Turris Omnia

Hello everyone,

I noticed an article on engadget linking to an idiegogo funding page for a self-updating (mostly security) openwrt(based?) router by cz.nic (the administrators for the .cz domain) after a couple of prototypes in the czech republic (and a relatively long beta/test period) - the Turris Omnia.
After reading a bit about it and seeing their presentation at the openwrt summit, i have to say, this intrigues me.
If security updates will indeed be consistent and they properly test their firmware like they're promising, it seems like a good 'set and forget' solution instead of waiting for OEM companies to post firmware or manually flashing (potentially unstable) open source firmware when it becomes available.
The price is a bit steep for me so i'm still waiting to see what other features they'll implement via the indiegogo page, although when you compare it to similar class routers it isn't much more expensive and arguably offers more for the money.
The only caveat (aside from the price) is what information they actually collect about the network and traffic.

I'd like to read your opinions on this, did anyone buy into this already? what do you think of the concept?
(I wasn't sure if this forums is the right one or the wired routers.. but since they offer both wired and wireless i figured here is fine as well)

I read that article yesterday. I was initially enthusiastic about it but then I started having second thoughts. Yes, it sounds good on paper, specs and all. But what about the firmware and the Wi-Fi stability? This is not tested enough, and buying it may mean you get a mess of unstable software and a bad experience.

That's what i initially thought as well, but from their talk on the openwrt summit it seems like they're actually testing the firmware before releasing. i recommend listening to that, i found it interesting.

@charlie2alpha - follow up on your rightfully concerns regarding the Turris Omnia router project. End of 2015, I was concerned too, whether such a small organization would be able to pull of such an ambitious project. Nevertheless, I was willing to loose my money and signed up as one of the thousends of bakers of their initial crowd sourcing campaing. Yes, it took the team much longer to develop and manufacture the router but finally, since October 2016 they shipped it. Now, after a few months running the device and going through several interations of software OS updates I truly can confirm .... they did a great job and the router is one of the best on the market. Stable, high-performace, very-powerful and very-flexible. E.g. I replaced the two pre-installed mPCIe wifi modules with much more powerful once and get a fantastic signal coverage at my home.

I truly applaud this small non-profit team from the Cezch republic for building such a nice product.

Most of us skilled and advanced users already have a better router. I myself have a mikrotik CCR1036 so i dont really see the point of getting this router.

However a router that runs openwrt that you can upgrade as it has mini PCIe slots and has SFP is a good thing. If the router was more affordable and supported more IO like sata (or more sata) and if even the ram can be upgraded it can hit the spotlight if they show it to the right people and bring it to CES.

Like @Shimo , i also ended up backing them on indegogo and have been using it for around 3 months now.
Best router i've had so far in terms of stability and maintainability, especially for the price, probably better than most if not all consumer devices - stable openwrt and frequently updated.
Comparing it to the mikrotik might not be fair, since it's costs 4x as much, but for a small home network it's very good.