Great router and really good signal coverage. It does not have the IPTV bug unlike the RT-AC86U.

Pricing is at around RM8XX but get full 3 years warranty and support from ASUS MY.

Ranked just 1 position below RT-AC86U by SNB.
https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/rankers/router/view

Is it still worth it to get RT-AC68U from China considering ASUS selling it at RM779 nowadays with 3 years one to one exchange warranty.

https://s.lazada.com.my/s.LYVm

Wow, I guess the only concern is warranty and minor WiFi band differences.

I see more complaints with failure on China RT-AC86U.

If you want to get RT-AC68U from Taobao, might as well get RT-AC66U locally.

RT-AC66U is on par with RT-AC68U and it will perform better than RT-AC68U from Taobao.

I notice much lower failure rate but there's no way to measure this as I there are more people buying RT-AC86U from Taobao.

Many people still not aware that routers from CHINA have much lower transmit power resulting in smaller WiFi coverage.

Changing the region in professional settings wouldn't change transmit power, that only change the available channels.

China maximum EIRP is only up to 200mW while SKMM permits up to 1W for 5Ghz.

I do notice significantly lower reports of RT-AC86U bought locally having issues.

But ASUS provide 3 years 1-to-1 warranty so just whack them if anything happen.

WiFi is non-ionizing radiation.

But the consolation prize is worst signal coverage.

Try a different LAN cable.

Merlin added some features which may be handy for some. But I stick with official firmware as it is slightly more stable to me.

There’s better VPN support and I found the temperature reading to be handy.

Merlin also comes with better fq_codel QoS but it is irrelevant for Unifi unless you’re still on Streamyx.

Of course, you can go full hardcore with ad block and many other features.

Mind to show how the page looks like with the firmware version?