Hohem iSteady V3 Gimbal Review: The Ultimate Stabilizer for Smartphone

Video platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube have taken over the world drastically, and to keep up with that, high-quality, standardized footage is needed.

This is a must have if you’re a vlogger, content creator or like to document your travels. The best iPhone gadgets include the Hohem iSteady V3 Gimbal, which is capable of stabilizing your footage for professional clips. In other words, for a group of people who do travel vlogging or content creation on TikTok. Today we will discuss the features and performance that one can get from Hohem iSteady V3.

Built-In Camera With AI Tracking

As noted, the magnetic AI Tracker can run standalone, even though it works just with a phone. This is a massive benefit, and takes this gimbal to be probably the most flexible of them all. Reversible mounting points retain the AI Tracker with a pair of quick release buttons. You can easily switch between filming yourself (using your phone’s selfie camera) and any other subjects you are capturing with the main cameras on your phone.

A few light hand gestures turn it on to enable the AI tracking, off or anywhere in between. Great for solo content creators looking to spice up their videos with movement. The AI Tracker is also where the built-in fill light lives – allowing you to illuminate faces in front, or even behind, your camera, just like with the tracking feature.

The fill light has 2700K for indoor artificial light, 5000K to counteract sunny conditions at high noon and in the afternoon or completely dark days full of cold clouds (same as with your phone’s selfie flash), plus three color temperature options.

The AI tracker is the biggest bummer in that this device only tracks human subjects and does not track other objects. However, for the majority of vloggers and content creators, this will not be a problem at all. This benefit is so useful that you may find yourself thinking all existing gimbals should have AI tracking in them … and maybe they will eventually!

Detachable Control Module

The main control module is also removable and now works as a remote allowing full camera movement via the joystick! It is such a nice little feature, but one that was missing from the Hohem iSteady MT2 we reviewed earlier. It really adds the final touch to your solo content creator package and makes it a no brainer for us when people ask which device you should get between so many different options.

Effective, Intuitive Stabilization Modes

Does this mean the best smartphone gimbal, by nature, steady camera via excellent transfer, is anything else skill? So you are probably thinking, then: How does it work?

Actually, the Hohem iSteady V3 does a fine job and its stabilization modes are all quite good.

One of the highlights was the type “Lock (Everything),” which is very stable. It is the best we have ever seen at removing what you might think of as “the bobbing” when it walks—a 90-degree angled extended arm.

This grip turns the gimbal upside down on its axis in just this way, and when combined with the iSteady V3 tensor well-tuned gyros, it will deliver your videos a silky smooth cinematic look like never before!

Portability & Ergonomic Design

The Hohem iSteady V3 can be folded into pocket size. However great it feels in my extremely broad hands, while the actual equilibrium of their unit is around as good feeling like a phone could possibly be.

Build Quality

At the risk of sounding negative, I will say right off the bat that “telescope” style extensions are not generally my favourite.

Speaking of build quality, there is actually a built-in tripod on the Hohem V3 –quite versatile and flexible: You can use it as extension for another functions (such as tripod legs or center column extensions), feels stiff enough to do its job; however will feel easily-broken in case you plan extend stick with creating higher stand.

Is the Hohem iSteady V3 Worth It?

The all-new, feature-heavy Hohem iSteady V3 Gimbal Stabilizer provides excellent stabilization paired with its intelligent tracking and versatile shooting modes in a compact, travel-friendly design. If you are a vlogger, TikTokker, or just someone who loves to create content with their iPhone, then the iSteady V3 provides a full suite of features to help take your creative game to a level above what it is today.

It uses AI tracking to automatically follow subjects, it has a telescoping rod that’s easy for everyone to use, and its accompanying app is one of the easiest ways I know to help you improve your video creation process. The Hohem iSteady V3 is the gimbal to go for if you are in search of one offering an ideal blend of quality, performance and price.