Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I’ve been using this extender for about two weeks, and so far I am very happy with it. I’m getting 4-5x faster speeds in my office than with a router, alone. It’s important that you make sure you have a compatible router, but if this extender is able to take advantage of seamless roaming technology, this is the way to go! My wife and I have a one story, 2000 square foot home, and our wireless router is in the front room. Wi-Fi speed in the front room and surrounding bedrooms is anywhere from 50-100mbps, depending on the time of day, but our home office, which is in the far corner of the house usually can’t exceed 10mbps, and generally averages even lower. The speed was fine for most day to day use, but we would have to move our laptops to another room for acceptable download speeds. I bought an extender from another company, thinking that the different SSID wouldn’t be an issue, but having to choose different networks depending on where you are in the house is not ideal, especially with phones and tablets. The coolest feature of this extender is the seamless roaming capability. This has been around for businesses for many years, but I’m happy to see the technology coming to households. Seamless roaming allows your router to switch Wi-Fi devices between the access point with the strongest signal. This is a useful feature if you end up moving around the house a lot, because you don’t have to worry about which Wi-Fi network you are connected to. The negative aspect of most range extenders is they force you to specifically connect to the extender’s SSID when you need a signal boost. I was on the verge of buying a mesh network system (google Wi-Fi, Linksys velop, etc), but seeing as we have just bought a high end router earlier in the year, it felt like a waste. I was skeptical of how well this extender would work, but not only can I move from room to room with my tablet and laptop, but my speeds are also better than i had anticipated. I can access a full strength signal on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. If i was buying a new Wi-Fi solution today, it would be tough to overlook the benefits of a mesh network solution, but if you already have a good router and only need to get a stronger signal to a problem area, and you can take advantage of the seamless roaming this extender offers, this is the way to go!