Reply To: Where is the best price for a Mi Drone 4K?

[Kris Backs]

I need to followup on this thread because I’ve got the goods now and I’m fairly impressed (with Xiaomi AND GearBest). Due to the Chinese New Year, my package sat for two weeks untouched. I had planned to purchase from Banggood this time because I had one or two less than stellar transactions with GB. However the prices rose daily and instead of purchasing, I began kicking myself for not taking the plunge when the prices were actually quite a large amount less. That’s when I reached out here.

Chris G. – the stand-up guy he is, offered a great coupon which brought the price into my range. Without too much hesitation I ordered the Mi Drone 4K along with the protective blade guards as well as the Gimbal handle.

I expected all this to arrive with the sun another month down the road. I was delighted to find that, not only was it fast, DHL didn’t hold it hostage (avoided the US I guess).

All told I am really digging the gear, but have one issue. Connecting to the WiFi is not working correctly. I get the error ‘please connect to relay WiFi’

I have an old Xperia that does connect to the gimbal handle, but not to the RC unit.

My Axon 7 won’t even do that. Plugging in the USB tethering option works fine however, well enough that in my upstairs studio it manages to get a strong connection to GPS having left the props off I had an “All systems are go!” moment.

Does anyone know how to get beyond the WiFi connection issues I am having? I’ve seen others on other forums asking the same question but the answers simply aren’t there.

BTW, I’ve read some people wondering what comes with the unit re: USB or WiFi dongle, blade guards etc.

At this time, GearBest lists their contents as including  1 x Quadcopter ( Battery Included ), 1 x Transmitter, 1 x Camera, 1 x Charger, 1 x English Manual.

What I received was not quite the same;

No instructions whatsoever (oops, correction. I did receive a well laid out, though slightly breifer version of the English language manual which I had downloaded and printed needlessly)

WiFi Dongle

USB Dongle

North American plug battery charger. I fully expected otherwise as I thought I saw it listed as a CN plug.

To wrap up – very happy with it. Anxious for better weather, hoping to overcome this WiFi bug soon.

Thank you Chris for your help purchasing this- I must reiterate that supporting this site is important, I’ve tried however and clicking the Paypal donate buttons only take me to PayPal – no specifics on the recipient are shown and the transaction stalls. Help me help you :-}

Sincerely

Kris B.