{"id":2597,"date":"2026-08-07T07:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:53:42","slug":"whats-the-best-ibeacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/whats-the-best-ibeacon\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Best iBeacon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We often get asked what&#8217;s the best iBeacon? Unfortunately, there is no one best beacon for all scenarios. It depends on your particular project and business requirements. Having said this we have some favourites based on specific characteristics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best for Price: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/K11Beacon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KKM K11<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Inexpensive beacon that transmits iBeacon, Eddystone UID, Eddystone URL, Eddystone TLM and battery level:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/k11_smaller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8227\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/k11_smaller.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/k11_smaller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/k11_smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/k11_smaller-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> <br><strong>Best for Features:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/M52SAPLUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M52-SA Plus<\/a> &#8211; Large easy replaceable battery, long range, temperature, humidity, accelerometer:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"iBeacon\" class=\"wp-image-5101\" style=\"width:256px;height:256px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> <br><strong>Best for Battery Life:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/MBM01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MBM01<\/a> &#8211; Replaceable lithium (included) battery for a very long battery life of up to 10 years (depends on settings):<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mbm01_smaller-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8131\" style=\"width:262px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mbm01_smaller-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mbm01_smaller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mbm01_smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mbm01_smaller-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mbm01_smaller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> <br><strong>Best for Setup App:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/Minew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minew range<\/a> &#8211; Minew&#8217;s latest BeaconPlus range (those supporting both iBeacon and Eddystone) provides the best in class app.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/i7_smaller-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/i7_smaller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/i7_smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/i7_smaller-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/i7_smaller-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/i7_smaller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> <br>View our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/allbeacons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complete range<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often get asked what&#8217;s the best iBeacon? Unfortunately, there is no one best beacon for all scenarios. It depends on your particular project and business requirements. Having said this we have some favourites based on specific characteristics: Best for Price: KKM K11&nbsp;&#8211; Inexpensive beacon that transmits iBeacon, Eddystone UID, Eddystone URL, Eddystone TLM and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/whats-the-best-ibeacon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s the Best iBeacon?&#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":[26,52,1,29,66,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597"}],"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=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10212,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions\/10212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}