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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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[–] Bigboye57@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I went the Heltec V4 route and DIY'ed and it was not difficult. I am happy to share more if you are interested and DM me.

The Heltec V4 is power hungry compared to others but also has the most power for TX(some firmware shenanigans makes this not always the case but it is improving). If you do not care so much about long battery life it is a great option. To give perspective with a 3000 mah battery I am still lasting days.

[–] 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.