TP-Link Deco X20 : An affordable way of boosting your home Wi-Fi

An easy to use and affordable Wi-Fi 6 solution

Strong performer with good speeds; Solid coverage in every room; Comes with antivirus and parental controls;

Coverage is lower than some competitors; No band-splitting option;

TP-Link Deco X20 AX1800 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System Review

Designed for homes of up to 5,800 square feet, TP-Link Deco X20 ($249.99) is a three-piece dual-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 System that's easy to install and manage. It’s not a speedster by any measure, but it comes with TP-Link’s HomeCare suite which includes robust parental controls, user-friendly QoS settings, and security software that keeps your network and clients safe from malware. It’s quite reasonably priced, though you can get much better performance over a similar coverage and more features with our Editors’ Choice winner, the Asus ZenWiFi XT8—just be prepared to spend another $200 or so for all of that extra Wi-Fi goodness.An Attractive Design and Plenty of Features The X20 comes with three stylish nodes that are identical in every way. The white cylinders measure 4.4 inches high and 4.3 inches wide. There’s an LED indicator on the front of the base that glows yellow during startup, green when connected and working properly, blue during configuration, and red when there's an iss...

The TP-Link Deco X20 is an affordable dual-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 system that's easy to use and offers strong parental controls and network security software, but it can’t compete with more expensive alternatives when it comes to performance.

Reasonably priced; Easy to install; User-friendly app; Robust parental controls; Free anti-malware tools

Middling performance in testing; Doesn't support 160MHz channel bandwidth; No USB ports