Xiaomi Mi Drone 4k - 393 euro including delivery

tedpan

McMurphy wrote:

Oops.... Yeah reread that there and see what he meant now.

McMurphy wrote:

I'm tempted to pull the trigger on the xaiomi now, but that hubson looks like a nice piece of kit too..... Never replaced my mavic pro which I sold on last December, and for some reason am really beginning to miss it.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I use mine once or twice a month, but would definitely miss it I didn't have it! If you could get the X8 for less than 400e I'd say go for it

RonTon

https://www.tomtop.com/p-rm4222eu.html

A DJI Mavic Pro for €910 with 2 batteries,good price does anyone think ? I think that includes import duties

Rock Paper Scissors

I'm leaning towards the zino 2 from gearbest for $399

The shipping method say priority line, wonder would I get hit for customs?

Hmmm

Shefwedfan

Ok sorry to drag up old thread

So I had my brother drone and have never used.Maybe once but deleted app. I am trying to set up but how do you know it is on or off? remote and drone? I am connecting via iPhone but do the lights stay on? I press button on both remote and drone and it flashs and then goes on but no idea if still on or off now?

tedpan

Shefwedfan wrote:

So I had my brother drone and have never used.Maybe once but deleted app. I am trying to set up but how do you know it is on or off? remote and drone? I am connecting via iPhone but do the lights stay on? I press button on both remote and drone and it flashs and then goes on but no idea if still on or off now?

No worries, it's the double tap hold combination. So tap, then tap and hold quickly, then the four lights should stay on. Same for the remote. Hope that's what you meant.

Shefwedfan

tedpan wrote: »

No worries, it's the double tap hold combination. So tap, then tap and hold quickly, then the four lights should stay on. Same for the remote. Hope that's what you meant.

Thanks, after I posted I worked itout....I did spend 10 mins with a lot of excited children before I worked that out


Still no further along, using cable to connect in to iphone from control but wont pick it up....I know last time this took ages but I cant remember how I fixed:P

tedpan

Shefwedfan wrote:

Still no further along, using cable to connect in to iphone from control but wont pick it up....I know last time this took ages but I cant remember how I fixed

Ah, you need to enable USB tethering. That creates the link to the app.

Shefwedfan

tedpan wrote: »

Ah, you need to enable USB tethering. That creates the link to the app.

Followed the process, plug in cable, turned on hotspot, goes blue at top of screen so connected....also sometimes asks for pass code

Still won’t connect, going to wipe a android tablet and see if that will work

tedpan

Shefwedfan wrote:

Still won’t connect, going to wipe a android tablet and see if that will work

I haven't used an iPhone, so maybe that's the issue. From what I've read online, Android is better for Xiaomi and Apple is better for DJI, although I've never had an issue with Android on any drone.

Let us know how you get on..

Shefwedfan

tedpan wrote: »

I haven't used an iPhone, so maybe that's the issue. From what I've read online, Android is better for Xiaomi and Apple is better for DJI, although I've never had an issue with Android on any drone.

Let us know how you get on..

After watching a few videos it seems like an issue with iPhone and Xiaomi....

Tweaky

FIMI X8 2020

FIMI X8 The new 2020 Version down to € 337 from spanish warehouse incl delivery. Option also to get a further discount in a draw.

Rock Paper Scissors

Tweaky wrote: »

FIMI X8 2020

FIMI X8 The new 2020 Version down to € 337 from spanish warehouse incl delivery. Option also to get a further discount in a draw.

Thats an outstanding deal. Looks like the new one has "follow me" too

Wonder if id be hit with customs charges ordering from banggood?

Suckit probably has a coupon for banggood to bring the price down even further

MorganIRL

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Thats an outstanding deal. Looks like the new one has "follow me" too

Wonder if id be hit with customs charges ordering from banggood?

Suckit probably has a coupon for banggood to bring the price down even further

I think the pre order option is a Spanish warehouse. How trustworthy is the pre order option. My first drone so wud like something that can last.

banie01

Tweaky wrote: »

FIMI X8 2020

FIMI X8 The new 2020 Version down to € 337 from spanish warehouse incl delivery. Option also to get a further discount in a draw.

The preorder price paid is the "full" price the $299 price is for 1000 people who will be chosen at random.

That said, the full price deal is bloody great value IMO there is a huge bang for the buck with this drone.
My order with some discount codes and the Gimbal protector went thru at @$384.

looking forward to receiving it, and if I get any money back in the draw its an added bonus.

No FIMI protect option available via Spanish warehouse tho.

MorganIRL

banie01 wrote: »

The preorder price paid is the "full" price the $299 price is for 1000 people who will be chosen at random.

That said, the full price deal is bloody great value IMO there is a huge bang for the buck with this drone.
My order with some discount codes and the Gimbal protector went thru at @$384.

looking forward to receiving it, and if I get any money back in the draw its an added bonus.

No FIMI protect option available via Spanish warehouse tho.

Where does one get the discount codes.. cheapest I'm getting is $399

Tweaky

MorganIRL wrote: »

Where does one get the discount codes.. cheapest I'm getting is $399

BGFIMIX8SE20

MorganIRL

Bite the bullet. Hopefully turns up next month..

Rock Paper Scissors

Never ordered off banggood before lads.

What are the chances of getting hit with customs charges?

Silent Running

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Never ordered off banggood before lads.

What are the chances of getting hit with customs charges?

If it's coming from the Spanish warehouse, there should be no customs due.

tedpan

Rock Paper Scissors wrote:

What are the chances of getting hit with customs charges?

Silent Running wrote:

If it's coming from the Spanish warehouse, there should be no customs due.

Should be ok, but there's a 50% chance with banggood. Based on 3 of my 6 orders getting hit.

Tweaky

tedpan wrote: »

Should be ok, but there's a 50% chance with banggood. Based on 3 of my 6 orders getting hit.

Surely when coming from the Spanish warehouse there should be no customs. Did the shipments that you got charged customs on come from China ??

Lanshane

I got 2 batteries for the Mi Drone from Bangood without getting stopped late last year. Got my drone from Gearbest with no customs charge also 2 years ago. I did however get hit when I ordered a spare battery from Gearbest when buying the drone.....it may be pot luck I think...

tedpan

Tweaky wrote:

Surely when coming from the Spanish warehouse there should be no customs. Did the shipments that you got charged customs on come from China ??

You'd think.. If stopped, customs request the invoice and can see you purchased from a company in China. It doesn't matter which warehouse it came from. The majority will get through I'm sure..

Suckit

Tweaky wrote: »

Surely when coming from the Spanish warehouse there should be no customs. Did the shipments that you got charged customs on come from China ??

Banggood have an option at checkout to tick 'tariff insurance' when coming from China. That means, if it gets stopped they will refund you the tax, but not the handling fee of €10 that An Post charge, or whoever deliver it.
When coming from EU Warehouse you should 100% not face any extra charges. If you do, argue the case that it was the EU Warehouse you purchased it from.

steven087

Would the 2020 version be as good as a drone as say a dji phamtom 3 advanced.. As in distance and camera.. It works out like 340 euro.. Has many purchased

tedpan

steven087 wrote:

Would the 2020 version be as good as a drone as say a dji phamtom 3 advanced.. As in distance and camera.. It works out like 340 euro.. Has many purchased

Better distance than a P3A, camera would be close, probably better on the Xiaomi. I would buy one but I'm broke until May!

Suckit

I got on to the banggood chat last night, and asked would Spain warehouse be offering FIMI Premium care, he kinda just repeated the promotion back to me. So I asked about the US warehouse and he said they are no longer offering it either.
Then went on to tell me that it is because they are both sold out. So I asked would Spain warehouse be getting it back in while the promotion is on, and he believed so, but he wasn't sure.
Not sure I would wait to find out.

There is a review of it here in Russian (Video is in English)
https://dronomania.ru/xiaomi/fimi-x8-se-2020.html

For those that don't use chrome auto translate
https://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdronomania.ru%2Fxiaomi%2Ffimi-x8-se-2020.html

It also mentions

The developer clarifies that those customers who have already ordered an old
version of the drone have priority on getting a new version of the drone, and
that they will be contacted by the support service to discuss the relevance and
terms of replacement.

Lord Spence

Oh man I'm very tempted but I was about to pull the trigger on the dji mavic mini but now i'm torn between the two. This is my first drone so its a lot of money either way.

Silent Running

It was too good to resist for long, I'm in.

I'm used to 450 size RC helicopters that take a bit of flying. This should be a piece of piddle to fly. Great for some high level video.

garion

Lord Spence wrote: »

Oh man I'm very tempted but I was about to pull the trigger on the dji mavic mini but now i'm torn between the two. This is my first drone so its a lot of money either way.

I'm in the same boat. Have a cheap bug drone that is great fun but a high quality that's good value, easy to fly and can take great video has proved too tempting. Looking forward to delivery!

What accessories have people bought for the x8?

Debub

Is the Xiaomi Mi Drone 4k still a good one to buy? Any known good deals on it? I am thinking of getting the Eachine 58 first for a bit of practice in flying before I get a proper one. I don't play computer games so i might be rubbish at controlling them

tedpan

Silent Running wrote:

I'm used to 450 size RC helicopters that take a bit of flying. This should be a piece of piddle to fly. Great for some high level video.

It is, will be so easy to get used to..

Debub wrote:

Is the Xiaomi Mi Drone 4k still a good one to buy? Any known good deals on it? I am thinking of getting the Eachine 58 first for a bit of practice in flying before I get a proper one. I don't play computer games so i might be rubbish at controlling them

Not sure on the current deals, but there's no point in getting something to practice with. These things fly themselves. So simple to fly!

Lord Spence

Can't seem to get the price down to €337 for the fimi drone, saying the coupon has hit its limit for today?

Silent Running

Lord Spence wrote: »

Can't seem to get the price down to €337 for the fimi drone, saying the coupon has hit its limit for today?

I got that yesterday... Try again in the morning tomorrow, as early as you can. Worked for me today.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz

Where are people getting their batteries for the Fimi X8? They are approx 70ish Euros on Banggood...can someone recommend a cheaper site, or is that the going rate?

Rock Paper Scissors

Gonna pull the trigger on this tomorrow lads. It really is outstanding value for money.

Im gonna pick up a good quality micro SD card and a carry case

(Any good sites for a good deal on an micro SD card?)

Any other essential accessories needed for this?

Cheers lads
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Lord Spence

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Gonna pull the trigger on this tomorrow lads. It really is outstanding value for money.

Im gonna pick up a good quality micro SD card and a carry case

(Any good sites for a good deal on an micro SD card?)

Any other essential accessories needed for this?

Cheers lads
.

Yes think I am gonna do the same , now have ruled out the Mavic mini due to the terrible range in the ce model. Think I'll get this, spare battery, case, as card and Gimbel cover

BKWDR

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Gonna pull the trigger on this tomorrow lads. It really is outstanding value for money.

Im gonna pick up a good quality micro SD card and a carry case

(Any good sites for a good deal on an micro SD card?)

Any other essential accessories needed for this?

Cheers lads
.

Buy a gimbal cover.
There was one you could 3D print yourself, which I did, but it never fitted properly

The gimbal is fairly exposed out of the box

Mymemory.ie I picked up a 64gb SanDisk for 22e but dunno if that was a sale

Lord Spence

Silent Running wrote: »

I got that yesterday... Try again in the morning tomorrow, as early as you can. Worked for me today.

Code worked for me this morning but then I didn't pull the trigger, Having no FIMI Refresh is putting me off, May just get the fly more DJI bundle and put up with the reduced range and have piece of mind warranty wise and by having the DJI Refresh .... Ah decisions decisions

Rock Paper Scissors

Just tried to purchase the new Fimi X8 SE now and got the error message:


The daily limit for this coupon has been reached. Please try again tomorrow.


Will try again tomorrow

christy c

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Just tried to purchase the new Fimi X8 SE now and got the error message:


The daily limit for this coupon has been reached. Please try again tomorrow.


Will try again tomorrow

I ordered mine about 8am this morning (despite not knowing a thing about drones!). That error was showing up around 11 IIRC.

tedpan

Lord Spence wrote:

Can't seem to get the price down to €337 for the fimi drone, saying the coupon has hit its limit for today?

Silent Running wrote:

I got that yesterday... Try again in the morning tomorrow, as early as you can. Worked for me today.

Rock Paper Scissors wrote:

Just tried to purchase the new Fimi X8 SE now and got the error message:

Rock Paper Scissors wrote:

The daily limit for this coupon has been reached. Please try again tomorrow.

christy c wrote:

I ordered mine about 8am this morning (despite not knowing a thing about drones!). That error was showing up around 11 IIRC.

I thought it was groundhog day

Rock Paper Scissors

Just managed to order there lads using the coupon


total came to €339 including shipping insurance.


Currently looking at bags, I'm just wondering if the dimensions of the 2018 and the new 2020 fimi x8 se are the same?

tedpan

Rock Paper Scissors wrote:

Currently looking at bags, I'm just wondering if the dimensions of the 2018 and the new 2020 fimi x8 se are the same?

Yep, same dimensions. Congrats on the purchase!

steven087

Anybody in here selling there old drone... Any type xiaomi fimi or dji... Looking to buy

Suckit

steven087 wrote: »

Anybody in here selling there old drone... Any type xiaomi fimi or dji... Looking to buy

There should be a few on adverts
https://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/photography/other-photography/51

tedpan

I think shefwedfan has one for sale.

The fimi drone seems to be a fairly small drone (compared to the MiDrone). Are people using it in any kind of wind at all? I get the impression the MiDrone would be much superior for our Irish weather?

JimFin

I'm having a bit of a problem this eve with this drone. Last time I used it three weeks ago all was fine but this eve every time I try to turn on USB tethering is firstly won't turn on and so if you unplug the cable and reconnect, usb tethering will turn on but the phone immediately reboots. Have been at this all eve and made no progress with it. All latest updates etc installed. I have tried other advice on this thread to turn on USB tethering before starting the app but it won't allow me turn it on without being connected.

The phone is a Samsung S10 that is up to date also. I'm running out of ideas and was going to uninstall the app off the phone and re-install but I 'm concerned that it will loose all the flight history data or require logins and passwords that I have no clue what they are!

Anyone got any suggestions on either solving the original problem or advice on doing an app reinstall??

NUTZZ

I pulled the trigger on the 2020 FIMI X8 this morning, the code worked at 8am and came to €338 with shipping insurance.

It seems like too much bang for buck to pass up at this price, looking forward to getting my hands on it next month hopefully!