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<td data-label="IMU: ">🟢 <a href="#icm-45686">ICM-45686</a></td>
<td data-label="Tier: "><span style="color:#2ecc40;font-weight:bold">Superior</span></td>
<td data-label="Typical Price (USD): "><span style="color:#e67e22">~$6.70</span></td>
<td data-label="Notes / Best For: ">Best currently available. Reliable, accurate, and stays accurate the longest</td>
<td data-label="Typical Price (USD): ">SlimeVR: <span style="color:#e67e22">~$6.70</span><br>AliExpress: <span style="color:#e74c3c">~$23</span></td>
<td data-label="Notes / Best For: ">Reliable, accurate, and stays accurate the longest out of available solutions.</td>
</tr>
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<td data-label="IMU: ">🟢 <a href="#lsm6dsv">LSM6DSV</a></td>
<td data-label="Tier: "><span style="color:#2ecc40;font-weight:bold">Superior</span></td>
<td data-label="Typical Price (USD): "><span style="color:#e67e22">~$8.93</span></td>
<td data-label="Notes / Best For: ">Great, but rarely in stock and expensive when they are</td>
<td data-label="Typical Price (USD): ">Mofflab: <span style="color:#e67e22">~$8.93</span><br>AliExpress: <span style="color:#e67e22">~$12</span></td>
<td data-label="Notes / Best For: ">Great and available in recommended online stores in common form factors.</td>
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<td data-label="IMU: ">🟢 <a href="#lsm6dsr">LSM6DSR</a></td>
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|Reset Time |Cost |Availability|Build quality|
|:---------:|:----:|:----------:|:-----------:|
|45-60 min |~$6.70|Sufficient |Great |
|45-60 min |~$6.70-$23|Insufficient |Great |

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#### 🟢 LSM6DSV

LSM6DSV is a very good IMU for DIY SlimeVR.
It seems to perform just as well as the BNO085, but at a lower cost.

It seems to perform almost as well as ICM-45686, but at a lower cost.
Like the ICM-45686, this comes with the QMC6309 magnetometer built into the module.

|Reset time |Cost |Availability|Build quality|
|:---------:|:----:|:----------:|:-----------:|
|45-50 min |~$8.93|Insufficient|Great |
|45-50 min |~$8.93-~12|Sufficient|Great |

<br>

|Pros |Cons |
|--------------|---------------------------------------|
|Accurate |Expensive relative to other IMUs |
|Reliable |Is rarely in stock |
|Reliable |Widely Available |
|Smooth | |


#### 🟢 LSM6DSR

LSM6DSR is a good IMU for DIY SlimeVR.
It seems to perform a little worse than the ICM-45686, mostly in sensitivity, while being cheaper.
Like the ICM-45686, this comes with the QMC6309 magnetometer built into the module.
Like LSM6DSV, this typically comes with the QMC6309 magnetometer built into the module.


|Reset time | Cost |Availability|Build quality|
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|Pros |Cons |
|--------------|---------------------------------------|
|Accurate |Expensive |
|Reliable |Big |
|Reliable |Less firmware support |
|Smooth |Difficult to obtain at a good price |
| |Very misleading AliExpress listings |

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