LILYGO T-BeamSUPREME Meshtastic 915Mhz ESP32-S3 LoRa Development Board

I have spent countless hours working with these in building mesh firmware for T-Deck, T-Beam supreme, and other devices. These T-Beam supremes are my go-to for mobile nodes, tracker nodes, and base stations. For my home base station, I have one of these combined with a 48" signal plus antenna and a 1 watt amp from sunhaus. Wow...is all I can say. My T-Deck plus, with internal antenna, can get a signal from 6 miles away to the T-Beam with this setup. L76k and ublox are both good. Supposedly I think ublox uses a little less power, but I'm getting >24 hour battery life with a cheap rechargeable using either. I leave mine plugged in or on solar constantly though. The real-time clock is something that's missing from most similar devices, and it's quite important for security purposes, and not being dependent on GPS for time. This has an SD card reader, which is required for my firmware (storing encrypted packets, public keys, etc). I'm not sure how other mesh systems get by with just flash, id expect wear leveling, but I use the SD extensively. The LoRa radio works flawlessly, as does the WiFi. I don't use BLE for my system, so I can't speak to that My base station has been running for months. I don't know how well other systems work with it, but it is really a fantastic fit for ChatterBox. Highly recommend!

I have several Meshtastic devices from several different manufacturers. This unit is easy to configure and having the GPS built in makes it easier to configure that other units that have add-on GPS modules if you want that capability. Maybe it is just me but the Lilygo devices seem to be more stable and easier to flash than some of the Heltec devices that I have. I also like having the SMA antenna connector, that makes it easier to use other antennas. Overall, nice unit that I do recommend to others.

Excellent, premium meshtastic experience. Came preloaded with an old meshtastic firmware (2.3 I think) but flashing it to a new one worked perfectly. The GNSS for GPS worked immediately for me, it didn't take a while to find satellites like other brands I've used. Buy a nice li-on 18650 from a reputable site to use with it. Great device all-around.

These boards are awesome for Meshtastic builds! And with so many custom cases available, I was able to find many different uses for the T-Beam Sumpreme. Configuring the board and connecting to Meshtastic is super easy using the Meshtastic Web Flasher. I would recommend these for most Meshtastic builds. My only knock, is that the GPS wire comes unplugged super easy, which makes it about impossible to put it in its case without GPS disconnecting from the board. May need to solder.

This is my workhorse. I use it to host my local mesh bot and it has impressive range, even from indoors.

Board seems buggy when compared to the Wio L1. Plugging into a USB power supply sometimes makes it unresponsive. It also only lasts about 20 hours on an 18650, which is disappointing. One reviewer - who others apparently found helpful - failed to see the USB-C port on the bottom of the device, and instead powered it through the GPS unit... don't make that mistake, and block your screen. Hard to miss that bottom port though...

My first (not a heltec) Meshtastic. Love it works great.

Great for when you really want someone to ask you about your node. Put a real antenna on it for when you inevitably have to put it on the table because who puts this thing in their pocket??? Battery is fine. Screen is clear, bright and legible. I put it in the AlleyChat case and it's my portable base.