The workshop
The video and audio gear you don’t have to buy
I’m Louis. I choose, test and prepare every piece of equipment myself. Video gear ships by Chronopost anywhere in mainland France; audio gear is collected from the workshop, in Lyon.
Why Fox Rider exists
I owned good video gear, and I used it a few times a year. The rest of the time it sat in a cupboard: useful to no one, losing value, and still costing money to stay current. I started Fox Rider so you don’t have to go through the same thing.
You take the equipment for exactly as long as your project lasts, and no longer: DJI drones, GoPro, Insta360 360° cameras, instax, turntables and audio gear. It leaves checked and complete. And when it ships, the return box and its prepaid label are already inside.
How it works
Video gear — drones, GoPro, Insta360, instax — ships by Chronopost anywhere in mainland France and arrives the day before your shoot. Audio gear is not shipped: it is collected from the workshop and brought back there. Either way, collecting in person is free, any day, by appointment booked in advance.
The excess ranges from €100 to €250 depending on the item; the exact amount is on its page. For video gear it is paid at checkout and returned within five working days after inspection, and damage and theft cover is included in the price, at no extra cost. For audio gear it is left on site at handover.
The gear at work
Photos taken with Fox Rider gear during my travels
What you can count on
Checked before every departure
Batteries, accessories, condition: every unit goes back on the bench between two rentals, then again on return. Anything that comes back damaged does not go out again: it is repaired, or replaced.
Two days, or two months
You set your dates when you book, and the daily price drops as the rental gets longer. Up to two months for video gear, one week for audio gear.
I answer the phone myself
Unsure about a model, hit by a surprise the day before you leave: call. No tiered support — the person on the line is the one who packed your equipment.
Equipment that gets used
A camera that moves from one project to the next is a camera nobody had to build twice. I keep it in service for as long as it does the job: I repair rather than replace.
What's in preparation
Three projects are under way. None of them has a date: nothing appears on the site before it is genuinely available to rent.
The catalogue is growing
You decide: a poll is open on the site, and the model that comes out on top joins the catalogue.
The gear, on camera
Hands-on videos, shot with the very units I rent out and posted on social media: see what a camera actually gives you before you book it.
Your reviews
A missing accessory, an unclear manual, a parcel that arrived late: your reviews are how I find out, and how I put it right. You can leave one on Trustpilot or on Google.
A question before you book?
The right model for your project, availability on your dates, the annex you sign to rent a drone: better to settle that before you book than once the parcel has left. Write to me, or call.