Who has a FlightWall or similar?

[CSR Performance]

Looking at getting one of these. FlightWall don't seem to do their larger one any more, but the mini does still have the airline logo which I like. That said I will have to pay duty when it lands which is a bit annoying.

The British equivalent is NearestPlace and is currently £109 so cheaper and no duty to pay, but seems to fit less info on the screen and no airline logo.

Anyone with any experience able to offer any pointers please?

Edited by CSR Performance on Monday 22 June 09:46

[Gassmi]

Had the FlightWall mini for about a year. Logo is cool but honestly the screen is tiny you'll be squinting. Duty stung me about £25.

NearestPlace is solid, bigger display, easier to read at a glance. Missing the logo but you forget about it after a week.

If you want the novelty factor, pay the extra. For everyday use, NearestPlace does the job for less hassle.

[CSR Performance]

Appreciate the feedback, thank you. I thought the NearestPlane (thanks autocorrect!) was smaller though?

[tangerine_sedge]

I had no idea what a flightwall was/is, so for others, here's a link :
Link to website here

I struggle to think £160 is good vallue, especially when I can build one similar myself, but then it would likley cost me that much anyway...

[CardinalBlue]

I’ve got one of these on pre-order - https://www.gadgies.co.uk/

You can follow the guys story on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealhacksaw/ - as he goes through the whole process. He basically designed, shared a video about it and has been overwhelmed by how many orders they’ve had.

[CSR Performance]

CardinalBlue said:

I ve got one of these on pre-order - https://www.gadgies.co.uk/

You can follow the guys story on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealhacksaw/ - as he goes through the whole process. He basically designed, shared a video about it and has been overwhelmed by how many orders they ve had.

Yeah I'm following them, I really like that and will probably get one of those too - assuming I can read the small text

[heisthegaffer]

CardinalBlue said:

I ve got one of these on pre-order - https://www.gadgies.co.uk/

You can follow the guys story on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealhacksaw/ - as he goes through the whole process. He basically designed, shared a video about it and has been overwhelmed by how many orders they ve had.

Zero need for 1 of these but very pukka

[CardinalBlue]

CSR Performance said:

CardinalBlue said:

I ve got one of these on pre-order - https://www.gadgies.co.uk/

You can follow the guys story on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealhacksaw/ - as he goes through the whole process. He basically designed, shared a video about it and has been overwhelmed by how many orders they ve had.

Yeah I'm following them, I really like that and will probably get one of those too - assuming I can read the small text

Did you see the update that there will be "Max" version as well with a bigger screen?

I think I'll pre-order another one as a Christmas gift as well.

[CSR Performance]

CardinalBlue said:

Did you see the update that there will be "Max" version as well with a bigger screen?

I think I'll pre-order another one as a Christmas gift as well.

That's very kind of you, but we've never even met

I haven't see the update about the max version. Will keep an eye out. Can't hurt to have more than one anyway!

[CardinalBlue]

CSR Performance said:

That's very kind of you, but we've never even met

I haven't see the update about the max version. Will keep an eye out. Can't hurt to have more than one anyway!

[dba7108]

I have flightwall. Purchase for the wife for her birthday. A great novelty present we have it on the kitchen wall and are always looking at it

[knotweed]

I got my Nearest Plane delivered a couple of days ago. Love it, it's a great distraction. We're only a few miles from the airport so it updates a lot. They got an update last night too and you can track individual flights now.

[Mandat]

I've just ordered a FlightWall off the back of this thread.

Although the company is based in California, the product itself is being drop shipped direct from China.

Based on latest tracking, my parcel is on a plane to somewhere (UK / Europe hopefully), having departed China.

[loggo]

dba7108 said:

I have flightwall. Purchase for the wife for her birthday. A great novelty present we have it on the kitchen wall and are always looking at it

I think you owe it to us all to explain how you got away with that when it's not gold or diamond ?

[Quhet]

knotweed said:

I got my Nearest Plane delivered a couple of days ago. Love it, it's a great distraction. We're only a few miles from the airport so it updates a lot. They got an update last night too and you can track individual flights now.

I live reasonably close to an airport too but have no interest in the short haul flights which arrive/depart from there. is there any way of filtering these out and just getting the planes above a certain altitude?

[Russ35]

If you like making your own things you could try

FlightScnrPi : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNM6al1FUWM

It can also do marine AIS traffic


Uses a Raspberry Pi and a 4" round touch screen display

I already have a Pi 4B that is feeding into FlightRadar24, but also have a spare Pi 5, so might have to get the screen ($89) and give it a go.

[knotweed]

Quhet said:

I live reasonably close to an airport too but have no interest in the short haul flights which arrive/depart from there. is there any way of filtering these out and just getting the planes above a certain altitude?

There's probably a way to do that. Support is really good, so it would be worth contacting them and asking.

[Wish]

So want the Flightwall but would rather the larger version. Shame it’s not available in the UK.

The logo missing on the NearestPlane bugs me, I like the logo.

People that have ordered the Flightwall, how much was it loaded in the UK ?