{"id":2597,"date":"2021-07-30T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:28:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:28:38","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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/FSC-BP103\" target=\"_blank\">FSC-BP103<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Inexpensive beacon that transmits up to 10 channels simultaneously:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fsc-bp103-smaller-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5398\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fsc-bp103-smaller-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fsc-bp103-smaller-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fsc-bp103-smaller-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fsc-bp103-smaller-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fsc-bp103-smaller-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 85vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Best for Features:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/M52SAPLUS\" target=\"_blank\">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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/m52-saplus_smaller-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"iBeacon\" class=\"wp-image-5101\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" 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: 256px) 85vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Best for Battery Life:<\/strong> SmartBeacon-AA Pro (no longer available) &#8211; Allows use of 4x AA batteries. Use lithium AA batteries for 7+ year battery life (also depends on settings).<\/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\/2016\/09\/SmartBeacon-4AA-Pro-Smaller-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SmartBeacon-4AA-Pro-Smaller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SmartBeacon-4AA-Pro-Smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SmartBeacon-4AA-Pro-Smaller-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SmartBeacon-4AA-Pro-Smaller-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SmartBeacon-4AA-Pro-Smaller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><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>View our <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/allbeacons\" target=\"_blank\">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: FSC-BP103&nbsp;&#8211; Inexpensive beacon that transmits up to 10 channels simultaneously: Best for Features: M52-SA &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":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8552,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions\/8552"}],"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}]}}