The standard, non-European version cost me $13,200. Someone's trying to scare you by saying that everything is written in Chinese here, but that's not true. Therefore, there is no justification in doing so. Having started out with English voice acting, I later changed it to 2022 on the mi home app. The actual process of hooking up the vacuum took me a while, but that's because I'm an idiot. There are several "dummies" videos available on YouTube.