Going to break a bunch of ndas but I’ve done field validations for you probably your favorite brands. A bunch of others really like my property and they send me stuff that’s pre-release not to review not to do videos but to see if the range and their speed claims hold up here. I have no allegiance to any brand I mearly validate range and the speed claims on their box and their advertising. I burnt bridges with Brands and published the views and called them absolutely s*** because they were. Range and speed was a pipe dream. So I block the domain for their company so no one from their company can send me an email, and publish the video. I Don’t make commission on sales (except for blanket Amazon links, but they work for everything you order form my link not a specific product) I make sure the what’s on the box for range and speed matches and there is nobody else with this much farmland as me on YouTube, who’s been deploying access points for 25 plus years that can validate perfect line of sight at over 1.2 miles.
I Agree with you about the Archer line and the entire TP-Link residential line is shit. The people defending them are running omada which is a totally different sister company. To say I make money off of anything is absurd when I intentionally have monetization off on my channel, I’ll never have a patreon because I’m not going to ask for donations from subscribers who potentially make less money than me.
I also don’t sell Omada gear. Most of my clients hire me to help them spec a job, I give them Omada, Unif and Meriaki pricing and they make their decision. I’m paid for consultation and labor, they ordered ever themselves then I don’t have to do warranty exchanges. I buried two bothers who ran the family paving company and know what it’s like to have to tie up lose ends. I am a one man show here, and if I died tomorrow warranties are a lose end I don’t want to leave.
I am not a creator or influencer I’m an IT contractor who happens to record his project and gets sent outdoor Wi-Fi products for validation.