Ubiquiti - AmpliFi HD

Mines a gaming router. Ubiquiti Amplify HD gaming edition... It, erm limits throughput to make a better ping or something. I got it because it was black and mesh

Yeah pretty sure it's snake oil. It was the same price as the standard one and not bright white!

I currently have an AMPLIFI HD, also from Ubiquiti, but want to replace it with an UniFi system. However, I can't find a good description of their products. Is there perhaps a site that explains the products relevant for home use, especially the differences, advantages and disadvantages?

Amplifi is on sale. It is a mesh network for home by Ubiquiti. Includes a router and two wireless AP’s. I have installed dozens of these and they work great. It is on sale for around $170.00. Usually it is $350.00. I just did one a few weeks ago. Now their whole house has no issues with wifi.

I'd trust Beelink (along with the other mini PC makers; I love my Protectli and GMKtec gear) more than I would trust many of the no-name cheap PC makers on Amazon / Temu / etc. I have a Protectli mini PC with 4 ethernet ports running OPNsense as my home firewall. I split my traffic off into separate networks for my main gear (phones, desktops, laptops, etc) and my IoT or "smart" gear (security system, cameras, home automation, etc). I have a Ubiquiti Amplifi for my main LAN wifi router, and a TP-Link Archer A6 for my IoT wifi router. Both of these are plugged into the LAN ports on the Protectli. I turned off all of the advanced features (like DHCP or remote VPN) on the routers, and use the OPNsense for those functions instead. So the short answer to your question is yes, buy a mini PC to serve as a firewall and then buy a wireless router (ideally running OpenWRT) if you want maximum security and flexibility. Just keep in mind this comes with an increase in complexity and required troubleshooting skills. The line between "wireless router" and "wireless access point" can get a little fuzzy at times, because a typical home wifi router is actually a router coupled with an access point in the same box. For most people most of the time, that difference is meaningless; they just want to add wifi.

Amplifi Mesh. I’ve had the router for many years, and run 20+ Meross devices, Tailwind, ONVIS, 3 Apple TVs, 5 HomePods, and 4 computers. Never had a single hiccup with the router connectivity. —fingers crossed—