The hdzero goggles are here (and they are awesome)

[@jakeh3144]

The hardware looks really impressive. I still don't know if I'm sold on HD Zero but I have to say the FPV market has gotten much more competitive over the last year.

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

finally the monopoly of fatshark is officially over

[@cowardly_wizard]

I'm definitely more sold with it being at least a bit opensource than not. weather or not that is enough to throw down dunno

[@TheVeganarchism]

Don’t be worried about affiliate links, you are one reviewer who has total integrity in my mind. I immediately clicked your link when I saw you were behind them, and I was unsure until this video came out (and my feed is FULL of reviews).

[@ticosnaps]

Love how this is not a product commercial, instead its like talking to a real person about the new goggles.

[@MsStevieWoo]

That’s bot for you… an absolute gem

[@TinyWhoop]

I am truly in love with my hdz goggles, most important FPV product of 2022

[@BOTGRINDER]

I agree!

[@Flumphinator]

GOAT

[@rockcrawlerfpv]

This is perfect review Bot. Seriously impressed with the whole vid.. Clear, concise, informative, side-by-side videos, goggle bullet points all spot on dude.

[@BOTGRINDER]

eyy thank you!

[@picklefart]

He's bottom line up front kind of guy. If you want the down and dirty facts, Bot gives them. Bardwell will probably have a video that takes 45 minutes to say the same shit lol.

[@rockcrawlerfpv]

@@picklefart Yeah he will.

[@clean1566]

I was interested in these, so wanted to watch a couple reviews, and check comments. I gotta say, you give a refreshing review! I'm old school, and I don't mean just analog, which I've been brought up on, I'm 70 years old. After watching the 40min info video, I watched yours, because you were mentioned in said previous video. and proceeded to laugh my ass off, while being given all the good dope I needed. Yours is the first to show any kind of successful bando flying. My first fat shark/hdzero HD vrx & vtx, Had on my HD3's would drop video around the back of my wood home. So this looks like the improvement I'm looking for, to pull the trigger on Looks a lot better than my first generation FS hd. Guess I'll have to save a couple soc. sec. checks.Lol Loved the vid btw, I'll be back for more:-)

[@BOTGRINDER]

Hey thanks for watching!

[@RickJamesFPV]

👍

[@jlarson42]

Great review video. Very excited for the future of HD Zero. Hopefully we'll start seeing other companies start coming out with new vtx's. Happy flying Botgrinder 😎

[@edrone_]

Awesome review Bot 👏 I have been stalking my mailbox lol 😆 supposed to come in any day now. I love that Carl dropped the price and is giving us who already pre ordered the credit 🙌 The best FPV goggle for the community by the community! 🤟

[@syntaera]

100%, I flew analog and digi-jitter-potato, and feel like the potato digital really holds me back trying to do anything accurate. It’s great for cinematic stuff, but close-in freestyle, sbang, racing? Nah. HDZero gives me that immediate, analog feel, that tight, riding-the-quad feeling of analog, but lets me see almost as good as the Darth Vader goggles. Actually, I did a test, and HDZero can see grass better than smeagoggles or analog. HDZero doesn’t potato out. I got my new HDZero goggles, and I have put so many more packs through, it’s crazy. It feels like less hassle than the other digital stuff, it’s as easy as analog but so much clearer. They are absolutely my main goggles now. Also, this might be the best review you’ve given a product since dabs lol

[@BOTGRINDER]

It appears carl knows wtf he doing haha.

[@syntaera]

@@BOTGRINDER I wrote him a “thank you for working day and night and riding trains and shit to deliver goggles for us” email by replying back to the sales email I got with my order, they forwarded it to him and CC’d me. I posted a review on the HDZero FB, and Carl legit personally replied thanking me and pleased I was enjoying the goggles - and he shouted out the person who did the heavy lifting on the menu design too (John Anthony). Carl is legit. Gotta be one of the no BS most genuine people making stuff for FPV.

[@tjwrongwaymead8374]

I knew it wouldn't be long till my HDO 2 was obsolete. They look way more solid in general than any receiver in my HD3 or HDO2. I ALWAYS dig your reviews man !

[@quadswithmods]

This is the review i was waiting for

[@CarlPaulsen]

Best goggle reviewer in the interwebs

[@airdevil21]

Great review Bot! The reception improved a lot! So I ordered one via your link. Thanks Bot! Have a great day!!!

[@TheMadmacs]

can i just thank all the patreons, not just to bot, to all the channels i watch regularly. you guys rock.

[@rc.remedy]

I'd definitely get these over the other systems on offer right now.. open source always gets my vote. Happy enough with analog for the time being though, just gonna sit tight and see how things unfold

[@rctrix9063]

HDZERO will only get better. This is new and just like Betaflight it will evolve. Open source is the future 👍👍

[@BOTGRINDER]

Fpv was pretty open source until the bigger company's came along so it's nice to see someone going back to that.

[@aaron6516]

I think more companies need to send you stuff for honest reviews and testing!!

[@BOTGRINDER]

me too but some company's wont send you stuff if you dont play ball, carl specifically told me not to hold back and be honest which i thought was rad. emax is another good company that understands honesty as well as the new one sub250.

[@aaron6516]

Sounds like a good company!!! If they build good shit then they have nothing to worry about!

[@CrawlersCampRc]

Dam these are so awesome!! Definitely way I'm going. Looks like it's time to spend some money shit bot I noticed almost of the bat when you were flying Hdzero side could tell 100% you were more confident. These are gonna get really good !

[@KremerFPV]

Looks definitely better than my sharkbyte system 🤘

[@overbese]

Serious review with relevant video and commentary. Who are you? Where's bot? You must have actually liked them.

[@FluffRat]

Not ready to ditch analog just yet, but these definitely look like a good path into digital once I have the money.

[@baadlyrics8705]

Im debating about this myself.. i want to switch to digital from analog and the only thing that holds me back is, what a surprise, the money, lol. The vtx + goggle + camera pack on the official hd zero website costs about 620$. If you wanna buy the same thing for the new dji system it skyrockets to about 1200$ where i live. So double the price of hdzero. Well i think i know the winner there but 620 bucks is still a lot of dough, so have to wait a bit until i can afford them i guess. Hope they will be more available with time, cause right now the hdzero goggles ship mid march when bought today. I hope it wont be yet another waiting time until shipping after they ship the products mid march

[@ductgoosefpv]

​@@baadlyrics8705 unfortunately that's exactly how it is.

[@IggyBiggy]

Mine just shipped, and I am going to buy the analog module with my store credit. sick.

[@absoltebasura4182]

Long time sub. Even your reviews are dirty. That's why I keep coming back. FPV Punk is alive.

[@BOTGRINDER]

Thanks for stickin around!

[@sasasasa-lx6cl]

Why the break was more severe on second pass - easy. Different antenna angle during the dive. HdZero works great in low light, adding 30 minutes of flight in twilight

[@TK-fp5fp]

Hey Bot, I think you should add "Team Rogue" shirts to your merch line so we can support you and show our apposition to Remote ID. Keep flying and keep those videos coming 👍

[@ragndroneman]

Great review bot. Now I want the hdzero system in my life.

[@Camilookb]

Dude your awesome. Thanks for your honesty. I'm waiting on my goggles to come in the mail.

[@jackcorn4020]

Thank you for your dedication to this Botgrinder! You are an absolute oracle

[@KimFusedFPV]

First of all, nice new hair cut! 😉😁🤙 HDZero looks promising, watching the freestyle test now. 😉 Nice review. 😁❤️ Can't wait to see this system develope & be tweaked more in the future. So many options. 🥳🎉

[@benmitchell853]

Nice review bot. No bullshirt straight to the point.👍🏻

[@spikester]

Not only that it seems to timebase correct the incoming signal, it barely misses the vblank in bad signal. NICE.

[@kydawg1684]

Great review BOT. Thanks for keepin it REAL bro. Peace from Detroit.

[@legiadtm]

Lololol most underrated fpv reviewer😂😂

[@BobnoxiousRx]

Looks dope bro! Damn smooth too. Thanks for the freestyle point of view!

[@Flumphinator]

Let’s all crowdfund bot some capacitors.

[@muggachukka1629]

"How does anolog look on these hdzeros?"..."here, check it out on my shittiest cam!?"....lmao. kick ass!

[@BOTGRINDER]

dude i know haha i totally forgot to fix the capacitors,

[@muggachukka1629]

@@BOTGRINDER all my stuff is always broken!..I'm only analog currently but still super interested in these goggs

[@GardoRotor]

I literally grew up on analog... and proud of it 🤣

[@barry_dalive]

Great review, Bot. Very comprehensive, well presented, and informative. They look like a fine product

[@mercurymoyes4018]

4 to 5 years from now I'll be in the market ,if we still exist

[@dulcebelluminexpertis4147]

Your uploads make my fucking day man, seriously thanks so much for getting me into fpv boss.

[@BOTGRINDER]

eyy thanks for watchin

[@jataku]

Super awesome that they also allowed users to get the credit as well, I picked some up last time and Ill use that to get a 90 cam

[@jinxfpv6637]

Man I might just sell my Orqas for these. They totally dropped the ball on their digital tip. Was skeptical but these are looking better than I expected. I love my analog but this does all that and then some.

[@strawhatsam]

Thanks for doing back to back tests! So great there there are more acceptable HD fpv systems out there.

[@havoc_64]

Great Video BG! So the HDZero goggles have a built in Analog receiver too?

[@HolaACchillin]

Beautiful review BOTGRINDER ❤💯🤙

[@shaneintegra]

HDZero is absolutely amazing

[@redcobra1246]

Yo botgrinder, hear me out: How about a rail attachment to the hdzero goggles that can hold your drink and you can just run one of those flexible straws to drink while flying? Perfect for a bee...I mean soda while doing some long range on a hot day. You've heard it here first.

[@torpedoLaw]

Damn Shanaynay, this looks really good. I’m going to sell my DJI goggles to 803 air unit so I can buy that shit.

[@Originaljonny2bad]

awesome vid bot! im loving hdzero with my hdo2.

[@IzzyBoop]

This is looking realllly promising. loving it

[@MAD_CHILLER]

I am stoked about these. I am about o sell my analogs to get these once there are steady shipping. I heard they were a bit heavier but lol.. DJI gogs are crazy heavy. I also heard 5s max.. but i have mad 4s packs. Great review man!! Dug the side by side comparison... LMAO grow up with digital.... Go HDZ !!! Its only going to get better....

[@dronepilot260rc]

HT= Head Tracking . Plugs into your controller and can control a 2 axis (up down, and Left Right)

[@mntlfpv]

Awesome review bro

[@TorontoFPV]

Great review buddy boy!

[@synapticstudio]

The software is fully open source, so it'll get updates until the community gives up on them.

[@matred3538]

So funny watching you crack up laughing at the end. Quality content from KZbin's greatest! Nice one Bot. ☺ (I'm kind of broke, so sticking with my analogue until it craps out!)

[@ironlionfpv]

Awesome review, thnx bot! ❤️

[@JDDupuy]

Nice review. I'm sold!

[@hallio111]

they need to make more durable vtx's.. but so far it looks really good...better than I expected. sucks that racers experienced so many fragile vtx's... but I guess that can be solved.

[@CaptCalgary]

Great review!! To the point everything ya want to know!!

[@RickJamesFPV]

Nice! Too bad I'm already heavily invested in DJI. The HDZero VTX is so freaking lite!❤🤙🏾

[@TitanFPV]

Nice review Bot. I’ve been waiting on your take. The fan issue has been addressed in the latest beta firmware.

[@BOTGRINDER]

i saw!

[@saucyfpv8928]

They do look pretty rad.

[@JoeMommaFPV]

Great review. Glad you like them. I agree HDZero has come leaps and bounds since they were being so restricted by the fact that they were working with Fatshart. The confidence you talk about is the same reason I always reach for my HDZero quads in almost all cases. When I want a boring slow cruise flight for the scenery, or massive amounts of penetration and damn the latency, I'll fly my DJI. But These goggles take HDZero to the next level, and it is now, finally a complete system! Hope more people come around to these goggles and this system. DEATH TO ANAL-OG!!!!

[@BOTGRINDER]

haha i still like my anal-og like i iike my retro video games but what i experienced with this was pretty cool

[@JoeMommaFPV]

@@BOTGRINDER yea it still has it's place, for now. But I'm glad your experience was so much better than it was in the past. Also very glad to see that you didn't once have to stop to vomit! 🤣🤢🤮

[@WornUp]

The interlaced analog seems to have less colour shift during breakup. 👍

[@christhorney]

my fatshark scout's analog version, when my signal starts getting bad it will freeze frame and lag and its super hard to fly through, compared to my emax transporter 2 analog goggs that were my first pair, they would break up and get bad but it would never freeze frame and lag like the scouts, so its not just digital that lags, it depends on your receiver and some analog has the worst of digital and the worst of analog, the scouts will go from decent picture to freeze frame in an instant, the frozen frame even looks decent, so im a lot less confident in my scouts than the transporter 2's but the scouts fit my glasses and i can see way better also the screen is way nicer and so i do prefer the scouts, and over time im getting better at flying through the freeze frames, it can happen so randomly too sometimes im not even behind anything really and it will freeze frame for a second, you always need to be thinking ahead of the quad and ready for it, and the more time i spend in them the better im getting with it, also they are shockingly bad at handleing multipathing lol so yeah not all analog systems are perfect either

[@jefffpv2759]

going to be switching to digital? sounds like youre happy with it. understandably you have invested a bunch into analog. i have the dji v1 and 5 units so im not spending anymore money lol.

[@BOTGRINDER]

Im not ready to switch over all the way yet but i am having fun with the hdzero side of the goggles.

[@MattyBluntz]

Nintendo Goggs! Love the style!

[@Bevrat]

Damn bro. Even Bot went digital now?!?! They look great. I hate being broke.

[@BOTGRINDER]

nah im using them for analog and testing out the hdz side

[@AponeFPV]

Great real world review bro, 🔥🔥🔥💯✌️❤️

[@rikofpv]

thanks for the review

[@BOTGRINDER]

thanks for watchin!

[@RebelGoatFPV]

"speaking of cults", hahaha... Looking forward to your freestyle video, I fly them freestyle, but I'm not hardcore bando. Great real world review as always!

[@LakayFPV]

Nice quick review man. Are you going to sell your Orqa?

[@BOTGRINDER]

Probably not I've given away all my other goggles so I'll probably keep then for backups

[@Ricpow80AkaNagamooto]

I know there are loads of 3d printed antenna mounts on thingiverse, but which ones in particular are being used here?

[@BOTGRINDER]

I used the "rail patch light" from this file www.thingiverse.com/thing:5621199

[@Ricpow80AkaNagamooto]

@@BOTGRINDER Thank you kind Sir! You are a scholar and a gent, yet also a cad and bounder, all at the same time!😁

[@TRITONFPV]

Good review Botty but I'll stick with Analog - FTW 👊🏻

[@TheEviling]

No store commision, does that mean there will be only one place to buy them cause no other stores will sell since no profit in it?

[@BOTGRINDER]

Correct unless a retailer wants to carry them with no profit margins which some will do to get people in the door.

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

HD Botgriders Chee hoo! Never thought it would happen.

[@TheMadmacs]

hey that analogue signal looked incredible, if you got rid of the rf noise?!?!? that deinterlace thing is pretty effin sweet.

[@BOTGRINDER]

yeah def!

[@quadsquadfpv2476]

Hey Bot, I don't think anyone asked. Which HD-Zero VTX are you using?

[@BOTGRINDER]

the 1w freestyle

[@quadsquadfpv2476]

Thanx👍🏼

[@XtianApi]

Yo @botgrinder, if I want a 3d printer for quad and radio $hit but not really for anything else, what do you suggest? I don't have tons of time for "hobby" of it. I just need it to work. Ender 3?

[@BOTGRINDER]

I've been through 2 $99 ender pros but just got the sovol sv1 and its pretty baller, just level the bed and print

[@dangerous8333]

Ender 3 V2 or the S1. Get a bed leveling probe and all metal hot end and you'll be covered. Don't worry direct drive, it's unnecessary unless you're printing fast. It cost a little more than the $99 printers but it has a bigger user base so there's more guides for it and parts. Since Creality is a more established company and thus has more liability if something goes wrong with their products their products are usually safer to use than the cheaper ones.

[@barleyhopps]

How do you hook up the nose ring?

[@kwad3d10]

Nice Review. I Hate Communist DJI and have been holding out of HD goggles for a bit. I like how I can go HD while keeping my analog shit for long range. Speaking of that... How long can it range? I currently like to fly out 2 miles plus and have some goals of 4 miles out with my wings.

[@BOTGRINDER]

giant ant cowboy has some lr hdz videos bit.ly/3GaqtVI

[@dangerous8333]

Chinese aren't necessarily communist. Mainly it's the government. It's also a dictatorship so they have no say in the matter. So a Chinese company isn't necessarily communist, but I get what you're saying.

[@RMX7777]

Giant ant cowboy's videos will be more informative, but if you're asking for personal experience I regularly fly out with my 1 watt vtx over 3 miles without breakup. Should be noted that the above is using my sharkbyte receiver.

[@FluidityFPV]

i believe the fans are individually controllable?

[@BOTGRINDER]

They are

[@modquad18]

Impressive!

[@_Brando_69]

So is the analog receiver built into the goggles also?

[@BOTGRINDER]

no you need to supply your own

[@sylvanlight120]

Sharkbyte is the same system as Hdzero... The cameras just weren't as good when you tested sharkbyte.... You will have better rf reception with the hdzero goggles though as the receiver is that much better.

[@grege2383]

I realize this is a noob question but here it goes: I have the Eachine 800Ds, was going to upgrade to the Cobra Xv2. How much better of an image will I be getting? - also keep in mind I'm near sighted. Just trying to get an idea how much bang for buck I'm getting.

[@BOTGRINDER]

I have not tried those but for that price id be looking at some used hdo 2's and some diopters or something

[@grege2383]

@BOTGRINDER - Thanks. I take it from your video the HDO2 image while flying is a lot better than the entry-level (e.g. the previous mentioned Eachine) and the HDZERO is a noticeable improvement from the HDO2?

[@dronepilot260rc]

I have the Skyzone Cobra X V2’s and they are well worth the money. Also they have a HDMI in so you could run digital on them 🎉

[@RICO-BugkillerFPV]

When you're used to break up this ain't bad. 😆😂🤣😆

[@SunriseWaterMedia]

It looks like you got better range with these than the Emax ones. Would you be into testing those patch antennas on the Emax goggles to see if the antennas make a difference? I know you used other antennas with the Emax goggles with not much difference, but I'm wondering if the special antennas will do the trick.

[@BOTGRINDER]

I feel like i would get better video, if i remember too ill try to bring them along next video

[@SunriseWaterMedia]

@@BOTGRINDER That would be awesome.

[@crash_lander]

Thanks for the review Bot. However I still feel the Sharkbyte module on the new fatshark Hdo2.1 is much better. These goggles look really crappy to me, and the video quality isn’t as good as Sharkbyte I felt.

[@elxero2189]

I think you'd have to actually fly the thing before you can make that assessment though right

[@deadstickfpv]

Wel..I made the move to go hdzero..still lately I see a little people complaining about this systems.

[@rickeylee84]

Gooooood mornin From the freezing state of Mi!

[@andyhoughtaling6319]

Yooo what's up from the 810

[@tesch1985]

This looks really good. I put an O3 in my demibot but not so good. Not sure what I want just yet. I expected it to be great. Maybe it was the overcast day. HDZero is legit.

[@BOTGRINDER]

you are not the only one, I have been hearing alot of complaints about 03

[@lemonsquareFPV]

If you are flying with the V2s it looks like shit, G2 or nothing. Honestly, it’s shit otherwise. Also O3 is causing so much problems with everyone and knocking them out of the air (can use only 1+8) so I’m not using DJI shit anymore, I’m so done with them. Looks great, O3/G2 for cruising, but that’s not how I fly, I fly proper. Good luck man, hope you find what you like.

[@tesch1985]

@@lemonsquareFPV Hit the nail on the head. I use V1s and had a pair of V2s on the shelf that I set up to use. It stutters far closer than the V1s with Vistas. Plus it was pretty dark on a cloudy day. DJI did fix my V1s that had a sunspot for free. they even included the shipping. They're not all bad.

[@lemonsquareFPV]

@@tesch1985 it appears like the system is highly optimized for the G2. That was my experience when I used it, but that WAS weeks ago, so maybe firmware or something changed. I dunno, it didn’t fit my flying style, at all, and I passed it on to someone that can appreciate it. It is beautiful with the G2 and it works very well, for what it is. It’s just that I couldn’t fly O3 the way I want. And ultimately that’s what it’s all about, having fun. O3/G2 was not fun for me, at all, and I forced myself to use it for some time, before I gave up and moved on.

[@dangerous8333]

@@tesch1985 😂 Okay.

[@BOTGRINDER]

Hdzero goggles reduced price!: bit.ly/3WML6yc

[@Nostrologyy]

What's the difference between this or just having hd zero on my 04x ? Practicality ? Seems more practical to keep my $

[@BOTGRINDER]

as far as just the walksnail system goes i couldnt tell ya, but yeah probably just practicality

[@elxero2189]

Yeah if you ever decided you wanted the walk snail vrx this goggle would be the best fit for it

[@BrainDeadEngineering]

say one thing guy ! you can fly a choppter !

[@tylerelliottFPV]

You get used to the breakup. Kinda like you had to with analog, all those years ago…

[@BOTGRINDER]

exactly

[@blackterminal]

How do these compare with dji ? Ie the range most importantly

[@BOTGRINDER]

not sure i dont fly dji

[@blackterminal]

@@BOTGRINDER ok

[@BOTGRINDER]

@@blackterminal if you want to check this out he does some hdz long range: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6m1oZyZg8upeKs

[@SquallazYo]

Hi guys , I just aped in on this goggles for my first freestyle build after months of simulator. Do they come with antennas? Anyone has recommendations for good antennas ?

[@Fly_High_FPV]

Cant beat TrueRC or VAS for FPV antennas 👌

[@BOTGRINDER]

they do not but true rc makes fantastic ones, the owner of VAS is a transphobic douchebag so id stay away from them.

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@BOTGRINDER TrueRC it is then 🤘

[@Flumphinator]

I got the email that mine hit DHL on Saturday!