Which Wi-Fi router to choose?

Question

ASUS

Hello!
Please help me choose a Wi-Fi router for my home according to the following parameters:
- Room area less than 40m²
- Good stock firmware, no need to install alternative
ones - Timely firmware updates (including global vulnerabilities), long-term manufacturer support -
VPN support
- Guest network
- Gigabit ports
-Good built-in firewall
-Ability to automatically configure on first start
What options I found:
-MikroTik hAP ac2 (Might be too complicated for me)
-Ubiquiti AirCube AC ​​or AmpliFi HD Mesh Router (Might be a bad firewall)
-ASUS RT- AC66U B1 (Perhaps you need to install an alternative firmware)
-Xiaomi Mi Wi-Fi Router 3G or 4 (It may be necessary to install an alternative firmware)
-Keenetic Giga (I didn’t encounter it at all)
I would be very grateful for any criticism, suggestions, other options

Answer 1

Microt, take what suits your hardware.
As for the settings, no matter how it was, and even if it’s difficult, then again, you will need to set it up at home once and forget it, there’s simply no need to climb there every day.
Asus and xiaomi are better off immediately, they are worthy only with wrt firmware.
Kenetik, well, top and pre-top ones are worthy, easy to set up BUT there are a lot of glitches.
Personally, I have a completely micro-network, kenetic giga3 (kn1010) is used only as a miniserver because of usb3.0 and 2.0 ports, a usb-raid controller with a couple of screws will be thrown in. (foreseeing the comments why not vegetable and fruit pi in variations, it just turned out to be more convenient, everything in the case is no frills and there is enough functionality with a bang)