4G Home Router - Help me Choose

[Ham_and_Jam]

I’m looking at buying a 4G router for my holiday home. No 5G in the area likely any time soon, so the best 4G is what I want.

I’ve narrowed it down to the following two -

TP-Link AC1200 4G+ Cat6 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router, 4G/3G Network SIM Slot Unlocked, MU-MIMO technology, No Configuration required, Support Guest Network & Parental Control (Archer MR600 V2) https://amzn.eu/d/5apqI59

B535-333, 4G+ 400Mbps LTE CAT 7 Mobile WiFi wireless Router, Unlocked to All Networks -Genuine UK Warranty STOCK- (Non Network Logo)- White https://amzn.eu/d/dqwvNuB

Anyone have any real world experience, or care to comment if one is much better than the other.

As it will be in a holiday home, It will be doing fairly light duties, nothing strenuous.

[NDA]

I had the B525 for a while before the internet arrived in my area. It worked faultlessly.

One of the reasons I chose it was because you could fit an external antenna - which was important in my low 4G signal area.

[GlenMH]

NDA said:

I had the B525 for a while before the internet arrived in my area. It worked faultlessly.

One of the reasons I chose it was because you could fit an external antenna - which was important in my low 4G signal area.

Ditto. The 525 worked well for me in similar circumstances and we had 8 computers and 2 printers connected to it.

[Ham_and_Jam]

Well I’ve plumped for the B535-333

Just found one on Amazon renewed for £85, saving £50. Guaranteed to look and perform as brand new, and a full one year warranty.

Also comes with the external aerials. Bargain.

I’ll report back here as to how it performs.

[Murph7355]

If you want the best, Huawei B818 is what you need.

More expensive than the B525. But plenty of threads on here and elsewhere that the B818 gives the results.

[nebpor]

Been using a B525 at our caravan for a few years now. Rock solid

[Ham_and_Jam]

Murph7355 said:

If you want the best, Huawei B818 is what you need.

More expensive than the B525. But plenty of threads on here and elsewhere that the B818 gives the results.

I did look at that, but the reviews on Amazon were not as good as for the B535 that I’ve gone for.

Also, knowing that in the location it is going to be used i’m never going to get close to maxing out the speeds, so the B535 at £85 will hopefully be good value.

[megaphone]

What SIM are you going for? Three doing deals and they supply a Huawei router with a 24m contract.

[Ham_and_Jam]

megaphone said:

What SIM are you going for? Three doing deals and they supply a Huawei router with a 24m contract.

Only Vodaphone gets a decent signal, although I’ve not tried O2 which the coverage maps says should be OK.

Three also comes up OK on the maps, but tops out at 0.5mbps in real life.

[somouk]

I use a 525 and have done for a few years now. Carried it around for work and currently used as a backup line, was the primary line when I moved house.

Works really well, would not be dissapointed. I know a friend who has recently moved to using one as his primary line on my recommendation and it's been faultless.