I have the TPlink Archer C7. I bought it to work with the Almond to fill in a hole in my house, but noticed a bigger range cloud for it than the A+. Put in it's place, the TP link box has improved range, speed and stability. LAN connections are MUCH faster, and connectivity for the WAN lines is more reliable. I'll also finally be able to do NAS through it, since it's supported. It talks about this "beamforming" which I think is bull, but am playing with it to see. The other router I would have considered was the Netgear nighthawk X8, but unless this TP lin kis a real disappointment I don't want to lay out even more. The range still isn't perfect for my application, but I'm not willing to spend that money to see if the Netgear box is better... yet.