Also add that all of the SOHO equipment is garbage that drops connections randomly, crashes, or simply can't deal with some WiFi chips.

This is the reason I went with the Ubiquity UniFi 6 years ago. It was the only one I tried that didn't constantly drop connections or cost a fortune. But it's only G and I've been considering an upgrade, but there are no good options on the market that don't have stupid cloud management bullshit, are built on garbage hardware, or cost an arm and a leg.