Hey all Happy New Year! I've received a limited amount of Coupon Codes for you guys if your waiting for a good deal on the Mi 4K from here goo.gl/ih6JR2 Use Code MI4KIT US plug version for a price of $399 limited to first 50 who use the code! Also here is the code for Europe/Asia plug limited to first 100 to use code MCMI4K Also if you need parts, here you go: Battery & Parts goo.gl/8p34Gg Clamp to hold Tablet goo.gl/2oES4o Cheap Ipad Air 2 amzn.to/2CtgQ1J Drone Launch Pad goo.gl/3BBKCy
I just used your code to order mine! There were some similar codes for this Drone last fall but right now yours is the only code I have found to work! I have ordered a lot of smaller less expensive items from GearBest with no problems so have confidence they will be a good vendor to order from.
I've also used your code. Worked fine for me. Shame that the only warehouse you can have it shipped from is from China for the US plug but as long as everything is delivered safe and sound I'll be good.
I may be mistaken but I don't think the US plug is much different than the Canadian one. It should work in either country. You can get the Canadian one shipped from an LA warehouse, at least today you can.
Great review. Tried to use the code but it unfortunately looks like it only works if ordering from China and China is currently out of stock! Shame, was ready to pull the trigger on this.
Excellent video as usual. The gesture for full screen fpv is zoom out with two fingers. Some advices if you want to explore the range limits. Don't use the return to home feature because the speed is limited to 8 m/s as you have experienced. Just full stick forward if you lost connection and the drone is facing home or full stick backwards if you didn't. The speed is limited to 8m/s when the drone is in low battery (below 30% or 20% I don't remember). Take it into account. With the boosters you should be able to go well beyond 3 miles. But start the return at 55% battery or you will not be able to reach home again
Hi everyone. Hope your enjoying my series of reviews for the Mi 4K! As you can see I am really enjoying this one. I honestly think it has got to be one of the best drones of 2017 in it's class for the price. Can't wait to see the next generation and and further improvements in 2018! Get it here goo.gl/ih6JR2 Battery & Parts goo.gl/8p34Gg Clamp to hold Tablet goo.gl/2oES4o Cheap Ipad Air 2 amzn.to/2CtgQ1J Drone Launch Pad goo.gl/3BBKCy Check out part 1 for the Unboxing, inspection, Setup and Updating: th-cam.com/video/zPB5H0DFoTA/w-d-xo.html Here's part 2 for an in-depth park flight test th-cam.com/video/9BoqIn9caeQ/w-d-xo.html I just gave one of these away! Don't' miss out on my monthly giveaways for your chance to win awesome drones like this and more! Aloha! 🌴🎄👍
Amazing video👍 I'm happy to see how impressed you are with this Mi 4k. IMO the best value for money drone of 2017 it was a great purchase I love it. What an ideal place for a range test and you are by far the best reviewer I have come across. I watched the video twice! Haha. Great job always look forward to watching your reviews I have a few to catch up on now😁
Dustin Dunnill thanks for the reply Dustin. I'm really impressed with this Mi 4k and appreciate your extensive review.... so far: (parabolic reflectors and hard wire cable to android) cough cough 😅 Happy Christmas. You have earnt a day off but I hope you get LOADS of new gadgets to play with😁👍
XIAOMI puts out a lot of really good products and this one is no different. Super impressed with this drone and the price being asked for it. Nice video!
Thinking about getting this one. I have 3 DJI drones and have never gone that far with any of them. Where i fly there is very little interference.. The MI 4K is 520 now.. Thanks for the video. Be safe.
Your one of the best at the long range tests, shit I would never have the balls to do. These quads cost me too much money to risk them doing this stuff. I’ll just watch you.
Gald i already ordered this after all of your Mi 4K vids!!! Waiting for arrival and excited like never before with tech gadget after watching this! Thanks man you're doing really good!!! Keep it up!!!! Cheers!!!!
Great vid Dustin!! I'm very happily flying my Mi drone for about 3 months now and became a bit annoyed with the negative attention it got from several reviewers. Some of them obviously didn't pay any attention to get to learn this drone (for example, Ken Heron's only objective seems to ridicule it) even though it's all pretty easy and straight forward. Watched all of your extensive and outstanding Mi vids/reviews and can only confirm your experiences with it are simular to mine. This definitely is a great drone for a great price! I also very much apprciate your other vids, keep up the great work! Regards, tubela
Very impressive. I am going to start saving to buy one of these soon. Footage is fantastic, silky smooth, well lighted and no jelly. Only wish, after seeing your great video is for the return part and if Xiaomi could add an auto picture taking from lower camera (Collision / return height estimating camera) right at the initial time of flight, say from your well contrasted yellow circular H flight path, and match it at the "Return home" time, to the GPS coordinates, to zero in a perfect landing spot, from where flight is initiated and possibly a better landing on the smooth wanted surface (To prevent propeller damage and drone fall) that though is a military type plan, is very easily possible for the current hardware, even as a firmware for the current models, that could really make some mind blowing comments, in terms of accuracy. I am sure smart Chines engineer can add this very easily and effortlessly, if they listen to me, when their drone is so well built with all the need gadget including under drone camera and sonar or even the flight path could be a two way communication for this purpose (Adding one more optional, useful gadget to buy). Anyways a great vide, great review of a great drone. All x4 in 4K! Happy careful flights.
Thanks for sharing this. Let me also say I am glad you don't take the kinds of risks I've seen other drone pilots take with their drones in terms of challenging what the settings are telling you. I've seen so many adrenaline heads ignore the settings and hang out there. Now granted, most make it back but they are truly stressful to watch. Thanks again Dustin.
Hello, this video is one of the most beautiful with the Dron I've ever seen. A flight of winds, over a forest-power control signal, and a gorgeous flight over a misty forest. I dream of DJI mavic, but it's expensive, so I'm considering buying Xiaomi Drone. I have that money. I sell DJI Phantom 3 Standard and buy Xiaomi. You have a romantic and beautiful video, meaningful. Thumbs up. Excuse the errors in the Google-translated text. Mirek bejček Czech. Region Pilsen.
Yes 67 is cold for you. I lived in the Philippines for 2 years. There too the temp would slip into the 60s at night during the dry season and it was cold!
Great idea for the tablet holder. I am using a cheap tri pod from BG for the Tablet with a home made sun hood from thick paper. I dont like the added weight on the transmitter. Height of the tri pod is around 1.5m for about $10.
Nice to see that they ironed out all the problems from version 1, which was an unqualified disaster. That was a huge 'black eye' that will take them some time to recover from (at least for me). Even though this has an ersatz DJI GUI, I still prefer the DJI GUI and controls on the RC. Glad you were able to get back safe, and not have to go crawling through brush/bramble on a recovery effort. Thanks for sharing. (wish WE had 67 deg temps now .. we have less than half of that .. but the sun is sort of out). Cheers.
+Bill Somrak Indeed, this one's been doing very well as far as manual flight and camera capabilities. I was so cold (wind) when doing this, then I thought about all you folks in freezing and below temps and sucked it up.😅 Stay warm Bill 🍹
Dustin I'm certain that wide open throttle is not the most efficient way to fly. I'm just commenting because you seemed to want to hurry back when you were worried about battery life but I believe that drained it faster. The drone even slowed itself down at a certain percentage to conserve power. Just a consideration. Great video!
+Jeff VanDam Your probably right Jeff. If it was less windy I would have felt more comfortable with slower more efficient flying. Another test is in order 😅👍
Oh man, was thinking about contacting you to ask for this long range flight test like you did it with the Cheerson CX-20. Here we go, you have already delivered :-)) Thank you so much again for this great footage. Have a nice christmas! All the best from Northern Germany!
Nice range test! And the area you used for making it is just lovely :-) . You got 20% better range than in my test, likely because of the weather conditions. Awesome videos you have, keep it up!
Another great review Dustin...I Just ordered the Xiaomi 4k drone because of your really good review...You really put the drone to the test...Keep doing the great job...Always supporting you
Raffsy Vlog...I have one of these and I was getting perfect gimbal and pitch on the camera, the bird flys smooth as, you wont be disappointed with it either make sure that you put a decent SD card in the camera, I love mine I've only taken it 1 mile, but the footage is fantastic for 4k..anyway enjoy when yours arrives.
Definitely the budget drone of choice for the $300-400 range, especially considering I've seen these for $340. I may even sell my Phantom 3 Standard for this, because its performance seems to be significantly better than that of the P3S.
Dustin. This was a great video and flight. I see Xiaomi has finally come into its own after ironing out the earlier bugs. It will still have to prove itself to some of the older enthusiasts that remember the "bad ole days'. I see it as a budget alternative to the cheaper dji series birds [p3 and maybe the spark]. Again great video and what a super cool place to fly. Greetings from another warm state. It was 81 degrees here today Cheers
Wonderful video and very good commentation! I got everything I need to make a decision when it comes to buying a drone. I will keep an eye on your channel. Good job ! Greetings from Germany, Johnny
Dustin I watch pretty much all your reviews, for all things but I must say you did a hell of job covering this Drone to the point I’m going to try and get this MEi drone! But sometimes I can’t watch cause I will go broke. But I will be getting this drone. Thanks again for braking my bank lol. Also I love that HUD screen it is so clean, not a whole lot of clutter.
Great range test Dustin, I have to admit I was getting a little nervous for you when the battery was around 50% and you hadn't started back home! Just a thought, maybe it was a little off the RTH spot as it goes into auto land at 15% battery, negating any final RTH position adjustments as it was landing.
Nice! Gutsy task. Would have been a long track to find it in the woods if it sould have just landed! Great video clipping with all the different sources here too! Merry Xmas! :-)
Great video of beautiful scenery...seriously considering one of these over the DJI Spark for the price.. i seems like its only real limitations are size and it being quite noisy
Another good job Dustin, Just a couple of things to note, you don't have to turn the controller off in RTH to turn around, you can just YAW, you still have yaw control in RTH and gimbal as you seen. Also you comment a few times surprised that you can still use the gimbal at range, well, because you review so many it's alot to remember switching from one drone to another but if you look on the screen, ALL the way through the flight your actual RC signal strength said 'Strong' the graphics signal was at medium when it was right near you, 100ft or so, and stayed at medium until 3400ft,,,then was at 'weak' the rest of way. So, all told, very good, it does make you wonder how far it could go without boosters, I think the answer is going to be that the battery will run out first and maybe video signal,,,the RC signal looks like it will be good for alot more just stock.
+Ray HSETWO Thanks Ray and good points. Please re watch the portions during and after I fly where I explain why it's useful when the quad points it's head directly back to home when returning home.
I see, you purposefully wanted the drone to point it's nose at Home,,,I get it, you can't do that unless you lose RC connection and it then does it itself, which using yaw alone would be it or miss whether or not it is facing directly home. good tip thx
+Ray HSETWO right. Thinking more about it now the map is also an option. Going into the map and following the home line or at least pointing directly to the home point is another option. So I guess it's a little nit picky but I would have liked to see it face home when a manual RTH is initiated while still allowing the yaw control if desired. Maybe in a future update 👍
To be honest I am loving this drone, but there are some refinements they need to make, and then it will be up a class,,,,things like, put compass heading on the HUD, as long as you make a mental record of the heading on way out, simple subtraction of 180 gives you way home (doesn't allow for sideways drift though). 2. they also need to sort the GUI out, it is cluttered and those silly side dials take up alot of room,,I can see why they have done it, some developer has said oh, look our camera looks like an eyeball, let's now design the GUI as if we are the eyeball looking out, look at the sidebars they even are graduated similar to eye colour pattern,,,, dispense with them and just give simple intuitive overlays, with several icon buttons for various modes.,,,,,going into the menu as you mentioned to goto Atti mode is silly, especially as it is several steps too! I like the grid overlay,,,,great for centring on things and then doing a descent on them. There a few suggestions I would make for this drone as I do like it, the plastic feels good, decent quality.......Bye the way, two buttons on back of controller, 1 stops starts video, the other takes pictures, so no need to tap screen ;-)
Mine is arriving tomorrow feeling super excited. Your 3 part reviews for this drone definitely giving me a lot of infos and really learning a lot already. Btw what’s the brand of cap cam you’re using?
In my area I get terrible range with the WiFi dongle. I get much better range when I tether to the transmitter. I also converted a DJI Phantom 3 Parabolic antenna to work on the Xiaomi, it helps.
Great review, good drone for the price I don’t think it can be beaten, thanks for keeping me entertained throughout 2017 have a very Merry Xmas and great 2018 kind regards.
If you ever fly it near my home, can you please let me know "When". I may actually harvest a free, very much wanted drone!:) ;) . No enjoy your great drone.
Hey Dustin, Im looking at this and thinking is it still worth getting a year after this review? Or...what has taken its place 15th Dec 2018!? Im also looking at making use of my gopro 6, the karma isnt getting any decent reviews. Thanks in advance. oh..budget about £600 ish Axel
Great video. I didn't know it could be set in ft.on the distance meter.. I should think yards would be great as well.. Beats having to convert from meters and Kilometers to miles all the time.. Nice drone.is the Mi 4K. I don't think anything in it's price range can come close. I think it outperforms the DJI Phantom 3 from all the tests I've watched on TH-cam. Your thoughts?
Hi Dustin, great video and picture from the 4k looked sweet as, when I was looking at the mi drone 4k and the phantom 3 standard, I chose the mi 4k one simply for the camera, i'm so glad I went with the 4k mi drone...anyway great videos as always keep up the great work and I will be watching out for more things you try out with this drone :-) I forgot to mention I ordered that bracket that you use for the ipad it's coming on the slow boat from china lol
RC Andy Thx for your reply. I had my nomenclature wrong. I am actually looking for the large plastic clamp that Dustin mentioned he had in a previous video. You can see the clamp in this video holding the ipad. I bought a dji tablet holder that holds my tablet onto the controller. This holder attaches to the lanyard holder just below the rth button. While it does work, the disadvantage of this system is that the weight and leverage of the tablet causes the lanyard holder to loosen and the nut holding it in place comes off and is loose in the controller. I took the controller apart and reattached the nut using loctite so it wouldn’t happen again. Thanks Dustin for your excellent videos.
Thanks Dustin for your frank and honest review....impressed!!! You had a clip which you've improvised that holds the iPad in place on the controller....can you advise please and where I could get one as I'm seriously thinking of buying one but that is the only issue I have....many thanks!!!
Dustin, great videos! Thanks for taking the time. I am very interested in this drone. I presently have an Autel XSP. Nice drone also. You mentioned in a previous video that it has NFZs. Are they just for imformation? Or will it NOT fly in a NFZ? I chose the XSP because it doesn't have NFZs. Thanks again.
Hello Dustin. First i want to say that i do like you vid alot. I have just bought my third drone. and its an xiaomi :-) Do you have any good tips/advice for a first timer? Regards from Sweden
Super ! Please do a vid on the "orbit , waypoint etc. Still waiting for the rain and fog to clear here in N W UK , then put into practice some of the things with my 4K Excellent reviews. 😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Dustin, This is an amazing drone and to think that you can buy 4 of these for the same price as one Phantom 4 Pro. WOW! I'd love to see you do a range test with the parabolic reflectors behind the antennae. Here in the UK we're limited to 500m (provided we can see it that far).
Hi Dustin. Great video. Do you think this drone is worth the extra 100$ over the Upair One Plus? The camera seems better and probably longer battery life also. What do you think?
Dustin I know this is about another quad. I wondered if you have any tips for a upair one 2.7k 1.2 version. I didn't see a calibration for it. Its the 5.8ghz with the 7" monitor. I figured I could caught ya on a new video if you have time. Thanks so much and amazing flight with the mi drone. Wish gearbest could of sent that one instead. But I'm very thankful for what I have.
+Big drone flyer77 Hey man. Yah that one was weird how it has no calibrate instructions. I think it uses 3DR ardupilot so no way to calibrate unless you plug into PC which I never did. That one didn't do very well for me. My FPV was wack and found out later that the cable internally was loose.
Dustin Dunnill ok thanks so much for getting back to me on this one. I figured you would know, so strange they did that. Well I will keep my fingers crossed😲 thanks again🍻
I have enjoyed your series of video's on the Xiaomi. And I agree that this may now be a better buy than the P3 Standard at around $400. To get 4k on a Phantom you would have to pay a few hundred dollars more. But in case of repair, does Xiaomi offer service in the US like DJI? Or would you be sending it back to China?
Hi from Bulgaria! I watched your videos, all 3 parts. They are great and very comprehensive. Answered to some of my questions related to Mi drone. Thank you for the clear pronunciation (is good for foreigners). I investigated many reviews for different drones and believe Mi 4k is my one. I shall buy it ASAP. I am planing to use it for fishing in the sea. Is this drone is capable to to carry out about 200g additional weight ?
+Basetau Thanks. 1. was very windy eating battery. 2. Colder temps lessen lipo life. I was getting around 20 mins also in lower warmer altitudes in my flight review.
With this review, you have just about talked me out of the Spark, which I was about to purchase. This drone seems to have better performance especially in the video department. So let me ask you a question: If you could have only one of these drones - this one or the Spark, which would you get and why?
Thanks Dustin. I'm watching your part 2 video about this right now. I have this in my cart over on the Gearbest site. That code you gave must have expired but no worries. And just FYI - the Canadian plug works in the US so there's no point in spending all that extra money they want to charge for the US one (why they do that is beyond me!).
I've always wondered if you could launch from a mountain and land and at my house if it was with in range. Maybe fly the quad out past it's point of no return and then go get it. My solo won't do that, if it loses connection it will try and come back to the launch point. Which would be bad if there was a mountain and trees in the way.
+Fred Houseal I'm sure your probably right Fred. It was eating so much power fighting the wind on the way out, I kinda d of panicked and wanted it back quickly. I'll have to do another test on a call.wr day at more efficient speeds 👍
Just wanted to say thank you for all your reviews. I bought this drone 2 weeks ago because of your reviews. Quick question where can I get the clips so that I can mount my iPad to the Mi transmitter. Thanks!
Dustin Dunnill ordered the clip but I have a quick question. I’ve been loosing my video feed when I use the dongle(can’t get the usb to work). I noticed that when I connect thru the dongle I need to but my phone in airplane mode with WiFi on, when doing this it connects immediately but then I turn my airplane mode off after connecting and I lose the video feed? I have an iPhone 7+. Just seeing if you have found any tips or tricks? Thanks man
Hey all Happy New Year! I've received a limited amount of Coupon Codes for you guys if your waiting for a good deal on the Mi 4K from here goo.gl/ih6JR2 Use Code MI4KIT US plug version for a price of $399 limited to first 50 who use the code! Also here is the code for Europe/Asia plug limited to first 100 to use code MCMI4K Also if you need parts, here you go:
Battery & Parts goo.gl/8p34Gg
Clamp to hold Tablet goo.gl/2oES4o
Cheap Ipad Air 2 amzn.to/2CtgQ1J
Drone Launch Pad goo.gl/3BBKCy
I just used your code to order mine! There were some similar codes for this Drone last fall but right now yours is the only code I have found to work! I have ordered a lot of smaller less expensive items from GearBest with no problems so have confidence they will be a good vendor to order from.
+Notladjr59 great to here. Someone mentioned the code was not working for them. Perhaps they were doing it wrong. Happy flying 👍
I've also used your code. Worked fine for me. Shame that the only warehouse you can have it shipped from is from China for the US plug but as long as everything is delivered safe and sound I'll be good.
I may be mistaken but I don't think the US plug is much different than the Canadian one. It should work in either country. You can get the Canadian one shipped from an LA warehouse, at least today you can.
Great review. Tried to use the code but it unfortunately looks like it only works if ordering from China and China is currently out of stock! Shame, was ready to pull the trigger on this.
Excellent video as usual. The gesture for full screen fpv is zoom out with two fingers. Some advices if you want to explore the range limits. Don't use the return to home feature because the speed is limited to 8 m/s as you have experienced. Just full stick forward if you lost connection and the drone is facing home or full stick backwards if you didn't. The speed is limited to 8m/s when the drone is in low battery (below 30% or 20% I don't remember). Take it into account. With the boosters you should be able to go well beyond 3 miles. But start the return at 55% battery or you will not be able to reach home again
Hi everyone. Hope your enjoying my series of reviews for the Mi 4K! As you can see I am really enjoying this one. I honestly think it has got to be one of the best drones of 2017 in it's class for the price. Can't wait to see the next generation and and further improvements in 2018!
Get it here goo.gl/ih6JR2
Battery & Parts goo.gl/8p34Gg
Clamp to hold Tablet goo.gl/2oES4o
Cheap Ipad Air 2 amzn.to/2CtgQ1J
Drone Launch Pad goo.gl/3BBKCy
Check out part 1 for the Unboxing, inspection, Setup and Updating: th-cam.com/video/zPB5H0DFoTA/w-d-xo.html
Here's part 2 for an in-depth park flight test th-cam.com/video/9BoqIn9caeQ/w-d-xo.html
I just gave one of these away! Don't' miss out on my monthly giveaways for your chance to win awesome drones like this and more!
Aloha! 🌴🎄👍
As stated earlier: EXCELLENT work Dunstin!!
This series, guide/review should get everyone going with the Mi Drone!
Regards,
tubela
+tubelarasa 🤙
Amazing video👍 I'm happy to see how impressed you are with this Mi 4k. IMO the best value for money drone of 2017 it was a great purchase I love it. What an ideal place for a range test and you are by far the best reviewer I have come across. I watched the video twice! Haha. Great job always look forward to watching your reviews I have a few to catch up on now😁
+Henry Phillips Thanks for the kind words Henry. Glad you enjoy my style. This is a great buy and it sounds like you agree 👍
Dustin Dunnill thanks for the reply Dustin. I'm really impressed with this Mi 4k and appreciate your extensive review.... so far: (parabolic reflectors and hard wire cable to android) cough cough 😅 Happy Christmas. You have earnt a day off but I hope you get LOADS of new gadgets to play with😁👍
Looks like a reliable quad. I wish I had bought this earlier instead of the DJI Phantom 3.
+William Mjema It's really doing very well in my reviews and I don't say that very often 👍
I will add it to my collection!
XIAOMI puts out a lot of really good products and this one is no different. Super impressed with this drone and the price being asked for it. Nice video!
Thinking about getting this one. I have 3 DJI drones and have never gone that far with any of them. Where i fly there is very little interference.. The MI 4K is 520 now.. Thanks for the video. Be safe.
What a beautiful place to fly. I will be getting my MI Drone in 2018
Your one of the best at the long range tests, shit I would never have the balls to do. These quads cost me too much money to risk them doing this stuff. I’ll just watch you.
+True Drone Reviews That's a good safe solution 👍. I love taking the risk so you guys don't if you don't want to. Thanks for the kind words ✌️
Dustin Dunnill I only watch 2 sponsored drone reviewers, and you are one of them. The best to you and your family at Christmas Time.
Gald i already ordered this after all of your Mi 4K vids!!! Waiting for arrival and excited like never before with tech gadget after watching this! Thanks man you're doing really good!!! Keep it up!!!! Cheers!!!!
+TukTukDude Thanks. I hope your as amazed with it as I am. Probably right around the best I've seen for the price 👍🎄
Great vid Dustin!!
I'm very happily flying my Mi drone for about 3 months now and became a bit annoyed with the negative attention it got from several reviewers. Some of them obviously didn't pay any attention to get to learn this drone (for example, Ken Heron's only objective seems to ridicule it) even though it's all pretty easy and straight forward.
Watched all of your extensive and outstanding Mi vids/reviews and can only confirm your experiences with it are simular to mine. This definitely is a great drone for a great price!
I also very much apprciate your other vids, keep up the great work!
Regards,
tubela
+tubelarasa Thanks. A great drone in my various tests. More planned 👍
Very impressive. I am going to start saving to buy one of these soon. Footage is fantastic, silky smooth, well lighted and no jelly. Only wish, after seeing your great video is for the return part and if Xiaomi could add an auto picture taking from lower camera (Collision / return height estimating camera) right at the initial time of flight, say from your well contrasted yellow circular H flight path, and match it at the "Return home" time, to the GPS coordinates, to zero in a perfect landing spot, from where flight is initiated and possibly a better landing on the smooth wanted surface (To prevent propeller damage and drone fall) that though is a military type plan, is very easily possible for the current hardware, even as a firmware for the current models, that could really make some mind blowing comments, in terms of accuracy. I am sure smart Chines engineer can add this very easily and effortlessly, if they listen to me, when their drone is so well built with all the need gadget including under drone camera and sonar or even the flight path could be a two way communication for this purpose (Adding one more optional, useful gadget to buy). Anyways a great vide, great review of a great drone. All x4 in 4K! Happy careful flights.
Love the range test videos. For $400 that’s got to be a Best Buy
Thanks for sharing this. Let me also say I am glad you don't take the kinds of risks I've seen other drone pilots take with their drones in terms of challenging what the settings are telling you. I've seen so many adrenaline heads ignore the settings and hang out there. Now granted, most make it back but they are truly stressful to watch. Thanks again Dustin.
+MrVegas Thanks. Maybe not quite as risky but I do take the occasional one to push some capabilities 👍
Hello, this video is one of the most beautiful with the Dron I've ever seen. A flight of winds, over a forest-power control signal, and a gorgeous flight over a misty forest. I dream of DJI mavic, but it's expensive, so I'm considering buying Xiaomi Drone. I have that money. I sell DJI Phantom 3 Standard and buy Xiaomi. You have a romantic and beautiful video, meaningful. Thumbs up. Excuse the errors in the Google-translated text. Mirek bejček Czech. Region Pilsen.
I was kind of hoping that it wouldn't make it back...but glad it did. Beautiful scenery. Enjoyed it.
Yes 67 is cold for you. I lived in the Philippines for 2 years. There too the temp would slip into the 60s at night during the dry season and it was cold!
You are standing pretty much at the lee side of the mountain. Very nice wave clouds above your head
+easy08154711 👍👍
Great idea for the tablet holder. I am using a cheap tri pod from BG for the Tablet with a home made sun hood from thick paper. I dont like the added weight on the transmitter. Height of the tri pod is around 1.5m for about $10.
Love these range tests Dustin! This was awesome!
I don't have this MI drone but I'm falling in love with it. Thanks Dustin.
+Oscar Flores Aerial Your welcome Oscar. A fantastic flying machine 👍
I was saving to buy yuneec typhoon 4K but now I might change my mind to get this one, great channel by the way, just subbed 👍👍👍
1 mile = 5280ft great video! Lucky you, what an awesome area to fly in!
That great feeling when it makes it back home....
+Gadget Inspector Indeed. Once I could book it back I was very relieved. Surprised how well the cam did in the speed and high winds 👍
Love your long-range tests over the beautiful Hawaii countryside.
+sptrader Really nice once I got up through the clouds 👍👍
I have to say that any Xiaomi product is not bad and much cheaper.I've got so many Xiaomi products,they never let me down.
Nice to see that they ironed out all the problems from version 1, which was an unqualified disaster. That was a huge 'black eye' that will take them some time to recover from (at least for me). Even though this has an ersatz DJI GUI, I still prefer the DJI GUI and controls on the RC. Glad you were able to get back safe, and not have to go crawling through brush/bramble on a recovery effort. Thanks for sharing. (wish WE had 67 deg temps now .. we have less than half of that .. but the sun is sort of out). Cheers.
+Bill Somrak Indeed, this one's been doing very well as far as manual flight and camera capabilities. I was so cold (wind) when doing this, then I thought about all you folks in freezing and below temps and sucked it up.😅 Stay warm Bill 🍹
Dustin I'm certain that wide open throttle is not the most efficient way to fly. I'm just commenting because you seemed to want to hurry back when you were worried about battery life but I believe that drained it faster. The drone even slowed itself down at a certain percentage to conserve power. Just a consideration. Great video!
+Jeff VanDam Your probably right Jeff. If it was less windy I would have felt more comfortable with slower more efficient flying. Another test is in order 😅👍
I'm sold! Thanks for the dope review. This will likely be my camera drone. Mos def will add production value to my vids. Good stuff! Keep em coming!
Oh man, was thinking about contacting you to ask for this long range flight test like you did it with the Cheerson CX-20. Here we go, you have already delivered :-)) Thank you so much again for this great footage. Have a nice christmas! All the best from Northern Germany!
+Ingo B 👍😀🎄
Definitely enjoyed the video & love the scenery. Excellent footage Dustin!!
+Alan Savage Thanks Alan. A great flight indeed 👍
Nice view man ....im getting my mi drone after christmas😁 will go nicely with my xiaomi phone .....best chinese company ever
david teddy Totally same here! ✌️
I already have one.beautiful machine i love it.by the way all drone companies are Chinese including Dji. Parrot is french, made in china
+david teddy You'll be very happy with it I think 👍
xiaomi and zte have been making some excellent stuff lately
Nice range test! And the area you used for making it is just lovely :-) . You got 20% better range than in my test, likely because of the weather conditions. Awesome videos you have, keep it up!
Another great review Dustin...I Just ordered the Xiaomi 4k drone because of your really good review...You really put the drone to the test...Keep doing the great job...Always supporting you
Raffsy Vlog...I have one of these and I was getting perfect gimbal and pitch on the camera, the bird flys smooth as, you wont be disappointed with it either make sure that you put a decent SD card in the camera, I love mine I've only taken it 1 mile, but the footage is fantastic for 4k..anyway enjoy when yours arrives.
+Raffsy Vlog Thanks. I hope your as thrilled with it as I am 👍
Thanks for the wonderful tip @RC Andy
This drone is a great value for the money
Definitely the budget drone of choice for the $300-400 range, especially considering I've seen these for $340. I may even sell my Phantom 3 Standard for this, because its performance seems to be significantly better than that of the P3S.
+rustler08 👌
Great range test Dustin, One of these has just made my bucket list mate.. Cheers!
Dustin. This was a great video and flight. I see Xiaomi has finally come into its own after ironing out the earlier bugs. It will still have to prove itself to some of the older enthusiasts that remember the "bad ole days'. I see it as a budget alternative to the cheaper dji series birds [p3 and maybe the spark]. Again great video and what a super cool place to fly.
Greetings from another warm state.
It was 81 degrees here today
Cheers
What a cool place to fly!! Thanks for posting👍👍
+DRONE review man of all drones 👍👍🤙
Wonderful video and very good commentation! I got everything I need to make a decision when it comes to buying a drone.
I will keep an eye on your channel.
Good job !
Greetings from Germany,
Johnny
Dustin I watch pretty much all your reviews, for all things but I must say you did a hell of job covering this Drone to the point I’m going to try and get this MEi drone! But sometimes I can’t watch cause I will go broke. But I will be getting this drone. Thanks again for braking my bank lol.
Also I love that HUD screen it is so clean, not a whole lot of clutter.
Love your videos bro!
keep up the good flights!
Brilliant flight Dustin. This drone is catching my attention. Look forward to another review/test. Cheers :)
+Georgewrigley Yes, it's done very well for me so far 👍.
Excellent review on the drone and it's has a good price on it well worth the money.
Awesome range test of the Xiaomi Mi 4k drone Dustin, very impressive for the price, great video
Great range test Dustin, I have to admit I was getting a little nervous for you when the battery was around 50% and you hadn't started back home! Just a thought, maybe it was a little off the RTH spot as it goes into auto land at 15% battery, negating any final RTH position adjustments as it was landing.
Nice! Gutsy task. Would have been a long track to find it in the woods if it sould have just landed! Great video clipping with all the different sources here too! Merry Xmas! :-)
+RogerThat Thanks man. It was a great flight. Easy to trust this quad. After a few flights of testing 👍
Great video of beautiful scenery...seriously considering one of these over the DJI Spark for the price.. i seems like its only real limitations are size and it being quite noisy
Another good job Dustin, Just a couple of things to note,
you don't have to turn the controller off in RTH to turn around, you can just YAW, you still have yaw control in RTH and gimbal as you seen.
Also you comment a few times surprised that you can still use the gimbal at range, well, because you review so many it's alot to remember switching from one drone to another but if you look on the screen, ALL the way through the flight your actual RC signal strength said 'Strong' the graphics signal was at medium when it was right near you, 100ft or so, and stayed at medium until 3400ft,,,then was at 'weak' the rest of way. So, all told, very good, it does make you wonder how far it could go without boosters, I think the answer is going to be that the battery will run out first and maybe video signal,,,the RC signal looks like it will be good for alot more just stock.
+Ray HSETWO Thanks Ray and good points. Please re watch the portions during and after I fly where I explain why it's useful when the quad points it's head directly back to home when returning home.
I see, you purposefully wanted the drone to point it's nose at Home,,,I get it, you can't do that unless you lose RC connection and it then does it itself, which using yaw alone would be it or miss whether or not it is facing directly home. good tip thx
+Ray HSETWO right. Thinking more about it now the map is also an option. Going into the map and following the home line or at least pointing directly to the home point is another option. So I guess it's a little nit picky but I would have liked to see it face home when a manual RTH is initiated while still allowing the yaw control if desired. Maybe in a future update 👍
To be honest I am loving this drone, but there are some refinements they need to make, and then it will be up a class,,,,things like, put compass heading on the HUD, as long as you make a mental record of the heading on way out, simple subtraction of 180 gives you way home (doesn't allow for sideways drift though). 2. they also need to sort the GUI out, it is cluttered and those silly side dials take up alot of room,,I can see why they have done it, some developer has said oh, look our camera looks like an eyeball, let's now design the GUI as if we are the eyeball looking out, look at the sidebars they even are graduated similar to eye colour pattern,,,, dispense with them and just give simple intuitive overlays, with several icon buttons for various modes.,,,,,going into the menu as you mentioned to goto Atti mode is silly, especially as it is several steps too! I like the grid overlay,,,,great for centring on things and then doing a descent on them. There a few suggestions I would make for this drone as I do like it, the plastic feels good, decent quality.......Bye the way, two buttons on back of controller, 1 stops starts video, the other takes pictures, so no need to tap screen ;-)
Mine is arriving tomorrow feeling super excited. Your 3 part reviews for this drone definitely giving me a lot of infos and really learning a lot already. Btw what’s the brand of cap cam you’re using?
That was cool! I like when you do the nail biter flights!
this was a great review test my mi drone is in the mail i cant wait to fly again
In my area I get terrible range with the WiFi dongle. I get much better range when I tether to the transmitter. I also converted a DJI Phantom 3 Parabolic antenna to work on the Xiaomi, it helps.
Í use this drone with Android and the app speaks to. So it is not a iOS feature, in Android it works to.
Very good range test Dustin, like you I have not had any problems with mine. Are you using the default setting on the camera?
As usual great review. Thanks again for sharing Dustin.
+Louis Aubé 👍 you bet.
Very empressive footage for a cheap drone!!
It’s amazing place !
Great review, good drone for the price I don’t think it can be beaten, thanks for keeping me entertained throughout 2017 have a very Merry Xmas and great 2018 kind regards.
That was amazing to watch. It will be interesting to see what happens using the parabolic dish on the antenna.
My Mi Drone once went 5.3 km away(16 000 ft) and just barely made it home on 1 battery. Landed on 0% battery charge. Very scary.
If you ever fly it near my home, can you please let me know "When". I may actually harvest a free, very much wanted drone!:) ;) . No enjoy your great drone.
Hey Dustin,
Im looking at this and thinking is it still worth getting a year after this review? Or...what has taken its place 15th Dec 2018!? Im also looking at making use of my gopro 6, the karma isnt getting any decent reviews. Thanks in advance. oh..budget about £600 ish Axel
Very cool video 👍 watching this done and waiting for prices to go down in drives like this
Great video. I didn't know it could be set in ft.on the distance meter.. I should think yards would be great as well.. Beats having to convert from meters and Kilometers to miles all the time.. Nice drone.is the Mi 4K. I don't think anything in it's price range can come close. I think it outperforms the DJI Phantom 3 from all the tests I've watched on TH-cam. Your thoughts?
Cant wait the test for VITUS! :D
Check back in a few hours. it will be up :)
Great video Dustin, I have one under the tree for my grandson
+David Hamilton Thanks. He is going to be so happy 👍
Be careful if your grandson is the one in your Pic! This is not a toy, happy Christmas :)
I wish i'm your grandson
Awesome looking video!
Can you please make a comparison video of DJI spark and this mi 4k drone . Though I have seen your every part of this drone and it's lit ❤️🔥💯
Nice video and beautiful scenery
Nice test & nice place,.
Really cool location as always
Bought this drone a few weeks ago and had it out for its first flight today. Amazing drone. Although how do you get rid of the range restrictions?
Thanks for reviewing this drone 👍😎👍
+Herb flying high 👌✌️
Fantastic video!
Super awesome video
Hi Dustin, great video and picture from the 4k looked sweet as, when I was looking at the mi drone 4k and the phantom 3 standard, I chose the mi 4k one simply for the camera, i'm so glad I went with the 4k mi drone...anyway great videos as always keep up the great work and I will be watching out for more things you try out with this drone :-)
I forgot to mention I ordered that bracket that you use for the ipad it's coming on the slow boat from china lol
RC Andy I agree it is a great video. Can you tell me where to obtain a bracket for the ipad. Thanks.
RunCam HD Camera ABS Plastic Case Silver Orange its on bangood for 3 or 4 bux
+RC Andy Thanks. A great machine. A great choice with this one 👍🎄
RC Andy Thx for your reply. I had my nomenclature wrong. I am actually looking for the large plastic clamp that Dustin mentioned he had in a previous video. You can see the clamp in this video holding the ipad. I bought a dji tablet holder that holds my tablet onto the controller. This holder attaches to the lanyard holder just below the rth button. While it does work, the disadvantage of this system is that the weight and leverage of the tablet causes the lanyard holder to loosen and the nut holding it in place comes off and is loose in the controller. I took the controller apart and reattached the nut using loctite so it wouldn’t happen again. Thanks Dustin for your excellent videos.
TAFFYTAFFY62...watch this video here is your bracket for the ipad....th-cam.com/video/LTwAZyTFjsQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Dustin for your frank and honest review....impressed!!!
You had a clip which you've improvised that holds the iPad in place on the controller....can you advise please and where I could get one as I'm seriously thinking of buying one but that is the only issue I have....many thanks!!!
+Jerome Marcus Thanks. I added a clip link in description under video
Dustin, great videos! Thanks for taking the time. I am very interested in this drone. I presently have an Autel XSP. Nice drone also. You mentioned in a previous video that it has NFZs. Are they just for imformation? Or will it NOT fly in a NFZ? I chose the XSP because it doesn't have NFZs. Thanks again.
+Charlie Nfz for air ports is on the map but I have not been brave enough to try to fly in one 😅
Hello Dustin. First i want to say that i do like you vid alot. I have just bought my third drone. and its an xiaomi :-) Do you have any good tips/advice for a first timer?
Regards from Sweden
Great video
Super ! Please do a vid on the "orbit , waypoint etc. Still waiting for the rain and fog to clear here in N W UK , then put into practice some of the things with my 4K Excellent reviews. 😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
is there any chance that this will happen at some point of time ;-) Cheers!
+peter king Thanks. I tested those functions in my in-depth park flight test 👍
My comment was related to the weather in the UK :-D
Ingo B ha ha. You never know. 😂😂😂👍🏿
Dustin Dunnill You did indeed. My humble apologies 🤐
:'( I wish i had a 4k xiaomi drrrrrrone.
Very nice video man.
+Neo_182 👍👍🎄
Dustin,
This is an amazing drone and to think that you can buy 4 of these for the same price as one Phantom 4 Pro. WOW!
I'd love to see you do a range test with the parabolic reflectors behind the antennae. Here in the UK we're limited to 500m (provided we can see it that far).
Great range test man, you did a great job!
+Elvis Campbell Thanks Elvis 😅🍹
J'adore le xiaomi drone 4k!!
Hi Dustin. Great video. Do you think this drone is worth the extra 100$ over the Upair One Plus? The camera seems better and probably longer battery life also. What do you think?
+Tech59 Yes, much better than UPair
May I ask... How are those clouds so low? xD Amazing footage
Awesome drone
Dustin I know this is about another quad. I wondered if you have any tips for a upair one 2.7k 1.2 version. I didn't see a calibration for it. Its the 5.8ghz with the 7" monitor. I figured I could caught ya on a new video if you have time. Thanks so much and amazing flight with the mi drone. Wish gearbest could of sent that one instead. But I'm very thankful for what I have.
+Big drone flyer77 Hey man. Yah that one was weird how it has no calibrate instructions. I think it uses 3DR ardupilot so no way to calibrate unless you plug into PC which I never did. That one didn't do very well for me. My FPV was wack and found out later that the cable internally was loose.
Dustin Dunnill ok thanks so much for getting back to me on this one. I figured you would know, so strange they did that. Well I will keep my fingers crossed😲 thanks again🍻
+Big drone flyer77 Good luck. Hope it fairs better for you ✌️
Dustin Dunnill thanks again, I always wanted a aerial quad. But I never seem to get a good one. Lol
I have enjoyed your series of video's on the Xiaomi. And I agree that this may now be a better buy than the P3 Standard at around $400. To get 4k on a Phantom you would have to pay a few hundred dollars more. But in case of repair, does Xiaomi offer service in the US like DJI? Or would you be sending it back to China?
Hi from Bulgaria!
I watched your videos, all 3 parts. They are great and very comprehensive. Answered to some of my questions related to Mi drone. Thank you for the clear pronunciation (is good for foreigners). I investigated many reviews for different drones and believe Mi 4k is my one. I shall buy it ASAP. I am planing to use it for fishing in the sea. Is this drone is capable to to carry out about 200g additional weight ?
+dimitargg1 yes it should carry that weight but flight time will be reduced quite a bit
One more question. Does the phone should be connected to mobile internet during the flight.
+dimitargg1 only if you want to have real time update on streaming maps. Otherwise not necessary 👍
Not sure why your battery were draining that quick. I get full 20 minutes flight. I fly close to sea level though. Nice view.
+Basetau Thanks. 1. was very windy eating battery. 2. Colder temps lessen lipo life. I was getting around 20 mins also in lower warmer altitudes in my flight review.
Great range test !
You like this drone isn't it ?
😁
+Stéphane Ghelfi It's a really good one 👍
Dustin Dunnill
Yes, mine leave Hong Kong airport yesterday, i think i got it in 1 week !!
With this review, you have just about talked me out of the Spark, which I was about to purchase. This drone seems to have better performance especially in the video department. So let me ask you a question: If you could have only one of these drones - this one or the Spark, which would you get and why?
+Dave Skowron I'd only get the spark over this if you wanted gesture control by hand for selfies and be smaller size. Otherwise this 👍
Thanks Dustin. I'm watching your part 2 video about this right now. I have this in my cart over on the Gearbest site. That code you gave must have expired but no worries. And just FYI - the Canadian plug works in the US so there's no point in spending all that extra money they want to charge for the US one (why they do that is beyond me!).
Hi any news if thy well make a new drone soon ???
Cool video nice panorama
I've always wondered if you could launch from a mountain and land and at my house if it was with in range. Maybe fly the quad out past it's point of no return and then go get it. My solo won't do that, if it loses connection it will try and come back to the launch point. Which would be bad if there was a mountain and trees in the way.
I think you should have keep it coming back at 12 miles an hour, you would have made it back the system was trying to tell you to save battery power
+Fred Houseal I'm sure your probably right Fred. It was eating so much power fighting the wind on the way out, I kinda d of panicked and wanted it back quickly. I'll have to do another test on a call.wr day at more efficient speeds 👍
Nice Flight Dustin
Just wanted to say thank you for all your reviews. I bought this drone 2 weeks ago because of your reviews. Quick question where can I get the clips so that I can mount my iPad to the Mi transmitter. Thanks!
+blakeh81 I added a link in description for a clamp that will work like mine
Dustin Dunnill awesome thank you
Dustin Dunnill ordered the clip but I have a quick question. I’ve been loosing my video feed when I use the dongle(can’t get the usb to work). I noticed that when I connect thru the dongle I need to but my phone in airplane mode with WiFi on, when doing this it connects immediately but then I turn my airplane mode off after connecting and I lose the video feed? I have an iPhone 7+. Just seeing if you have found any tips or tricks? Thanks man
Great video 👍👍👍👍👍
But calibration not done
Please set calibration in Drone