The FIMI X8 flight dynamics are skewed to yaw with a front biased axis as opposed to the rear on DJI drones, meaning the FIMI factory PID settings make it a far sportier flyer. (Try doing funnels on both and see what I mean). You didn't mention the dropper function built into the microphone module of this drone (it can release items from the air). Also you are wrong about the wind ability. You must have watched it hovering in the wind which the FIMI is not a stable hoverer. However once this drone is flying it can easily handle level 8 winds which it is factory rated at. (The Mini 3 Pro is rated to handle level 5 wind). Additionally the FIMI is snow and rain proof. Range wise the FIMI is a beast and will far exceed the DJI mini drones which are limited by their batteries and controller frequency. Dustin Dunnill flew the older 2020 version (without the newer stronger RokLink transmission) 5.3 miles /8.5kms
I always wondered why I was able to orbit with my Mini 2 after I got it but I could not get it down with my FIMI X8 SE 2020 even after adjusting settings. That explains it. I really liked the FIMI it just had QC issues. My ribbon cable for the gimbal I'm pretty sure was loose. FIMI's customer service was not great either so I just returned the drone. It 100% cut through the wind much better than my Mini 2. The Mini 2 IMO leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to wind but I assume with it's lack of mass that is expected.
@@rhdrones1599I got the original 2018 model and a year or so later the camera stopped working. Pure static. I spent $69 shipping the drone to China, they spent a week repairing it and sent it back with a battery! So I actually made $10 on the repair 😂 anyway QC is meh, warranty support was 👌 for me personally. Might upgrade to 2022 version some day
I fly a FIMI X8 and a DJI mini and trust me when I say the FIMI kills the DJI in every way. With DJI you're simply paying for the name, and that doesn't make it fly any better.
I’ve been flying drones for 8 years and I know when something feels odd. This drone doesn’t compare to DJI drones in terms of flight control. Trust me I know.
@@TheSkyHighFilms - Of course it feels odd to fly any drone you're not used to. I feel more comfortable flying the FIMI over the DJI but that's my preference and the FIMI is a larger drone. To say that one drone is better than the other based on what you're used to flying is wrong. PS. I've been at it for a while too.
@@JeremyAtYou The thorn in the side of every 2022 v2 owner know it or not I'll tell you, its the variable frame rate instead of constant frame rate. This means yaw turning looks jumpy and or choppy depending on the frame rate, other than that this is a awesome drone I agree.
@@Roboticdoughbull3k - Sorry Kevin, but that's not true. I just shot a video at 24fps then loaded and zoomed it in an editor, I counted exactly 24fps with zero variation! That might be just minis.
@@TheSkyHighFilmsit’s the same as switching keyboard or mouse, there’s an adjustment period. Whether you can afford to stick it out for the week or two is the question
Noooooo no DJI drone? NO! hahaha joking. I just follow you almost from your beginning, and you made me buy a Mavic Mini for my own Channel. and today I think I cannot live without it
Thanks for the video.....A couple of questions...What app does this drone use from the Playstore? Is there a setting in the app that allows the ability to transition to VR/FPV Mode? i.e. Use a pair of VR goggles for flight.
Did your setting braking to 75 or 80 you can control it better and switch your camera to 48 mp and put on high res. When you tune it share your setting.
Were the photos in DNG when you took them at 12MP? I only seem to get the DNG option when I set it to the 8MP 4K photos setting. Video quality is solid, but like you said the controls on this are a bit funky for sure.
What a beautiful home! You flew very well considering you're so used to the Mini 2/3... Don't like that propeller noise in the image either....think I will stick with my Mini 2! Keep flying dude. You have the best skills 🙌
Good for surviving gale level 8 winds in rain. Living on a windy ridge that's a must half of the time. Although last flight the drone should of come with a tranquilizers watching the drone flying through wind shear up down and all around with the props screaming handling the 40mph wind with 50' instant deviations.
this drone needs a really fast sd card, but seems to still drop frames during yaw moves, it was/is worse on 2020 version, as is to horizon issue which is linked to drone orientation... ie film west and say horizon dips to left, yaw 180 film to the east it dips right.....
May I kindly ask you for the fine tuning settings like expo settings and the gimbal settings ? I want to apply them to my Fimi X8 Mini… may be they could be proficient for it ;)
Muito bom. Você testa uma marca diferente. Esse drone não e um dos melhores. Mais para diversão. Tirar umas fotos. Fazer vídeos simples. Pelo custo benefício serve para muitas pessoas. Quando você regular a câmera ficar mais suave e regular o controle ficar mais suave e menos sensível ao toque você perceberá a diferença de vôo. Ele de fábrica vem com a configuração muito arisca. Parabéns novamente pelo video. Continua assim fazendo seus ótimos videos
I had the first version of this drone back in 2019. To be honest, it was quite terrible... The live video feed was often disruptive. Sometimes screen froze and a drone restart (not app) only helped. During cold weather below 10 degrees Celsius, footage was very gloomy and out of focus. I got some unlisted videos with these problems on my channel. Let me know, if you're interested in seeing those. Finally, after a terrible year of bad experience I moved to air 2, and that was worth it a thousand times! :D
we are not all....professional for drones so that one is perfect for hobby users and it cost 400 euros at the moment before the X8 pro come to market ! ,,,800 m of altitude plus less no fly zones or combatibility of the app with mobiles make it best choice for amateurs !!!
I would say that mini 2 is the best choice for beginners. Best overall price and performance ratio in my opinion. You can learn a lot with that drone! As it is easy to just start flying and everything just works. Plus now it’s cheap and you can get it used for way cheaper.
I’m glad you bought one … I had them all but keeping only Fimi X8 Mini with pro batteries … but again it is completely different story than DJI … controls are bad … the drone is having its own behavior no matter you are trying to fly smoothly and perfectly
Because it’s not the best for continuous interrupted smooth transitions in flight. Even after calibrating all the expos and everything it just can’t compete with DJI. Full review coming soon. Don’t get me wrong, I can get a decent multi axis shot with it, but transitioning into a different shot is almost impossible. The way it controls is not the best. Camera quality is fine and speaker/air drop feature is pretty cool, but the controls… not fan of them.
@@RickyD1968 DJI Mini 2 controls way better than this one and I would take that one over this one any day. The thing is… I don’t care for the smart features. All I care is if the camera is good enough for what I need and if it controls well! I know how to fly so I don’t rely on smart features. And dropping things from a drone is illegal in my country :D so I kinda don’t care about that too. Sure it can be very useful for some. But for me… Drone is a flying camera and if it doesn’t fly that good. It’s no good for me. Camera is fine tho…
I guess you really have to focus on flying, specially when flying close to trees... I really would love to hear you talk, and fly one of these close to houses, and water...
I'm sorry but this is a very very bad review. 1. All you did was comparing this drone to DJI, like DJI is the standard drone in the world. 2. You call the controll weird, just because you are fimiliar with the DJI system 3. You obvously dont know anythibg about this drone. This drone has dl many cool functions, that even DJI dont have. You didnt use those smart funtions
Can’t I have my own opinion? It just didn’t seem like a good drone for complex shot capturing manualy. Sure it has bunch of other features that DJI drones don’t have, but I reviewed it from my perspective which is capturing cinematic shots using only the sticks and your skills.
The FIMI X8 flight dynamics are skewed to yaw with a front biased axis as opposed to the rear on DJI drones, meaning the FIMI factory PID settings make it a far sportier flyer. (Try doing funnels on both and see what I mean). You didn't mention the dropper function built into the microphone module of this drone (it can release items from the air). Also you are wrong about the wind ability. You must have watched it hovering in the wind which the FIMI is not a stable hoverer. However once this drone is flying it can easily handle level 8 winds which it is factory rated at. (The Mini 3 Pro is rated to handle level 5 wind). Additionally the FIMI is snow and rain proof. Range wise the FIMI is a beast and will far exceed the DJI mini drones which are limited by their batteries and controller frequency. Dustin Dunnill flew the older 2020 version (without the newer stronger RokLink transmission) 5.3 miles /8.5kms
I always wondered why I was able to orbit with my Mini 2 after I got it but I could not get it down with my FIMI X8 SE 2020 even after adjusting settings. That explains it. I really liked the FIMI it just had QC issues. My ribbon cable for the gimbal I'm pretty sure was loose. FIMI's customer service was not great either so I just returned the drone. It 100% cut through the wind much better than my Mini 2. The Mini 2 IMO leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to wind but I assume with it's lack of mass that is expected.
@@rhdrones1599I got the original 2018 model and a year or so later the camera stopped working. Pure static. I spent $69 shipping the drone to China, they spent a week repairing it and sent it back with a battery! So I actually made $10 on the repair 😂 anyway QC is meh, warranty support was 👌 for me personally. Might upgrade to 2022 version some day
@@bruhdabones Just get DJI mini something. 2 or 3 or 3 pro. They are way better. :)
@@TheSkyHighFilms eh, less wind resistance, more expensive batteries, also costs over $300 more…
@@bruhdabones you can get used mini 2 for about 300 dollars.
Nice one! you should do a camera comparison between them, in this beautiful spot youre in
its intresting to me since im deciding on whether DJI mini 3 or this Fimi X8 SE v2...
I fly a FIMI X8 and a DJI mini and trust me when I say the FIMI kills the DJI in every way. With DJI you're simply paying for the name, and that doesn't make it fly any better.
I’ve been flying drones for 8 years and I know when something feels odd. This drone doesn’t compare to DJI drones in terms of flight control. Trust me I know.
@@TheSkyHighFilms - Of course it feels odd to fly any drone you're not used to. I feel more comfortable flying the FIMI over the DJI but that's my preference and the FIMI is a larger drone. To say that one drone is better than the other based on what you're used to flying is wrong. PS. I've been at it for a while too.
@@JeremyAtYou The thorn in the side of every 2022 v2 owner know it or not I'll tell you, its the variable frame rate instead of constant frame rate. This means yaw turning looks jumpy and or choppy depending on the frame rate, other than that this is a awesome drone I agree.
@@Roboticdoughbull3k - Sorry Kevin, but that's not true. I just shot a video at 24fps then loaded and zoomed it in an editor, I counted exactly 24fps with zero variation! That might be just minis.
@@TheSkyHighFilmsit’s the same as switching keyboard or mouse, there’s an adjustment period. Whether you can afford to stick it out for the week or two is the question
Noooooo no DJI drone? NO! hahaha joking. I just follow you almost from your beginning, and you made me buy a Mavic Mini for my own Channel. and today I think I cannot live without it
I also got a Mavic Mini!!!
The mini series is crazy good! Thank you for being such a trusty follower! :)
@@TheSkyHighFilms The mini 2, is a classic, just for the value and capabilities in an affordable package. No overheating, like mini 3 pro...
Thanks for the video.....A couple of questions...What app does this drone use from the Playstore? Is there a setting in the app that allows the ability to transition to VR/FPV Mode? i.e. Use a pair of VR goggles for flight.
please tell us in more detail what settings you made for smooth control of the drone
nice location, nice setup ! what is the hd video transmission range ?
Did your setting braking to 75 or 80 you can control it better and switch your camera to 48 mp and put on high res. When you tune it share your setting.
Will check it out.
which is better the dji mini 2 se or the fimi x8 se 2022 v2 ?
Were the photos in DNG when you took them at 12MP? I only seem to get the DNG option when I set it to the 8MP 4K photos setting. Video quality is solid, but like you said the controls on this are a bit funky for sure.
OMG awesome nature and even more - place. Which country?
What a beautiful home!
You flew very well considering you're so used to the Mini 2/3...
Don't like that propeller noise in the image either....think I will stick with my Mini 2!
Keep flying dude. You have the best skills 🙌
What your best setting for pictures and best setting for videos
Hello sir
Can u pls help me my S155 drone is not connecting with my Wi-Fi on my phone
Hi, tell me what country you live in. beautiful garden.
Good for surviving gale level 8 winds in rain. Living on a windy ridge that's a must half of the time. Although last flight the drone should of come with a tranquilizers watching the drone flying through wind shear up down and all around with the props screaming handling the 40mph wind with 50' instant deviations.
I bought the fimi se 8 v2 ty ur video helped I luv it WOW it’s CAZY !!!!! Lol fast
When viewing your flight footage it's looking choppy to me... Is it me of the Drone or the vid card skipping frames??
this drone needs a really fast sd card, but seems to still drop frames during yaw moves, it was/is worse on 2020 version, as is to horizon issue which is linked to drone orientation... ie film west and say horizon dips to left, yaw 180 film to the east it dips right.....
@@lezbriddon
Ahhh I see.. cause it looks like a nice drone..
V2 has silly variable frame rate instead of constant. This is problem.
@@Roboticdoughbull3k what if you set a manual shutter rate and FPS ?
May I kindly ask you for the fine tuning settings like expo settings and the gimbal settings ? I want to apply them to my Fimi X8 Mini… may be they could be proficient for it ;)
I will in my full review! :)
@@TheSkyHighFilms awesome as always !
Muito bom. Você testa uma marca diferente. Esse drone não e um dos melhores. Mais para diversão. Tirar umas fotos. Fazer vídeos simples. Pelo custo benefício serve para muitas pessoas. Quando você regular a câmera ficar mais suave e regular o controle ficar mais suave e menos sensível ao toque você perceberá a diferença de vôo. Ele de fábrica vem com a configuração muito arisca. Parabéns novamente pelo video. Continua assim fazendo seus ótimos videos
I had the first version of this drone back in 2019. To be honest, it was quite terrible... The live video feed was often disruptive. Sometimes screen froze and a drone restart (not app) only helped. During cold weather below 10 degrees Celsius, footage was very gloomy and out of focus. I got some unlisted videos with these problems on my channel. Let me know, if you're interested in seeing those. Finally, after a terrible year of bad experience I moved to air 2, and that was worth it a thousand times! :D
The 1st version was the only one with constant frame rate, everything after is now variable, making choppy yaw video.
Ya well this new one is spot on !!! It’s crazy !!!!
Súper cool place, apenas pedí este drone por cuestiones de dinero, a ver que tal.
we are not all....professional for drones so that one is perfect for hobby users and it cost 400 euros at the moment before the X8 pro come to market ! ,,,800 m of altitude plus less no fly zones or combatibility of the app with mobiles make it best choice for amateurs !!!
I would say that mini 2 is the best choice for beginners. Best overall price and performance ratio in my opinion. You can learn a lot with that drone! As it is easy to just start flying and everything just works. Plus now it’s cheap and you can get it used for way cheaper.
Did I say so...? We are talking about the Fimi !!!
@@stavman8536 I am talking about the best drone for beginners and this is not the one. In my opinion.
@@TheSkyHighFilms ok. We just have a different opinion 😜😜 fimi mini is the best to start with!
👍👍👍👍
Your home/neighborhood is very beautiful.
I can agree to that! Love this place! :)
good scene and shooting
Thanks! :)
Mine works great you better send yours back and get it fixed
Great to see you perciver but I think it belongs in the water.. deep in the water.
:D haha
yes only dji in the air and only Porsche on the road. smfh lol
How do you compare it to fimi mini
I am looking to backup drone for dji mini 2 as it wont take off in all places.
Thanks
sadly I don't. have the fimi mini, so I cannot give my opinion on that. I would probably go for the autel version for a backup.
I’m glad you bought one … I had them all but keeping only Fimi X8 Mini with pro batteries … but again it is completely different story than DJI … controls are bad … the drone is having its own behavior no matter you are trying to fly smoothly and perfectly
Would you buy one today in 2024? I have an opportunity to purchase one. I own a DJI mini pro 4.
Just use your mini 4 pro. :D
@@TheSkyHighFilms Thanks for the reply.
half price of dj1 quality very camera very good,just no obstacle avoid
Thanks! a lot of work :)
Yeah... Many hours in editing and flying... :D
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 i don´t know if this dron is good for something profesional. Thank you, teacher.
It's ok for hobby type capturing...
Hola,
Sabes si necesito algún permiso o licencia para volar en españa
It's a non dji Drohne😂 really excited to see this review :)
😁
it has some horizon tilt still.
Yes I saw it
Super 🤝😎
Thanks 🤗
Tripod mode
A Magephone! Try casting spells with it!
The speaker part sound so fake, " what, I can.. its a speaker?" Fake surprise
i hate it when you tubers get drones for free,only for review its great its free for you but im not a sell out im un sub
The Fimi X8 SE 2022 drone is Awesome and got all positive reviews so I do not know why you are having so many problems ???
Because it’s not the best for continuous interrupted smooth transitions in flight. Even after calibrating all the expos and everything it just can’t compete with DJI. Full review coming soon. Don’t get me wrong, I can get a decent multi axis shot with it, but transitioning into a different shot is almost impossible. The way it controls is not the best. Camera quality is fine and speaker/air drop feature is pretty cool, but the controls… not fan of them.
@@TheSkyHighFilms Do not forget if you want a drone from DJI that is like this drone it will cost you over $2000 to $3000 not $500 !!!
@@RickyD1968 DJI Mini 2 controls way better than this one and I would take that one over this one any day.
The thing is… I don’t care for the smart features. All I care is if the camera is good enough for what I need and if it controls well! I know how to fly so I don’t rely on smart features. And dropping things from a drone is illegal in my country :D so I kinda don’t care about that too. Sure it can be very useful for some. But for me… Drone is a flying camera and if it doesn’t fly that good. It’s no good for me. Camera is fine tho…
@@TheSkyHighFilms Maybe the one you got has problems because my fimi X8 SE V2 works just fine and yes i have dji drones also !!!!!!!!
@@TheSkyHighFilms If you want a drone for film making then get the DJI Inspire 3 Drone its only about $17K
Please make your own...! Genius.?
I would if I could. :)
Why are you crying while speaking and why are you saying the world “ugh” constantly ? It’s so annoying 😠.
Try to fly this drone with stock settings! :D
I guess you really have to focus on flying, specially when flying close to trees... I really would love to hear you talk, and fly one of these close to houses, and water...
I'm sorry but this is a very very bad review.
1. All you did was comparing this drone to DJI, like DJI is the standard drone in the world.
2. You call the controll weird, just because you are fimiliar with the DJI system
3. You obvously dont know anythibg about this drone. This drone has dl many cool functions, that even DJI dont have. You didnt use those smart funtions
Can’t I have my own opinion?
It just didn’t seem like a good drone for complex shot capturing manualy. Sure it has bunch of other features that DJI drones don’t have, but I reviewed it from my perspective which is capturing cinematic shots using only the sticks and your skills.
Bro can you give it to me, they are expensive in my country, jejejeje
Hi there.. This is a cheap quality drones
but reliable.
laziest review ive ever watched
Thank you for feedback! :)
Bad reviewer
Can you expand on your comment?