I needed to replace a previous version of the Nighthawk and chose the RAX50. This router is powerful - I get signal halfway down my street - and the Nighthawk app makes it incredibly easy to manage. It's a great value for the money, too.
I bought a refurbished unit and was hesitant to do so. But the router practically set itself up (via the Nighthawk App). Just got Ting fiber, so I wanted a serious router for serious speed. Be sure to top this off with Cat 6 cable, for the fastest throughput. No complaints after two weeks. Would buy again.
Used to have about 192ms while gaming with our old router since me and my brother would be playing at the same time. However, after getting this RAX50 router, my ping dropped down to an average 30-35ms. I love how easy it was to install and configure, as well as all the security features. Worth every single penny.
After initial install I ran the speed test on my cell phone and got a 243 Mb download speed. Did a new download of 6.5 Gb on my X Box X in 2.5 min. The install was very easy using my cell phone.