Unifi U6 LR VS Unifi U6 Pro

In this video we do a comparison between the Ubiquiti Unifi 6 LR and the Unifi 6 Pro . Both of these APs are capable of WIFI 6. I do a bunch of test and then take a look at the results to see who wins

U6 Pro video:

Evan Mccan WIFI spread sheet

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Intro 0:00
Specs of U6 Pro and U6 LR 1:00
Speed test , iPerf and OpenSpeedTest 2:49
Ubiquiti WIFI Man test 5:06
Whos the Winner? 6:50
Final thoughts 7:11

[KevinReinartz]

I have been happy with my U6LR, it is the only access point currently operating in my roughly 3000sqft single story house with 96% wifi experience with 50 devices.

[jrobbio]

Thank you for the comprehensive review. The db information really helped allow me to give a comparison to my own setup. I have a single UnifiHD Nano and it's struggling on the fringes of the house because I couldn't get it wired up centrally, so hoping to mesh and backhaul with the U6 pro addition.

[danydepp]

The choose is simple:
-If you need 2.4Ghz only/morelike devices then go for LR 4x4 mimo on 2.4ghz=180usd.
-If you need 5Ghz only/morelike devices then go for PRO 4x4 mimo on 5ghz=150usd.
Also U6 LR is MediocreTek and U6 PRO is Qualcom. My current setup is AC LR with Qualcom and it's wonderful.

[Woodworking]

Well the 6 LRs I have in my house are awesome, but glad to see UI continuing to develop great hardware.

[Margucci]

One thing I noticed and why i chose to go with the LR over the pro is because of the 4.4 on 2.4GHz. i had a couple of old APs and one was 2x2 and the other was 4x4 on 2.4 and I noticed a much higher retry rate and sometimes disconnections in my home of IoT stuff which I have exclusively on 2.4. going with 4x4 on 2.4 just just for that was well worth it for me over what would likely be (and seems to be) a slight speed increase on 5ghz going with the pro.

of course ymmv, but for my use case it works well. i have anything I care about performance on a SSID which is only operating on 5ghz. and then all my IoT stuff and things I don't care about performance on is on another SSID locked to 2.4GHz.

[jamiebushey]

Great info, however i am interested in the strength over distance. By name i would assume the LR has better distance. I am upgrading a small business that has several small buildings and trying to get coverage to the most area with less. They don't want AP's all over and I don't like having them in guess rooms for them to play around with.

[nodaks]

Any chance to test these in mesh mode one from the basement to upstairs and the db loss?

[jarjarbaggins]

On my home I went from an AC Lite to a U6-LR-US. I didn’t know the Pro 6 was coming out. I’m happy with my U6-LR-US

[ComputerProMedia]

Great video Cody! I'm really hoping the HD Wifi6 unit comes out soon :p

[Onii-chans-neko]

So what makes the pro $30 cheaper? considering it won in most test?

[holmiumh]

Really appreciate your effort. BTW I don't want to be that guy but please be aware that dBm and dB are not interchangeable.

[TheWshmstr]

Thank you for the great video. Now I'm planing to buy PRO or LR, but since antenna design is important. Where should I put this to cover all 3 storeys of the building? Second storey or the top storey?

[xVertigo]

Does Ubiquity make unifi white patch panels?

If not where can I buy some white patch panels or maybe a snap on skin?

[matthewshaffer]

How are you able to purchase these in bulk? I’m maxed out at 4 on the store.

[zomgoose]

How is coverage in a 2-storey house if the AP is installed on the main floor? Does the signal radiate to the upper floor and basement equally, or is it stronger downward to the basement?

Currently running an ASUS RT-AC68U with Tomato firmware that covers the entire house. Would the Ubiquiti 6 Pro be a lot stronger in all directions?

[mrijohn]

Do you know if this access point will mount to the same mount as the AC-Pro?

[JamesMCrutchley]

Great video. Can't buy any wifi 6 AP's from unifi. They have them listed but have had none for sale on unifi store in Canada this year. I have checked every couple of days since April 2021. Never seen it for sale. Sold out. It's vapour ware and does not exist! I don't think the company is doing that well either. They don't have hardware for sale and most of the product listings are sold out and have been for the entire year!

[antonterekhov]

Hi Cody, great video, thank you a lot for comparison.
Did you place the LR and Pro APs in the same locations during your tests? I ask because of the strange iPerf pattern. It's ok that Pro wins, but it's a weird that LR has better result for the basement than main floor. Maybe you have some interference?
Thanks

[carlnakamura]

Hey Cody, it would be really useful to have a comparison of the newer 6 LR/Pro with the older NanoHD to understant what to expect if upgrading.

[hdtvkeith]

Hmm, great comparison, but interesting results. I wonder if the iPhone 11 WiFi 6 chipset is the best test. I have 2 laptops that have the Intel AX201 WiFi 6 chipset and I can nearly saturate the gb NIC in the U6-LR from 15 feet away and 2 walls. I upgraded from NanoHD and I find I get better coverage in all the extremes of my home. I also do not see when Ubiquiti says the LR is only 2x2 on 160MHz channel in their docs. Regardless, using 160MHz is probably better since most devices don't support more than 2x2 anyway. I run 160MHz and can routinely almost max my internet (750-850mbs out of 1gb). I have 20-30 devices at any time (13+ are 5GHz and 5 are WiFi6) I think 160Mhz is better than leverage 4.x4 MIMO unless they are all very busy clients.