Basic things to consider when buying the best Mobile WiFi router for you

A Mobile WiFi router is a portable and small wireless hotspot that connects you to the internet connection without plugging in to the electricity. Portable WiFi routers work without any cable and these routers vital when you are traveling or you are not near an outlet to plug your router. These days, choosing the best mobile WiFi router is harder because of competition among manufactures and marketing terms used by them. So, we intend to give you some tips for picking the best mobile WiFi router for yourself.

1. Locked or Unlocked

If you buying a WiFi router for cheap, most of the time it would be locked for an Internet Service Provider (ISP). So, we suggest you go for an unlocked router as you would be able to change ISP whenever you want.

2. Number of devices that could connect with the router at once

Usually, one router allows a minimum of 5 devices to connect with it at once. This could vary up to 20 as the router get advanced. You need to assess possible connections you would use and then have to pick a router according to that.

3. Battery of Router

How far the battery of the router will last is a major factor to consider when buying a portable WiFi router. It depends according to the model. There are routers in the market that battery could last up to 4 hours to 10 hours or more. You should buy a router with better battery capacity which gives you many hours to connect to the internet without plugging.

4. User-friendliness

Anything we do will make easy by software. Most of the router manufacturers have introduced their own Android or iOS application software to make customers’ life easy. You can manage WiFi connection, change password, and view details like battery life, remaining data, number of connected devices using the app. So, you have to consider having a supportive smartphone app while picking a router.

Same as any other electronic device, you should also consider having a warranty of a minimum of 6 months or customer service after your buy.

5. WiFi Standard

WiFi standard is a thing related to the router’s WiFi speed and frequency. There are 802.11 b/g/n/ac routers in the market. Routers with 802.11ac standard are the latest model developed. We suggest you buy a router not less than WiFi 4 standard as WiFi 4 routers use both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz while having a WiFi speed of 100 Mbps.

6. WiFi frequency band

WiFi routers usually work with two frequencies, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Some routers named single-band routers work with only 2.4 GHz while dual-band routers work with both 2.4 GHz and 5GHz frequencies. But Actually, there is another router type besides those two, which is called the tri-band router. The only distinction between tri-band routers and dual-band routers is that tri-band routers use an additional 5GHz frequency which having better coverage and connectivity. So, we recommend you buy a dual-band router or tri-band router.

7. Having USB ports

Having at least one USB port is vital these days. Then you could be able to connect a printer or any other external storage device to the wireless router. This will help you to share files in and out from external devices, even you will be able to connect an old desktop to the internet by plugging it with the router through a USB cable. We prefer you to consider a router with a USB 3.0 port since there are routers in the market with USB-Type C ports also.

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