The Brume 2 fit a MT7981B! The Brume 2 has an excellent chassis size, and incredible performance, but it lacks wifi. Something in that size with wifi, even with a quarter of its performance, would be a killer product.
I don’t think we’d need something with the performance of ipq6000 in something the size of the Mango/Shadow. But a refresh with ANY dual band wifi, USB C and ANY faster processor than the 10+ year SKU would make for a great product. Or at least something in between the Shadow and the Beryl AX, as there is currently an enormous size gap between the two in the current GL Inet product line.
I think Gl Inet got so caught up in increasing the specs, which are already way beyond what most users expect in an ultraportable router, that the product vision got lost in the process. As evident from recycling the bulky Slate Plus / Beryl cases for at least 5 similar products. Igoring that the majority of the market that was looking at the OG Slate and hoping to upgrade would simply find ALL upgrade paths to be too big and heavy.