Insane Wifi 7 Router Shootout!! 

I’ve seen a few comments regarding Ubiquiti Unifi access points. Ironically, I use all Ubiquiti equipment in my personal home network and I actually purchased Ubiquiti’s new Unifi U7 Pro Max Access Point and planned on putting it in the video but the performance wasn’t as good as I expected. I could barely get any speeds over 1800GBPS and even if I could, the speeds are limited by the 2.5GB uplink port. Ubiquiti APs aren’t really built for raw speed. They’re built for high density and high reliability environments so it’s not necessarily an apples to apples comparison.

Finally a good WiFi 7 router review. I don't know what it is, but most WiFi 7 router reviews suck. They either don't test with actual WiFi 7 clients, or don't compare them to other WiFi 7 routers, so you don't have an idea which one is the best. Thank you Sir!

I would be cool if next time you did access points as well. But that complicates the setup (kinda), but you don't strike me as some one why would shy away from a little network complexity. Nice vid! Good to see a non-sponsored WiFi 7 review!

Awesome job

Great video, very thorough. I would love to see latency tracked with the speeds as well. In situations like the basement test, in my experience speed can be great but ping and jitter can be horrendous. That said, my experience deploying APs and mesh systems ended around the dawn of WiFi 6 and most clients were using the cheapest possible options.

Love your videos, dude. Always my go to for these reviews. Thank you!

Great comparison, thanks! Before I moved to Google Fiber and started using their mesh, I loved my TP Link router. Rock solid, great performance.

Which one would be good for starlink?

I swear one of the antennae on that ROG Rapture twitched; are you sure it's safe to keep in the house?

Always enjoy your reviews, fam. I'm waiting for you to drop a video on those new Orbi 770's, tho. I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

The wife approval factor is not to be understated 😂 great comparison!

Great review, I have a ASUS ROG AX11000 wifi 6(not 6e version) and was looking to future proof my network with a new router, Specifically one with 10GbE as I have a few devices and NAS setup. Seems like you have confirmed my next choice for the ASUS, But I must say that TP link is very tempting as well, Looks like it has quite good antenna's built in. Only problem is here in Australia I only see the ASUS BE98 for sale and not the Pro version, I think one has two 6Ghz channels and the other two 5Ghz or something like that is the only difference, Not sure which way I want to go in that regard.

Have you lost weight buddy, looking trim! Good job on the review

You are the best thank you 😊 Getting the tplink prime sale yay 🤗

Very informative review and you look fit and healthy. Keep up the good work on that, and keep those reviews coming.

Hay Chris, I can't believe how far these routers have come along with the super expense involved. Thank you for the review of all these routers. It will make it easy for your readers to pick the one they want. I remember about 20 years ago paying $240 for a Sinology router. At that time that price was crazy. Since then, I've gone to a carrier that provides the router/access point for free, home Internet is $30 a month and I get 260mbs down and 40 mbs up all the time. I wonder how long it will take to get any of the streaming devices at Wi-Fi 7? I guess it's all well and good that this stuff goes fast but if the receiving device are not WIFI 7 compatible then why? or do they have to be. It's good that these super speeds are here but it's gonna take a long time to get the devices updated to take advantage of the speed.

Which of these have direct router login via the mobile and PC connection? Or do these companies want you to login to your router through THEIR servers? Forcing you to create an online account to login to your router? I’m not talking about REMOTE management.

But on the graph the nighthawk outperformed tp link ? I’m torn between tp link and nighthawk as my two choices

GREAT JOB!! Loved the reviews.

With WIFI7 MLO and clients that support it, speeds should go way beyond 5GBit/s. This will be very interesting for WIFI7 enabled AR or VR headsets.

A very thorough review thanks.

hello sir , i am facing a problem , i have a good quality soundbar(with arc port) , i have a macbook m1 pro (with arc port ) and i have a good quality arc cable but sir , the issue is -after connect the cable with both soundbar and macbook with "arc" option selected in the soundbar , the sound output is not delivering to the soundbar speakers . it is just coming from the macbook speakers , please help

Can you test the arris g54?

Thanks Chris - Great review. - Cheers!

So I'm very tempted to get the Nighthawk but the RS300 which is less than half the price of the RS700 has a 2.5GB port instead of a 10GB one. I don't think this is likely to affect me since where I live the highest internet speed attainable is a few hundred Mb/s (I get 30Mb/s on average) but would appreciate your two cents. Also which provider are you with that you're able to get that much incoming and retain it at a distance??! Maybe it's because I'm in the UK but I've never even heard of speeds over 700Mb/s

@ChrisMajestic Hey Chris are you gonna review the Benq TK710sti? Thinking about upgrading from my 700sti but not sure if it’s worth it, thanks!

please add MLO feature test, thanks

Bro has low key a damn fine house haha - and great wifi7 review

How could you have the Eero Max 7 without TP Link DECO BE 65/85?

@Chris Majestic The 5G bandwidth of eero MAX7 is often drop to only 80MHz, while the 5G bandwidth of other products is 160Mhz, so the measured performance is only about half of that of other products.

Good. Can you make a video about ASUS RT-BE88U Router

How many devices can connect to the asus? I see the netgear one states 200 devices.

You're gonna need to add the ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro to this mix.

Great job ,, but i think most of these systems designed to be a mesh system ... We need to tests the range between mesh systems via wifi backhaul and stability .. am sure wired backhaul will be none issue for all of them... We need to see for greater distance between mesh nodes better to be on a 6ghz band like the asus or on a 5ghz band backhaul like the tp link i think that will be a more important comparison ... Thank you

9:57 60mbps is far from unusable lol. I usually get around 90 which is well fast enough for anything I need

Good vid thanks 🙏

Why does the upload speed drop faster with distance and walls than does the download speed?

Good review. I ended up going with the Deco routers over just about everything you tested (not wifi 7) and the Deco router is absolute trash. Software is buggy, speed test only tests between modem and router, and subscription for security services, which are trash. I wish I could return it.

I will never buy a router without removable antennas. If you want the best performance, the antenna is a huge part of it. For those who have never replaced an antenna the best way to think of an antenna like a lightbulb. The Omnidirectional antennas on almost every router can be thought of like a lantern spreading the 'light' around everywhere. You are just wasting the light and its only bright close to the source. Omnidirectional is good for a device that moves around, but is a horrible choice for a device that stays put. When you switch antennas to something like a panel antenna, you can focus the ' light' like a flashlight and send that 'light' to where it's needed and not everywhere it is not. The most common thing I see is people spending more and more money on higher end products to fix a weak signal/ slow speeds. For most people they do not even download an app or have any tools to understand what is happening on the most basic level with their Wi-Fi connection, but they will spend hundreds of dollars on a new Router to get the same results and a small improvement. If you download an app you want to know what the Signal is and the RSSI. When you can get that RSSI value lower than -63.... well that's when things start to work very well and things speed up. If you have a poor signal/ Poor RSSI you may not actually be able to take advantage of features with the newest WiFi as it will default to a slower and more stable connection and it will not use the newest technology. Know your signal and RSSI before you buy anything. You have no idea how much faster and reliable your connection can be and the best part is how cheap it can be done for.

What the ubiquiti/unifi U7 Pro for $189 and the U7 Pro Max for $279. They’re access points not routers (and you will need a gateway and PoE) but still are much cheaper than say a single ASUS BE-98 pro.

Wow that 2.4 ghz test speeds was pretty garbage.

Did you live at anytime in the Bronx you look so familiar to an old friend of mine ?

What router do you use in your home network?

One of these days I'm gonna see the "non-RGB" router. It's a blend between fast and easy set up and SOME functionality. Don't really care about VPNs. I need no parental controls. I haven't used port forwarding in about a decade. Never used guest access. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. I just want 6e (6GHz band) I want to hide my SSID Channel control Some access control (Block new devices) Static IPs Yet, it seems like I can either choose from the Star Ship Enterprise (RGB), or my ISP router that barely let's me change my SSID. FYI, I'm old school, so when I say "RGB", it's my way of saying all the bells and whistles. I prefer (except for Mob, and even then no actual RGB) stripped down versions. My rig sits under a desk, I never look at it. I'm sitting here watching this over the top router comparison (thank you) guide, and I'm thinking, I'm not trying to write my own firmware...but it is good to learn.

Weird results for the Max 7…

Deco?

Are your metrics in Mbps or MBps?

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Please read this people: online gaming traffic is in the kilobytes/sec. No gaming router nor CAT7 or 8 cable will make your game experience better, or reduce latency. All you're paying for is a fancy looking toy router. I have an Ubiquiti router, which is much more secure and future proof. I'm on fibre. I proved to a friend that a faster router does not reduce latency by comparing my Unifi system and my cheap spare router which is a GL inet. I get 1 ms latency on both. What might make a difference is when you need SQM (Smart Queue Management) to reduce jitter and I bet that those expensive gaming routers don't have a good SQM implemented.

I get 9 mbps. I live in the country

These routers on the high end cost 2/3rds as much as my gaming PC 😖😅

no test on wifi 7 speeds?

What? No Ubiquiti gear? Really?

Yes, WiFi 7 is impressive BUT, all of your current devices will NOT ever utilize it as most devices are NOT even WiFi 6 or AX speeds! Unless you have the "newest" smartphone that can take advantage is this it is NOT worth it any ANY price and will NOT be for several years! MOST WiFi cameras and other current "tech" still live in the wireless "N" would and not AC, or AX and only connect on the 2.5GHz channel! I bought a WiFi 6 router almost FOUR years ago now and still most devices do NOT support it with the exceptions of my newer phone and Amazon Fire Cube 3rd gen. The rest of the devices are STILL in a world before AC routers! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY because you will NOT benefit from the features that today's devices don't even support!

I am surprised at TP-Link - cheap Chinese - don't trust this brand after experience. That ASUS design looks terrible - no way I would purchase that type of router.

who really needs a router that's over 699 over 300 really

Separating the bands out defeats the whole purpose of multi channel 🤡

Was fun but not enough content for a subscription

Excellent job! Thank you for taking the time to put all this together! You nailed it sir! 🫡