At the end of the day, you have to take a call on it based on how much you are saving. Note that a big part of any debrid provider is the number of users it has to request the content that is cached and how much storage it has to keep the content cached.
Smaller debrid providers are worth if significantly cheaper and if you expect to only stream popular content.
UXG-Fiber was available at half price but it needs a controller running Raspberry Pi or Windows or Cloud Key. Even Dream Router 7 was down to 229 instead of 279 with free US shipping.
I ordered E7 to US state address and got charged around $80 for shipping and customs. So it was almost the same as US price including local taxes there.
Range is roughly same as U7 Pro but speedtests are higher. There was just 1 dead zone previously where there used to be intermittent wifi signal. Now wifi stays there on 1 bar all the time. If you have internet plan lower than 1Gbps, then you will hardly notice.
@rocking UXG-Fiber only. How will they put their all time best seller UCG-Fiber on sale?
Why didn’t you go for multiple APs instead?
Unifi is really bad with signal strength.
I went with 2 u7 lites and 2 express 7 instead. Along with UCG fiber and 2.5g poe switch.
I have just set up my E7 at default broadcasting signal strength. I am yet to fiddle with it’s settings. Will do that when I am back in Mumbai. I am sure it will further improve one I set it’s signal strength to max.
TBH, I think Ubiquiti devices are amazing for signal strength after numerous firmware updates and even U7 Pros are damn stable. They don’t hang or reboot and chug along for months without intervention. The only time they reboot is when a new firmware is installed every 2-3 months. I don’t like to tinker too much. I want the damn thing to be reliable. Install and forget once initial tuning is done.
I have used Asus and TP-Link routers for past 15 years and both are frikking nightmares with 0 customer support, patchy updates and randomly getting infected with virus. Yes. My Asus routers have got infected with crypto ransomware virus 3 times in 5 years.
But their signal strength is worse than my old r7000.
Worse than a single satellite of deco m5 while cheapest single unifi one costs as much as a pack of 3 of deco m5.