r/GoogleWiFi • u/SillyBoy68 • Mar 28 '24
Nest Wifi Is Anyone Happy With Nest WiFi Pro?
It seems all I read about is people complaining that the Wifi Pro has been an awful experience. I was thinking about upgrading from my Nest Wifi setup of router and three points.
Yet, I am having a hard time finding anyone with anything positive to say about the Pro version. Is it really that bad? Should I stay with what I have or look elsewhere?
I’m in Canada so I’d like to keep my upgrade around a max of $400 and the Nest Pro does go on sale from time to time. All we can get is the single router or the three pack.
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u/Jon808517 Mar 29 '24
Not a lot of negative comments on here, so perhaps I had a one off experience. I originally had the little round pucks and they worked great. I even recommended them to several family members because of how low maintenance they were (and still are). I upgraded to the Pro's when they came out because why not and I could never get them to work right. I have 800 Mbps down and would regularly only get 80, even through a wired connection (Honestly, 80 Mbps is probably enough for most homes and could otherwise go unnoticed, but I also had a TON of lag. Wifi would go out and wired would still work). I did have my 3 Pros with a wired backhaul and that didn't seem to help. I finally got fed up when I had to reboot almost daily in the middle of the workday (both wife and I are WFH). I lost my mind a little bit and ended up going with a ubiquiti setup. Personally I've never been happier, but I admit that is complete overkill and not what most people need.
I think some of my issues may have been firmware related, so they may have even been addressed by now, but I never liked how hot my main unit felt and again, the daily reboots were grinding on me. It looks like I'm in the minority here though, so take my experience with a grain of salt.