Xiaomi Mi Drone 4k - 393 euro including delivery

Dazzy · 19-12-2017 11:56am

davidom2513 wrote: »

Anyone have any of these for sale by any chance?

I reckon I will be looking for one too....

keltoms05 · 19-12-2017 7:32pm

davidom2513 wrote: »

I ordered on 12th Nov. Complained numerous times after tracking was showing "Waiting for flights" for 3-4 weeks

I put in a paypal dispute last week, as it was due for delivery in 5-10 business days with the shipping method i picked.

Checked the tracking just now, it only left Hong Kong on 15th Dec. So they shipped as soon as I raised a Paypal dispute

2017-12-15 "Parcel is leaving Hong Kong Airport"-

Mine has - 2017-12-16 "Parcel is leaving Hong Kong Airport"

At least we'll have a new toy to look forward to in January ☺

eringobragh · 19-12-2017 11:01pm

Devastated a lens cover I ordered for the Gimbal has arrived before the actual drone

FFS

Link for what its worth:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Gimbal-Camera-Fixing-Cover-Lens-Cover-Dust-Cover-for-Xiaomi-Mi-RC-Drone-Quadcopter-Accessories-F21108/32815836172.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.U0pUdY

Ive no idea what the fitment is like as of yet

EDIT:

I ordered these motor protectors as well but no sign as of yet:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4pcs-Drone-Silicone-Motor-Protection-Cover-for-Xiaomi-Mi-Drone-Quadcopter-Accessories-F21118/32817732110.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.U0pUdY

tedpan · 21-12-2017 2:25pm

So the battery arrived today. No customs, original 4k battery with the gold button. Very pleased!

Any sign of the actual drone deliveries?

Dazzy · 21-12-2017 2:29pm

tedpan wrote: »

So the battery arrived today. No customs, original 4k battery with the gold button. Very pleased!

Any sign of the actual drone deliveries?

No, still no sign of a delivery.

Which courier company delivered the new battery?

eringobragh · 21-12-2017 2:35pm

tedpan wrote: »

So the battery arrived today. No customs, original 4k battery with the gold button. Very pleased!

Any sign of the actual drone deliveries?

Nada

"Item is not found at this moment, If necessary, please verify with the package sender and check back later."

The spare battery did land today though -

tedpan · 21-12-2017 2:45pm

Dazzy wrote:

No, still no sign of a delivery.

Dazzy wrote:

Which courier company delivered the new battery?

An post. It was express delivery, must have gone to the UK hub.

eringobragh wrote:

"Item is not found at this moment, If necessary, please verify with the package sender and check back later."

Ah yeah, the standard bull**** update. Finger's crossed Santa will deliver it on Saturday

eringobragh wrote:

The spare battery did land today though -

Must have been in the same batch as mine.

Lanshane · 21-12-2017 3:14pm

tedpan wrote: »

So the battery arrived today. No customs, original 4k battery with the gold button. Very pleased!

Any sign of the actual drone deliveries?

Was that with Gearbest? Mine came from Gearbest and was shipped via Sweden. The thing that I am fairly confident triggers the customs is the labelling. On mine was a label with a 'gift' checkbox checked, even though it specifically stated on another label that the origin country was Sweden! The 'gift' label is always a giveaway. No such labelling on the drone itself. How much did it end up costing you? I have an urge to maybe get another 2, but would be great to avoid customs next time!

RonTon · 21-12-2017 4:56pm

Anyone see a good price for a spare battery ? Ment to order earlier but just been putting it off ,see one on TOMTOP for 100$ including delivery ,can’t see on GB at moment,maybe out of stock..
Cheers fellas

tedpan · 21-12-2017 5:07pm

Lanshane wrote:

Was that with Gearbest? Mine came from Gearbest and was shipped via Sweden. The thing that I am fairly confident triggers the customs is the labelling. On mine was a label with a 'gift' checkbox checked, even though it specifically stated on another label that the origin country was Sweden! The 'gift' label is always a giveaway. No such labelling on the drone itself. How much did it end up costing you? I have an urge to maybe get another 2, but would be great to avoid customs next time!

Yep, the battery was on offer for 59eur with a discount code for black Friday. 2euro shipping. So 61eur in total

no gift labels this time and it stated that there was a lithium ion battery inside on a big white label.

Wish I'd bought more now, 3 will do I suppose

RonTon · 21-12-2017 5:17pm

Think I’ll wait till an offer comes thru

Lanshane · 21-12-2017 7:03pm

Yeah no batteries appear to be available on Gearbest. Tedpan has them emptied out! If Gearbest were a little more consistent it would help a lot....I'll wait for an offer to come up on them before I get another one....

satstheway · 21-12-2017 7:16pm

I got 1 on ebay for €71 but not here yet

tedpan · 21-12-2017 7:37pm

Lanshane wrote:

Yeah no batteries appear to be available on Gearbest. Tedpan has them emptied out! If Gearbest were a little more consistent it would help a lot....I'll wait for an offer to come up on them before I get another one....

Haha, I only bought one extra on black Friday, already had two.

Gearbest do have the batteries, I just checked, 70euro now though. The original and the 4k battery are the same, seems to be a lucky dip which one arrives.

Lanshane · 21-12-2017 7:48pm

tedpan wrote: »

Haha, I only bought one extra on black Friday, already had two.

Gearbest do have the batteries, I just checked, 70euro now though. The original and the 4k battery are the same, seems to be a lucky dip which one arrives.

Lucky dip for customs too!

RonTon · 21-12-2017 8:12pm

I got some great photos at weekend but the video didn’t come out clear tho .
Usually I do clips about 1 min long and in previous week got some great video but this time I think I changed the video settings to the highest resolution,it was jumpy and distorted this time round when I tried to view , I’m using Vlc player and have a class 10 micro sd.
For the video settings what do ye get best results from?
I thought the default settings were the highest resolution.
Any thoughts much appreciated ....

tedpan · 21-12-2017 9:14pm

RonTon wrote:

I got some great photos at weekend but the video didnâ€™t come out clear tho . Usually I do clips about 1 min long and in previous week got some great video but this time I think I changed the video settings to the highest resolution,it was jumpy and distorted this time round when I tried to view , Iâ€™m using Vlc player and have a class 10 micro sd. For the video settings what do ye get best results from? I thought the default settings were the highest resolution. Any thoughts much appreciated ....

What kind of laptop are you using, do you know the specs? If it's choppy or laggy it probably means your laptop is not powerful enough to handle 4k. I tend to use 1080p 30 or 60FPS which always comes out great.

Standard Toaster · 21-12-2017 11:03pm

Incase anyone missed this post
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057822217/1/#post105624071

Change your Gearbest password.

ltec · 22-12-2017 10:56am

Mine was jumpy on the laptop too, but when I put on usb stick and into 4k TV it was perfect.

RonTon · 22-12-2017 11:23am

ltec wrote: »

Mine was jumpy on the laptop too, but when I put on usb stick and into 4k TV it was perfect.

That’s a great idea ,never thought of that,thanks.
I’m using an old pc at moment till I get a card reader for the iPad Pro (I’m hoping that will work)

Lanshane · 22-12-2017 11:37am

Mine was jumpy too using VLC player on PC. It couldn't handle it. I thought it was due to a drain in PC resources but after checking them out it was not. It turned out to be the VLC player itself, which I then updated which helped a lot. The files play and look fantastic on a tablet, using both VLC and MX players. On a large TV they do look a little pixelated but that's to be expected on a much bigger screen.

Thargor · 22-12-2017 11:22pm

Install the K-lite codec pack, it cures a lot of video playback problems.

https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Das Reich · 23-12-2017 1:50am

satstheway wrote: »

I got 1 on ebay for €71 but not here yet

I payed the same on ebay, but the government will steal me more 27 euros so it will cost nearly 100 €. No sign of drone yet that was posted on 14 november by gearbest not even in Ireland yet, very affraid of been stolen again by government.

satstheway · 26-12-2017 12:13pm

Tried a flight yesterday just up 4 5m then land. It landed would not shutoff jumped sideways and broke a prop.
So today fitted guards just in case. And it flies like a dream. Camera will take a bit of adjustment as the green looks a bit off.
Lovely piece of kit.

tedpan · 26-12-2017 2:00pm

satstheway wrote:

Tried a flight yesterday just up 4 5m then land. It landed would not shutoff jumped sideways and broke a prop. So today fitted guards just in case. And it flies like a dream. Camera will take a bit of adjustment as the green looks a bit off. Lovely piece of kit.

Did you hold the two control sticks down and to the centre to shut it off? Jumping sounds very strange, really annoying you broke a prop, you can always buy more though!

Glad you're enjoying it anyway!

satstheway · 26-12-2017 2:42pm

tedpan wrote: »

Did you hold the two control sticks down and to the centre to shut it off? Jumping sounds very strange, really annoying you broke a prop, you can always buy more though!

Glad you're enjoying it anyway!

Have 2 more sets on route after lastnight.

Yes I was doing it wrong, on touchdown l pulled down both sticks. On reading the manual again i just hold down left stick for 5 seconds.

eringobragh · 27-12-2017 4:12pm

think its safe to say mines not arriving - Ive opened a paypal dispute. I'll wait until thats resolved before I start again.

RonTon · 27-12-2017 4:50pm

Had a right disaster this morning.

Was doing a flight around my house this morning(I live in a rural area) up at a good height ,clear day ,little wind and I lost connection to drone ,the bloody thing kept going , the sun was in my eyes so I lost sight of it, spent a few hours looking for it but haven’t found it yet.
It didn’t RTH which I thought it would ....
Since I got the drone I’ve flown it quiet a few times and was getting comfortable with it , I went thru in my mind what I did and did I do anything wrong/different ,I couldn’t think of anything.
Balls...
Hopefully it will turn up but it could of gone a mile or 2 before coming down . I probably should have put my phone number or name on it .
If a neighbor finds it and looks at the memory card they will hopefully know it’s mine .
Will look again tomorrow morning

Cupatae · 27-12-2017 4:54pm

AS1890 wrote: »

Excellent footage. Is it hard to get the hang of flying this? Or any drone in particular. I ordered one for 30€ just to get started and to practice.

they arent bad to fly i just started using one my neices got, you need a big open space tho... i found at first they seem unpredictable but once u get the hang of the controls its smooth enough to fly em

KyleJJE · 27-12-2017 5:33pm

Anything better than €393 post xmas?

JabbaTheHut · 27-12-2017 6:28pm

RonTon wrote: »

Had a right disaster this morning.

Was doing a flight around my house this morning(I live in a rural area) up at a good height ,clear day ,little wind and I lost connection to drone ,the bloody thing kept going , the sun was in my eyes so I lost sight of it, spent a few hours looking for it but haven’t found it yet.
It didn’t RTH which I thought it would ....
Since I got the drone I’ve flown it quiet a few times and was getting comfortable with it , I went thru in my mind what I did and did I do anything wrong/different ,I couldn’t think of anything.
Balls...
Hopefully it will turn up but it could of gone a mile or 2 before coming down . I probably should have put my phone number or name on it .
If a neighbor finds it and looks at the memory card they will hopefully know it’s mine .
Will look again tomorrow morning

Aw no. That's a dose. Did you flick the RTH switch, or just leave it to it's own devices? Either way, any time mine lost connection, it always returned with out having to use the switch.

I wonder if the battery would last long enough to be still lighting the lights on it. Much easier find it in the dark, as I found out with my sons €30 one. He lost his after a few seconds of flight. Wasn't gone far, but found it when daylight was poor. I walked past it 3 times before it was dark enough to see the lights.
Also, bring the remote with you, and try a few times to connect. You may be close enough to make contact with it. Of course, this does all depends on the battery still having enough in it.

Hope you find it

JabbaTheHut · 27-12-2017 6:29pm

KyleJJE wrote: »

Anything better than €393 post xmas?

I reckon if you bide your time, you'll get it better than that

JabbaTheHut · 27-12-2017 6:30pm

eringobragh wrote: »

think its safe to say mines not arriving - Ive opened a paypal dispute. I'll wait until thats resolved before I start again.

How long are you waiting at this stage?

RonTon · 27-12-2017 7:01pm

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Aw no. That's a dose. Did you flick the RTH switch, or just leave it to it's own devices? Either way, any time mine lost connection, it always returned with out having to use the switch.

I wonder if the battery would last long enough to be still lighting the lights on it. Much easier find it in the dark, as I found out with my sons €30 one. He lost his after a few seconds of flight. Wasn't gone far, but found it when daylight was poor. I walked past it 3 times before it was dark enough to see the lights.
Also, bring the remote with you, and try a few times to connect. You may be close enough to make contact with it. Of course, this does all depends on the battery still having enough in it.

Hope you find it

I went out just as it was getting dark looking for the lights but no joy , hopefully will have better luck tomorrow with a couple of extra bodies giving a hand ...
I looked thru the settings and it looks like the setting for the Chinese gps adjustment might have been turned on ,so when it lost connection the RTH activated but home was somewhere else .
That’s the only thing I can think of and even at that I’m not sure was that on/off ..
Balls x 2

And if I do find it ,will the frosty night wreck it

eringobragh · 27-12-2017 8:32pm

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

How long are you waiting at this stage?

Since Nov 12th

tedpan · 27-12-2017 9:07pm

eringobragh wrote:

think its safe to say mines not arriving - Ive opened a paypal dispute. I'll wait until thats resolved before I start again.

I'd say Christmas is something to do with the delay. Know I've said this before, but I'm sure you'll see something soon. The lack of tracking does bring doubts into your mind although products always show up in the end. Maybe the PayPal dispute will force gearbest to actually take a look at where the shipment is.

RonTon wrote:

Had a right disaster this morning.

Oh my god, I'm guessing it tried to return to home and hit a tree or building on the way back. Whenever I've lost connection it always returns. Really hope you find it, terrible news..

eringobragh · 27-12-2017 10:57pm

tedpan wrote: »

I'd say Christmas is something to do with the delay. Know I've said this before, but I'm sure you'll see something soon. The lack of tracking does bring doubts into your mind although products always show up in the end. Maybe the PayPal dispute will force gearbest to actually take a look at where the shipment is.

Oh my god, I'm guessing it tried to return to home and hit a tree or building on the way back. Whenever I've lost connection it always returns. Really hope you find it, terrible news..

You can make an RF beacon for quite cheap with an arduino and walkie talkie must order the bits so I'll have it when the drone lands

papu · 28-12-2017 1:42am

beanian wrote: »

lovely day for it today
took it up near poolbeg chimneys and caught a ferry leaving the port https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZAJRXiD96Y&feature=youtu.be

The stones to fly it so close to the ferry, I'm surprised they didn't call the coastguard / Gardaí

satstheway · 28-12-2017 3:45am

RonTon wrote: »

Had a right disaster this morning.

Was doing a flight around my house this morning(I live in a rural area) up at a good height ,clear day ,little wind and I lost connection to drone ,the bloody thing kept going , the sun was in my eyes so I lost sight of it, spent a few hours looking for it but haven’t found it yet.
It didn’t RTH which I thought it would ....
Since I got the drone I’ve flown it quiet a few times and was getting comfortable with it , I went thru in my mind what I did and did I do anything wrong/different ,I couldn’t think of anything.
Balls...
Hopefully it will turn up but it could of gone a mile or 2 before coming down . I probably should have put my phone number or name on it .
If a neighbor finds it and looks at the memory card they will hopefully know it’s mine .
Will look again tomorrow morning

Where about in the country are you.
Maybe someone close with another drone couls scout the area. If you do find pull off the battery and dry all out seriously well b4 trying to power it up again. I suspect like most electronics they can take little moisture but moisture and power would finish it.
Here's hoping u find it .

beanian · 28-12-2017 9:15am

Anyone ever get an "Unstable battery voltage, please be carful" error upon starting their quad? Got a new battery from tomtop and I get this message. Looking at the cell info I can see one cell is lower then the others and highlighted in red

tedpan · 28-12-2017 9:20am

beanian wrote:

Anyone ever get an "Unstable battery voltage, please be carful" error upon starting their quad? Got a new battery from tomtop and I get this message. Looking at the cell info I can see one cell is lower then the others and highlighted in red

Never had that before.. Is the new battery fully charged?

beanian · 28-12-2017 11:12am

tedpan wrote: »

Never had that before.. Is the new battery fully charged?

Yeah, I tried discharging it and it eventually balanced out but when I charged it again it happened again

RonTon · 28-12-2017 11:27am

Cheers for the advice fellas.
its snowing here in north Cork so my chances of finding it are slim today unfortunately .
I’ll call to all the houses on the flight path I think it was on and hopefully I’ll get lucky ...
I’ve roped in 2 unwilling family member for the adventure

Bloody thing could be anywhere..
I wonder can I buy the drone without the controller do any of ye know?

tedpan · 28-12-2017 11:50am

beanian wrote:

Yeah, I tried discharging it and it eventually balanced out but when I charged it again it happened again

That's weird I'd be on to tomtop for a DOA replacement as it seems to be faulty.

RonTon wrote:

Cheers for the advice fellas. its snowing here in north Cork so my chances of finding it are slim today unfortunately . Iâ€™ll call to all the houses on the flight path I think it was on and hopefully Iâ€™ll get lucky ... Iâ€™ve roped in 2 unwilling family member for the adventure Bloody thing could be anywhere.. I wonder can I buy the drone without the controller do any of ye know?

I think you're best buying the full drone again. You can then sell the battery, controller and charger to get half your money back, or more if you're lucky!

Unfortunately its the most cost effective option.

JabbaTheHut · 28-12-2017 3:04pm

RonTon wrote: »

I went out just as it was getting dark looking for the lights but no joy , hopefully will have better luck tomorrow with a couple of extra bodies giving a hand ...
I looked thru the settings and it looks like the setting for the Chinese gps adjustment might have been turned on ,so when it lost connection the RTH activated but home was somewhere else .
That’s the only thing I can think of and even at that I’m not sure was that on/off ..
Balls x 2

And if I do find it ,will the frosty night wreck it

Any luck with finding the drone? I reckon the frost won't do it any good any. It's the moisture in the air that'll affect it. The cold itself probably won't do it any harm.

eringobragh wrote: »

Since Nov 12th

It's a while alright. With Christmas being over, perhaps things might free up on the shipping front. This time last year it took more than 2 months for stuff from China to arrive. The tracking number for me meant nothing until the day of delivery.

RonTon · 28-12-2017 3:19pm

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Any luck with finding the drone? I reckon the frost won't do it any good any. It's the moisture in the air that'll affect it. The cold itself probably won't do it any harm.

No luck unfortunately,was out for best part of 3 hours in the snow ,covered a lot of ground ,only hope now will be a farmer/neighbor will find it ....

I’ve the bug now for a drone so will definitely get another if this one doesn’t turn up

tedpan · 28-12-2017 3:47pm

Hope it shows up mate. I definitely think it's in a tree, don't forget to look up too!

JabbaTheHut · 28-12-2017 4:27pm

RonTon wrote: »

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

Any luck with finding the drone? I reckon the frost won't do it any good any. It's the moisture in the air that'll affect it. The cold itself probably won't do it any harm.

No luck unfortunately,was out for best part of 3 hours in the snow ,covered a lot of ground ,only hope now will be a farmer/neighbor will find it ....

I’ve the bug now for a drone so will definitely get another if this one doesn’t turn up

A buddy of mine has a DJI Mavic pro. He says that it has a gps setting on it that gives it's trajectory when flying, and shows it's history. I wonder is there something in the Xiaomi app that could show you it's last known position that could help narrow down the search area?

RonTon · 28-12-2017 4:53pm

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

RonTon wrote: »

A buddy of mine has a DJI Mavic pro. He says that it has a gps setting on it that gives it's trajectory when flying, and shows it's history. I wonder is there something in the Xiaomi app that could show you it's last known position that could help narrow down the search area?

Nice idea but it disconnected from the controller and i could do absolutely nothing which was a right bummer ...
I could see it’s flight path on the app but it wasn’t much good to me as it was pretty much over my head when it disconnected but at a good height , it picked up speed and zipped away from me ,the sun was right in my eyes and was v difficult to see ,i lost sight of it pretty quick , I presume it was in RTH mode but where home was wasn’t where it took off from unfortunately.
I’m still gutted but I made a good attempt to retrieve it but no joy

When I get another drone I’m going to put my phone number on it and look into maybe sticking one of those gps trackers you get for lost keys to it ,probably would work

RonTon · 28-12-2017 4:55pm

I see a dji spark mini on another bargain chat ,anyone know about that one?

Xiaomi Mi Drone 4k - 393 euro including delivery

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