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Late last year, I called the Archer BE550 “Wi-Fi 7 on the cheap,” thanks to its then-lowest $250 price tag. I spoke too soon. Now, it’s clear that this new Archer BE230, first available exclusively at Walmart in the U.S. on July 23 as the Archer BE3600 variant, is decidedly …
The Archer GE800, unveiled during CES 2024, is finally available for purchase today, and it’s the most exciting router in TP-Link’s Archer family. The new and massive tri-band BE19000 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 machine has best-in-class performance that matches its top-tier hardware specs. It also looks fantastic, at least to some. …
Summer is here, and if you’re looking for a compact travel router to bring on the go, the TP-Link TL-WR1502X, first available on May 29, can be a handy option. It’s a little AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 machine to keep your devices securely connected while you’re out and about, domestically or …
The TP-Link BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router dropped with a bang in October 2023. It was among the first Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters on the market and the most affordable, at $300 retail. Seven months later, it’s even more affordable today, at just $250 on the street. That is if you …
Earlier this month, on April 16, 2024, TP-Link announced the availability of the Deco XE70 Pro AXE4900 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System. The name rang a bell. Prior to that, there had been the Deco XE75 Pro and the original Deco XE75. I took the new canned mesh system—if we …
It’s been almost a year since my review of the Archer BE800 BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router, one of the first Wi-Fi 7 routers on the market, and TP-Link recently made the Archer BE805 variant available. If you judged from the name and assumed the new router has a bit …
As the first quad-band hardware with the 6GHz spectrum split in two, the TP-Link Deco BE95 BE33000 Quad-Band Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System proved complicated in my experience. That was the case when I first got my hands on it in early August 2023—Wi-Fi 7 was still in draft …
The TP-Link Deco BE85 is the first Wi-Fi 7 mesh system on the market, and consists of multiple identical mesh-enabled routers. At the retail price of $1,299.99 for a 3-pack (or $400 less for a 2-pack)—the street price varies and often includes discounts—the TP-Link Deco BE85 is an excellent buy …
The new TP-Link Deco X55 Pro AX3000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System, officially available on July 7, 2023, is what the previous Deco X60 and especially the Deco X4300 Pro should have been. It’s the first Wi-Fi 6 Deco designed to deliver Gigabit, even faster, broadband in full. In …
This is a quick take to address the requests (and questions) I’ve gotten since the review of the Archer BE800. Folks have been wondering why I didn’t evaluate the Archer BE900 instead. “It’s the king of Wi-Fi routers right now,” they say. Is it, though? TP-Link Archer BE900: The old-school …
