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Review on 🚁 XiaoMi FIMI X8 SE 2020: Advanced Quadcopter UAV with 4K Video, 8km Range Transmission, and 35mins Flight Time - The Perfect Drone for Adults! by Russell Anh

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Could have been great but I think I got a lemon.

I was very impressed with this drone and its capabilities. It was easy to fly and the camera performance was above average. The drone has a great feature set and the return home function was very reliable. The battery life was acceptable. The size offers excellent portability. Here's where the bad starts: The manufacture date of the device I received is May 2020. I've seen other problem reports with devices posted in May. My device tended to mess up SD cards regularly. As a result, I lost most of the footage. Another big problem was range issues. I live in a small suburb and it's not very crowded. On my first flight I noticed that I was getting video dropouts and weak signal notifications about 100m away - a red flag. I returned it and it came back with no problems. I charged everything up and brought it back later and at just over 100m the problems returned. That distance shouldn't be a problem for a drone that claims a range of 8km. There is clearly a problem with this block.

Pros
  • Always liked
Cons
  • Reliability