[rb808]

I have always used consumer routers and they worked great. I finally got persuaded by the "consumer routers are garbage" attitude and bought an Ubiquiti edgerouter and instantly regretted it. Yes I can now do very complex configurations and control lots of things I couldn't before. But I really dont want to do that and I can't notice the difference in performance so it was a bit of a waste.

My guess the if you get a wireless router, wifi signal strength is most important part, aside from that any mainstream router is probably OK.

[wtallis]

> and I can't notice the difference in performance so it was a bit of a waste.

That's because Ubiquiti Edgerouters and APs use the same processors and radios as consumer routers. If there's any truth to the memes about hardware quality, then the differences lie in things like the power supplies. Most of the perceived improvement in stability that Ubiquiti Edgerouters offer comes from having software that is actively maintained and not stuck on decade-old software branches. You can get all the same software benefits (more, really) by running OpenWRT on consumer hardware.

[Piskvorrr]

...if you're willing to actively maintain your setup. Probably a safe assumption here; for a normal user, that would be too much of a burden.