FPV Goggles

There are two types of goggles: box and binocular. Box goggles are cheaper, but some people (myself included) prefer the binocular style.

Goggles will have a DVR feature (if you see a set of goggles that do not have DVR, do not buy them); unless a drone is equipped with a second camera like a GoPro, this is how you retrieve footage from the drone.

There are some optional features that you’ll find:

1. A good scanning function will help you figure out which video channels are available.
2. Some will have HDMI input, so you can use your goggles with the flight simulator. Personally, I found the value from doing this marginal compared to the effort, and it’s nothing something I’d particularly look for going forward.
3. Some will let you broadcast your stream via WiFi or something similar. This is mostly a racing feature, you decide if you want it or not.
4. Some will have HDMI output, which lets you send the goggle output to an external monitor. Again, this is mostly a racing feature but you may find it useful

BetaFPV VR03

These are an entry set of analog goggles. The only reason I upgraded to a more expensive set of goggles is because I thought I wanted the HDMI input feature. They have a decent scanner and are pretty reasonable for getting started.

HDZero Goggles 2

These are the goggles I use now most often; they support analog and HDZero digital video and have some other cool features as well. I find these very comfortable, more so than the box goggles. However, they’re pretty expensive, and I didn’t buy them until I had spent a bunch of time with box goggles to figure that out. The downside with these is that they don’t have an analog scanner.

Skyzone Cobra SD

These goggles I bought to replace the VR03s just because I thought I wanted the HDMI input. They aren’t substantially better in my experience. I prefer the scanner on the VR03s over this one. In the picture at the top of the page, they are the goggles on the right.