[michaelt]

You should consider something from MikroTik's home-and-office range - I use the hAP ac² which I've been happy with.

The software is worlds apart from any consumer router I've had before. The only downside is the number of settings is intimidatingly large, which might make it a poor choice for gifting to your less tech-savvy loved ones.

[iagovar]

Mikrotiks are not user friendly though. If you don't know at least a bit of networking it can be difficult to set up.

There's no better bang for the buck, that's true.

[glogla]

Also, Mikrotiks are behind even mid-range consumer devices in Wifi. You can get 4x4 ax wifi from Asus and it's going to work great.

Mikrotiks are very stable and reliable but not that fast.

Of course, it depends on speed of your internet connection. You don't need 4x4 wifi if you have 100 mbps internet, but it's kind of annoying to pay for 500 mbps cable (because they don't offer anything slower) and be bottlenecked by wifi.