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What should I buy? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by dudesss@lemmy.ca to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I live in Canada. Preferably FOSS and ethical devices. Help me duders. I don't really know what I want, except help with the network.

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To give perspective with a 3000 mah battery I am still lasting days.

Is that connected via bluetooth or just running the LoRA radio? Curious if the V4 is any less power hungry than the V3. I never did a rundown test with one of my 3,000 mah V3 units, but my daily driver had a 2000 mah battery and barely made it 14 hours before it was throwing the battery low warning. I kept it connected to my phone the whole time under most conditions.

Same conditions but with the nRF-based T1000e, it runs for about 2 days on a 700 mAh battery AND has GPS (I didn't have GPS on my daily driver node). The difference is amazing.

[–] Bigboye57@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

With GPS but not connected to my phone constantly, I have been pretty happy with battery life.