Here are some MeshCore radios that we’ve had experience with:

Companion Radios

Seeed Studio T1000-E

A credit-card sized radio. It’s water resistant, has several days of battery life, and decent performance.

Pros:

  • Fits in a pocket, or can be attached to a backpack or other equipment.
  • Good battery life
  • Water resistant

Cons:

  • Minimal user interface - has one button, and a buzzer.
  • Must be used with the phone or web app.

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Seeed Studio Wio Tracker L1 Pro

About the size of a pack of cards. Excellent performance for the size.

Pros:

  • Great battery life
  • OLED display to see the status of the device at a glance
  • Can (nominally) be used stand-alone, with firmware from RippleRadios

Cons:

  • Fairly cheezy 3D-Printed case
  • Not weather-resistant

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Repeaters

Seeed Studio Solar Node P1-Pro (and non-pro)

A simple, solar-powered repeater for MeshCore. As close to plug-and-play as it gets.

The Pro differs from the non-pro version in that it includes the GPS chip, which you probably don’t care about, and it includes the Li-Ion batteries. If you’re happy to buy your own batteries, you can save a few bucks that way.

Pros:

  • Simple setup
  • All in one case design should be reasonably weather-resistant.

Cons:

  • Included antenna is not the best. Totally adequate if you’re just trying to cover your immediate neighborhood, though.

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