{"id":1866,"date":"2025-08-01T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:16:53","slug":"whats-the-best-beacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/whats-the-best-beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Best Beacon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Too many potential customers contact us asking what&#8217;s the <strong>least expensive<\/strong> beacon that provides the <strong>best range<\/strong>, the <strong>best battery life<\/strong> and the <strong>smallest size<\/strong>. Unfortunately, all these things are related. You need a larger battery to provide enough power for a longer range. A large battery implies a larger beacon size. A larger battery and case implies a more expensive beacon. The choice of &#8216;best&#8217; beacon usually involves some sort of compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also often the case that customers focus on price, range, battery life and size without considering other factors such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Visual appearance &#8211; Good-looking beacons can sometimes be counter-productive as they can be attractive to thieves. Black ones or ones that blend into the environment work best.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>App &#8211; Some manufacturer configuration apps are easier to use than others. We prefer KKM, Meeblue and Minew apps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waterproofing &#8211; Some unexpected scenarios, such as use inside cars, need waterproofing due to high humidity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motion triggering &#8211; Some beacons provide motion triggering to significantly increase battery life. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On-off button &#8211; It&#8217;s sometimes desirable to be able to turn the beacon on and off without having to remove the battery, especially during storage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attachment options &#8211; Some beacons include strong double sided stickers, tabs for screws or holes for fastening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/allbeacons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View All Beacons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too many potential customers contact us asking what&#8217;s the least expensive beacon that provides the best range, the best battery life and the smallest size. Unfortunately, all these things are related. You need a larger battery to provide enough power for a longer range. A large battery implies a larger beacon size. A larger battery &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/whats-the-best-beacon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s the Best Beacon?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,52,29,107],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9936,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions\/9936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}