Go for the local unit

Definitely will go for the local set, but going in n out their service centre for RMA also no fun at all.

Mine is China ac86u. So far the best router i have. Previously i own a mikrotik.

Been using ASUS products for about 10 years, nearly. Didn't face any problem with their products or after sales service tbh. Maybe depends on luck.

erm....how come on my shopee it's rm1299 ?

ur late...increased already.

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/asus-rt-...wvthQZ&search=1

rm899

use payday60

anyone buying asus router from tmall/taobao later ? got early 6.18 discount and offer at 12am

asus rt-ac86u selling at 829rmb
asus gt-ac5300 selling at 1799rmb

Monsoon season start in China too usually quite serious at this period. Do pray if you really want to buy any from China.

Shipping and delivery lead time affected?

Yes, definitely. Well depend your luck too. If affected by water, not sure you can claim warranty not.

Mahal. I bought during 11.11 for ‎¥1499

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Jun 19 2019, 05:57 PM

Has anyone tried buying oversea using Taobao using this method? Seller sends item to an intermediary and then item is shipped to you directly.

Yes, lots of people on the forum have done that. But it's a nightmare if the router goes wrong and you have to return it for repair/replacement. I just went through that. Much easier if you speak Chinese, though.

I'm here come back to report my latest status on my China version Asus RT-AC86U. So far so good, no issue, everything are running in well condition.

This router was purchased at 24/9/2018 and received at October 2018.


Start from October 2018, this router was served me almost 10 months. So far no issue.

As long as to keep your router in best condition, you must first make sure your router is placed to an open air, clean and dry area, low room temperature condition. Make sure to prevent your router keep overheating for all day long. Also I was set my wifi smart power switch to off 1 minute for every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 2.00am to cycle its IP address and CCTV/alarm DDNS connections.

Currently my RT-AC86U was attached with 2pcs of 7cm fans and 1pc of 12cm ID-COOLING WF-12025 at the behind. My BTU, the grey TM brand Alcatel Lucent I-240G-T was attached 1pc of 8cm fan beside fiber optics socket area and another 9cm fan behind the fiber optics socket area. All the fans were connected with 4-pin pwm and 4-pin molex with a AC to DC universal adapter which can adjust voltage from 1.5v to 12v. So I was set to 7.5v because fans are getting noisy when set too high voltage. Another little 4cm fan was attached on the dc universal adapter to prevent it getting overheat.


So the place that I put router is sometimes getting very hot especially in the afternoon. Sometimes my switch on air-cond 24hr to cool down that area.

Are you not concerned about thermal cycling, I suspect that that is a bigger problem than running hot. You can restart the router using the inbuilt cron rather than power off/on, that will shutdown and restart the router correctly avoiding possible memory corruption.

item is deliver with fully sealed, won't easily affect by water.

Sweet. AiMesh now fully supported by Asus-Merlin.

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wow great, will back home and flash merlin later.

any short review?