wish I’d read this though I’ve bought the tripod!! Doh!
I want to use it in the field - will it fall over??!
 
I think you might need to weight it down unless on v flat ground on a nice still day, the pivo ones don't have a very wide base do they?
 
milliepops said:
I think you might need to weight it down unless on v flat ground on a nice still day, the pivo ones don't have a very wide base do they?
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ive not got it so can’t see how wide the base is...I’ll have to work out how to weigh it down when I get it.
bugger bugger ?
 
Late to this thread but I've purchased a Pivo! I've attempted using it a couple of times, it tends to spin around and lose me if I set up at the side of the arena, I think reading some of the above responses I need to try it at X.
 
Sprat said:
Late to this thread but I've purchased a Pivo! I've attempted using it a couple of times, it tends to spin around and lose me if I set up at the side of the arena, I think reading some of the above responses I need to try it at X.
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theres a Facebook group for horse riders which pivo are really quick to help with troubleshooting.
@milliepops seems to be resident HHO pivo expert!
 
I used mine last week for the first time in a while (it's been too wet / snowy / foggy for the last few months and I'm too lazy to faff around with a cover for it!). I think the new 'Horse' mode is a lot easier, it seems that the settings are automatically set to the right ones and I didn't need to spend ages checking the checklist on FB and changing things. It only lost us twice during a 30 minute video, both times when I rode too close, so really pleased.
 
I'm loving mine, not used it on a windy day yet though. I only have an Amazon Basic tripod which is very light so I think it would be a risk too far :) It's really helped with Daisy coming home as she feels so different to Amber, but when I watch it back I can see she's moving nicely and that if I push her on it actually makes things worse. I need to learn the different good feel for her. I now have more footage of me riding Daisy in 10 days then I did in the previous 2 years. I did make the mistake of having it all setup and following us but not having pressed record on the first go. So now I'm becoming a convert to using the remote. I'm very pleased with my purchase, its recording me on a grey horse, on a grey surface with grey breezeblock stables as the background and its not had any problems. I get a bit sad when I see the negative posts as if you could understand how clever they have been to code this to work in such varied situations and varied devices, it's incredible for the price.
 
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Can you put your phone on flight mode to save battery life etc and will it still connect to pod via Bluetooth?
 
Not sure if this has been asked before so apologies if so; has anyone recorded tests on it? I'm keen to try at the weekend but not sure I trust it to not lose me!
 
Sprat said:
Not sure if this has been asked before so apologies if so; has anyone recorded tests on it? I'm keen to try at the weekend but not sure I trust it to not lose me!
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I would also like to know how best to set up to record a test. That’s mainly why I got it. Did you get a tripod?
 
I didn't get a tripod with the Pivo pack, but I ordered one separately from amazon. The problem I have at the moment is our school is indoor, and doesn't really have anywhere to prop the tripod up on at a reasonable level, which is also far back enough so we don't get too close to the camera (which is when it loses us).
 
Sprat said:
Not sure if this has been asked before so apologies if so; has anyone recorded tests on it? I'm keen to try at the weekend but not sure I trust it to not lose me!
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I have recorded quite a few. Usual horse settings (AI, centre, fast or frenzy) Predictive follow needs to be OFF - otherwise when you go into a corner it will keep turning and look behind the camera.
It needs to be set up a few metres behind C, ideally with nothing in the way or as little as possible. Our arena is a 20x60 with mirrors at the C end - so it wouldn't work for a long arena test as horse will pass too close to Pivo & it will lose you. I just do short arena tests which works great as I can set up the Pivo in the perfect spot on the CL.
(Possibly it would track if I flipped the arena around and did a long arena test with the Pivo outside the gate but I haven't tried yet.

I would suggest playing with it in the correct position before you are ready to film as it can be frustrating!
 
Thanks Branna, I think I always have predictive follow on so that would explain it. I'll try again without it and see how we get on.
 
Sprat said:
Thanks Branna, I think I always have predictive follow on so that would explain it. I'll try again without it and see how we get on.
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If you have the camera in the middle and are going around it it works, but such a pain when you have it on the edge!
 
I'll give it a go tonight with the PF off and feedback. I'd really like to be able to get it working so that I can record tests, it's such a faff trying to get a helper!
 
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