but I did find it mildly difficult to port forward/set static IPs and change some other simple settings

It's like giving all your devices static IPs in the router and not having to go to each device to do it.

If you like assigning static IPs to your devices, you should consider this router

You can setup static IPs to utilize a VPN (if not familiar this would allow you to connect anywhere in the world through the static IP address through the internet which you can connect to your personal network or just use your own personal internet, essentially this is very secure)

since i change my old router with this one i no longer have coverage problems inside my house

Most important I no longer get any dropped connections or lag and speeds are super fast and flawless

Average throughput right now is 1MB/s, although it has operated as fast as 10MB/s at times.

Variance (sudden transient dips in signal strength) were especially troublesome while streaming audio/video signals through media devices and “smart” TV’s.

We have two iPhones, two iPads, two laptops, one desktop, a Surface Pro4, smart TV’s and smart thermostat

As of today I have the following WiFi-enabled devices at home: 2 Smart TV’s; 5 Smartphones; 3 wireless tablets; 3 laptops; a graphics desktop computer; 3 wireless TiVo’s; 5 wireless printers; a WiFi garage door opener; a WiFi thermostat; two types of video security systems plus a WiFi enabled perimeter alarm system; a WiFi multi-room audio system; 3 digital cameras that utilize WiFi, 2 Harmony WiFi remote control systems and yes even more.