TP-Link Deco M5 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System, Up to 3800 sq ft Coverage, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa, Antivirus Security Protection and Parental Controls, Pack of 2

My friend recommended this item, and it has a strong connection with no issues with Wi-Fi. My router is in the bedroom and far from where I use Wi-Fi, so I ordered this item—it was easy to set up. I love the design; it’s simple and light. The price is reasonable. It’s beautiful.

Having purchased many pieces of kit over the years from Access Points, to Homeplug/Powerline connectors, to Wireless Homeplug/Powerline connectors it was time to go for something that would span the house (we are in a bungalow) and was of the one product and brand.I have been very pleased with the Deco’s, granted they are expensive but I did purchase them on a daily deal at reduced cost. Had the cost not been as low I think I would have been hard pushed to spend the full price on them.My layout probably wouldn’t be seen as typical, as my IT security is managed in a different and separate way, as such I am using these in Access Point mode so some of the features (such as the Antivirus) are disabled when you don’t have these set as doing the entire routing (you can switch between the different options in the app).I found them pretty easy to setup, again I wouldn’t be a novice, IT is my business, so any issues I experienced I would have dealt with myself without the need for additional support from TP-Link.Coverage is very good, there are no longer any ‘not-spots/blackspots’ in the home (circa 2400 sq. ft) so it does the job as intended.The app is good and it has recently been improved as you can now manage both the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands, which is something you couldn’t do in the past which was a complete pain. Previously if you had any device that operated over the 2.4Ghz band exclusively you would have experienced issues connecting to the Wi-Fi. The Deco’s supports both collectively but the 5Ghz always got in the way, the fact you can now you can switch the 5Ghz off to connect your 2.4Ghz products and then switch it back on again is a real bonus and will no doubt alleviate a lot of frustration with older equipment.One issue I did find was that I wanted to add a further single unit in the Garage to broadcast down the far reaches of the garden. I purchased a further two pack from Amazon but for the life of me they would not connect to my existing cluster. Through fighting with the product, I found the issue, the ones I received, although looking the same, were in fact a previous revision/version to the ones in use. There was my issue, incompatibility with improved features! I therefore returned them to Amazon and received a refund.The lesson to learn here, if you are extending the network by installing additional units you will need to make sure they at least match your current revision or are newer, failing that you may have to start from scratch and use the lower revision as a baseline, it may work, but is it worth it! I don’t think you can stipulate which revision you want from Amazon but if you are fighting with adding new units check the base of your existing units for the revision number and then do the same with the add-ons, this may be your problem.So all in all I am personally very pleased with the Deco M5’s.(Note - 5 stars for app improvement, or it would have been 4 stars for the incompatability of device revisons).Note 2: This review is for the 3 piece set (the same as the 2 but with another unit), the 2 piece is the one with the older revision that I received as detailed above.

This setup has worked pretty much flawlessly for me for the past 6 years, starting out with 3 nodes and adding more as needed. Now that I fitted my basement out as a new living space, I added 2 more nodes and am still happy with the system

I installed a Deco M5 mesh system into my house in 2018 and it has been fantastic. My house is old, with very thick brick walls - wifi signals barely make it from one room to another let alone across the whole building, so installing a mesh was really my only option for decent coverage throughout the home. The M5 was easy to set up and I eventually expanded it to the maximum 9 nodes, connected to my main node via a combination of wired ethernet and the wifi mesh. The TP-link app has been regularly updated over the years and makes administration of the system relatively straight forward. I especially appreciated the security protection built into the system which supplemented the anti-virus software I have installed on the computers in the house. Unfortunately, the system has now reached "End of Life", according to TP-link, not something that they have made explicit in the app or in any other way, save for a small note on the Deco M5 page on the TP-link website, as a result it is no longer receiving regular firmware updates and I don't think that the anti-virus is being updated any more - as a result the system is increasingly vulnerable to external attacks. If you are in the market for a new wifi mesh system DO NOT BUY THE M5! Look at other options such as the Deco M10.

I use this wireless system with a virgin media super hub 2. So far so good.When you receive this set you initially can't help but think that these are premium. Very nice packaging, good solid inserts and that suction feel as you lift the lid.Installation was easy. I simply put my superhub into modem only mode and connected these up. Note you must do this for them to work correctly otherwise they interfere with each other.I have one downstairs and one upstairs. And I now get WiFi everywhere in my house.I previously used range extenders which don't seem to work with virgin very well but these do their great.Speeds are brilliant and it's all managed from and App which notifies you every time a new device connects to your network so you will know if you need to change your password. (note no one i haven't given the password to has connected to the network).Antivirus seems good although I wouldn't say it's a replacement for having it on your actual devices.I would definitely recommend this system.

the wifi made a huge difference when i placed one of the units on the second floor, before doing this i did a speed test in a few different parts of the house so i could compare. in the furthest bedroom ( not too far away) the download speed was 46, with the mesh it was 130, huge jump however, in an en suite it was 25 then with mesh it went down to 16, again in the garden before it was 9 with mesh it went to 0.2 which is very weird, i would have thought it would have been at least the same in those 2 locations.