โฒ 102 โผ Best LoRa Meshtastic Devices Of 2025 (www.youtube.com) submitted 10 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments ๐ก SEEED T1000: https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-... ๐ก SEEED L1 Pro: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Wio-Track... ๐ก Heltec Mesh Pocket: https://heltec.org/project/meshpocket/ ๐ก Heltect Mesh Pocket (Amazon): https://amzn.to/4p1YIny ๐ก Lily Go T-Deck Plus: https://amzn.to/48cy43Z ๐ก LowMesh Pocket-S Solar: https://lowmesh.com/ ๐ก Muzi Works R1 Neo & H2T: https://muzi.works/collections/all ๐ก Smiley Antenna: https://www.smileyantenna.com/shop/p/...
[โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (8 children) When you say RAK mesh pocket, do you mean this or this? Neither last 50 days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (7 children) The first one. The one i said lasted 50 days is Heltec MeshPocket. https://heltec.org/project/meshpocket/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (6 children) Well the 10Ah Heltec MeshPocket would definetely last longer. The only thing that's nicer on the RAK is that it's got an external antenna connector so you can plug any antenna into it. I had a Heltec MeshPocket 5Ah and it lasted less than my RAK. It may have been something that was fixed down the road. I got one of the very first units because I preordered it long before they produced it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (5 children) I got the 10Ah version in october 2025 and have tested it to last 50 days once already and am at 42 days as of now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Ia there much mesh traffic where you are? How many nodes do you see? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) At the moment, unfortunately, no. General average is about 5 to 10 nodes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (7 children) The first one. The one i said lasted 50 days is Heltec MeshPocket. https://heltec.org/project/meshpocket/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (6 children) Well the 10Ah Heltec MeshPocket would definetely last longer. The only thing that's nicer on the RAK is that it's got an external antenna connector so you can plug any antenna into it. I had a Heltec MeshPocket 5Ah and it lasted less than my RAK. It may have been something that was fixed down the road. I got one of the very first units because I preordered it long before they produced it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (5 children) I got the 10Ah version in october 2025 and have tested it to last 50 days once already and am at 42 days as of now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Ia there much mesh traffic where you are? How many nodes do you see? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) At the moment, unfortunately, no. General average is about 5 to 10 nodes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (6 children) Well the 10Ah Heltec MeshPocket would definetely last longer. The only thing that's nicer on the RAK is that it's got an external antenna connector so you can plug any antenna into it. I had a Heltec MeshPocket 5Ah and it lasted less than my RAK. It may have been something that was fixed down the road. I got one of the very first units because I preordered it long before they produced it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (5 children) I got the 10Ah version in october 2025 and have tested it to last 50 days once already and am at 42 days as of now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Ia there much mesh traffic where you are? How many nodes do you see? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) At the moment, unfortunately, no. General average is about 5 to 10 nodes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (5 children) I got the 10Ah version in october 2025 and have tested it to last 50 days once already and am at 42 days as of now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Ia there much mesh traffic where you are? How many nodes do you see? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) At the moment, unfortunately, no. General average is about 5 to 10 nodes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Ia there much mesh traffic where you are? How many nodes do you see? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) At the moment, unfortunately, no. General average is about 5 to 10 nodes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) At the moment, unfortunately, no. General average is about 5 to 10 nodes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) It's a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it's not retransmitting other packets, because it's kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 10 months ago Oh yeah that also increases batt life. permalink fedilink source parent