TP-Link Deco X50-5G AX3000Mbps Whole Home Wi-Fi 6 5G Router With Sim Slot, 5G/4G+Cat 6 Mesh WiFi Router, 2.5G Port For Ultra-Fast Speed, 230 m2 Seamless Coverage, Works with Alexa, HomeShield

An internet changing experience. I was a copper line user before this with EE getting 31mbps download and 4 upload. The service was steady but not very dynamic and for what I got expensive. I changed to Talk talk and unsure what happened but the whole service went OFF.Now having a web shop I had to find an alternative and quickly..I had thought about a 4g service before..now as a stand in I had no choice. I ordered the TP link DECO 5G and it arrived same day via Amazon. Inserted a sim card I have in my van from Vodaphone ..I live in a poor mobile service area regardless of what provider but Vodaphone and 02 are probably the worst signal so I wasn't expecting miracles. Pleasantly surprised as the download speed saw 25 to 40 mbps... I thought maybe I'm onto something here so ordered again from Amazon a multi sim..the type that uses any provider so I could switch and see who is best...this service is available with the app..you just select a provider and lock it in The router itself is and excellent well made and even aesthetically pleasing piece of kit and its app is simplicity itself to use. So inserting the new multi sim I looked about and set it for each provider in turn EE,o2 Voda and lastly Three . To my surprise we ain't in a 5g area..but upstairs I just got a wiff of 5g signal..at 110mbps..I got more than excited!!!. So to improve on this I further ordered an external antenna the Nelawya 4G LTE 5G Panel Antenna Outdoor Mimo Directional Antenna to be exact. I installed this the same day it arrived...and BINGO...260 mbps download and 20 upload. Couldn't have been any happier..gone is the old dinosaur service from EE/Talk Talk..I now have an internet fit for the 21st century ...and gaming on my Quest 3 is just another experience the wifi link speed is a lot faster than my ASUS gaming router too..As mentioned the router is a nice piece of kit,well made and with an excellent app . I have been using it now for 4 weeks and its been extremely stable and almost self maintaining the app shows you all sorts of data from signal strength to how much data you have used per day/month or total ...I have noticed with routers they kind of settle in and steadily speed have settled at a higher average than my first use...at times I can get a peek of over 400 mbps but likewise if the service is being hammerd like when the kids come out of school it can drop to 190..still far more than copper though . So to me this device is now my favorite gadget of 2025 and rightly it earned that title. In house coverage is good..I live in a 5 bedroom house and there isn't anywhere I cant get a signal..it slows down as you get further away obviously but even outside with 2 walls between us and 20 meters from it I get 80 mbps ...so for me range is excellent . Coupled with the exterior antenna its a brilliant set up and buying my Three sim with unlimited data and paying for 2 years in advance it cost me only £8.50 a month. I wont be going back to the copper line ever again...why would you. If you live in a good 5g area then this device would work out the box..its own antennas are very capable..and you can improve on them with simple rabbits ears anyway I only added my exterior malarkey to reach out a little further to drink from that 5g pool as covergae by me is poor. Thoroughly recommended peice of technology that you dont need a degree in IT to set up . See attached pics for before and after..you just have to love it

Unfortunately it was not fit for our purposes, or better yet, the ISP coverage was atrocious! However and even without using the external antennas, this little beautifully crafted router was able to get a better signal than the router provided by the ISP. It so happened that signal was still not enough to be reliable. Examining it I was thoroughly impressed with what TP-Link devices have always been consistent in my experience, ease and utter effortless installation, with the app affording an intuitive user interface. I was quite impressed with the level of manual settings tampering it offers. It provided a very strong WiFi 6, in the whole 3 bedroom house. Because WiFi is independent of internet connection. Please don’t be like my partner and sister and many friends of mine who like to wind me up with their inability to make the distinction between WiFi and Internet! Despite the ISP signal being pathetically weak, both WiFi bands expanded nicely having no problem penetrating even the middle structural walls and the small boiler and plumbing room with all its metal gear that would ordinarily be something one would expect to cause dead spots. The security and serious parental controls are subscription only after a 30 day trial, but the protection applied on the router protecting everything that connects to the internet through it is worth it. I use my own setup but the trend is towards getting a subscription based protection anyway, and on that front TP-Link offers a very affordable solution. The power cable is long enough to ensure adequate a distance from potentially interference causing power outlets, and the option to add external antennae, of your choice, which I think includes even the outdoor signal booster types makes this router even more adaptable! Alas being restricted in the rental accommodation punching holes though the wall to test that was beyond the scope of our allowances. Despite having to return it, I am somehow sold to the idea when the ISP get their act together I will be coming back for it, especially seeing how the one that came with the connection felt very much wanting in settings options and overall performance. I am not saying you should, but I will come back to TP-Link having seen how easy it is to use. I can only hope that my having to return it does not make the company doubt for a minuet that it was due to a failing on the product side or that my loyalty to this brand is compromised. I was so looking forward for it to work for me because it would have been great for peace of mind as it was intended for my sister who had not intention of learning how to manage it, but which would have been so easy I am sure of it. Plus it has the standard remote management options which I would be using to ensure her connection was safe and reliable. Oh well, shame really! Oh btw the option to buy in interest free instalments is a really sweet cherry on the top! 🤗