Review on 📶 Ubiquiti Unifi BeaconHD Access Point, UDM-B-US by Ben Dixon

I have many UNIFI products including Nano, Pro, Mesh and Mesh Pro. Mesh blocks require you to connect to your local network, enter the configuration, and select the option to work as MESH, which increases deployment time. The Beacon is ready to use, you literally plug it in, wait a few minutes and it will appear in your controller. Select, update and the rest is done automatically. Mesh per base unit is over 1GHz (reported, not actual) and download speeds on my iPhone 11 Pro are over 300Mbps. Compare that to a Mesh Pro a few feet away and it connects 600-800 and uploads less than 200. Mesh Pro frequently shuts down, becomes isolated, and requires maintenance to function. Beacon HD works fine. Positive Out of the box configuration is easy Mesh connection is excellent Very fast charge/discharge Negative No 360 degree beam. The Unifi website has an antenna pattern that suggests 360 but clearly not. I'm trying to get a signal into our patio and place it on a wall in our dining room behind a curtain so install clean but very weak or no signal with wifi analysis with high ping and downloads that might not be Will used for streaming multimedia. I plugged in a 1ft extension cord and angled it against the wall and I was able to get 70+ Mbps. I'm leaving the device because I'm so excited about the clean implementation, but don't really address my use case and will continue to use Mesh Pro. If the Mesh Pro stayed stable I'd be happy, but it keeps shutting down, missing a heartbeat, isolating, etc. Externally, the Beacon is a challenge because we have outlets that are weatherproof and I'm not sure if it's good Weather has protection. Hardware UDM ProUnifi SwitchUnifi Flex HD, Pro x2, Nano HDUnifi Mesh x2Mesh Pro x1Beacon HD