Rylo 360 - Watch this video FIRST before you buy it - 1 Week Review.

Top of the line or a flop? If you consider buying the Rylo 360 camera you must watch this video first. I tested the camera for one week. I am voicing my thoughts, along with some video clips filmed wit the Rylo 360 and made with the Rylo software. I describe all the pros and cons of this camera and at the end of this video I will give you my Final Conclusion if you should buy it or not. The "Tiny Planet" video clips and other 360-Degree clips are all filmed by the Rylo 360. But all the 360-Degree video clips I am showing can be created by any 360-Degree camera. These video clips are not only possible with the Rylo 360, but with any other 360 camera too! The Rylo 360 itself is one of the smallest 360-Degree cameras I have tested. It’s delightful hardware, with a metal chassis that feels solid without being heavy, and rather lux without feeling delicate. The lenses are offset, which is the latest trend for 360 cameras, helping to aid that all-important stitching of the two hemispheres the lenses/sensors create. Images and videos are stored on a removable SD card. The rechargeable battery is removable, too. The carrying handle does not have a tripod built-in like most 360 cameras do, but on the bottom it does have a standard 1/4-inch threads so you can attach it to a standard tripod mount. The Rylo 360 has NO WiFi or Bluetooth. The only way to access the camera at all is via a cable that has with a Lightning connector at one end, and male micro-USB on the other. The company says this is because of the transfer speed and connection complexity with wireless and huge 4K video files. Yeah, OK, I guess, but it still takes a while to transfer files, and the lack of wireless becomes an issue in itself. Say you want to take a photo, but not one of you holding the camera? Not really possible. There’s a timer, but it’s limited to a few seconds. With video this is less an issue since you can edit out the run back from the camera position after the fact. This also means you can’t adjust the camera’s settings to make sure you’re getting the image you want. For that matter, there aren’t any camera settings. No long exposures, no exposure compensation, no adjustments of any kind. Wireless is today a MUST. I want to see previews of what I am filming on my iPhone or iPad. I want to remote control my 360-Degree camera. Having NO wireless is a deal breaker. Even my salt shaker has WiFi. Furthermore I ran into some technical difficulties with this camera. I am sure I did everything by he Book, but as I took some video clips at the Paramount Ranch half of the clips were not there, despite the fact that the camera was"signaling" it is recording. Next day I took some clips on a Farmers Market. This time I did not lose any videos but I started a video which I thought I am recording on a all selfie stick for about one minute. Later I saw that the camera only recorded 6 (six) seconds. Because it does not have any WiFi I cannot monitor the camera with my iPhone and I lost this shot. If this camera had WiFi and Bluetooth I would say it was one of the best 360-Degree cameras today. Then there’s the price: $500 is a lot in this market. That’s nearly $200 more than the Insta360 which has most of the same features, though not its image quality. For $100 more you can get the GoPro Fusion which is waterproof without a case, higher resolution, and has WiFi and Bluetooth. It’s a heck of a lot larger though. Who should get the Rylo? If you’re looking to make slick-looking videos and photos of your life and adventures on the go, but never pause to set up a photograph, the Rylo will likely work perfectly for you. This is not a “photographer’s” camera. It just doesn’t have the settings and features photographers expect. That’s not a knock, not everyone needs or even knows how to use that stuff. Rylo was not aiming for that market, it is just important to acknowledge that on both sides. As long as there’s enough light, the image quality is good, the stabilization is great, and the build quality is spot-on. All around a great 360 camera, with some BIG flaws, which are in my opinion deal breakers. Most other reviews write or say on video that this is not a big deal, keeps the camera smaller, battery lasts longer and with video this is less an issue since you can edit out the run back from the camera position after the fact. All bullshit. These guys are either paid by someone or they are getting free demos which they can keep. Of course you will only see these guys praising the product in order to stay on the good side of these companies. Rylo: $500 www.Rylo.com