This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is said to be a very pertinent drone for the year 2021 and other than that, this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has some of the very thoughtful features that too at a very low price.
Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is weighed more than 250g, due to which it is not very like some of the latest drones, but still this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is considered by a huge crowd of people, so, surely it has something which other drones does not!Table of Contents
Our Verdict
The Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone gives a very tough competition to all the DJI products. So, if you are in search of similar kinds of features that DJI products have but at a lower price than this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone, it is the one for you.
Design
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has features that have the identical collapsible design of wing as the other Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone which has the arms store at the side of the body. And this reduces the footprint of the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone, which helps to have storage while travelling.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone also sustains that the creation of aluminium with a coating of rainproof, because of which the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone can confidently fly in the worst conditions too, without any damage.
Nevertheless, Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone did great work by reducing the mass to 25g of the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone and now it weighs around 765g. Actually, this is not a huge difference to feel the heaviness of the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone.
But, with this decreasing the weight of the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone it comes with the advantage of having refined aerodynamics, and that gives much more power to motors brushless, which will help you make a much better experience with your flying.
Furthermore, the Fimi also gave a combined MicroSD slot to give support to 256GB card, which will help you click much more quantity of your footage on each card. In total, this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone gives an effect of robust design, reliability, and is very finely made.
With that this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has a different compartment of the battery as a secure clip, clamps in tight, in which the wings texture is well-designed without any drama. Fimi also benefits you by giving an entire set of replacement propellers in one box.
But you will also find the entire set of the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone for any kind of replacement if you need it.
Flight
The models which are newly launched by Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has the range from 5,000m to 8,000m which is just doubled and it makes it to the longest drone range that anyone can buy.
This can also mean that the live feed has the best quality with not any kind of hindrance in the city and with a booster of signal you will able to work much better.
You can fly this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone using the Fimi Navi 2020 application. Due to which the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has to offer a lot, that is, essential flight parameters like, speed, elevation, and many more. But, with this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone, you can also have an online feed as live aerial through social media, which makes it very interesting.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone’s Fimi Navi 2020 application is o very well designed and all the parameters at critical are visible with ease, that includes camera settings, battery life, and the current position on the map. This will give you an adjustment of making fine-tune to all the controls of flight and gimbal settings which are very intuitive.
This also similarly applies in the performing calibration. With this, you have entire manual control on the settings from quality, resolution, white balance, metering, and encoding.
Generally, this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone application is excellent, which is very similar to the DJI’s Go4 application with UI. This is very easy to connect with and is intuitive and straightforward as a user interface. But all the things are availed at just a fingertip that too without being jumbled. Which is very unlike to have a new pilot who will have a master to challenge.
Camera Quality
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has a camera feature that gives a ½.6-inch Sony CMOS Sensor and has a 26mm fixed equivalent F/2.0 lens which has 80-degree straddling to a gimbal for 3-axis. The latest feature is that the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has a Hisilicon set of chips which gives a record of 4K UHD video for up to 30p, 2.7K, 60p, and 1080p for up to 90p with having 100 Mbps data rate with the format of MP4.
With this Xiaomi Fimi X8, SE Drone Fimi has refined this sensor which is slightly small in size as per the old models which provide the chip of ½.3-inch. But then there is a noticeable reduction in the quality of the image.
From a global perspective, the camera provides you with the natural colour which renders and has sharp images. With that, the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has clear internal processing which helps to reduce the overexposures and vignettes in the corners in the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone. Additionally, it also plagued the blue cast in the old models.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone gives you the built-in feature of panorama, which captures the multi-angle panoramas in just one tap with the portrait or landscape orientations. With that, the application gives an automatic stitch altogether. In addition to it, Fimi also includes the rectangular 3 * 3 mode for the panorama format, and not the standard 3 * 1.
The Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone also gives a 3X Digital Zoom, that helps to get a little close to the subject without getting any dangerous close.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone also gives a Time-Lapse Mode, with several amounts of customization. The Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone offers three types of flight modes which works very intelligently for additional flair.
The Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone provides Night Shot Mode which helps to apprehend good nighttime images with more detail work, less noise, and better clarity. But then you should set your Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone on a tripod mode which will help you to evade winds. Er else, you can also see the blur motion throughout the entire frame.
Remote Control
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone provides you with an RC controller on the purchase, which too has a large central mount with the support of the small smartphones with the midrange tables such as iPad Mini. This RC controller will provide the classic flair of the functions that include, mode selection, flight controls, 1-click return home, and gimbal pitch.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone also gives you a joystick that is customizable due to which you can program to reminiscence a lot of settings with the help of the application. Along with this, the sticks are easily controllable and can also be detachable, which shows the dedicated slot on the RC for storage
The entire controller given by the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is just perfect for the drone, nevertheless, the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is cheap. With that, this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is very much responsive, well-contoured, ad comfortable as per its inputs. With that, the transmission of the video works very well the supported 5 mi for 8km of the distance of the transmission with the caveats.
Battery
The battery life that Fimi provides in all its products is always very nice, that it gives 30 minutes of life. and gradually, with the new version that is Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone, it got better, than any other drone provides. According to the research, Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone provides a good battery life but especially at a good price, due to which this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is said to be the best in the market for now.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has a 4,500mAH battery life as per the other old models. In this too, the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has managed to give you 35 minutes of flight time in ideal conditions. This shows a little bit of improvement on the predecessor of the maximum of 33 minutes. Though convincingly, you can expect to have 30 minutes of flight time in normal conditions.
Pros
- The Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has a 4,500 mAH battery life as compared to the other old models.
- The Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has an RC controller that will offer the classic flair of the purposes that contain, mode selection, flight controls, 1-click return home, and gimbal pitch.
- The models that are produced by Fimi from which one is Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone that has the range from 5,000m to 8,000m which is just doubled and it says that this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone which is the longest drone assortment that anyone can buy.
Cons
- Controller
- Flying Experience
- Image Capabilities
- Lacking Features
Final Thought
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is completely worth it for the people who are wanting an affordable Search and Rescue (SAR) drone. Isn’t it very interesting to know! This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone gives you a real-time GPS, plenty of speed, long transmission distance, and digital zoom.
For this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone, all the above features are combined and make a complete package. So, this gives you a result of the conclusion that this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone provides you with an incredible feature worth money. Due to which any newcomers or beginners or even hobbyists can opt for this Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone at a great price.
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone is also not the perfect one, but Fimi has worked hard to manage to provide a lot of features at a managed price.
Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE - Editor's Choice
Summary
This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone also sustains that the creation of aluminium with a coating of rainproof, because of which the Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone can confidently fly in the worst conditions too, without any damage. This Xiaomi Fimi X8 SE Drone has a camera feature that gives a ½.6-inch Sony CMOS Sensor and has a 26mm fixed equivalent F/2.0 lens which has 80-degree straddling to a gimbal for 3-axis.