I've been an Apple Fanboy since 1989 and I've purchased for the most part exclusively Apple products, including the Airport Extreme & Airport Express base stations, which I use to blanket my entire 4 story townhouse with WiFi connection. In total I use 5 and the higher you move up the house, the worse the connection gets, even just on the second floor, the WiFi connection drops. Some of the routers would just randomly disconnect and I have to power cycle to get them back online. It's been frustrating! Well out with the old and in with the new and this is where eero comes into the picture. The price is steep, but what you get is a reliable connection, easy to set-up and fast & steady connection. I have Verizon FiOS as my ISP and TV provider, and with my AirPort connection, I've changed the settings on the FiOS router to allow the AirPort Base Station to control and assign the IP addresses. I was worried that eero wasn't gonna work with how I programmed the Verizon router, but it worked perfectly. eero found the network after one failed attempt (I think the Verizon router hasn't power cycled completely yet). Once the first eero router found the network, the remaining two eero routers were easy to connect through the eero iOS app. It's truly plug and play and the instructions on the app was so easy to set-up that it's practically foolproof. It also allows you to set-up a guest network with a separate password. I do miss the option on the Apple routers to make the network invisible just for added security. The first eero router is on the ground floor aka the Man Cave, the second router was placed in the living room on the second floor, the third was placed on the fourth floor in the master bedroom. I was worried that the last one wouldn't connect because of the distance but the eero network found it instantly. For optimal placement eero recommends that the routers are within 40 feet of each other and preferably at line-of-sight. The app lets you check your connection speed and on the fourth floor, it maintained the speed of what I'm paying my ISP provider. No more dead zones for me! To recap... if you're experiencing WiFi issues at your home because of dead zones, buffering, router issues, give eero a try. Yes the price is steep but what you get in return is a reliable WiFi connection without the hassle.