Two week review R3

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Background for context -  R1/ R2 / XR500 with Duma OS owner and now R3 owner . UK resident Northern England

SKY ISP 62 DL 18 UL  property 2 storey house .  Game of choice Call of Duty - nothing else played 

DASHBOARD

Great layout and OS extremely fast and responsive , much better than any of the previous routers . Also provide easy access to some of the more important functions direct from dashboard . Its also says good morning to me before any of the family wake up

WIFI

The reason I bought the XR500  sometime back was the WIFI on R2 was did not deliver to the whole property , the XR500

Was an improvement but I still could not get decent service on the second floor and the family moaned like hell , I eventually gave up and used the SKY router for WIFI which meant I have never had all the household  devices running on duma . That has now changed !!  For the  two  weeks without issue all devices are added to the R3 and absolutely no complaints from anyone in the family . I did prioritise my wife’s iPad to be safe !!  This R3 even connects to my Tesla in the front drive  and updates are quicker for the car , previously with the SKY router I needed a third party extender positioned on the 1st floor at the front on the house . This a massive HIT for me !! 

SMART BOOST

Works fantastically well and does what it says on the tin . Gaming / Xbox / Wife iPad and Phone all prioritised and

No issues

 

GEO FILTER

So Netduma state the phrase “game changer “ gets thrown around a lot within the industry , with reference to the Steady Ping function.   OMG they are on the money with this one , for the whole two weeks my game play has been a smooth as butter with great hit detection . Previously I had always used the polygon around the London servers as they had the lowest ping , now I noticed with the R3 that it can’t ping those servers or that is what it says on the right side of the geo where the ping stabiliser sits . So when I play on those servers I have a normal experience nothing special .   So I used the Polygon on Amsterdam and France which are on a higher ping but the stabiliser clearly kicks in and I see the graph working .  This is where I am  experiencing without doubt the best experience on COD in many  years . No exageration game after game after game , first couple of days I was thinking placebo effect but now over a two weeks  later I know it’s the Voodoo geo !! And no doubt the smart boost contributing also especially now I have the whole house on the network with what is ,  let’s be honest is pretty poor UL and DL …. Average for the UK !!

Ping Optimiser

Well documented it does not work ,  I set sliders to 75/75 for now until this is patched . First couple of days I lost the ping stabaliser and had to do a factory reset which is always a chore !! however the router has been up and running for 11 days now ,  that really is the only complaints  for me

General

The R3 I feel is pretty much plug and play with some slight set up tweaks which is great ,  I felt with the R2 I tinkered it to death always looking for the best combination . The R3 is much more user friendly and far less tinkering required 

Team Netduma

Netduma are no longer the same start up as when I first stumbled across them and purchased the R1 , however they are still a small company with much less resources than the globals , yet in my opinion the are out performing them their customer service second to none 

and  much more accessible and engaged than the so called competitors ,and the forum is brilliant with lots of knowledgeable duma dudes  . You don’t get that experience with any of the larger competitors . My view is the R3 is by far the best on the market for gaming in any price range

Well done Duma Team !!👋

 

[Netduma Fraser]

Thank you for the detailed review, awesome to hear you're enjoying it so much! The points you raised will get sorted so it'll just keep getting better and better!