I'll update you in this pinned comment if fixes come through for the issues mentioned. What's your experience with this or similar sliders?

The spinning PONS head happens when you double tap an arrow too fast... it's a feature, but needs to be removed.  The speed of the slider when programming waypoints is a lot faster and easier if you learn to use the Manual Hand in the middle.... it disables the motor and you can quickly slide to your start.. set A, slide to your last point..set B and then you're done.  Lastly, don't use the 1% motor speed for your timelapse... it's a guessing game and it only works if your workflow matches it.  Use the Timelapse feature and intervelometer built in to allow the hardware to step move per your settings... this works just fine once you learn, I use the same system and have done many successfully this way.  The 1% movement thing is sloppy in general, and you see why.

Zeapon greate device, but very weekly support, the app does update and not improve, Bluetooth connection is very weekly 2 head if connected any another Bluetooth device make disable connection to zeepon... For vertialcal rotate head 3kg its too much(2kg lens + 1kg camera) realy have a problems some time on some angles

I bought this 3 months ago. I don't know if it was b&h fault or Zeapon but they forgot to send the motor unit. However B&H was kind enough to send a replacement Zeapon support was not very "supportive", with this issue but they offered a 50% discount on a new motor if B&H failed to provide me one, wich i think is ok. Fortunately B&H solved this issue and the unit arrived today. I' eager to test it, this will be my first approach to this kind of gear. I felt it would be a better option to start with these instead of a $5000 Edelkrone set up. As it looks like needs a medium learning curve to truly exploit it. I'm glad the problem you mention doesn't sound that bad or at leasr there's a way to work around them. Thank you for posting this, these videos are super helpful!! ❤

How it compares with edelkrone SliderPLUS v5 or v6?

I've had this piece of kit for a couple of years now. I agree with many of your points. The hardware is beefy and feels premium. The software sucks. I've had a lot of problems in general with the Pons PT head. The pan motor works fine, but when I use the pan and tilt motors it causes a lot of jitter in my footage as the excess weight doesn't seem to play nice with the track. It's almost like it isn't properly balanced over top of the track and so as it slides it slightly torques to one side and isn't as smooth. I've played around with it and tried to adjust as much as it allows, but have never been able to get it just right. The head also sags slightly to the right when the camera is mounted, so the horizon is never straight. I did have some luck putting a small bit of graphite lubricant on the slider to significantly reduce the jitter, but it didn't take it out entirely.

It's so frustrating because it has every opportunity to be a legitimately great slider. They pretty regularly push out firmware updates, but they STILL haven't fixed the issue with multiple points (where it stops at each point rather than one continuous motion), and I still have issues with the pan/tilt not properly synchronizing. Here's to hoping that some day they finally fix these issues.

First off, thank for your review much appreciated! I just picked up this slider kit and was wondering if anyone found a video walking you through setting up different shots that this slider could make other than your standard dolly in/out or side to side? thank in advance

I usr combo Slypod and aircross3, old but good

I have the Micro 3. Same issues over the past three years. Exactly the same. The biggest problem is what you mentioned: when you add a mid-point, it stops and keeps moving instead of one smooth move. Thanks for the video. I was curious if the Micro 3 has the same issues. It has. Cheers 👍🏻

Nice review I have been looking at this slider I had picked up the I footage Nano 2 short version as a mail order return but was faulty as would not go past the welcome screen (this was the reason it was returned the 1st time but went accidentally back out on sale!) mainly wanting to use for time lapse so with what you said in the video might have to think again.

It appears to be designed with out input from someone who has used one. It's also trying to bridge between a toy and a professional rig. I've been eyeing it off as a replacement for my time-lapse rig. At least this one doesn't need a 4WD to transport it 😂

The hardware looks so lovely but annoying about those issues! I’m yet to use a slider but I used to use my skateboard back in the day with a weight in place of the stabilization legs. Very manual, no software issues, no battery, but very effective. Not sure if I’d rig it up now though haha! Your electric longboard might have better success? 😅

I have this slider (actually the rails from the versions 3 with the motor of the version 4) but have only used it with basic stuff w/o issues. Interesting to hear about the timelapse issues as that was going to be my next step. Will be watching for your updates.

I used this slider for food shooting,includes macro lens and normal lens. I found that we encounter the same problem. Footage shaking,app failure,and the touch screen always not working(Keep your fingers moist and apply a little pressure. It seems to work more fluky) ....which is really annoying! Sometimes the pons head and slider will lost control,keep moving and cause the lens hit the pons head...even worse the only way to fix it seems like to shot its power down then start again. Thank you for making this video. I hope it will be improved in the future.

Does it not have Move-Shoot-Move for timelapse? That’s really disappointing if it doesn’t. I would considering this system for timelapse because of the double distance slider but no MSM is a deal breaker

So to be clear - can you do a proper parallax move like for a B cam shot during an interview, where it starts looking, say 45 degrees to the left, and smoothly pans left while panning to the right to keep the subject in frame? Will it do it smoothly and continuously that slide and pan? Any update on firmware?

I was thinking to get this or the ifootage shark nano. Maybe I should go for the shark?

Thanks for this! Which sliders would you recommend if you have to pick one or two? A pan/tilt slider, not like the GVM ones which only do pans.

I've always wanted a Rhino Arc ii but I can't seem to find it anywhere especially in Canada, I think it's discontinued. And also pricey.

The final point - when using more than 2 way points has been that way for YEARS (since the original micro 2 and the PT heads were released) it really reduces the potential use cases :(

For the price point, these issues shouldn’t be happening… That’s a lot of money to spend on a product with so many bugs. I’ve owned one of the early versions of the Zeapon sliders and other than stability issues when the camera gets to the ends, it was pretty good.