Hi team,
I’m considering buying this 3 pack from Harvey Normal at its all time low price of $543.00 + shipping.
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Has anyone purchased one of these and have any thoughts? Or if anyone knows of a better value deal with similar coverage capacity..
It will be for a 2 storey, 5 bedroom house with 5 occupants.
Thanks in advance!
PennyPincher
Thanks for your input! It's good to know of this product. I'm a bit weary to use Xiaomi brand router, how's their web GUI settings for more advances features?
GUI is all in English if that's what you're worried about. Get the Mi home app to control further. Easy as and works with 2Degrees, Spark and One NZ - Yes I've shuffled through a few providers over the years.
Great price! I purchased my 3 set of XE75 for a similar price from Amazon due to local retailers being quite expensive a couple of months ago.
Been running the XE75 across a single story 190m2 brick house as a single router with a Wi-Fi extender wasn't cutting it.
Performance has been very good with hand off between the access points being pretty seamless as people move around the house.
Helps that it is also Wi-Fi 6E which has pretty good speed for work and the various devices which support it.
Setup and settings are managed via the mobile app, which gets you by, but isn't as configurable as, say, my old Netgear Nighthawk gaming router, but overall, I can set IP address reservation for various devices including personal and work PCs, NAS, lounge TV, security cameras etc.
Overall, happy with the XE75 system. It should last at least 3-4 years before I get the itch to buy something new and by that time, Wi-Fi 7 will be more common and various devices would have been upgraded in the house which actually support it.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers David
Thanks for the detailed response David. I've been using Deco for the past 7~ years and it hasn't done me wrong yet, the configuration level has been fine for my use case. You've convinced me, I'll buy a set!
Hey David, I see PB tech has a two pack of BE65 Pros on sale today only for $750… thoughts?
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/NETTPL7662/TP-Link-Deco-BE6…
You're paying up front for new-ish technology on the 'potential' of using it, so consider what is your return on investment (ROI)?
Would majority of devices in the house be upgraded to Wifi7 in the next 12-18 months to leverage the tech?
And will the two units provide sufficient coverage across the house. I think it should, but I don't your house layout nor build material that would impact transmission.
I do like the NIC speeds.. 5GB and 2.5GB, especially if you implement a backhaul system.
Cheaper and meets the immediate needs for the next 24 months was my preferred option :)
Agreed, I won't be getting hyperfiber to take advantage of the speeds anyway. I'll stick with the original plan
@PennyPincher: How did you get on in the end? Which mesh system did you choose and what has performance been like so far?
@DeeCee: I did end up getting one of these packs, wifi performance is great, getting full 500/100 speeds I pay for, everywhere I need.
I have had a few issues, like devices often dropping off from the network but managed to fix them by doing a clean reset and creating the network again and ensuring all devices are using a fixed Mac.. also tweaked a few settings like turning off fast roaming.
Through my journey I have learned that the latest hardware version (V3.0) which is the only model sold in NZ at the moment, is not compatible with firmware of other hardware versions. The result of this is my newer XE75’s only have access to a less developed firmware with less features.. eg. on my old deco modem I was able to select a dedicated WAN port so if the internet went down I was able to use the other ports to keep my NAS connected to my wifi devices. Without this feature on the new XE75s, the modem will keep polling for a WAN connection on all ports, disabling my NAS connection..
Overall, quite happy, but a bit worried that many features will never be added to my XE75s.
@PennyPincher: From my reading it seems that XE75 and XE75 Pro doesn't have that feature. Reddit says to switch to AP mode. May test tomorrow and see if the LAN stays up or not
Purchased these 3 years ago, I finally got rid of these a few months ago, and went with Unifi satellites, a million times better.
I would avoid.
I … went with Unifi satellites, a million times better.
UniFi (Ubiquiti) is good kit. Relatively expensive sometimes, and frequently out of stock (in NZ), but still worth it.
Their WiFi kit in all its many forms is used in a lot of commercial applications because it is very solid.
At home, I still have an Ubiquiti EdgeRouter-X that I bought about ten years ago (I think I got it direct from the US, but hard to remember now - you could buy them in NZ a few years back for less than $90), and it is still a fantastic piece of kit that has more functionality than many far more expensive options. It's not a WiFi AP, but I never needed it for that as it was my perimeter / gateway device.
Unifi is one of the best if you can run the cables. Been using it for couple of months and been very impressed. They are pricey though. Next best I have used is Asus.
You don’t need to run cables for U6 Mesh product?
That' correct. Unifi works in mesh without cables, but the best performance you get is if wired.
he best performance you get is if wired.
I completely agree - pretty much never use WiFi if you have the option to wire it regardless of the kit.
I have this, bought about a year ago for what I think was two or more likely three hundy more from PB Tech (either way, price not disclosed to the better half at the time, she just asked what these new things were around the place)
Two plugged in to ethernet, one standalone. Has been good, but had a couple times when a full power down and some troubleshooting was required.
Consistently way faster than my previous Smarthings mesh setup and overall happy.
Thanks Madao, I’m going to pick up a set.
I've had TP links before and while they're decent value compared to Asus or Netgear, they're still expensive at that price. I'm set up at home with a Xiaomi MESH system two AX6000 (Wifi 6) running on Ethernet backbone with seamless coverage across 300 sq m two level home and two houses down the street.
But this is their latest version BE3600 (Wifi 7) https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/NETMIX4493/Xiaomi-DVB4493GL… and it might suit your needs at a lower price point.