Xiaomi FIMI X8 SE Range Test - How Far Will It Go? With & Without BOOSTERS (Light Urban)

[@DustinDunnill]

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[@derTommy]

it is actually $70

[@Scottyman99]

"This coupon only applies to specific products." Didn't work. :(

[@actionman9357]

Aloha Dustin! Of all the KZbin RC hobby reviewers, YOU are the most thorough and detailed! You really run the RC vehicles "through the mill" so to speak! If it was a rock you'd turn it over to see what's underneath! Outstanding review! Aloha! ;- )

[@sstahle1501]

The reason I watch your channel is to see these range flights/tests, and not to mention your opinions and viewpoints. I appreciate them. I would not fly my drone to that point, but in a case where you may lose control or connection, it is definitely a great knowledge to have in your arsenal to figure things out and get your drone home safely or close to be able to recover it if needed.Thank you for your dedication to all RC reviews/tests, I do value them!

[@KarimErrytouny]

Hey Dustin, I hope you redo this range test again. This is one of the most interesting drones and we would like to see what it's absolute range is from 100% battery charge. I enjoyed the vid! Thanks

[@BAMDrones-MichaelBelshe]

You crack me up! I love how hard you push these drones to see what they can do!

[@ce-750pilot3]

Dustin! I really enjoy these range tests for the same reasons you do. Checking out the increasing capabilities of science and technology is interesting for me! I live in the Midwest where I have almost limitless distance over farms with just a few homes and no wi-fi interference! Recording 4K video for the whole flight is so much fun, and even though it is not as beautiful as Maui, some of our sunsets are really spectacular🌞! Please keep the great reviews and range tests coming...😃🛩

[@MasterYota1]

The bottom line is very simple if you want long range you’re gonna have to Fly in a completely clean 2.4 area. All those competing WiFis don’t give any room for this drone to send a signal back. I honestly believe we should have a special signal for our drones like 1.3 ghz. I DJI Works in a proprietary system for Transmission. It makes it very expensive to produce the TX and RX of the drone. Wi-Fi on the other hand it is cheap and readily available so you’ll see that on almost every drone. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for range. 10+km yea!!

[@gvanausdle]

Yeah I was worried for you. Awesome that came back in time! I ordered the fimi a3. I bet those dishes will work on it.

[@Radostenator]

Dustin, thank you for this test. Would be great to see the same test from the other part of island. Where you send the drone over forest. Just to really see if the residential area causes problems. Thanks for your work from the Czech Republic. 👍

[@KarimErrytouny]

I have the Mi 4K and I also noticed that over residential areas the signal worsens and then gets full bars back as soon as I past over houses.

[@Radostenator]

Karim Errytouny thank you for your feedback. Dustin made a video on long range test with mi 4K with impressive results 👍

[@TheFishbook]

Dustin, GREAT Video! I'm hoping Fimi sends out some FW updates to fix these issues. I'm still waiting for GB to ship mine, hope it comes soon!

[@josefdahari]

Honestly. I just purchased one of these because of your videos. I’ve been wanting a decent drone but didn’t want to spend $1,000 on the Mavic. So thank you for testing the limits and showing what can be done. I used your link and coupon code as well.

[@DustinDunnill]

I hope you like it as much as I do. Fantastic for the price 👍

[@quad8083]

Dustin...way to go! Excellent test, and good video as always. Your commentary and testing is spot on, and I am not alone in coming here for good reviews. Your channel has come a long, long way from CX-20 days!! Aloha my bruddah!

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks! It has been a great journey indeed 🤙🍻

[@RandyRides]

It looks very promising! I might just have to pick one up. Just sold my Spark, so seems like a great alternative.

[@stevenmauer5054]

Great video as always. I think DJI has several competitors in their rear view mirror. Several manufacturers are catching up but DJI is clearly the leader. I think most all are too concerned with price and are trying to make hay with what they have and invest in R&D.. Keep up the great videos. Thanks and be safe

[@andymiller6000]

Silicon Valley .........................Thanks for showing us the boundaries (and weak points) so that we don't, necessarily, have to risk our own investments. I bet 90% of your following would like to "push" the same tests, but do not want to risk the possibility of loss.

[@jorgefernandez4806]

Great video! Just purchased this drone.

[@thesoundsmith]

Nice demo, Dustin. I am a bit surprised at the short range raw, but maybe(?) the suburban wi-f-i contributed. But Parabolics WORK. That simple. You just can't turn away from your drone (when you did at the end, walking back to the takeoff site, your signal went immediately red. Didn't matter to the X8, it knew where it was going, but a great demo of why you need to keep a parabolic antenna aimed at all times. The better the antenna, the more accurate you need to be as well. And the BEST part is the bang for the buck. Double the range for under $20, under $13 if yer patient or on that side of the rock... Keep 'em coming, guy, please. I'm just learning to fly on a Bebop but looking for a 4K cinema $500-700 monster - DJI Air, X8, Zino, Anafi ??? The market is getting crowded with juicy toys in the sweet spot price range, and it's only getting better from here. (ND filters, anyone? Anyone?)

[@MrBofB]

With the dish boosters flight was impressive and so is the cost of the drone. Well done Dustin and thanks for another fantastic review.

[@stevecook6136]

Been waiting for this for months! Thank you brother!

[@DenonGregory]

Wow this was all about showing off those extenders! They like quadrupled the range 😂 good video Dustin and thanks for your disclaimer makes a lot of sense I believe those types of things needs to be tested just for knowing purposes.

[@miguelamaralofficial3188]

FYI I contacted fimi about the NFZ and they awnser that it only has NFZ on China. I thought this could be good info for you to share since many people see your videos, so people be more careful where they fly, a full ban of Fimi drones by FAA or EASA would not be good. BTW I'm a Airline captain for the A330-900 but aeromodels fan too. Cheers mate.

[@brucebartlett7571]

Great video Dustin....Always appreciate the information......kind of shows me why DJI is still the leader... although the competition is good for the consumer

[@tadassmolskas3014]

I was hoping it would be better it just looks like a cheap and unfinished product.

[@gabem7]

The image processor is inferior and the girl has a strong accent on the phone :)

[@adrumaholic]

Not sure of the price but I'm gonna hold on to my m2p a bit longer

[@DustinDunnill]

It's amazing that you'd mention this would even be close to competeting with the Mavic 2 Pro 😮🙂. I'd say ANAFI or Mavic pro 1. At 3X the price the m2p is much better 😂🍻

[@adrumaholic]

Dustin Dunnill .Yeah Dustin, just pulling ur leg ...it would take a big stick and something really special to pry me away from my beloved M2P lol

[@Georgewrigley]

Dustin an awesome test. Great parabolic dishes that actually do the job. Got a bit worried for you but, hey like you said you do it so we don't have too. Nice one buddy and look forward to the next one. Cheers and thanks again buddy. :)

[@sirhilsam]

Thoroughly enjoyed this range test. Dustin...You The Man when it comes to putting these new drones through their paces. This IS a good drone and with updates it can only get better...better than the Hubsan Zino by far. Those parabolic range extenders are a must. Great job! Your viewers appreciate you risking your drones so we don't have to risk ours.

[@jcc8296]

Awesome range test dusti

[@adrumaholic]

Now, thinking to myself that's a good battery, I'm impressed !

[@Pain87Killer]

i would say that for the price it's a pretty good drone...i liked the footage, prettu good quality image...awesome video as usual!

[@bobmaynard6373]

Dustin - Thanks for your videos! I just purchased and received my first drone (an X8se) based on your reviews and test flights. Looking forward to some good times!

[@robbydelocht]

Great test and specifics around it Dustin Dunnill! Tx for sharing...

[@capbrantz4935]

Thanks for this review, greetings from The Netherlands

[@ells-aviation]

Awesome flight Dustin my butt was twitching at one point but seemed the tech had it covered ! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@DustinDunnill]

😂👍

[@gabem7]

There seems to be a tilt problem, I can see it all the way right before you landed there is a noticeable tilt. Thank you for your video. I saw your statement about the tilt :)

[@SilverShadow2LWB]

"high interference residential area" ? I think that may be in the eyes of the beholder. Come to Los Angeles if you want to see and experience "high interference" In perspective of the entire USA, I would consider you in a rural low interference area. Great performance out of the parabolics. Looking forward to more videos.

[@DustinDunnill]

Indeed 😂 This spot is known to cause issues to all but a few drones so it's a good indicator even if not very urban.

[@magneticinterference]

Should try the range test with the antennas pointing down if possible. The Evo got much better distance that way.

[@MALNTV]

It would be great if there were parabolic dishes for the Anafi. Thanks to your Anafi review I bought one. Plus parrot updated the software for RTH height adjustments, 2.7k and HDR throughout all resolutions...plus much more. Yes..you need to do a re-review of that drone. People like me buy based on your reviews.

[@gerv55]

Seen people use a piece of cardboard with aluminium tape on it put around the anafi antenna to boost range. Video here, he shows the booster he made at the end kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWfWYYZmh8eNatk

[@adrumaholic]

Wow impressive...This is looking like a really good entry level drone. Thanks for doing these stressful range tests so we aren't disappointed when we purchase one...maybe we could have an idea of the prices to see where this fits in with the better known manufacturers in the video. Thoroughly enjoyed this one Thx Dustin awesome..

[@DustinDunnill]

I always put product links in description under video viewers can check. Prices change over time so I try not to mention them much and verbally direct people to check the updated sites 👍

[@RonaldBrown59]

Great range test Dustin. I'm glad you got it home safe.

[@krisarkhon6483]

A great test again. The video transmission in fpv is not good with fimi x8. i hoped so much it was better than the mavic pro but its not. For the price ill take a second hand mavic pro. The truth is hard. Very good job Dustin.

[@DustinDunnill]

The DJI ocusync is going to be very hard to beat. Xiaomi pushed a range and camera improvement update yesterday. We'll see how it improves.

[@ezl7052]

Another awesome test on this drone and thanks for the review!

[@pdtech4524]

Excellent range test! I'm pretty sure I watched another range test video where it went 6km absolutely stock! Although it was over open countryside 👍😎

[@DustinDunnill]

Makes sense. No interference is a world of difference.

[@tiemji]

Once again, very instructive!! Good job

[@MrTroydawn]

As always......Excellent review. Thank you for the time you put into these reviews and being non-objective. It helps us all when its done the way you do.....

[@keltar4071]

I really like the look of this drone one of my favorites. I just wish they added a avoidance sensor on the front behind that black windshield thing. Seems like a wasted opportunity.

[@kevinhemming26]

Love your videos, and think this will be my next drone as ive only started this year 2019 with the £119 sjrc f11. but to be honest im not worried about the out of sight range as the new rules coming in for the UK and i would have thought other countries under the FAA is that this activity will be illegal from November 2019 anyways as it is out of line of sight and up to a £1000 + fine lol .. bit worried about the speed reading glitch and hope they sort that before i buy later this year. but loving the flight time and looks v much .... and to be honest i wouldn't expect it to do everything as good as a mavic pro2 when its half the price so im happy to buy it.. love your stuff and will keep watching .. Happy flying.

[@Mslmbullet]

Thanks a lot for you reviews! It's very important for all of us. Best regards from Russia.

[@dronesdehonduras]

👏.. 👏.. 👏.... Excelente vídeo !! 👍 Vi otros vídeos con revisiones de FIMI X8 SE y estaba un poco decepcionado de su rendimiento. Pero tu vídeo me quito las dudas. Gracias. 👏 .. 👏 .. 👏 .... Excellent video! 👍 I saw other videos with reviews of FIMI X8 SE and was a bit disappointed in its performance. But your video takes away my doubts. Thank you.

[@DustinDunnill]

They are updating and improving it quickly 👍

[@user-es9ef6zg6x]

Hi Dustin,greetings from China! I love your reviews lol it’s honest and so detailed. I really love how you push the drones to their limit despite the risk of losing them. Have you heard of the cfly obtain? Remember the cfly obtain, the mavic clone? It’s from the same company but a newer drone that look likes dji spark. Hope you can do a review on that, if you want to, thanks!

[@DustinDunnill]

Yes, I reviewed the Obtain when it first came out. It flew horrible and crashed and broke in my review 😂

[@ElmersFPV]

That was really exciting! :D Awesoem test dude!

[@Jeffs8247]

Another great video brother. I'm definitely thinking of buying this one (with the dishes)

[@txturbo930]

Nice test! thanks for doing this!

[@aerialphotographyRDT]

Excellent video thanks. The connection will severely fail if you don’t know where the drone is thus failing to point the antennas at the aircraft. That sometimes happens with flying my wifi Spark in an CE region. However the Spark is better in FCC mode than CE mode.The Parrot Anafi will show you in what direction to point the controller without physically seeing the drone.

[@theinnerpalacemind3825]

Yes, I was panicking and seeing doomsday scenes of crashes 😀 Great that it all worked out fine Dustin!!! Seems to be a quad that could be a surplus to my small collection👍 Thank you for your review man!

[@mattfoley7881]

Great vid! Interested to see range on a full battery charge... looks like your 2nd flight with the boosters started out with sixty-something percent battery power...

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks. Yep I used the same battery charge which didn't matter because the range was lost anyway. More testing coming up 👍

[@bellablueskiesllcprofessio5128]

Hey Dustin. Great reviews. I’ve read and experienced myself that when you fly towards the sun it really affects the signal. I lost signal with my MP2 once while staring right at the sun in its direct path.

[@crostfam]

Awesome as usual! Thank you!

[@darrenhanson3875]

I was a little worried at first but 2+ mile range is good even though it needed the dishes for the price. The V & H speed thing is interesting but I still think it's just a software problem that will be fixed with a update in the future.Hope it's not a sensor problem but if it is it should be just in the one you have butt all and all I'd still take it for the price. Looks like they didn't skimp on the battery quality. Pretty good for only a few recharges . The next range test away from houses should do good!

[@DustinDunnill]

Just got an update yesterday that improves camera and range. We'll explore more in next few videos.

[@darrenhanson3875]

@@DustinDunnill Nothing about the H & V speed problem?

[@DustinDunnill]

I haven't flown since update due to rain

[@runrun411]

Nothing says DJI like DJI. Everything else (except for the Evo) is just a toy drone. You had to fight with it to keep it out there. Parabolic dishes was better. Great video Dustin.

[@f1ak3]

just starting to watch the video, hope you didn't lose it

[@garybesta1222]

Bit of a white knuckle ride, but glad to see it ended well. I achieved 2086 feet when I flew the other day, but I shall dig out my Mi 4K boosters and give it a try.

[@Usatorok]

Does your 4K force land at 15% battery? Mine did. Will this one force land also?

[@garybesta1222]

@@Usatorok I don't know, I always RTH at 30%, landing at 20%.

[@mickfitz76]

I long for the parrot Disco 4g flights over beautiful Hawaii. Nothing on the market can touch the Parrot Disco. It's the best.

[@DustinDunnill]

Once the weather is ideal. Let's go on a 4G LTE whale watch 🙂👍

[@erfanatagozli1095]

Really good distance test mate, keep it up.

[@yorgev1998]

Hi Dustin. It seems better with the parabolic boosters. I am waiting my FIMI x8 se from BG, I think I Will purshase boosters :-))

[@DustinDunnill]

Better yes. They are a cheap upgrade 👍

[@yorgev1998]

@@DustinDunnill 😉. Can you confirm that this models are good for the x8 se radio? www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K1BY32I/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dusrcte-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01K1BY32I&linkId=2d5563fc71480e69c7dc3fa3bd1fb6bc

[@gaza66]

Thank you for doing this flight test looking forward to the next one.

[@dronehome7605]

Once again great review from mr Dustin but my opinion on this drone is it has potential but I’m a range flyer and range is what sells a drone to me and I wouldn’t go out and buy a drone like this that does the same range as a dji spark range. I don’t dis like the company like I said they may make a great next drone and this one isn’t bad from what I see. I do think the Chinese food lady’s app voice is funny as hell!!! 😂

[@MrZpilot]

It goes farther than a spark.. x8 battery was not %100. Spark range Limited becuase of battery to around 10,000ft.

[@dronehome7605]

I know I own one. Wish they’d come out with a upgrade battery for spark.

[@marcelovhm1]

Ouch that cliffhanger in the beginning, trying hard not to read the comments..

[@gdhall5311]

Great job Dustin, I use those boosters on my 4K quad.

[@Bian_Achmad]

U buy or make the booster manually?

[@RamCummins]

I know already you like STORM TROOPERS but hey what’s not to like about them, they are awesome. Oh ya nice video.

[@tdrdronesebikesandscooters8377]

I don't do range test, i just watch yours lol

[@mrguitman99]

Wow! What a difference with the parabolics. You are very brave to push these things to their limit. Thank you for doing it so that we don’t have to. You are the best! Love these range tests, always a nail bitter.

[@MegaStephen1972]

Let's hope xiaomi have been watching. A few tweeks in a firmware upgrade and I'll be definitely buy as it's around same price as my flyaway DJI spark was. Great reviews as always

[@DustinDunnill]

They pushed an update yesterday for camera and range improvement 👍

[@MegaStephen1972]

@@DustinDunnill will you do another test?

[@DustinDunnill]

Indeed I will

[@MegaStephen1972]

@@DustinDunnill 👍

[@publiedos]

this kind of "things" are the ones made me change from FIMI to Mavic, no problems at all from the moment I made the change others than birds and some other minor issues) but for me it was a MUST to make that change because of the FPV with the Moverio and other similar staff. As an advice for the next time is much better if you do the LONGEST range first and the shortest (withput the parabolics) in the second place, it will be better for you heart to do that way ha ha ha ha (LOL) ; ) Good job and thanks for sharing

[@dronerisephotography2378]

Awesome video, it did better than I expected.

[@Antoni_Hjalmarsson]

I like how it has red and green port and starboard navigation lights so you can see which way its facing. I don't understand why dji doesn't do this.

[@markozsky]

thanks..luckyly i will wait for the final version of these.seems not there yet for me..suscribed!!!

[@kostassinanos7859]

Τhanks you and we are grateful to you, for this interesting video!!!

[@denkn]

I wasn't panicking Dustin... It's your drone ! ! ! ;)

[@bnfl23]

Thanks for the review. Scratching this one off my list to get.

[@itchwaka]

what a beautiful sunset

[@gumbypooleut]

I did my second flight today in a light residential area. I hit 8600 ft and was still getting FPV and full control. The video started breaking up as I rotated the unit. As it was only my second flight I brought it home. One thing I did notice was the Sport mode seemed to have more range. Based on the signal strength indicator, I took it to mean the power was lessened in the regular mode vs sport. I am hoping to fly some more this weekend. If so, I plan to do some more testing. My initial reaction is very positive.

[@DustinDunnill]

Maybe they put the antenna on bottom and the harder pitch of sport mode tilts it forward to orient antenna better.

[@Cutlersfamily]

Good job bro love the videos

[@perditionluc]

Great review as always. Seems like way too many bugs to get my money. Can't drop that kind of cash for something with that many issues off the get go.

[@tonymcclendon-hobbytime7727]

Great test! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@colinfairweather717]

Try when returning home Point the camera at the home point to see if it needs to recognize it to land on it ?

[@RICKHALBUR]

Thanks Dustin great flight

[@andrewandron7087]

Wow! That is a slow drone. I thought I was going to have a heart attack waiting. Glad you got it back. They need to fix their speedometer though.

[@uksewingmachineservice7030]

That is a great drone really nice flying mate nice one don 🤠👌👌👌👌👌👌👍

[@Couacc]

Thanks

[@tiredolfolk2662]

Nice test! Seems when you were trying to get out there as signal cutting out, elevation seemed the key... Why? Just a few feet higher and you had a solid connection?? Just saying. Wish you could do a retest without the P Dishes. But, GREAT test... and RTH on signal loose was nice to know!

[@TechyRodsWire]

Great video subbed! I like this drone but for what they’ll asking price is I can save a week more and buy a Mavic refurb possibly ...I like this drone though

[@canonballsimp]

I think I'm going to go for the parrot anafi. Thanks for your great reviews!

[@gregmannos]

Yes range test from the mountain..

[@DustinDunnill]

👍

[@eca7773]

Great informative review as always. I am always amazed at how the parabolic boosters can double the range on most drones. A quick question, have you been contacted to review the new Hover 2 drone from Zero Zero Robotics? It seems pretty interesting with the Obstacle avoidence system they use. Would love to hear your thoughts about it. Keep up the great reviews!

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks. No they haven't contacted me yet.

[@robdelvecchio5815]

Dustin - thanks for the great Fimi X8 reviews. My first drone, which I love, with the exception of a low end Hubsan GPS drone I learned to fly (and crash with). Do you have the little switch next to the Micro SD card slot on the aircraft switched to RC instead of Wifi? That's one thing I overlooked on my first couple of flights which may affect range.

[@DustinDunnill]

Yes, I was under the impression that was for flying with phone controls directly if switched to wifi. I have it on RC.

[@DROHNENDANIEL]

It`s not the best range. But it`s still enough. In Germany it`s not allowed to fly a drone without direkt sight on the drone without utilities. You gotta be able to fly your drone, while you see it with your bare eyes :D

[@ema_9115]

Thank you for your videos , they are always useful and well made. Can we use mavic pro Parabolic Dish Range Boosters?

[@DustinDunnill]

They should work with some modifications but I don't have them any longer 😂

[@urbanx3922]

Hey Dustin, do you have a pm for longer questions or off topic questions? Chad Lol, love that app voice by the way!

[@DustinDunnill]

Hey Chad. I have my social networks linked on my main KZbin page banner 👍

[@Helloitskovo]

Hey Dustin great video! I need some advice. I want a drone and I have 3 in mind: Xiaomi Fimi x8 SE , DJI Mavic Air , Parrot Anafi. The Xiaomi is the cheapest. Dji mavic air is better. And then there's the parrot anafi. I want to shoot nature, be able to fly high and far away. Which suits me the best :o

[@DustinDunnill]

If you've got the coin... DJI is hard to beat honestly. That ocusync tech is amazing

[@hobbychanel5798]

letss goo test good video :)

[@useryggfdcc]

My FIMI X8 SE flew 4km with the antenna reflectors. In RTH it landed right on the H of the landing pad with no input from me. :):):)

[@alvimarrochadarosa2854]

Amaizing!