I wouldn’t care if they snorted cocaine on the starting line, i’d still watch. I love watching the tour. I don’t even care who’s winning. It’s just an amazing spectacle.

Sixteen cross-threaded drain plugs? No thanks.

I opted for Google Wifi. I previously had a TP-Link Archer C9 router that was supposed to be all sorts of awesome based on reviews...but only gave me all sorts of trouble. I will never buy another TP-Link product.

I have the three pack Google WiFi. It is not slow at all. We have good Comcast service and 4 people can stream video on 4 devices without a hiccup. The WiFi will be faster than whatever internet service you have.

I don’t know about the Google mesh, but I don’t think my OnHub needs Google to be up just to run WiFi. It might to control things like what device gets priority (certainly I would not expect to be able to remotely adjust things with Google down) but I am pretty sure it runs as a router even when Comcast is wetting the…

“I’m actually trying to choose a Mesh network now.

I was in the same boat about 3 months ago. I have a ~1200 sq. ft. house with a basement that isn’t fully finished but that we do spend a lot of time in. We certainly didn’t need a network like this, but the 3 pack of Google Wifi was on sale at Target and I wanted to take the plunge.

For what it’s worth, I have the Linksys Velop and it’s utterly fantastic. Took 10 minutes to set up, and hasn’t let me down once.

I love my Plume system though I know some complain about speed. But the blanket coverage is excellent, the cloud configuration and optimization works well and the price is better than all of the above because their partnership with Comcast meant they manufacturer at scale.

I’ve been really happy with the eero. I needed to replace my late, great Apple Airports (no gigabit ethernet), and first got the Netgear orbi, but it wouldn’t even finish the setup, so I returned that right away. Eero has been completely problem-free, with great speeds and coverage. I rejected Google because of some…

Ubiquiti is going to be the way to go, but if for whatever reason you don’t want to go that route, Asus AI Mesh. Sure, the routers are not as attractive and sleek as some of the mesh systems, but Asus routers give you a ton of customization options right out of the box that, from what I’ve read about a few of these…

For what it’s worth, Asus AiMesh is worth looking into. Basically, some of their newer routers can be used to create a mesh network via a firmware update and because they’re not actual ‘mesh’ routers, they’re much less expensive. I have an RT-68U and an RT-66U_b1 (the b1 is important - the regular ‘66 doesn’t support…

For the ultimate set and forget I’ve installed Eero in all of my family members homes.

I picked up a TP-link AC5400 and put it as primary, used an old TP-Link archer c7 as a range extender using TP-Links ethernet over powerline as the hard wire point. Covers my entire property plus some which is over 3/4 of an acre. Nice thing about the AC5400 is that you can slave an external hard drive to it to use as…

After trying a number of different ones on your list, I’d recommend a pair of Ubiquiti Amplifi HD routers. Incredible coverage (~10K sq ft each), simple and intuitive setup, and bulletproof performance / reliability. They support ethernet backhaul out of the box too.

You can’t think of the beacons as satellites. No, they don’t have Ethernet, but basically are the same as an eero other than that and one less radio. It’s not a hub style system, the only thing that sets the gateway apart is it’s wired connection to the Internet.

I wish I had read your comment before buying the Netgear Orbi a couple years ago. While it does work, and the throughput speeds are much better than a standard router, the whole darn system has been buggy. Worst Case In Point: I left for a five day vacation and my Orbi crashed about three hours after I left my house.…

I have the Google Wifi routers, and have been nothing but pleased with them. The setup was easily the quickest, easiest router setup that I’ve ever had, and though it’s only been a couple months, they’ve worked entirely flawlessly. I’m still running some CAT-6 for a few devices where I really care about maximizing…

Came here to say that. As long as you’re up for a little bit of tinkering and forum/subreddit posting, Ubiquiti is awesome!

It might be a little pricier initially, but hey, when you need better coverage because of a move, well, just buy another Access Point and put it where you need it.

Also useful for sharing your…

I’m in the same boat. I was planning on getting an Eero because I heard good things but I can’t really justify spending so much. I was really hoping that there would be a $100 discount or something during Prime Day but that was not to be. I guess I’ll play the waiting game a bit longer.