Top positive review
305 people found this helpful
Is Rated #1 On Most Online Sites For A Reason
By Larry8241 on Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2021
I am a civil engineer so I tend to over-do it when I want to buy something. Especially when it is something technical such as this mesh system that I really know very little about. So I always go online and read google reviews, search for Best Rated Mesh Systems, etc., so I can get the pros and cons of each item out there for sale, no matter what I am buying. Just about everyone is raving about Netgears Orbi Mesh and Google Nest Mesh. Both do not have great ratings for many reasons including privacy issues, set up issues, limited home square feet issues, and having to reset them constantly to work. The one that kept popping up on every rating search site was the Meshforce M7 Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh WiFi System (3 Pack), which I have to be honest, I had NEVER heard of them before. It was priced right, easy to set up and worked the first time right out of the box, which NEVER happens for me when buying something like this. EVER! I have Spectrum 1 gig service at my home and when you get Spectrum 1 gig, they supply the modem and router. The router is of very poor quality and even the Spectrum Techs coming to my home told me so because I installed a Ring system with cameras around my home, and the router could not send it enough wifi signal to power them properly. Without a proper wifi signal, the cameras show nothing and are usually a 'black' screen; and they rarely ever alert me when there is movement at each camera. Plus, just so you know, Spectrum 1 gig is really only around 650 mbps and not 1 gig. I am hard wired and never got any better than that, yet the payment part each month for the 1 gig worked just fine. So after talking with the Spectrum Tech at my home trying to resolve my lack of strong wifi, it was suggested I go with a mesh and even this tech mentioned Meshforce M7 Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh WiFi System. He told me to downgrade my Spectrum internet from 1 gig to the next lowest signal of 400 mbps and turn in the router as it is not free with the lower service, but the modem still is. I did just that over the phone with Spectrum and they sent a signal to my modem to stop the 1 gig and even after that, I get 455 mbps. More than I am paying for and not far less than what I was supposed to get with the 1 gig. And with the savings of $60 per month plus tax, it pays for this new Meshforce M7 system in 4 months. Now the system is installed and my Ring system works perfectly with 3 times the wifi power that I had before as Ring allows you to see the wifi network signal power coming to each device. Why anyone has any other mesh system is beyond comprehension. My guess is people buy the big names that spend a fortune on advertising. None of them can compare to this system. Go online and look like I did. Or ask your Spectrum tech next time they are at your home. Oh yes, one more thing. The Spectrum tech told me that Netgear Orbi has had continuity issues with Spectrum service. Netgear is supposed to be working on this, but that is not a good sign.
Top critical review
7 people found this helpful
So so, UI sucks, signal ok
By Glashtin on Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2021
For some reason they will not post my review and I have made updates to the review and they are not saved but here is another update. 11/29/21: Got the replacement and switching out stinks. I figured I could just replace the bad node that was rattling but that was not the case and I ended up having to remove all the devices and starting fresh with the new box. After running for a few days now, I am still not happy with the signal. It does drop internet a few times a day, switching between nodes sometimes does not happen without turning off wifi and back on. But for the price I am going to keep it until I get more wifi 6 devices and then I will update this for a wifi 6 router. Orginal Review: I have only had this for a day now and will update when I get the replacement and test some more but right now I am going to say pass on this item. I got the 3 pack and when I got the item and opened the box one of the nodes rattled (something is loose inside node itself). The other two did not but I went ahead and plugged them all in and the main node is great, faster speeds than my old Wifi router and so far on that node alone it seems ok connection wise. Then when I went to test the rest of the nodes the one in the next two rooms over is okish, speeds are about half of the main node. The 3rd one (the one that rattled) is junk, it switches between green and yellow and connections drop all the time. I have all of them hooked up to an ethernet cabled with POE supplying the internet connection, I have tried it with and without hooking up the ethernet cable to all of them and it works best with it hooked up. The device requires you to download the app on your phone to set it up which I hate, it should have a web interface like all other routers I have purchased in the past and having to download an app sucks. On top of that the app itself sucks as there are very few things that can be changed in it. It is lacking some of the basic feature you would expect a router to have, things my 15 year router had so not sure why they don't allow setting to be changed. I can see some people not wanting to change things and them trying to simplify the UI interface but there still should be an advanced feature spot to allow you to change settings for a more advanced setup like I require. It also seems you can only use the app when on the main node connection not the satellite nodes as it tells me it can not find the system unless I am on the main node. I did not want to create an account with them so I did not at first but did try to create and account thinking it would allow me to use the app while connected to the other nodes but not so much, it is better but still has issues connecting. The app also asks you for permission to see all your files and location. I can kind of see location (not really) but there is no reason for the app to see all my files on my phone so I did not allow either. When I called Amazon and told them that one of the nodes rattled and I think I just needed the one sent out they said they can not do that and I had to return the whole thing and reorder the new one, which is stupid but what ever. I am supposed to get the new order tomorrow and I will update my review when I have a better chance to test it on hopefully a working system. So right now over all it is ok for the price but unless the new system greatly improves my connection I would say pass and look at another brand for you Wifi solution.
Sort by:
Filter by:
By -
Verified Amazon Purchase
Vine Customer Review of Free Product
Sorry, no reviews match your current selections.
Try clearing or changing some filters.Show all reviews
Show more reviews