I've been looking for a Mesh Wifi system for several months, but hesitating on whether to get a Wifi 6 supported one, just so I'm future proofed. I mean it's not like i'm going to need to replace the thing for 10 years or more, so I was willing to wait a bit.
I've finally settled on one of the new TP-Link Deco X60's. It doesn't have a dedicated wireless backhaul (i.e. a dedicated channel for data from the outlying nodes to send data back to the primary node, which keeps performance up on busy networks), but as I have ethernet wiring in every room of the house, I can benefit from a wired backhaul, should it ever become an issue. (it won't really).
Costs are higher than what I would have ordinarily wanted to pay, but the price difference between current and next gen mesh systems meant i was definitely going wifi6. pre orders for them were at around the Β£400 mark on Amazon, so my thinking was to get the cheaper Deco X20 instead, but i couldn't resist when i saw a Deco X60 set at Β£300. I think covid has significantly delayed shipping on this product so it's not as easy to find as I'd hoped.
I've had it installed for day - set up was very quick and easy. Adding a node is literally plug and play. It has a few features and security and family controls i won't be using but are nice to have if you need that kind of thing. The most annoying thing was moving all devices to the new wifi channel, notably the Sonos, which are far more annoying than they should be to move networks. I currently have two of the three nodes it came with covering four floors, and reception is good everywhere, so i'm pretty happy. I'll add the third one somewhere if it appears there would be value add.
And while it was only a minor inconvenience, it is nice not having to swap wifi channels each time i change floors, or having to check which channel i'm on, or waiting the 10-15 seconds for the connection to establish. So my powerline+powerline wifi nodes are pretty retired for now. I've also disabled my router wifi to prevent any unnecessary congestion.
It's a small luxury, but if they last me the time i expect, it'll work out at around Β£0.09 a day, and tbh i expect them to last possibly twice that long.
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