Tenda Nova Mesh WiFi System - Covers 3500 sq.ft - AC1200 Dual-Band Mesh Network for Home Internet - Parental Control - 3-Pack

I find very few electronic wi-fi products done right, this is one of them.1) It is great value for money compared to other whole house mesh wi-fi systems in market.2) Works great - I have kept one cube in basement where my router is, one at first floor and the third on second floor. I have Smart TVs, Wi-Fi Connected DVD players, tablet, computers/laptops, VOIP phone, cell phones being used in all area and I can say that I am impressed - I see excellent connection everywhere in my home. Devices connected in the first go and have not dropped connection ever. Granted I have used this product for only 2 days, however, I was so disappointed with my other system that this one is a marked improvement.3) It is super easy to install. Connect any of the cubes to your router, follow directions to set-up via cell phone app, once connected then simply place other cubes looking at the rage availability on the app. I was able to set-up the entire system in under 10 minutes. No other configurations are required - the system will automatically update (if needed), balances the network, restarts in night to refresh itself. I have had no drops (not even once) for any of my device and I use a lot of wi-fi based devices from the most modestly priced to most expensive. So, there must be at least 10-12 devices connected at the same time and it works beautifully.4) It is beautiful to look at - can become part of any place you like to keep it. All you see is this nice white cube with aesthetic top and a small beautifully places small soft glow green LED light.5) The control app is simply, GUI based and does not intimidate user at all.6) I do not think there is any loss in bandwidth - I get great streaming on my 4K TV.The only item they can work on is the accompanying manual - however, it was easy to find and install the app on Apple Store.

I was skeptical of these when I bought them; all the reviews I read said to go with either Google WiFI or Eero, but I really didn't want to spend $200+ on a mesh setup, especially without knowing how coverage would be in our new house.My personal set up is running in "APmode" with a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter (which I also HIGHLY recommend) acting as router, DHCP, and secondary DNS for my network, with a Synology NAS running primary DNS.-- SETUP --Setup was very very easy. Its pretty much plug in, turn on, and pair with the Tenda app.-- INTERFACE --I took 1 star off for the UI because there's no web UI as of this review. Tenda is supposed to be rolling a web management UI out as a firmware update sometime soon-ish, but its not out yet. As of this review, all management is done via the Tenda smartphone app. It works well, but isn't as full-featured as I would like, but I'm a developer by day and my depth of interest in customization or metrics is probably way deeper than most. In the app you can see your online nodes, what devices are connected, and all the usual info -- perfectly usable.-- ISSUES --The only issue that I had was related to DHCP leases for the nodes. When running in AP mode, the nodes aren't responsible for their own DHCP leases which has the potential to cause problems should leases expire and different IP's get assigned. This causes the nodes to not be able to communicate with each other, breaking the mesh. This can be worked around by one of two ways: 1) dont use AP mode, or 2) assign static DHCP reservations to the nodes on first boot BEFORE pairing. I didn't do this and had to re-create my mesh after a power outage, but have since assigned static DHCP leases and have had no issues since. Unless you're running a slightly more complicated setup as I am this should never be an issue, though.-- FEATURES --The addition of an Ethernet port on the nodes is brilliant. I have one node stationed behind my smart TV with the TV tethered via CAT6e to the node. This eliminates a wireless hop that would otherwise have to exist if I weren't able to hard-wire my TV into the network.-- BANDWIDTH --The stated bandwidth for the mesh is 1200 Mbps, however real-world bandwidth is closer to 90Mpbs with multiple devices and streaming IoT on the network (I have a few WiFI CCTV cameras, smart tvs, and other bandwidth-heavy things). I have yet to hit bottlenecks in bandwidth even when streaming 4K video over the mesh along with all the other crap on my network.-- CONCLUSION --If you want a hyper-feature-rich experience and Gigabit WiFi speeds, go look at Google WiFi or Eero, but if you want dead-simple, bulletproof, no-frills, no-BS mesh WiFi, this is the setup for you.5/5 would buy again

Reading the reviews, I was a little iffy on purchasing this. It seemed a lot of the reviews mentioned that these worked fine at first but stopped doing so after a short amount of time. I have experienced no such issues. I have had two nodes installed for almost a month and added a third about a week ago. Installation was fast and easy.I had a pretty highly-rated router and extender combo before switching to these. I have a 150Mbps download/25Mbps upload plan and I never got close to that from only ~35 feet away from my router. My house isn't huge but it has a lot of concrete/brick walls between the router and most of the house. The router itself worked fine in most rooms, getting be about a third to half of my maximums. There were a couple of "dead zone," where I could only get around 5mbps/1mbps, so I tried an extender. It worked okay but 20/5 speeds weren't acceptable.With the price finally being reasonable, it felt like it was worth giving mesh wifi a try. I have not been disappointed with the results thus. I can now pull at least 50/10 everywhere in my house and I have not experienced any connection issues. Not to mention the nodes are small and pretty well-designed. They do not stick out no matter the decor and they are well-built.My only problem with this system would be with the amount of control you have over it. The app really does not give many customization options, though it offers what most people would need. You can change the SSID and password, view and block devices, change between PPPoE/DHCP/Static IP/Bridge modes, and change a few other basic settings. Even adding such things as being able to choose whether to connect to 5ghz or 2.4ghz bands and a web portal, which would likely add more customization options, would have been a great addition to these.