As we enter the holiday season, if you are looking for a great present for yourself or for one of your friends or family, one of the best ways to improve the Internet experience at a home is to upgrade to a good mesh router that can spread the Wi-Fi at the best possible speed to every room in the house. Last year, I wrote a glowing review of the eero Pro 3-pack, which cost me $499 and was a major improvement to the Wi-Fi in my house. It works incredibly well, and it is also very easy to use thanks to the iPhone app that explains everything. Before the eero, I had high-speed cable Internet coming into my house, but I couldn't appreciate it throughout my house. Since I installed three eero Pro units, every single room in my house (and all of my backyard) has fantastic, high-speed Internet. My only regret is that I didn't upgrade sooner.
I mention this today because Amazon (who makes the eero) is having the best sale I've ever seen for this product. First, you can get the same eero Pro 3-pack that I purchased last year for $499, but from now until November 29, you pay only $349.
Second, you can get the more advanced eero Pro 6 3-pack for only $449. which is still less than I paid for the prior generation product. The main advantage of the eero Pro 6 over the regular eero Pro is that the eero Pro 6 supports Wi-Fi 6, which is also called 802.11ax. If you have very fast Internet, such as Gigabit Internet, you can better take advantage of that speed throughout your house with Wi-Fi 6. If I was buying something today, I would probably get the eero Pro 6 just to get the latest and greatest, but to be honest with you, the regular eero Pro works incredibly well with the Gigabit Internet I have at my house.
I like the Pro models of the eero because they include Ethernet ports on the back, which is useful when you want to plug something directly into the network, and they provide a higher speed to a wider area. Having those ports is also useful if you want to have a wired connection for part of your Wi-Fi system. (In my home, two of my eero Pros on different ends of my house are connected to each other with an Ethernet cable, and the third one has a normal wireless connection.) But if those features are unimportant to you, you can also save lots of money on the regular eero units. The eero 6 is $77 (normally $129). For multiple eero devices (which is what you really want to take full advantage of a mesh network spreading Wi-Fi throughout your house) you can get a 3-pack with three routers (which means that they all have Ethernet ports) and that eero 6 3-pack is $209 (normally $349). Or you can get a 3-pack with a single router (with the Ethernet ports) and two extenders (without ports) for only $167 (normally $279).
Whether you are getting one for yourself or for someone else as a gift, I highly recommend eero and eero Pro products.
