DJI Phantom 3 SE Wifi FPV RC Quadcopter EUR460 incl shipping @Tomtop

Zimmerframe

Thumbpilot wrote: »

Is anyone else's dashboard showing the purchase amount and cashback pending?

I made two separate Tomtop purchases, both showed in my topcash account pretty much instantly. (got £29.03 on the Phantom Se purchase)

judgefoozle

Zimmerframe wrote: »

I made two separate Tomtop purchases, both showed in my topcash account pretty much instantly. (got £29.03 on the Phantom Se purchase)

Ordered Mavic combo and a different camera charger - I have uk£83.79 showing as pending on the top cash back website.

Hopefully all goes well - Big thanks to OP and the person who mentioned cashback site aswell.

Suckit

DJI Mavic Pro with 4K Camera is now €773.14 with code TTMAVICP300
https://www.tomtop.com/dji-multicopter-1111/p-rm7139eu.html

DJI Mavic Pro Fly More Combo (2 batteries and accessories) is €965.04 with code TTMAVICP260
https://www.tomtop.com/dji-multicopter-1111/p-rm4222eu.html

and the Goggles are €429.14 with code TTGOGGLES
https://www.tomtop.com/dji-other-parts-1121/p-rm7956.html

I am guessing all of those offers still qualify for Cashback at TopCashBack - https://www.topcashback.co.uk/tomtop/

Edited

They are also selling the Mavic Pro + Goggles bundle for €1246.99 https://www.tomtop.com/dji-multicopter-1111/p-c-rm0071us.html (I just realised it works out cheaper (€1202) to buy them individually)

all of those prices include taxes etc.

McMurphy

There's £84 still pending in my topcashback.co.uk account, yet Tomtop have been paid ages ago.

Anyone get their cash back yet?

Zimmerframe

Rick Shaw wrote: »

Anyone get their cash back yet?

Nope, still pending here too.

Inquitus

To those who bought the Phantom 3 SE, should I pull the trigger on one?

tedpan

Does anybody have any footage from this quad?

kildare75

Inquitus wrote: »

To those who bought the Phantom 3 SE, should I pull the trigger on one?

in my opinion, I would say yes, I got one the other week and am delighted with it, took it out over the weekend and was genuinely stunned with the photo/ video quality,
I know its a few quid, but its money well spent. I bought a spare battery and a bag for it, genuinely its great fun

kildare75

tedpan wrote: »

Does anybody have any footage from this quad?

I will post some over the next day or so when I get chance

tedpan

kildare75 wrote:

I will post some over the next day or so when I get chance

Cheers, would really like to compare it to the Xiaomi as they're similarly priced.

McMurphy

tedpan wrote: »

Does anybody have any footage from this quad?

There is loads of footage on YouTube from the SE.

tedpan

Rick Shaw wrote:

There is loads of footage on YouTube from the SE.

From boardsies

Suckit

I have heard a few stories of the Xiaomi dropping out of the sky. I think it was a firmware issue but i have not heard anything of it being fixed.
It only happened to some, so they may skip that update in the factory now.

http://en.miui.com/thread-683204-1-1.html (Same guy different forum)

http://en.miui.com/thread-584279-1-1.html

RCgroups has a really long thread also, and many bugs mentioned in it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVRrS8lMets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOeHLvO5ukU

uck51js9zml2yt

Rick Shaw wrote: »

There's £84 still pending in my topcashback.co.uk account, yet Tomtop have been paid ages ago.

Anyone get their cash back yet?

These cashback sites can take a while to pay out. Generally the purchase tracks ( once you've used their link to the store) and will show as pending.

_dof_

Suckit wrote: »

DJI Mavic Pro with 4K Camera is now €773.14 with code TTMAVICP300
https://www.tomtop.com/dji-multicopter-1111/p-rm7139eu.html

and if you pay in USD and use a Revolut card to pay for it, you get it for €761, of course the same percentage savings for the other packages.

ozmo

Inquitus wrote: »

To those who bought the Phantom 3 SE, should I pull the trigger on one?

If you do - make sure you get the package with the controller - its a completely different drone when run from the remote rather than a phone.

the extra battery will help a lot also as you don't get long on a charge.

tedpan

Suckit wrote:

I have heard a few stories of the Xiaomi dropping out of the sky. I think it was a firmware issue but i have not heard anything of it being fixed. It only happened to some, so they may skip that update in the factory now.

Yeah I read about the issues. Although most of the examples are old and are the previous 1080p version of the drone. The latest firmware is excellent and I've had nothing but flawless flights so far.

The falling out of the sky issue looks to be a rare case. There are hundreds of examples of phantoms, mavics and even sparks just dropping out of the sky on YouTube. I think that's just one of the risks you take when buying/flying a quad.

The Undecided One

ozmo wrote: »

If you do - make sure you get the package with the controller - its a completely different drone when run from the remote rather than a phone.

the extra battery will help a lot also as you don't get long on a charge.

The SE comes with a controller, I think it's the Spark you are talking about.

And anspre battery or even 2 is always a good idea.

Thumbpilot

My Phantom 3 SE arrived a little while ago.

All seems fine except when setting it up I got a message something along the lines of "Not eligable for warranty as it came from an unofficial source"

The DJI GO app does recognise that it's a 3 SE.

I haven't tried to update the firmware yet as I bought a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64mb SDXC, should have got a microSDHC :rolleyes:

Anyone else see the no warranty message?

And it looks like no cashback for me as there is no record of my purchase with Topcashback. I did clear cookies before going to topcashback and then clicking through to Tomtop but I do notice an affiliate link when I go to tomtop now - seems someone else if making a few euros but still it's a good deal.

McMurphy

On the no warranty issue.

Just throwing it out there, but could it have anything to do with the P4SE not being officially available here?

Anyone any issues with the Mavic Pro getting it registered?

Suckit

Thumbpilot wrote: »

My Phantom 3 SE arrived a little while ago.

All seems fine except when setting it up I got a message something along the lines of "Not eligable for warranty as it came from an unofficial source"

Anyone else see the no warranty message?

I think (from what i have read), that the warranty issue only applies to North America.
If buyer is in Europe, Australia. Africa or Asia, it does not apply. It was a change that they made to their t&c last August.


The Xiaomi 4K drone is now down to €381 on same site (if you pay in USD).
https://www.tomtop.com/rc-quadcopter-1192/p-rm6355us.html

Daibheid

The position on Global Warranty coverage seems to get mixed summaries from different sites and some DJI bumpf is ambiguos or negative. Has anyone a link to confirmation Global coverage applies, regardless of where it was purchased, or from whom and that you can return the unit in Europe?

On a related note is the Mavic DJI care package worth considering especially in light of the exclusion of loss of the bird? They used to exclude water damage but that is now covered but you have to have the "body" - unlikely flying around Irish waters!

BTW anyone considering the Care Package note there is a a very short window of two days after registration to buy the option although I think you can register later with huge video testimonial but no idea how long that option exists.

Finally kudos to Suckit for the alert.

sleepysniper

Suckit wrote:

The Xiaomi 4K drone is now down to €381 on same site (if you pay in USD).

Which is the better buy here now that the Xiaomi is a similar price to the DJI?

tedpan

sleepysniper wrote: »

Which is the better buy here now that the Xiaomi is a similar price to the DJI?

Here's a comparison, the 3p is the phantom pro and the Xiaomi is the 4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjJy38EaIw

Very similar specs although the DJI has additional features although the mi drone has 1080p in upto 100FPS plus 1440p in 60k as well as the default 4K in 30FPS.

Loving the Mi Drone so far.. Both Awesome

Here's my thread on the Xiaomi. There's some footage on it too, hence my request for P3 SE footage.

Cheers

sleepysniper

tedpan wrote: »

Loving the Mi Drone so far.. Both Awesome

Here's my thread on the Xiaomi. There's some footage on it too, hence my request for P3 SE footage.

Cheers

I am having a tough time deciding which to go for!

Is the DJI P3 SE worth the extra few notes? I'm just a little cautious with Xiaomi as they are relatively new to this side of things (I have the Redmi Note 4 so I know they are very capable of making quality products...)

tedpan

sleepysniper wrote: »

I am having a tough time deciding which to go for!

Is the DJI P3 SE worth the extra few notes? I'm just a little cautious with Xiaomi as they are relatively new to this side of things (I have the Redmi Note 4 so I know they are very capable of making quality products...)

Yeah, It's a tough one. I watched lots and lots of flights and reviews of the Mi 4k. Was won over! There's not a whole lot of P3 SE footage.

As I said, they have similar features and specs. The Xiaomi is lacking follow me mode. Hopefully it will get a firmware update to add to the existing functions.

Xiaomi have just got a $1Billion investment for research, development and expansion, so I'm guessing they'll get bigger in Asia and go global, so I'm sure things will get better from here. DJI is the leader in quads and is ahead of the rest, but the others are catching up fast!

Up to you to make the final decision I spose...

dan786

Ordered the Mavic Pro Fly More Combo - just got an email with tracking number, looks like its coming from Netherlands with UPS.

_dof_

dan786 wrote: »

Ordered the Mavic Pro Fly More Combo - just got an email with tracking number, looks like its coming from Netherlands with UPS.

It does, and it sits waiting for UPS to collect it for about 4 days, so you start wondering if it will ever get sent, but be patient, you'll have it in around 8 days

judgefoozle

_dof_ wrote: »

It does, and it sits waiting for UPS to collect it for about 4 days, so you start wondering if it will ever get sent, but be patient, you'll have it in around 8 days

Thanks for that info - mine sitting there since last Monday and I'm constantly checking the UPS site for updates... Hopefully end next week so

_dof_

One annoying thing is that they make 4 different cables to plug the phone into the Mavic remote controller, for the different phone connectors:
Iphone lightning
USB-C
Standard micro USB (where the flat part of the connector is on the bottom when the phone is face up)
Reverse micro USB (where the flat part of the connector is on the top when the phone is face up)

But bizarrely they only supply the first 3 with the drone, so if your phone needs the reverse micro USB (like my OnePlus), you have to buy it separately, which DJI will happily charge you 9 euro + 22.73 shipping!! for.

You can get it on Aliexpress for $9 with free shipping.
So if you will need one of those cables, best to order it ASAP.

You can still plug the phone into the rote using the standard USB socket underneath the remote, but the cable is a bit untidy then, but it'll do until you get the proper cable.