I have been buying Asus equipment for years... notebook computers and routers. I have purchased at least 6 notebooks and probably 4 or 5 routers. Nothing is perfect but I have been happy with the quality of Asus products over other brands and only recently did I deviate at buy a desktop of another brand at Costco.As for the Asus GT-AXE16000, I now have 2 in my modest home. I guess I have money to burn and time on my hands?First one delivered August 16, 2023Second one delivered October 16,2023Below my original review. I have only to add that now that I own two of these I have them set up in a Mesh system... not a wired backhaul which will come later, but it is working fine and the proof is the download speeds I am achieving on my iPhone out in my back yard (we are on 1/2 an acre equal to 21,780 square feet). At the furthest ends of the yard I get maybe 400mbps closer up over 500mbps, inside the house, well my desktop with a Wi-Fi 6e card yields 1,050mbps while streaming 6 IP cameras and Netflix and the rest.as of this writing my router indicates I have 31 devices connected. What is nice is with the Mesh system I can "bind" different devices to the main router or the node, doing this based on what device is closer to router or node. For devices like my iPhone I don't bind and am channeling them to a band that has "roaming assist" set up... it is a lot of work, but fun at the same time.In any event, this review is for the Asus GT-AXE16000.The bad:1. EXPENSIVE, the most expensive router I have ever purchased2. The Ethernet ports are so close together that it is difficult to plug in cables if you are using CAT8 or whatever and have the unit up on a shelf standing on a ladder and trying to spin it around to make the connections (don't they tell you to place these up high in the center of your house?). It may be a dumb idea but it just dawned on me that Asus could just make this thing taller and have the Ethernet connections below the same horizontal line as the antennas which need to be moved one way or another to get the dang cables connected... what's another inch in height, this thing is massive already.3. As with the Ethernet connections, the power supply is right next to an antenna... the plug is at a 90 degree angle and I feel it would be petter if it were just straight and not be bothered with the antenna.4. The LED status indicators are on top not in front, and In my opinion, again since this is up high on a bookshelf in the center of my home... well, they cannot be viewed at all unless you are on a ladder and use your phone to take a picture?5. The GUI! Ok, I AM NOT a "gamer" and the GUI is too busy for me, the colors, the options I will never use, a lot of things I have no interest in. I purchased this unit because of the specifications and being quad band, but the GUI is in my opinion poorly organized and in addition to that, when you view the network client list it shows wired devices then 5ghz1, 5ghz2, 6ghz and in the end 2.4ghz... seems backwards to me, and is backwards if compared to my Asus RT-AC5300. In addition to that when you make changes it dose not reflect all four bands when rebooting, but only three and the 6ghz band is labeled as 2.4ghz something is not right there.The good:1. This thing is beautiful. I don't care about the lights, but it is a very nice looking piece of equipment, and in all fairness you can turn the lights off.2. Quad band, you get 1 x 2.4ghx, 2 x 5.0ghz, and 1 x 6ghz. Wireless connections are superb. I am running 9 Wi-Fi security cameras, my email client, my web browser, streaming on Amazon or Netflix on multiple devices and can still run speed tests and achieve up to 1,050 Mbps when connected to the 6ghz. NOTE that you WILL have to play with the advanced settings and channel numbers it is NOT PLUG AND PLAY you have to get into the guts of the thing if you want it to work for you as it should... Wi-Fi scanner and check bandwidth and all but it is well worth the time invested setting it up.3. I currently have the GT-AXE16000 set up as main router and the RT-AC5300 as a mesh node. I am not using wired backhaul and am still getting speeds off the node of over 500mbps. I am seriously considering purchasing a second GT-AXE1600 to use just as a node.If you are an Internet junky or geeky kind of person like me, but this thing. I am quite pleased with it. One thing I will suggest, mention is I did change the stock firmware from Ausus to Asus-Merlin which provides more options in terms of settings and you can choose to have the funky gamer interface or a more business like interface without all the hoopla and funky colors and icons.