FIMI X8 SE 2020 Drone. Better than DJI Mavic Mini?

The Rain-Proof FIMI X8 SE 2020 Drone. WORTH IT?

Yep. You heard me right. The Fimi X8 SE 2020 drone claims to be rain proof. How could I not test it right? This is a nice budget drone capable of recording up to 4k at 30fps at 100Mbps. The image that comes out of this drone is quite impressive considering the price. I was shocked at the results coming from this budget drone. What do you guys think?

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[Tachsman]

FIMI just did a big update of around 45 mb. See what you think now. One thing I noticed, now when it lands, it lands straight down without sliding to the side as always before, and overall it seems more stable. The camera horizon remains perfect on my drone! Will see what the other reviewers say. The camera is fine for me since I am not a professional, thus why would I pay to lose $2000 up in a tree? I've never had problems like you getting satellites, and flew today with 18 on the iPhone 12. The DJI mini is just to weak a flyer for my taste.

[BlairAir]

Hey Jason! John B from North Carolina here. My sister, niece aunts, cousins live in Sydney area, and my mom, who's turning 101 years old in February, God willing. Just got into drones, as an extension of my photography interests. Went STRAIGHT from "toys" in the $200-350 USD to the X8se 2020. Arriving tomorrow. Very stoked! My mom probably won't be flying it, but she will love the video I send!

[HR]

regarding the "rain and snow proof" claims they make, the fine print does clarify that you're still supposed to return to home as soon as possible. its more "resistant" than "proof". all in all though, pretty good results, that was a solid downpour!

[capeRCouple]

im from Nova Scotia Canada here and i also have the fimix8 se 2020 and i own a couple dji drones including the mavic mini and the mavic air 2, i keep saying this x8se2020 is the equivelant to a dji drone and the quality is the same, i find it better than the mavic mini in multiple ways and is just as good as the mavic air2 except it doesn't have obstacle avoidance but you can fly in the rain.i would recommend this drone to all my subscribers anyday

[happyface]

The most common problem is the ground where you take up. If it’s too dark or rough, can’t fly. So a solution for that is a landing path or use your phone flash light for the ground right below the sensor.

[Roboticdoughbullk]

The piece of foam is actually only for calibration purpose and use, but doubles as a reason to complain about not being a real cover. Cover available aftermarket for under$10. Don't touch the switch on the side, leave it as it comes. Make sure orange switch on controller is in fly position and not rth return to home. Great drone, absolutely awesome 😎.

[Joe_Blo]

Would you rather it took of without proper gps lock and then was difficult to control,
flew away, or crashed into some one or some thing?
There are apps to check flight conditions, including availability of enough GPS satellite signals to properly fly and control ANY drone. A compliment of 12 or more satellites are occasionally not available due to several causes. And if you fly with less, you assume all risk and thus relieve FIMI of theirs. That the drone will not immediately take off without enough GPS signals is not a bug. It's a feature.
I have older GPS drones that can take 5 minutes or more to acquire enough GPS signals to allow take off. In addition, I have to ask, did you happen to be trying to take off close to or in a no fly zone? Did you check?
Also, use a landing pad or other flat surface with this drone. The gimbal is low, and gravel or grass or debri can and will
prevent the gimbal from completing calibration and thus prevent flight until the operator, or pilot, resolves the issue. Just like removing a plane's wheel chock.
The square foam gimbal protector? It's just for protection during initial shipping and handling. Like peanut foam.
An aftermarket non-flight gimbal cover is available for under $10. Or you can simply save the foam piece if you're going to ship the drone or travel using the original box. Yes, they coulda, shoulda, didn't include a nice looking gimbal cover. IF it even needs one. Maybe it doesn't? People violently crash this drone all the time without the shock of the impact harming the gimbal or camera. So it should be fine without one if you use the original box or an aftermarke case designed to hold and protect it, and carry and handle it like you would a non-flying 4K digital camera. It's not a GoPro.
-Cheers.

[sten]

Watching from Amsterdam, The Netherlands 🇳🇱. Lived in Australia for nearly 3 years myself. Loved it

[u.s.marine]

I Have 2 DJI drones. I hate the Goe fencing. I can't get up 15' in the back yard because I'm too close to the airport ridiculous. Looking at Fimi.

[steveschubert]

one youtuber flew it 8.5 kl's and returned home, 0 battery but impressive flight. thanks for the video, have seen the fimi for sale around $530 aud on bangood if your timing is good.
Cheers

[CEO]

Hey I’m in the UK Iv never had a problem taking off with mine I’ve sold over 20 of these and no1 has had this issue. They should definitely have a gimbal protecter 100%

[joschspike]

Yes, the Fimi is much better than this little Toy..Wind stability, Controller, NO DJI CONTROLL , Range and with actually 399 the same price.
Thank you for your Review . If have them both . The Fimi is better to use with Android than IOS .Best wishes from Germany

[sammygizmo]

Thank you for the review. I'm a fanatic DJi drone flier. Nice to see other competition going. Best regards from the Philippines.

[AndrewMurphyFilms]

Wicked review man! Still so frustrating how hard it is to launch it! Hopefully, they can fix it with some firmware updates. Get keen to learn how to hit gaps soon!

[AaronJoshuaTurrioni]

The recent update on my 1st gen fimi x8 se becomes stable in searching sattelite it is always indicated that it is ready to one major flaw i just confirmed is that if the drone gets too cold to the point the lens is fogging the gimbal will glitch hard and shoots wobbly jelly footage....

[popeyesantuy]

Watching n subscribed from Indonesian 👌👍🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[DIRAWASETV]

Watching from Nigeria🇳🇬
Great information ✔️

[Glenrsi]

Awesome drone and will agree about flying 8kms. Mindless, as drones are about photo/video and things of interest.

[Ebocraze]

Watching all the way from Ghana, West Africa. Own a Tello pretty prone to flyaways. Looking to upgrade to either an SE, Mini 2 or Air 2S. Keep up the good work. Watching and learning

[donaldmartin]

Thank you for your review of this beautiful equipment. I had the same problem not getting wifi to stay engaged! I want to try another one? Return this back and they mention the internal wifi signal needs to be improved. This is the first time for this problem! I was thinking this was my problem but see it is this drone. You are the best and honest person on here. Thank you.