GoogleNest WiFi Pro - Wi-Fi 6E - Reliable Home Wi-Fi System with Fast Speed and Whole Home Coverage - Mesh Router - 2 Pack - Snow

The only reason why I am upgrading is because my IPS gave me deal for 1 GBs. I had 200 MBs and that was more than enough for me. I had Google Wifi (gen1) for about 5 years. No problems except I had to buy extra pod to strengthen the signal (i live in condo and i have brick walls). So the signal from my balcony room (storage with concrete walls) was poor to my office. I bought nest wifi and everything was working good (connection was great / good) between nest wifi (router gen2) to 2 google wifi (gen1). I notice that after I got 1 GBs from ISP my speed was still the same 100 MBs on wifi. When I disconnected gen 1s (routers) my speed next to router (testing on iphone 14pro) was 560 MBs. If I would probably just switch my old 2 google wifi (gen 1) to Nest Wifi (gen2) I would be just fine. But since I live in condo I was like let me try that new 6Ghz.So I bought Nest Wifi Pro 3pk. Signal between 3 of them is great. If I would just use 2 it would be “Good signal”. I live in 1500 sqft apt, but my main router is basically in concrete storage (maybe I will drill a whole and put that router inside apt and give update).Speed next to Nest Wifi pro (gen3) router seems to be the same as Nest Wifi (gen2) what I am trying to say is I wouldn’t upgrade if all my previous pods were Nest Wifi (gen2). I wouldn’t expect more than 600 MBs on this routers based on my research online. What I like about google is steady speed, and they are upgrading software for this Nest Wifi Pro (so in future it will get better)Wifi speeds:Shed 500-600 MBs download / 22 MBs upload wifi speedWorkout Room about 300 MBsOffice 150-300 MBsOverall I don’t play a lot of games. Tried for CS 2 and ping was good, no lags in game.Streaming videos for 6hrs no buffering problems.Overall:If are upgrading from Google Wifi yea thats upgrade. I would not suggest upgrading Nest Wifi (only if you experience network problems or want to see if wifi will be stronger but I don’t see this wifi hitting more than 600 Mbs). Who needs more than 1 GBs internet.Design:I don’t really care about it but looks like nice stone (gen3). If its goes about power connector I am not a fan of it. Gen 1 had better in my opinion because if you connect to multiple plug connector it easy.Missing:Nest WiFi pro use 1 GBs Ethernet/WAN speed (that wire entry) while competition use 2.5 GBs Ethernet/WAN speed. On the other hand who use Ethernet anymore? Gaming desktops and maybe playstation. But going forward I believe it will be all Wifi at some point.Signal:Seems to be better than Google WiFi (gen 1 and gen 2)Software:I had recently update on this which means google is working on this router. Maybe It will get better in future.Installation:Very easy on Google Home app. If you use the same wifi password and name, all your devices will connect automatically. However 3rd took me about 5 tries but finally was added.Price: Very Good compare to others. If you need 4pk see costco.Update from 14 January 2024:I found that moving modem and router from my storage/heating closet to open (without obstruction of concrete/brick walls) inside apartment made increased speed of 400-600 Mbps per second. The farther away pod goes 400+ Mbps. (On 1gb internet for comcast)I don’t see any issues with this system. I changed my 4 starts to 5 stars.

In 2020 had our household number of devices skyrocket due to laptops, pads, smart tvs, and got a TPLINK high end, multi-band (3) wifi system...and had routine troubles with wifi crapping out, not reaching around the house, rolling restarts of every device, just a general pain. Finally the WIFI just stopped altogether after 2.5 yrs, and it was time for something else.This system is AMAZING - lots of dinged reviews are for compatibility with older systems, hodge-podge setups - maybe that's a problem, but for us it was perfect.I LOVE the REDUNDANCY built into the system: Got the three pack, one for each floor. If any of the units bites the dust, I can physically connect ANY of the three to the ISP line and it becomes the main node, and my house can survive on two (probably even one). Bought three as it was much cheaper per unit (130/each vs 180 each alone).I was worried during the setup that it said that they should not be placed more than "2 rooms" apart, but had no problems putting one per floor, opposite ends of the house. My worst node is "good" vs "great". Setup took a little while to find the internet, just let my phone do it's thing for 5minutes and it was done. Each unit took another 5 or so, so in <20 minutes, the whole house was covered!The WIFI is AMAZING - even though I had a "high end" system from 2.5 yrs ago, they've improved the signal, so now we get WiFi6 throughout not just our whole house....but our entire property as well. No more cutting out in the driveway or garden! Got to take down our extender, which caused problems because of the different network name - now just one name EVERYWHERE.Folks have complained that there weren't multiple Ethernet jacks per unit (lists two, but one is in, one is out), but if you can get cheap ethernet splitters to go off of that if needed.So for us, absolutely perfect! Only ding would be the price ...an unexpected $400 to keep the house going, but could have probably made it work with fewer units, and I'm cheap, so anything would have been too much.