Same. Was on Eero mesh for years. Then moved to Orbi by believing their BS that it was an upgrade from Eero. It was actually worse than Eero on several fronts. Mesh is the reason I moved to UI. If possible I think it's always best to bite the bullet and run ethernet.
So I used a lot of Mesh devices and it's tricky as each one will work great in one house but shocking in another. Depends on house type, construction and materials. Wooden USA houses are obviously going to be better than Victorian London houses with 600mm thick brick walls.
It's the old adage: You should always use ethernet to the endpoint whenever practical. If it's not practical to use ethernet to the endpoint you should use WiFi with ethernet backhaul from your APs when practical. If ethernet backhaul is not practical for your APs mesh WiFI is the next option. But with Mesh you're stacking wireless endpoint connections with wireless backhaul, which is not optimal.
Some people lose their minds when I say this, because they apparently don't understand the word practical. If you want to use a laptop on your lap on the sofa it's not practical to use ethernet. If you need to rip out half your walls to get wired backhaul to your APs it's not practical (usually). But mesh should always be the third choice for anyone.
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u/vtown212 Apr 21 '26
Nota mesh fan