Need to decide between TP-Link Archer C6 & Tenda AC10

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I need to buy a dual band gigabit router under 3k and i have been researching for the same since past 2 days
All around the internet & even in this forum , Archer C6 seems to the one recommended most/defacto king . It seemed like a easy blind buy to me until one of my friend recommended Tenda AC10 as a better alternative , then i saw bunch of direct speedtest comparison between these 2 on YouTube & was quite shocked with the results . On paper both are having exactly same spec but actual tests told a very different story

1)Tenda AC10 vs Archer C6 v2

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Result - Archer C6 v2 is outperformed by Tenda AC10 by a very good margin . I didn't expected so much difference , archer seemed like a joke in front Tenda here

2) Tenda AC10 vs Archer C6 v2 vs Archer C6 v3 vs Few others

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Result - Here also Tenda AC10 outperformed both Archer C6 v2 & v3 by comfortable margins
( Archer C6 v3 has improved over v2 apparently still nowhere near Tenda AC10'S numbers )

Except just the one the speedtest comparison at first which was done like way too close to the router in which both routers perfomed equally good , Tenda AC10 performed way better be it 2.4ghz or 5 ghz band across all tests . There are bunch of other vidoes too on YouTube claiming Tenda AC10 having lot better coverage & speed than Archer C6 but lets leave them , the ones i gave are good enough tests to put forward my point . If the Tenda AC10 is so much better than Archer C6 , then why isn't it even half as much know or acclaimed like the Archer C6's are ? Why doesn't anyone talk about Tenda AC10 if they are really so good , something doesn't feel right to me . Possibly someone having used both these routers will be able to clear this up properly

What do all of you guys have to say about this ? Do all the tests in the video look reliable enough to base a purchase decision over it ? I am really stuck at this point . Its safe to say that way too many people use Archer C6 here it being so popular , don't you guys get speed drops like shown in the video ?

On another note , I am definitely open to suggestions for different options apart from these 2 within my budget
 
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@Mayankp7 Btw have you found any other video regarding Tenda AC10 v3 apart from that one you had shared , I can't seem to find any other . Sure all the super positive ones are about v2 but for v3 there's just one negative as far as i have searched , few more reviews on v3 would have been provided better conclusion tbh
 
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The issue is, 90% of the people who’ve got the Tenda don’t seem to be aware about the v1 v2 v3 shenanigan. AFAIK the v3 launched fairly recently so there’s not a good amount of reviews for it but the once I found including the Flipkart reviews, point towards it being a god awful update.

Also if you search Tenda AC10 on Flipkart there’s like 7 different listings for it, two of which are Flipkart certified sellers. One of them is ~₹2500 and the other is ~₹2900 god knows which one’s which.
 
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@Mayankp7 that's quite messed up situation ;-; . I did researched further for an hour yesterday but there's really nothing else we can go for. I think there's only one thing we can do now - Just order the Tenda from fk , test it for few days . If satisfied enough , end of story . If not , order a Archer C6 alongside for parallel testing & return the inferior one. Technically can also order both Tenda & Archer together lel but i think first option is better
 
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@Mayankp7
Fair enough xd
I will possibly try to get both together if i can find some trick using which i can guarantee return lol . Primarily there's replacement only available so its bit risky to get both together . Maybe i should go with Archer first as well since the possibility of Tenda v3 being crap is lot higher than Archer C6 . Only available reviews of Tenda v3 are very negative & atleast Archer v3 has enough reviews only showing it bit lesser performant than Tenda v2 in range but still decent enough in general & its also better in other things atleast like firmware , app etc
 
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