I got a Mudi about a month ago and have tried to travel with it for the first time, now. It was supposed to replace my laptop-integrated WWAN card, but currently I'm a bit skeptical about carrying around such a large extra device that needs charging, too.
I've seen people say that the Mudi shouldn't be used while it's in a bag. I think that sounds true, since it gets extremely warm. This is also annoying since it requires me to put the thing on a table next to the laptop.
But I'm quite surprised that it also gets warm while on standby. It seems that it doesn't last very long on battery while in standby-mode as well. Which means that I have to cold-boot it instead for most use-cases. This takes several minutes.
Is that what others are also experiencing?
This device seems in many cases to be what I need, if only the battery-time was better and it didn't get so warm. Otherwise, it's a very impressive device, and maybe if I can take advantage of some other features, it would indeed end up as an improvement over my normal use of an integrated WWAN card.
Mudi is a small portable router. I think any router will generate heat, including desktop routers and travel routers, they are both larger than Mudi and have better heat dissipation.
The small body Mudi is equipped with Cellular 4G + 2.4GHz WiFi + 5GHz WiFi + Some consuming CPU performance features like VPN, so when they work together, they will generate heat.
However, if put it works on the desktop, it will not be too hot to the point of being hot, it is just slightly warm.
If it is more than 1 hour apart before using it again, it is recommended to turn off the power supply and start it coldly in order to save power. And there is no better way to improve this.
@bruce thanks for clarifying the heat issue. I understand that there are reasons why so many services need a proper computer, and that his generates heat. That seems okay.
If it is more than 1 hour apart before using it again, it is recommended to turn off the power supply and start it coldly in order to save power. And there is no better way to improve this.
Indeed, my question was more about the standby mode. I understand that the standby mode will not improve, and there's no way to optimize the configuration? This would be a really big improvement for my use-case.
In fact, standby mode just turns off WiFi and 4G, and the CPU is still running.
Although the CPU pressure is not high, it still generates a little heat.
The hardware specifications design is like this, probably there is currently no software improvement method. Sorry about this.