Hahah the car speaks for itself

I'm asking because i mostly use my iphone and my windows machine. So i like the convenience of being able to access that drive with a laptop too if that makes sense

Great question! But I believe the answer is no, the APFS formatting encryption is for Mac only, if you’re using ExFat or something cross compatible, the encryption I used here is different than what would work on that. There may be another software that encrypts on top of the device more like a translator, but to be honest I’ve not researched that much for windows.

Also curious what is showing the option to encrypt? The PC is showing it or iPhone? I’d give it a go on the PC and see what happens when plugged into the iPhone but I’d be using a blank drive as to not lose any damage. I’d love to hear the results!

@@PhilipBlank yes on Mac! Basically as soon as i plug the pendrive i right click on the icon and choose “encrypt”. It allows me to skip the whole format step… I cant see if it works for Iphone though since I’ve tried with a usb-A but tomorrow i’ll try with a Usb-C and report back my findings

Thanks for the feedback!

Howdy

Oh man I’ve not had that much power draw, I do keep a quick charger battery pack in my bag to fill up the phone quickly. But I did find you can wirelessly charge the phone to at least maintain charge or use a dongle with data pass through that allows a second cable to charge the phone while it monitors. As of now there is no way to turn off the iPhone charging that I’ve found.

I could use two!

As do I haha

Yes, I always keep in on and you can pick between Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, or White for the peaking accent.

I do like the one on the 2025 1500 Rebel X, the 2500, not so much.

Great question, but I imagine it could make it worse as it’s doing the same camera processing and outputting a live signal. Personally never shot anything long enough to overheat in any instance, so I’ve never had any issues with that happening with the iPhone.

Thanks man! It’s a learning process and it’s getting easier and easier for sure.

@@PhilipBlank ​​⁠are you sticking to the phone or you’ll get a dedicated monitor? I find myself needing my phone or turning off and on can be annoying to keep reconnecting.

@@JacobGagoOfficial​​⁠for me I’ve completely ruled out getting a monitor. I’ve tried to keep my kit to a minimum and pack it all into a smaller backpack. The phone works perfectly for me and I swipe back and forth between Notion and the Monitor App without unplugging it. When I film I have a “Work” Do not Disturb mode that sets my Home Screen to only the apps I use for filming and mutes notifications. I’m never filming more than a few hours at a time as I am not a professional by any means. So the fact that I don’t need more gear and batteries in my kit to have a monitor it will be a long long time before I consider one now. Also a note, the privacy screen on my iPhone really darkens it on the camera from what I showed in this video but it looks incredible in person to me to where I’ve not even found a monitor that I’d consider for rivaling in features and brightness. If you try the iPhone out and it doesn’t quite cut it for your workflow though it’s always an easy upgrade to get a monitor so no harm in trying it first!

Great question but honestly pretty tough one to answer high level. The Japanese power train is highly reliable, especially for a sports car but also the British are not renowned for the best reliability in high milage for newer cars. For general use and daily driving I’d say it’s great. If you’re not hitting pot holes, and hard on everything or tracking it to wear out the bushings, it “should” last, but new cars can always have wire harness problems, quirks, unknown issues, etc and that’s the benefit of the 3 year warranty peace of mind. Relative to higher end cars out there I’d say the Emira will be super easy to own and nothing like a used Aston or Jag where you have no idea what you may be in for. With that, if you don’t have a speciality place for oil changes you’d probably need to find one (if not doing them yourself) or take the Lotus back to the dealer for the services every 5k- maximum 10k miles. (Toyota says 10k on the engine but most people change sooner) This one has 0 issues but it’s not used that often. I’d scan the forms and get a feel for what others do as most people don’t live near dealers for Lotus, closest one for this one is about 3.5 hrs. I’d vote you’re safe if you know what money you’re getting into with sport cars but what do I know, I’m just a random guy on the internet! haha

@PhilipBlank ya i have a McLaren 570s, so i get more power means less reliable. I was more so talking about the issues I see online with Lotus leaking, handles breaking, trunk's and doors not closing, oil leaks,.etc. or if all of that stuff is just over exaggerated, just like the 570s was 🤣

⁠​⁠@@DanDoesGameoh then you’d be fine haha. I think it’s safe to say the Emira would be more forgiving than the 570 with reliability and maintenance concerns, but every car is a chance. The Emira has been a big step forward from the Lotus’s of the past in consistency and build quality, I’ve seen the metrics but I imagine Lotus is much happier with this model. The previous one’s were more go cart and rattily, this is more refined and feels like the new Supras. It does have a battery tender you have to keep on it if you don’t drive it often enough to charge, and you have to click the rear boot latch with a screw driver so the car shuts it’s lights off when you have it on the charger. I’d see if you could get one out for a test drive for a weekend and definitely see if the back seat height is tall enough for you but it’s a good car for range!

@@PhilipBlank ok cool!! ya the "rattly go cart" type of car was what I wanted to avoid 😂

I believe so, I’ve never use them but the setting is there I’ve seen and you can import your own.

I’m not honestly sure how far back you can go with an older iPhone. Some people have commented finding dongles and cables that work but others have not had much luck. This was all with a iPhone 15 Pro with the USB-C port, but check out some of the other comments and maybe someone will have that exact set-up.

@@ThomasCrump-z7j Google is your friend! That’s about all I can do to direct you but good luck!

I’ll take two!

Haha perks of back country roads with nobody else on them

This is true!

Thanks! I may be extra picky but I believe they do it to push the up charge on getting the higher end ones when you spec it out. Pretty common practice in manufacturing but if you do a test drive I’d give them a listen.

Yes but it takes a very specific device that has PD pass through and a USB-C port, I’ve used this one and it works but it’s probably not great on the phone battery haha. It’s from Acer amzn.to/3OVULAs It can charger the phone and still allow the app to function.

@@PhilipBlank thank you for getting back to me, what about a simple splitter with just 2 female ends, 1 for power from ext battery and 2nd female end for video connection to phone app, or does it have to be through the acer hub? or another option, 2 separate wires: micro hdmi to usb c (cam to phone) and then usb c to usb c (cam to ext battery) would that work? thanks again for your time

⁠​⁠@@ttog8883to be honest I don’t know as this is the only thing I’ve found to work of what I had. I don’t have any splitters but if it has data transfer then maybe! The second concept is an interesting one, using the HDMI out as the data transfer and USB-C to charge the camera? If I had one of those cords I would try it! I think at this point you could just use a through power supply on the battery port to keep the camera going, not sure how that would work with the iPhone if it could charge it up though. I actually just tried a third option and put the iPhone on a wireless charger while plugged into the camera and it didn’t seem to charge much but kept a steady percentage. Lots of messing around to do still!

@ thanks man I just went with what you suggested with the acer hub, much appreciated for the advice 🙌🏾

hopefully it works for you! I’m still curious about the splitter, could work but just don’t need more gear with what I have.

We’ll see if anything EPA changes in the next few years.

I think it behaves very well but I am not one to push it! Depends on what bike you’re coming from on the weight as it is heavier but it powers through. I’ve seen some pro videos of people pushing them hard!

My pleasure!

Yeah doesn’t need much! Thanks for the comment!

That’s a great question! I can’t say I know the size of the Tundra interior, but I would be hesitant to say the interior of the Tacoma would be much larger. A car seat/booster for your 3 year old would fit fine, that’s what I am using right now, but it’s not spacious by any means. I’d go check one out in person if you can and bring the car seat! That’s an expensive jump to a vehicle that may not be solving your issues. I am looking at getting a 4-runner instead for the rear seat space increase.

They can range from $2k to $25k depending on the year and miles. This one is closer to the top of that range.

Great question! On my other video about the monitor app many have commented they found certain dongles and cables that allowed for non USB-C phones to work, someone said they used lighting to USB-C apple cable and that worked, maybe read through some of those to get the exact details. From their website though it does say that the a6500 should work wired with limited capabilities: monitorplus.cc/docs/general/camera-compatibility-and-capability/ or you can try the Sony Monitor and Control App. I usually try cables on Amazon and if they don’t work return them free if you have prime.

I don’t own it yet, just some good connections! It’s the only car I’ve almost bitten the dust in. 360 spin out hydroplaning in the rain on a highway when I got caught out in a summer storm. I kept it in the lanes when sliding and straightened it out, then drove very slowly home after that.

@@PhilipBlank OHHHHH my goodness! have you seen the video of the dude who crashed his like the day he bought it , went around a corner and flew into a river. Someone pulled it out and they are trying to bring it back to life. Ya man so easy to crash with that much power and fun. so awesome tho u got to drive it

@@highdesertbikeroh man I have not but that would absolutely suck! I’ll try to get a video out on this car in the next year, it is a beast for sure!

If I do another vide on the topic I will! Personally never had any issues or noticed anything too laggy. If you first open the app and have a lot of other apps open in the background, it stutters a bit to start then smooths out. I usually close all the other apps to maximize battery life of the phone.

@@mrsandnotofficial I don’t have that so I do not know for certain but according to B&H overview the R8 is compatible!

@@SpyingAround actually I do, I just forgot to mention it in this vid! I’ll tag it in the description but I’ve just found it’s more clunky and I like the Monitor+ app more even when I used the free version. Sony has updated that app so maybe I’ll check out how it’s been.

Creators' App is also gives *acceptable* results for the cameras that aren't supported by M&C yet. Plus the short usb cable you're using really gives anxiety as it might get tangled by camera movements.

@@gilbertrivera I believe it should as the compatibility website says it can but with very limited capabilities. Depends though if it has a USB-C port that would allow it to not require any adapters. monitorplus.cc/docs/general/ camera-compatibility-and-capability/

@@Nynex haha I use it for that as well, I love the larger red recording box outline when using it for A-roll or self shooting, just couldn’t cover that in this vid.

@@anjosdomar269 I believe that is a setting you have to go to in the menu on the camera, you saw when I plugged it in it asked which mode to use and also that you can select don’t ask again. It’s probably remembering to default to external storage instead of treating it as a PC. Hopefully you can figure it out!

You have to turn of cellphone smart camera control and turn on pc remote

@ how do I do that?

Hey! Congratulations, but I wouldn’t be of any help with a question like that. It’s more pending what system is installed and what is compatible. Wyze has a decent tool on their website to walk you through it!

That’s a hot take! The 2UZ-FE is an extremely overbuilt and great engine that people love, it’s gone now and the next gen V8 was not as great but I’d be skeptical to say there will be as many high mileage hybrids as the older Sequoias with the V8s. www.motortrend.com/features/million-mile-tundra-the-tear-down/ They make these engines down in Alabama and I’ve talked to people there, the engineering specs to manufacture the new V6’s are extremely tight. How they are shimmed is critical to prevent premature failure and they are not as forgiving to debris which part of the reason Toyota already had the big recall on the non-hybrid V6s. I will be happy to be wrong if we see these hybrid powertrains last for years though!

Saying that a new hybrid powertrain might not be as reliable as the old engine isn't that hot of a take.. It's just the basic truth about ANYTHING that's new. It hasn't been proven out yet. Not to mention, anytime you add more components to a system, such as a hybrid powertrain, you create more possible failure points.

Fair! the DOT and FMVSS 108 standards require work vehicles with 80in. width of the widest part of the vehicle, excluding mirrors or accessories, the amber lights. The Sequoia is 79.6 inches so it’s .4 inches less than the requirement making it not required and for show, it closer matches the styling of TRX or Raptor with the indicators.

@@PhilipBlank Is there a weight limit that creates exceptions? The Tahoe / Yukon / Escalade are 81 inches and none use amber lights.

Actually I just learned something new looking it up so thank you for asking! The requirement not only focuses on the width but the use of the vehicle. Because those and the Sequoia are considered light duty passenger vehicles and not trucks or commercial vehicles intending to haul things they are exempt from the amber lights. Even going over the 80 in. rule, since it classifies as an SUV it’s not required to have them with the current laws. I didn’t know this before! They are 100% for show.

@@PhilipBlank Cool. Thanks for sharing that!

That’s a good point! Lotus did just back down on their all EV by 2028 so we may see hybrid Emiras, but time will tell! It also may hold its value being one of the last great “manual” options out there and spike the demand in the world of EV’s.

@@ThomasCrump-z7j that would be wild, someone mentioned doing a Hayabusa swap on it as well haha

@@ThomasCrump-z7j the first thing to do is Google it! Search Daihatsu Hijet for sale near you and see if anyone has one posted or you can find a dealer. Rules change state to state in the US.

I’ll look into this as there may be a way but not sure off the top of my head! If you do have a rotating monitor you can flip it in and it will keep the viewfinder on instead.

@@yokumato nope only comments!

I believe it would, but I have never used android or looked it the app can be installed there. I’d give it a go and let us know!

@@PhilipBlank The app is on Android. But I have a Fujifilm XT4 and I believe it's only compatible with some Sony cameras.

That wouldn’t be a bad idea!

Thanks mate!