I have an R2S and I’m still using it. For a portable Wi-Fi router, I bought a GL.iNet MT3600BE. It has a 2.0 GHz quad-core CPU, and with a USB disk attached, it can run Docker without any issues: https://letitcode.dev/t/69
I also like the R76S, but I don’t have a strong reason to buy it right now
I didn't check Beryl 7 in travel condition. I returned home and switched to my home advanced router. I took Beryl 7 for few reason to replace AX: more potential WG VPN throughput; more memory for experiments with OpenWrt (if decide to do it) and more memory for Wireguard. Only for this reasons, otherwise AX is enough for my current requests. I thought that v7 will have faster firmware updates (hoping to get AmneziaWG2 VPN support ASAP), but in the reality AX got this update few month ahead with 4.9.0 beta that v7. At this moment I keep them both. Maybe will do some VPN channel between two points or will do experiments with OpenWrt by using one of them or will sell AX after a while.
The answer is it depends on your use case. Based on what you wrote that it’s for hotel use / WiFi sharing - that alone would lean more towards the Slate 7 since it has the awesome LCD screen for WiFi QR code sharing and managing basic connectivity without having to login to the web-UI or use the app. If you plan to run AdGuardHome and more than a few hundred thousand blocklists and have the Beryl 7, then you can use my GLiNet-utils script under system tweaks to get around the limitation or go with the Slate 7. If power consumption is a concern or you need the absolute max VPN performance then Beryl 7 is your winner. It’s also slightly smaller and weighs less than Slate 7. That said, for me, my go to currently is the Slate 7. There are no hotel with WiFi speeds that exceed what this router will do over vpn and the touch screen is more useful than I expected. Either way you can’t go wrong. https://github.com/phantasm22/GL-iNet_utils
May I introduce you to GL-inet lineup..
if your area is not that big, perhaps a nimble
[GL-inet Beryl 7](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3600be/?utm_source=websiet&utm_medium=menubar&utm_source=website&utm_medium=menubar)
or its bigger brother
[GL-inet Slate 7 Pro](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-be10000/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=menubar) will do the job..
Or probably you will be inclined to look at its bigger sibling, the
[GL-inet Flint 3](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-be9300/)
in case you're not familiar what a travel router is,
maybe [this video](https://youtu.be/GJs1-aHZgfc) can help.
If you will be choosing a travel router, maybe for its lower price, you will be able to bring it also when you travel to other places...
i guess the selling point of these routers are its performance, network wide Adblocking ability thanks to its builtin Adguard Home, plus other privacy related features...
not in any way related to the brand, but somebody who enjoys its performance thinking others may find it way way better than mainstream brands out there...
letitcodedev
