Hello @3la1x!
I’ll help answer some of your questions:
1- I do not know the Florida-specific details, and I can look into it in a bit, but generally speaking in the US, you don’t really cross any legal lines until you either use a scalpel or inject drugs (ie lidocaine for pain management). It looks like there are two installers on the map [https://biohackingmap.com/] in florida.
2- This comes down to a few factors. The key difference between the NExT and xSIID is the xSIID has an LED instead of a T5577. The T5577 is a low-frequency chip used almost exclusively for (generally older) access control systems. Both have an HF side that are more or less similar. The I2C for the xSIID and the NTAG 216 for the NExT, which for all intensive purposes serve the same purpose, which is usually a mix of access control for basic systems and communicating with devices like cellphones. Most people do not have a need for a T5577 unless there is some form of access control that they need to do (for example I use my T5577 to unlock the doors at my workplace).
We can talk more about the different implants here. What exactly would you like to do with it/them? There are sooo many options.
3- Assuming no physical damage, any of the xSeries (glass encapsulated) should last indefinitely. They are glass, but quite strong glass. Outside of magnets (xG3 v1), breakage seems super rare (calling @tac0s to fact check me here). Given they are kept away from bones and put in a fleshy area like (what you mentioned above) p0.
There is no battery. All of the RFID products take their required power from a reader of some kind (ie your cellphone in the case of an HF chip).
4- I would put the pain level somewhere in the realm of a deep vaccination, maybe less. There are other opinions in this topic thread:
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As far as what I use my implants for:
NExT: Work doors and notes from GF
xMagic: Work doors and GF’s work doors (emergency use), plus hotel room doors sometimes.
xG3 v2: Just got it, but a bit of picking up screws and parts, and a touch of sensing on occasion.