The Seeed T1000-E is by far the best hiking companion. It’s water and dust-proof, has a 2+ day battery life, and excellent range in credit-card form factor. Plus it looks nothing like a radio so it won’t attract suspicion from certain groups.

Yup! Under the External Notification config menu there’s a section to program the piezo buzzer tone/delay sequence. I changed mine to be more of a chirp than a full ringtone.

I do like the ringtone. But I think what’s even cooler is the ability to set your own ringtone through the config.

If you open the case it’s a one-time deal and it won’t ever be water resistant again. But even without water resistance is still an amazingly compact and well-engineered device.

I’m not sure what their comparison is, but the 1/8-wave antenna in the 1000E is plenty strong enough. My current ground-to-air distance record of 90+ miles is with someone in a plane who had a 1000E. It’s loads better than my Heltec V3, and out-performs everything i have except for the base stations with specialized antennas.

You won’t regret it. The T-1000E is my EDC and it’s great.

Exactly what I was thinking