I love Merlin, too. The best deal for budget users is to get the AC1900 but as the T-Mobile version. It can be found for about $60 and and you'll need a few ho

I love Merlin, too. The best deal for budget users is to get the AC1900 but as the T-Mobile version. It can be found for about $60 and and you'll need a few hours to flash the Merlin software over the TMobile firmware. Best router I've ever had, and I run it with a PiHole on a Pi 3.