Is The Eero Max 7 A BIG Waste Of Money? (WiFi 7 Is Here... Apparently)

My Facebook feed is currently flooded with Eero ads for the new Eero Max 7, a Wi-Fi 7 compatible device to rival TP-Link's Deco BE85 and Netgear's Orbi 970 range. But is the Max 7 (and its competitors) any good - or are they a waste of money right now?
After all, the vast majority of household connected devices are still stuck on 5 GHz or even 2.4 GHz. Amazon (who own Eero) aren't helping because they keep mass producing millions of Amazon Echo and Ring devices that are stuck on 2.4 GHz/5 GHz - with no WiFi 6 support in sight.
Plus most ISP's are waaaay too slow, offering sub-gigabit speeds. So is there are benefit in buying the 10 gigabit-supporting Max 7 from Eero?
The short answer is YES: while it's a really, really expensive product, it has some awesome new Qualcomm networking hardware and a larger antenna array - deliving longer Wi-Fi range and lower latencies.
I wrap up this video by discussing why I'm not personally upgrading my 4x Eero Pro 6 set-up just yet, though. I'll probably wait another 4-5 years before upgrading.
00:00 Is The Max 7 A Waste Of Money?
00:56 Eero Max 7 Overview
01:44 ISPs Are Too Slow
02:00 Benefits Of The Eero 7
03:02 Why I'm Not Upgrading
03:20 #2: Early Adopter Issues
03:28 #3: Weak Power Supply
03:43 #4: Price
04:12 MLO FTW Tho!
04:47 Final Thoughts
#Eero #EeroMax7 #WiFi7

[@chirpingbirdy8914]

Great legitimate review! So hard to find an honest review of products.

[@WeintraubMedia]

Great Video! This really only applies to one of two areas for now. First being if you are lucky enough to have a ISP that offers higher speeds. I currently have Frontier in Florida. I have 5g up and 5g down. They actually include this router with the purchase of the 5g speed. The other would be is if you have a NAS/Raid back up or some other kind of server set up in which you wanted the fastest possible transfer speeds with out spending a lot of money setting up an expensive Ubiquiti system.

[@TechOverwrite]

Thanks, and great points - I agree entirely. Kudos on the 5g connection too, and that's pretty interesting that they send the Max 7 as part of that deal. 🙂 There's some ISPs here that send Eero 6 routers as part of 500-1000Mbps packages, but unfortunately we don't really have above 1g packages in the UK.

[@TechnologyandGaming602]

I got orbi 970 wifi 7 rmesh system. and wht i noticed was all bands speed imrive. 2.4ghz went from 100 to 250 mbps, 5 ghz went from 500 to 900 mbps and 6 ghz went from 1.1 to 1.6gb/s and wifi 7 device 2.8gb/s

[@TechOverwrite]

Wow that's really impressive, such nice gains do make it worth the investment in the 970 system, I agree 👏

[@tuneyouup]

I sent it back 💨

[@TechOverwrite]

Wow really, was that due to low performance? Or because you realised it made you bankrupt?! 🙈

[@tuneyouup]

@@TechOverwrite no good

[@TechOverwrite]

Interesting, sorry to hear that. It does seem like it's been slightly rushed out.