Went nearly the same route. UCG Fiber > 2x Pro XGs > 2 10gbe flex 2x mini’s > 3 U7 pro walls & U7 XGS. Door bell 3 4ks. 25 IoTs 4 PCs 1 NAS etc. it’s rabbithole for sure but the bgw320 made me mad enough to jump down it. 2.5mbps ISP symmetric WiFi anywhere end to end 3 floors 3500sqft.
This is incredibly misleading. The signal penetration and range of the Eero Max 7 and Eero Outdoor 7 are dogshit compared to the UniFi U7 Pro and XG lineup. Compare them one after the other in the same topology / env. The U7 Pro Wall I run consistently provides better signal range and wall penetration than the Eero Max 7 it replaced, albeit only 1200 Mbps on 6E vs 1400 on the Max.
The U7 XGS (similar price range) blows it out of the water entirely in speeds and signal. MLO tops 3 Gbps on U7 XGS, 6 GHz 6E peaks at 1600 Mbps.
If we're talking the same retail price, you'd be able to get an E7 and there's just no comparison in performance to an Eero Max 7 from that.
The U7 Pro Outdoor provides VASTLY better range on 5 and 6 GHz than the Eero Outdoor 7 I had deployed. 1200+ Mbps vs 900 Max. Almost double the 5 and 6 GHz range with AFC. Oh but I forget... The Eero Outdoor doesn't even provide 6 GHz or AFC. And the U7 Pro Outdoor is also cheaper at only $279 vs $400+ retail. And neither is a full router.
I've used Netgear Orbi, Eero, and Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi 7 systems all long term.
If you want an excellent ecosystem all behind one very sleek pane of glass WITH better performance and reliability and control than the other stuff, just get UniFi. The only caveat is lack of a dedicated wireless backhaul channel but this is often inconsequential because of better range and overall bandwidth.
If you want to set it and forget it and have tolerance when a forced botched firmware update is pushed with no rollback option, consider Eero.
I have 1gbps fiber, I use UniFi hardware. There’s lots of choices in what to get. My setup:
UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra,
UniFi USW Ultra 60W,
UniFi U7 Pro Wall.
3 story house with a U7 on every floor sending out 2,4/5/6ghz bands. Average speed I get on my iPhone 17 pro max is between 800 and 900 mbps.
It was so good for me that when I accidentally messed up some wiring it was doing wireless back haul from an older udr to u7ap’s and I only noticed it due to the app showing topology looking wrong. This is 2 story house with udr in basement and aps on the 2 above ground floors.
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