They'll have to go back I think :-( I can't justify £30 a year for ever so slightly faster WiFi.

  @Coups 

Wireless / WiFi coverage doesnt get longer in range by adding more power, its related to antenna size and not as simple as power draw.   I have APs that cost over £1000 each and offer no more range vs a cheap £50 AP..

Capacity however, thats a different thing.   The x60 is vastly improved and more powerful vs the e4, not just in WiFi speed but capacity and channel widths.   As with all enhancements, more performance is going to use more power..

If you feel £30 per year to too much to run these, then thats your call to make.   Just bear in mind that the e4 is older technology now, so while WiFi speed is not an issue for you now, with FTTP becoming more standard you will need to upgrade to WiFi6 eventually to maintain the speeds.

 @Philbert thanks for the info. I've reverted back to the E4's and whilst I appreciate they're old tech, I can't really tell any difference (our broadband is the bottleneck), so I'll stick with them until such a time I need to upgrade.

  @Coups 

Yeah if your WAN is the slow bit, then really no need to go for the X range.     AC WiFi is fine for up to 500mbps, once you pass that your WiFi will start to become the bottleneck

Philbert wrote

  @Coups 

 

Yeah if your WAN is the slow bit, then really no need to go for the X range.     AC WiFi is fine for up to 500mbps, once you pass that your WiFi will start to become the bottleneck

 

 

  @Philbert 

With one caveat: he said he has Deco mesh with E4 units, those have 100Mbps Ethernet ports. Which will be the limit of Internet link speed, even if WiFi component of E4 can support up to 500Mbps.

  @Alexandre. That's good to know, thank you. I hadn't considered the ethernet ports.

  @Alexandre. 

Cheers Alexandre, good catch!

Yes I hadnt considered that fact, 100% it will affect the performance.   Well remembered that they are 100, totally slipped my mind!