Damn, I also entered this rabbit hole these days! 😅 What model did you get?

I'm researching these:

https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-Card-Tracker-T1000-E-for-Meshtastic-p-5913.html

https://muzi.works/products/h1-complete-device-heltec-v3-running-meshtastic

But I would love to have something that I can also connect to a microcontroller to experiment with IoT.