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Serene or STABIL for Easyrig?

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Hiya,
We are looking at getting an Easyrig Vario 5 to work mostly with a Ronin 2 gimbal.
I was going to get a Cineflow Serene, but then I see that Easyflow has released a "STABIL" that does the same thing.

Anyone has tried both?
Here is a short video They used to call it flow, then named to STABIL.
A few thoughts
- Stabil looks nice, but I think its a lot heavier. Normal Easyrig is 5.5kg but with Stabil it is 8kg so that sounds like 2.5kg. The serene is 1.26kg
- I also wonder if it may be trickier to take apart for transportation. Also wonder how easy it is to adjust the length.

I guess we need to find a place to test them, but would be nice to hear if anyone tried them.

We thought we would use it for documentary work or Natural History work.

Best,
Andreas
 
Same question. We have the serene, wondering if the stabil is worth the upgrade.

Does it take the steps out better than the serene?

biggest thing i see immediately on the stabil, you can adjust the pulley-point on the cord, and can go from Gimbal distance to shoulder distance on one rig, really quickly. Currently, i like the vario5 and serene for our mōvi, but another smaller one like the mini-max for shoulder work.
 
Readyrig Vega is good, been enjoying mine, theres still no one perfect thing to rule every scenario, Also Flocine has something nice coming...
 
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Seren has now 50% recuction - but still not sure if I want it. You are very high and its not great in tight places.
Stabil arm is something I want to try!

What do you mean by Flowcine has something nice comming?
 
Gimbal Link looks awesome, but I do not think they have released it yet. I will keep an eye on this.
For now we will hand held the Movi Pro. You wont believe it but Natalie was stronger than me in carrying it, so just has stronger shoulders! So I think it will be me on the remote focus and composition!
 
Only have perspective on the STABIL but I'm loving it.

Right out of the box with a poorly balanced MOVI I could literally sprint and get usable footage.
 
I had the serene and switched to the Stabil arm.
Couple of MAJOR improvements:
The Serene if not locked down was pretty dangerous and would whip around when not in use. Not pretty for going through doorways or even when the entire rig was off shoulder and being carried. We had to always strap the serene down or else it'd turn into a high speed spinner if we weren't being super careful. The created great looking shots but ultimately we decided wasn't worth the hassle.

Another major improvement is that the Stabil arm has the capacity to raise up quite a bit when you push up on the rig but then also drop when you dropped the rig. This makes it much easier to get straight on "eye" shots of talent by pushing up against the stabil arm but then also being able to go under overhanging / short doorways much easier. The serene was constantly getting snagged on a tree branch or something because it was so much higher and a little unpredictable.

If I had to do it over again I'd go Stabil over Serene again and again. The only issue is it makes the Vario 5 a fair bit heavier and we had to get pretty creative in packing it for flights (we have a custom hockey gear bag that we use to transport the easyrig /stabil an an Inspire 2 drone all in one).
 
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