I currently run an x3000 at home for an internet backup on T-Mobile via Calyx and occasionally travel with it.
I saw the release of the mudi 7 recently and it has me curious about upgrading or at least having it as a portable device when I travel as the x3000 is kind of a pain to travel with.
I am curious to see how its performing but havent seen a ton of information online about it. I understand it has more RAM, a better CPU and an updated/better cellular modem with more 5G antennas (although internal) so it sounds like a solid upgrade.
Would love to hear from anyone that moved from the x3000 to the mudi 7 on latency and general speeds.
It’s what you wanted when you bought the x3000 if you travel with it. I own both. Latency and speed is location dependent but being able to put the Mudi 7 wherever needed with or without a battery bank to get the best signal is convenient. WiFi upgrades are a gift from above along with all the other updated hardware. If your asking the question, I presume you already know the answer. Do it.
p.s. I’m on T-Mobile also.
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Go for it yes, mudi so far passed all the tests i have put it through. Mind you am not always on the wing but where i needed a reliable fast connection it delivered
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But if you use Repeater mode, then Guest WiFi stops working right?
I’m debating the same thing. I just bought the Spitz but am having 2nd thoughts, might return it considering the cost isn’t much more. For my use case it would be stationary at home to take advantage of the 5G failover. Only things making me hesitate are thermals in the small form factor and the lack of a native LAN port, but I guess I could get an USBC to ethernet adapter
I’d be curious how the Mudi compares to the X3000 in areas with low signal strength. We camp a lot in areas with weak signal where our X3000 will provide decent speeds despite our phones struggling to get a signal.
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I have both Spitz AX and the Mudi 7. I don’t camp, I commute daily on train with the Mudi 7 and only used the Spitz AX during road trips. The Mudi 7 just has faster cellular performance and long battery, and doesn’t get hot. I am selling the Spitz AX now because I just did a 8hr roadtrip 1 way the mudi 7 on battery still had 40% battery left, and doesn’t get hot, just a little warm to the touch. On road trips I carry an Anker Solix C200DC power bank, and didn’t need to splash the Mudi 7, the entire family was connected to the Mudi 7 streaming etc, doing work and didn’t even make the Mudi 7 sweat. It’s more portable, more convenient, faster, and fits in a bag with vanilla usb-c PD power input. Just threw it on the dash for the entire trip and never turned it off until the destination was reached 8hr later. Im also on TMO in US.
The Spitz AX can hit 300-400mbs, the Mudi 7 can hit 500-600mbs both same location in my bedroom. Its a big improvement in performance for huge savings in size.
It appears proper 5G failover mode is coming to the Mudi 7 (passthrough mode like a normal modem) so the value will greatly increase once the update appears if you have an advanced router setup (unifi)
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This is my concern as well. We will see! I ordered it.
Your comment sold me. I ordered it and cant wait to test it. The lack of external antennas by default worried me but every other aspect was better than the x3000 so I figured it would at least be comparable with speeds and latency. Its good to hear you're seeing faster speeds.
Wait, 5g failover doesn’t work on Mudi 7 at this point? Can you expand on that?
Pass through sends you public WAN IPv4 and IPv6 addresses through to the primary router like a traditional modem. Currently the use case would involve double NAT where you're handing addresses from the private DHCP pool to your main router.
This still functions but can cause issues with some use cases like port forwarding. For most users its a none issue
I see. So it basically requires using Tailscale as of now to get access to the 5G connection during a failover scenario?
Not unless you needed to access local resources externally.
Yes, guest wifi is not available when mudi-7 is repeating.
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I got the Mudi 7 in and here’s my first impressions. The size and build quality are insane, its perfect, and the screen just makes everything that much easier to use. The included case is nice, and smaller than what you would think. USBc charging is a huge upgrade. And overall the software seems more polished.
I will play with the device more but initial report on service with T-Mobile through Calyx:
- Signal Strength remains the same compared to the x3000 (full signal strength 5GUC)
- Latency is a bit worse at ~60 vs ~45 on the x3000.
- Speed has been roughly the same but a couple speed tests were higher than the x3000.
When I have some more time I want to test latency sensitive tasks to see how it compares and also dive a bit deeper on the speeds. Overall, for me this product makes more sense and im very happy with my purchase so far.