From PCMAG · Will Greenwald · · 2m
A 4K webcam that fits in a coin pocket
Obsbot's $119 Meet Flip trades motorized tracking for a matchbook body that still shoots sharp 4K.
In brief
Obsbot's $119 Meet Flip trades motorized tracking for a matchbook body that still shoots sharp 4K. If you want good video on the road, the Meet Flip gives up pan-and-tilt and loses almost nothing else. Originally reported by PCMAG.
The name problem
Obsbot spent the Tiny name on its gimbal webcams, which is awkward, because the $119 Meet Flip is smaller than every one of them.
“It's a shame Obsbot already used the Tiny name for its gimbal-mounted webcam line”
What it trades away
There is no motorized pan and tilt here. In exchange you get a matchbook-sized camera you can drop in a bag or a pocket without thinking about it.
Editors' Choice anyway
Bright, sharp 4K video and very clear audio out of a body this size earned it PCMag's Editors' Choice for best ultra-portable webcam.
“Its diminutive form belies its excellent performance”
A fifth the size
Folded, it measures 0.7 by 1.6 by 1.6 inches. That is a fifth the volume of the $99 Tiny SE and a quarter that of the $199 Tiny 3 Lite.
Looks like a clip
The flat profile is mostly a wide hinged jaw with a lip for hooking over a laptop or monitor. It reads as an accessory that holds a webcam, not the webcam itself.
“it looks less like a webcam and more like a clip meant to hold one”
Change pocket small
The reviewer calls it the first webcam thin enough to fit in the change pocket of a pair of jeans. That is the whole pitch in one sentence.
“the first webcam I've seen that's genuinely small and thin enough to fit into the change pocket of a pair of jeans”
The jaw actually grips
A stiff hinge and rubberized inner panels hold the top of a monitor properly, so it does not slide off mid-call.
Light enough for thin laptops
At 1.33 ounces it perches on the flimsiest lids, against 2.22 ounces for the Tiny 3 and 2.58 for the Tiny 3 Lite.
Tripod mount underneath
The bottom of the jaw has a screw mount, so you can put it on a tripod instead of balancing it on a screen.
Hidden until you need it
Closed, the only tell is a USB-C port on the back. Everything else looks like a blank clip.
“the only hint that the Meet Flip isn't just a clip for another webcam is the USB-C port on the back”
Flip up to shoot
Raising the front module reveals a 0.4-by-0.5-by-1.6-inch block holding the lens, the microphone grille and the indicator LED.
Who it is for
Anyone who works from hotel rooms and cafes. Give up tracking, keep 4K, and stop carrying a webcam that needs its own pouch.
The main idea
If you want good video on the road, the Meet Flip gives up pan-and-tilt and loses almost nothing else.
