Reviewing after 6 months use. I haven't had a negative issue with it yet. Works as it should and I am getting 200 mbps speed. It is easy to access the menu and make changes to servers etc. I have been an expressVPN customer for over 3 years and have no complaints. Customer service is top notch.

The set up was easy, basic configurations and controls work nicely for my needs, the connection is reliable and my xBox was more than happy to hook into it as well. I've got three Apple devices, two TVs and the one gaming console hooked up, and it was easy-peasy to get it all going. The catch is this, and it was one of the main reasons that I bought the unit to begin with so I suspect that the reason for a higher than normal rate of returns according to Amazon is this - it doesn't work with Roku. It works within all of my paid apps that I have on my Roku TV. I can still use Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+ and YouTube Premium with the Aircove, but the Roku selections and Live TV options which were so very convenient and my primary access point for much of what I watch just lock up and do nothing. It's just me here in my home, so I've adjusted my viewing habits and am now using my laptop for much more of my viewing, but if you've got more than one person - like a wife and children - I'd say 'ugh' if your household likes the Roku offerings.Again, it seems to be a great product and provides me with the additional security and anonymity that I was looking for and functionally the Aircove is performing perfectly, but if you are looking to use it with Roku in any sort of meaningful way on your television, just be prepared to change your viewing habits, because it does not work in the same way with Roku. Again, all of my paid apps still work internally, but the Roku functions are obviously secured in a different way and will not start.Overall, for me, a good purchase and I'm not sending mine back because of the Roku issue as I have adjusted myself to work along with the unit and it works perfectly. But, as I've explained, and ExpressVPN should probably explain pretty clearly before purchase, it kinda sorta kills Roku functionality.

Easy to set up. Delivers as promised. I can set a different vpn location per user group. And it is FAST.

Ok, These routers can be either straight forward to setup and use or they will not connect. Firstly these routers should come in a black box, the box will have an Aircove ExpressVPN RED sleeve cover around the box, and finally the whole package should be sealed and wrapped in the clingfilm clear wrap, unopened straight from the factory. If your router does not come in this state and looks opened and used. Then i would 100% send it back because if you have setup problems, then you don't know whether the router is faulty or your home setup is the issue. Can be a real headache.Next you have to look at your ISP router that the internet company gave you. Go into it's setup and turn off the wireless router and router functionality. You just want it to behave as a modem.Next you want to connect your ExpressVPN router via its internet port to a free port on the router that you now have setup as a modem. Some ISP routers have a special port you can only use to connect to another router. Others don't care. You can connect to any port. Most will allow you to connect to any port.Next go into the Aircove router SETUP menu via its wireless username and password. You can connect via a LAN cable but it does not make a difference. When you open up the browser you should type in expressvpnrouter.com or 192.168.132.1. This will lead you into the wizard that will guide you through the setup.Now this is where you can have problems.As the wizard goes through, the first thing it will do is try to connect to the internet via your ISP modem port. If it succeeds then your in business. You can carry on and complete the installation and you are protected by ExpressVPN (Make sure you login in and turn the VPN ON within the router SETUP menu.) The ExpressVPN router light will go from a flashing light to a steady ON light.If it does not connect, Then first check the Aircove router AircoveOS software version. I have found ver 4.7.5.4443 works, is stable and allows the router to connect to the internet. In fact i had a router with ver 4.0 OS SW. It did not connect to the internet. I updated it to 5.x.x (latest). It did not connect to the internet. I then updated the OS SW to 4.7.5.4443. The router connected to the internet and worked correctly. Therefore if your router has older OS SW. It is worth updating the OS SW to the latest version 5.x.x. This can be done within the router setup SW. If this does not work. Then download 4.7.5.4443 OS SW. This version should get the router connected to the internet.The file can be downloaded from ExpressVPN website link for the 4.7.5.4443 OS SW.One final point if you are using two ExpressVPN Aircove routers like i am. Then the "IP address" and "First client IP address" cannot be the same on both routers. Both router's will come with the default IP address 192.168.132.1 and First client IP address 192.168.132.10. You can go into the router setup menu and go to menu option Network Settings, then go into Local Network settings. Then change the "IP address" under Aircove IP setup title, from 192.168.132.1 to for example 192.168.142.1. Under DHCP server title, the "First client IP address" will automatically change to 192.168.142.10. Save the setting and away you go. Remember when you log back into the second ExpressVPN Aircove router. Its IP address for access to the SETUP menu will now be 192.168.142.1 NOT 192.168.132.1.Overall the routers have been excellent, with good speed and connection. Within the SETUP menu there are also options to check the router is protecting you. Hope this guide helps those of you struggling to setup the router.

It replaced my Apple Ariport Base which worked flawlessly for years. The Aircove is simple to setup and the interface to choose which devices to be bundled together or no VPN or cut of access to internet all together to some other devices works very easy. BUT from day one my internet connection became unreliable. Everything would be fine for a few days and then no internet--none whatsoever. At times changing the CPN protocol can help or changing the city server can help but at other time nothing helps. I am now back on my Apple router until I can figure out the reason why this last time the router stoped working. This last episode just happened and I was not even able to connect to the router to see whatswhat... This is very disappointing. This router has a good idea to have VPN and make it esy to protect yourself but evidently this product isn't ready for the market yet. Back to the drawing board folks...Also-I I tried to resolve my issue with ExpressVPN and the customer service was of no help at all . If you bvuy this device, use it at your own risk. If anything goes wrong, you are on your own!

Le routeur que j'ai commandé n'est pas neuf et j'ai payé le plein tarif, le code QR à l'arrière du routeur n'est plus valideEt en prime quand je l'ai déballé à l'intérieur j'ai eu plein de petits morceaux de plastique qui se sont éparpillés partout dans le carton...Il y avait deux vulgaires morceaux de scotch pour donner l'impression que le carton est neufPour le prix c'est une grosse déception

The nice thing about this product is that it is fast, and it has built in VPN! Now ExpressVPN please, a mesh solution!

This is a very expensive piece of junk. You cannot even set up a wireless printer to the router. There isn't even a WPS button! Their tech support is equally useless - thanking me for my suggestion for a future feature. The product manager who let this one out of the building deserves defenestration.

My initial two months of using the Aircove router from ExpressVPN have been very positive, and I recommend it as a general-purpose secure router that is extremely simple to set up.Jumping on the introductory discount of the ExpressVPN Aircove was a snap decision as a continuing expressVPN subscriber. It fit all the requirements I has for an internal home router. I already had a two-year-old WiFi5/WPA2 mesh router which provides adequate coverage in my 1300 sq-ft split-level home without requiring any satellite routers, but I wanted to move to WPA3 security for my devices that support it and VPN coverage for devices that that couldn't run expressVPN.1. SecurityNow that all of our phones and laptops support WPA3, it was time to move to make the painless upgrade to our WIFI security. I routinely noted unknown devices probing my WiFi5/WPA2 router and figured that a concerted attack was just a matter of time. I continue to use that router as my edge router for untrusted devices that I own such as smart TVs and smart home switches used for trivial functions like outdoor holiday lighting. Since most of these devices are confined to the GUEST network, penetration of any one of them is of little concern.2. ConvenienceI found the Aircove's setup to be the easiest I've ever encountered after several decades of using routers from industry leaders. It was literally a 5-minute process.An even bigger convenience factor is that the expressVPN software running on the router eliminates the frequent task of downloading and installing expressVPN updates to stay-at-home devices. I have yet to verify that the expressVPN in the router auto-updates, but even if that claim is not met, updating it manually is still a great time saver over updating my many devices with several different Operating Systems.PerformanceAs a non-gamer, I do not choose to pay for 1Gb internet service. Still, I like getting the bandwidth that I'm paying for even while protecting my devices with a VPN. Having the router spend cycles doing the the encryption and decryption degrades latency vrs having no VPN but has little effect on throughput, and allows those CPU cycles to freed up on all my devices that no longer have to run the VPN to get that protection while in my home. Given all this, a serious gamer should have a high-performance gaming router as the edge router but may want to seriously consider the Aircove as an internal router for a non-gaming network of devices.SupportAlthough this is expressVPN's first foray into selling routers, there is reason to expect better support for this product since most of it's users are paying $100/yr for the expressvpn subscription.Hardware QualityAlthough not a huge name in the home router market, the Chinese company that manufactures the hardware has a solid reputation for quality and support.PriceAt roughly half the price of comparatively powerful WiFi6/WPA3 routers that run ExpressVPN or anything of comparable quality, this purchase was a no-brainer.FeaturesAs I indicated before, the lack of GUEST network support is justified by the main goals of this router, but is alleviated when used as an internal router where an edge router supplies a GUEST network. The Aircove is also poor in the bells and whistles such as Parent Controls. Having no minor children in my home makes that a non-issue, besides, if I didn't trust my children, they would be confined to the edge router or even to it's GUEST network.There is no suite of security tools such as some companies provide on the premier routers, but I never found such to be very useful compared to just having a modicum of vigilance in reviewing your connection logs.The Aircove sports four ethernet ports in addition to the WAN port, which should be plenty in the WiFi-intensive world we live in. If not, unmanaged switches are very inexpensive.There is no USB port, which I also consider reasonable for an internal security router. If I want a low-security file-sharing device, it would make more sence to put it on the edge router. If you don't use an edge router or yours lacks a USB port,for $50 you can use something like PLEX on a RaspberryPI to flexibly share media on either your high security Aircove network or on the low security edge router network at the cost of tying up one ethernet port or buying a switch or via WiFi if you must waste wireless bandwidth in that fashion. A Roku Ultra can supply a subset of those features, as well.A minor plus feature is the four foldable antennae. This makes the Aircove a passable travel router. This works particularly well for me as it leaves the edge router behind with all the functionality that the dog/house sitter is permitted.CriticismsThere is not much to say here. WiFi 6E or 7 will be nice when our devices start supporting it. Support for other emerging wireless smart home standards would be nice, as well. The Aircove is not a mesh hub, but I could attach additional Aircoves to satellites of my mesh edge router if needed.My biggest beef is that expressVPN running on my devices runs afoul of the expressVPN running on the Aircove. The ability to list devices by hardware MAC address that should be exempted from the VPN in the Aircove is a good feature but does not help with computers that are dual-bootable where one of the OSs is auto-launching expressvpn and another is not, perhaps because it is not available for that OS. Also, I'd like to see arbitration so that the device with the later version of expressVPN wins, or if they are the same that the device yields to the Aircove. Better yet, the arbitration policy could be configurable on a device-by-device basis with the default being as previously suggested.Finally, this is a criticism only in the positive sense: the Aircove seems to boot and come on line with the VPN active remarkably quickly: an indication of it's powerful processor and efficient software.