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Eachine EX4 / JJRC X12

  • 14-01-2020 02:46PM
    #1
    Eire-Dearg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,903 ✭✭✭


    Picked up my first ever drone recently on BangGood - the Eachine EX4. Never flown before and was keen to give it a go, so did a bit of research and this seemed a pretty decent beginners drone, good quality but not overly expensive (after discounts and a new year's offer on BangGood, I got it for €160).

    I wanted one with a good camera plus a gimbal and this ticked both boxes. Most other drones around this price bracket don't have a gimbal and a lot seemed to have this weird fish-eye camera look which I wanted to avoid.

    Anyone have any experience with it? In my research I see it's also sold as the JJRC X12, depending on where you buy from.


Comments

  • #2
    Eire-Dearg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,903 ✭✭✭Eire-Dearg


    This came last week. Really fun flying it around and surprisingly easy to navigate (although I did have to fetch it off the roof on it's first test drive :pac:)

    Footage seems good on the phone but I don't have an SD card reader to grab the footage from that yet.

    All in all, a very good first drone experience.


  • #3
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    What sort of flight time did you get with it?


  • #4
    Eire-Dearg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,903 ✭✭✭Eire-Dearg


    I got about 12 minutes or so on it's first proper run but it did have some battery left. I'll time it next time!


  • #5
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    It looks very interesting, but If the max flight was 15-20 mins with 5hrs to charge the battery, I'd defo be looking for spare batteries.


  • #6
    Eire-Dearg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,903 ✭✭✭Eire-Dearg


    That's a good shout. I know there are some deals including extra batteries on some of the websites.


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  • #7
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    I'd be interested in the image quality as well. Although I saw on the site that it takes max 32gig SD card so if it was 1080p quality, that could fill quick enough.


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