ThinkNode M1 Meshtastic™ radio

This is a great little transceiver for LoRa. It works well with Meshtastic or MeshCore. I love that it has an on/off switch with backlit control on the screen. As a completely assembled unit, it is my favorite.

Geet stuff! Does what its supposed to. The only criticism is how cheap it feels. Its extremely light weight which I guess is good but the material feels pretty cheap. I would prefer more density / weight. Also, ditch the e-ink and just do an actual display IMO. Itherwise Meshtastic is sweet. Completely off-grid digital encrypted communications.

Good beginner companion for Meshtastic, maybe not so much for Meshcore.

Meshcore support is lacking. It’s definitely good as a beginner companion BLE radio if you need one that doesn’t break the bank, but if you’re already deep in the mesh sauce like me—it’s pretty bland to be quite honest. I’m running a community software named “Zephyrcore” on it due to the default Meshcore firmware not even having one of the buttons on the side of the device mapped for a function, which has left me dumbfounded onto why that is. For meshtastic it works pretty good. It has better firmware on it than Meshcore. I like the E-Ink display for indoors usage, it saves a lot of battery life when in a pinch especially with a battery as small as the one in this one. However, I very much dislike how the antenna mount is male…the majority of 915mhz antennas on the market need a female mount, imo that’s the number 1 issue with this device.