@samuel235 @GertSanders thanks for the feedback. I'm picking up some caps from the store today and will try them out. As for the power settings, I've been adjusting the data rate settings between 250kbs, 1 and 2Mbps but am seeing the same results. If the caps don't fix the issue, i'll start another thread to work through the problem, don't want to hijack this thread.

Just wanted to confirm that the findings here did not make the NRF's on the store "not recommended" or anything.

Lots of useful info here, thanks everyone for the hard work!

Based on the findings, are the NRF24L01+ modules linked on the shop page still the best recommendation? Is it worth adding the cap as a required part of the setup to increase reliability?

Just received 20 units from the vendor linked through aliexpress and am working through issues which appear to be related to the radios (not using cap's currently)

Starting...
find parent
send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
find parent
send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
find parent
send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
find parent
send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
find parent
send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
sensor started, id=255, parent=255, distance=255

I fall into the "not enough skills to program" category, and like many others are just getting my feet wet. Sadly as I read some of the above and review the code, it doesn't all make sense nor do I understand how to utilize the building blocks provided.

Been working with single sensor setups so far and starting to get into multi-sensor nodes. I've seen some mentions to a sketch generator being on the "road map" but no ETA or updates recently.

Would like to be able to select the board type and desired sensors, then have a sketch generated with clear directions/instructions on how to wire everything up.

Thanks!