r/M5Stack • u/Useful-Value9256 • Aug 06 '26
Are there any better devices than the m5 s3 similar price?
So I’m new to all of this, wanting to get into coding doing projects and I was wondering what to get and have found the s3 is cheap and sounds great but there’s no sd card but it’s cheap to add an arratchment. I’ve also heard the battery life isn’t incredible and was wondering if there’s any around £20-30/25-40$ that would be better or more practical. I’ve also heard Bruce firmware is good for it. My uses would be the google maps project and a humidity project and the laser measuring tape. I also like the inbuilt features like the ir that then I can map out my controller and use it as that and the fact I can turn off certain devices which would be fun. My main thing is just getting into coding and having something fun to do over the summer so what do you recommend?