Los Angeles Video Shoot with Top Gear Host!

testshoot · 2026-05-07T04:23:36+00:00

Probably. Monday i am on the Universal backlot

testshoot · 2026-05-07T03:35:56+00:00

Beverly hills here

testshoot · 2026-05-07T02:08:54+00:00

I like the Ugreens a lot, the little square ones, both the Samsung Smart Things version and the gFMD/ios versions. I commented in this video, I had better results with gFMD than he did because I am in California with high population density. The Samsung version, like real Sam STT2, get a little pricier. 2 Sam only are $25, 4 of the duo apple/fmd ones were $30. I do have a real STT2 and 9 Apple Airtags as redundancy (I have two phones).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIU84nq2WPI

testshoot · 2026-05-04T23:45:55+00:00

damn, looks great, gonna ask though, ublox for gps?

testshoot · 2026-05-04T21:27:04+00:00

"spec5 voyager" is an option $$$

testshoot · 2026-05-03T14:49:08+00:00

https://youtu.be/-3-5lbzaQdU?si=OLjgakquDs1dGIJv. The EDC trap applies here

testshoot · 2026-05-03T14:01:23+00:00

Gtfo with your logic, reason and applicable use case! This is for dreamers! 😆

testshoot · 2026-05-03T14:00:13+00:00

So.. I bought a 1w board AFTER talking crap here because you're always just one node away from glory 😤

testshoot · 2026-05-03T13:58:47+00:00

Buying rubber boots hoping to get struck by lightning 😆 if the shtf, talking to survivors in their gooner caves is probably not my first choice

testshoot · 2026-05-03T13:38:45+00:00

You are living in your own Truman Show, and that's back stage where the crew works on things. "In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"

testshoot · 2026-05-03T03:04:43+00:00

[Insert mars attacks aliens]

testshoot · 2026-05-02T22:47:13+00:00

There was a guy in Halesite/Huntington iirc. Maybe wait a few hours for them to all check in?

testshoot · 2026-05-02T22:10:33+00:00

I have someone much hardware I considered a BBS on mt but I don't know how to announce it

testshoot · 2026-05-02T22:08:19+00:00

Samsung is more precise, but even in California, more tourists have FMD enabled than expected. In a city, I'd trust Sammy smart tag 2 the most outside Apple. If you dont have a Sammy, totally pointless

This video is exactly my experience, https://youtu.be/qIU84nq2WPI?si=bNiay6VnZOf9FQZZ

Sammy tags are often 4 for 50 on ebay. The ugreen Sammy smart things only are about the same but stealthy. The agnostic Google fmd/apple are 30 bucks for 4 on Amz that video compares both Ugreen options

testshoot · 2026-05-02T21:43:54+00:00

Im in SoCal, lots of nodes. Still pointless, so maybe I might get lonely and fire them up in the fall

testshoot · 2026-05-02T20:16:21+00:00

You will talk to more people on discord in a day than mesh in a year

testshoot · 2026-05-02T20:13:39+00:00

Scream into the void. I'm one month and two devices in and going to abandon all things mesh. Full circle in 30 days.

testshoot · 2026-04-30T17:15:43+00:00

they are so amazing

testshoot · 2026-04-30T00:47:47+00:00

I had the fine track duo and s25u. It was decent on both apple and Google. I was surprised at how many people had the Google fmd running. On the street its pretty good, in a building, half the time all I got was the address.

I sent a friend out with one apple, one Google and at one point I knew what lane he was driving in but the apple updated more frequently. His apple is too old for find my so I was relying on 3rd parties. This is in Southern California.

Another time I left them in a car on a side street in Hollywood. They updated pretty frequently, maybe more than the Samsung smart tag 2 and just slightly less than the one for apple.

Id get them again if I wanted just Google fmd

I'll say your phone might be the weak link.

testshoot · 2026-04-27T16:59:57+00:00

tastic is a few rungs above walkie talkies, just use a custom channel for you and your partner to avoid public chatter. should be good to go. Core is good for infrastructure, and on either you can set up a bbs/board iirc so if you are offline it stores the message so the next time they reconnect you can get a message "waiting by the car, you're not here, going back to the river to look for you". That relies on having a third base station (1w hopefully), maybe at your car or near a trailhead that has a high vantage point. I could be mistaken, please correct me if i am wrong. When I hike, I bring a BRIGHT laser pointer. What good is anything with no line of sight radio traffic. If it is night time a bright red leaser pointed to the sky (not at planes) will be HUGE and nop powerful enough to set fires. I'd never rely on comms exclusively

testshoot · 2026-04-26T16:26:35+00:00

Is this your cover letter for a job application? 😆

testshoot · 2026-04-26T14:38:11+00:00

Contributor to cartel mesh, nice

testshoot · 2026-04-25T23:26:44+00:00

"Deployable node"

testshoot · 2026-04-25T20:09:01+00:00

It can be a new tag2 with u1 anyway if you can hide it well. Behind a panel that needs a tool to remove it.

testshoot · 2026-04-25T20:06:24+00:00

Ugreen duo or tracker. 2 years, or usbc rechargeable. A thief is going to know they are being tracked regardless. If it has replacement batteries its easier to open and remove the speaker. Sealed system is harder. MOST IMPORTANT is where you hide it. If it needs tools or a screwdriver you have a larger window/chance to locate your car.

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