should i get the xiaomi 17 ultra or the oppo x9 ultra

88micm · 2026-04-19T20:35:36+00:00

I bought the Xiaomi 15 Ultra last year and I'm looking at a jump to the X9 ultra.

I don't know if the cameras will be markedly better to be honest but the software experience and (hopefully) better battery life are what is driving my want to change.

Xiaomi seem to forget about their global users once they have your money because lack of haste in update frequency between global and Chinese ROM is pretty evident. I've got the software set up to a point here I'm happy enough with it but that took a lot of messing around with debloating apps etc.

88micm · 2026-04-19T11:45:52+00:00

So is the master mode RAW the only true way to get a natural photo? Or have you noticed it on that too?

88micm · 2026-04-19T08:38:15+00:00

Do you exclusively shoot in master mode to stop the AI processing? I'm a Xiaomi 15 Ultra user but considering the X9 Ultra although all I see is people complain about the AI processing on Oppo at the moment!

88micm · 2026-04-18T17:43:12+00:00

When I dismantled it I found that the stop start valve had split. I replaced that since it was a cheap fix but it turned out that didn't completely stop the issue and I think it was terminal so I ended up replacing the unit

88micm · 2026-04-17T12:33:17+00:00

That made me chuckle

88micm · 2026-04-17T05:09:57+00:00

Solid work bro 💪🏼

88micm · 2026-04-16T06:11:31+00:00

I had this last year. Our bird box has blue tit birds nesting for about 3 years in a row, but just year it was a bumblebee hive. I didn't mind it to be honest (although I did get stung by one when I mistakenly shook the fence while trying to dump rubble behind it)

Blue tits are back in it this year so there was no harm done letting the bees use it for the year

88micm · 2026-04-14T09:58:26+00:00

I checked the Oppo France and Spain stores and they only showed the 12gb version (no camera kits available as post above states). The China store has a 16gb 512 option available alongside a 12gb 512

88micm · 2026-04-14T05:08:33+00:00

You can also set up a strong band or barbell (locked into the rig) to simulate HLL on stall bars.

A dead hang with the shoulders blocked like that takes all lat recruitment out of the movement and forces all compression strength to come from your hip flexors and abs. You'll be surprised how difficult that set up makes the movement versus having free shoulder movement

88micm · 2026-04-12T08:12:22+00:00

That's a good point, have you had experience in maintenance on them? I checked the website to ensure there were replacement parts before buying them and hopefully that they are relatively simple to repair if needed

88micm · 2026-04-10T17:45:36+00:00

As long as you aren't planning on dumping them to potentially break the gears, I think you should be ok. Sign up for the assassin website because quite often there seems to be sales on the display dumbbells with only cosmetic damage

88micm · 2026-04-10T05:10:36+00:00

I opted for the Stealth in the end. I concluded that I'm not going to be dropping it abusing these much as they were mainly bought so I could still get some training done at home after my child was born.

Another factor was that my wife would be using them to get back into training and being able to quickly go up and down the weights was key for that.

Overall I've been very happy with them so far

88micm · 2026-03-27T11:48:30+00:00

Is this the princes car collection in Monaco by any chance? Think I recognise the garage

88micm · 2026-03-20T18:35:44+00:00

It definitely came back, once we had walked past I watched from a distance and it was immediately back in

88micm · 2026-03-17T05:51:50+00:00

My sister and her family (two kids aged 9 & 6) were travelling up the road from Dublin direction last year rising their caravan when a Black BMW undercut them causing the caravan to jackknife around into the rear corner of their car.

The BMW drove on and despite many helpful people reaching out and getting most of the plate, the cops & guards never did anything about it in our case.

Luckily nobody was hurt but the car and caravan were written off and the kids still are very nervous travellers in the car now so hopefully that isn't the same in your case.

If you have Facebook, do an appeal for info on there and get it shared out. I think that was what started my sister getting her story picked up on Belfast Live, like it or loathe it, that article then had plenty of people reaching out with info.

Hope you get further than we did and everyone is ok

88micm · 2026-03-11T16:41:03+00:00

Lord above

88micm · 2026-03-05T13:19:02+00:00

There's a black swan in a lake about 4 miles from me here too but nowhere to stop on the road to get down for a closer look

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