As much as I love your products, I miss the smaller size of travel routers such as Brume, Slate and Creta.
The form factor and shell these products had was a great compromise of features and portability. The only reason I never got them was for future proofing, ie they all had Micro USB rather than USB C.
For the same reason I am not interested in your Mango or Shadow.
Whilst I really want one of Slate AX, Slate Plus, Opal, Beryl etc the form factor of this is just a bit too big.
I want a travel router because it’s very small and portable. These are starting to become a bit too big.
I travel abroad 4 times a month, and I was waiting for you to release a 5G router rather than buying the Puli 4G.
Unfortunately same problem again. The Puli AX is very large, bulky, and unsightly.
Do you think the shell of the Slate/Creta/Brume could be revived but with USB C?
Brume and Brume-W are both on the End of Life list:
For now I am living with older GL iNet routers with Micro-USB power. On my Slate, Creta, Shadows, and n300 I have added a drop of epoxy to the Micro-USB connector on the router to fortify it, and they all are still working. I’m looking at other solutions for my future travel router needs, as GL iNet no longer seems interested in small form-factor routers.
Please read the entire post, not only the first sentence. I already said that extra bands are useful
If glinet would have devices for all uses then this topic wouldn’t be created
USB Micro-B is old, but it was never EU “common charger” standard
I understand that you like Flint and that you want something bigger like… Asus, but believe it or not, there are people who need travel routers that are smaller in size
I tought we were saying random stuff about new technologies.
Yes, of course I’d like a smartphone-sized travel router, but that’s mudi: relatively expensive, no 5GHz, etc etc… There’s a reason the smaller routers are small: they use less power. It’s the same reason Slate AX has an actual fan inside.
This topic is about a good replacement for Slate / Creta. Mudi cannot be a replacement for it, because it is bigger, has battery, has NO RJ45 port, it cannot run tailscale (at least there will be no official support) etc.
Yes, there is a reason why some routers are small, this is one of the reasons why I said that there is no need for AX in travel routers
Glinet 5G router ( Spitz AX and Puli AX) is better if you use it at home or if you use it in a remote location
At the moment Glinet doesn’t have a 5G travel router, however you can use a 5G Phone and tethering
One of the reason why people like Glinet is because their software is based on OpenWrt and the most common settings can be done - using the easy to use Glinet interface
For me the length and width aren’t as important in form factor (example I use a 15 inch air)
I would however definitely like to see the return of THIN travel routers with low thickness. Previously the routers could go in a small pocket in bag. The current generation of GL-Inet routers has to go in the main compartment of any bag/backpack.
For example the Brume and Slate were 2.5cm thick.
The TP Link Nano is only 1.8cm thick!
GL-iNets competitors the Mango/Shadow are 2.5cm thick.
Come on GL-iNet please give us a travel router like Brume/Slate but with 2cm thickness, USB C and all your usual wonderful features
The TP-Link Nano was what started me on Gl.Inet. The fact that the firmware was way out of date and there hadn’t been an update for ages and the fact that the firmware was so restrictive. if you look at the units side by side , they’re not all that different especially for the additional funcationality you get (software and hardware) for the extra size.
