Feedback for R7000 New firmware 1.0.9.18

So, to state the obvious, there's nothing worse that inconsistent results that cannot be reliably duplicated.  In my case, turning off Guest WiFi has somewhat stabilized my WiFi.  I'm still experiencing sporadic slowness, but not 100% of the time.  I'm on 1.0.9.14.

I'm more inclined to replace the router with another manufacturer than put Advanced Tomato on my 7000.  I'm concerned that the hardware has been damaged.

Just to give everyone a bit of an update, Netgear Support did reach out to me.  Because of some confusion over which account I used to register my router there was some delay.  I have uploaded debug logs to the ticket, but that just happened today.  Hopefully they'll see something, but I'd expect another week or two before we see another release of any kind.

I'll be limping through usage until then or until I see the router I am monitoring go on sale.  I'd like to stay with Netgear, but this whole ordeal has made me question my loyalty.  If they manage to fix this before I see a sale, that would probably get me to stay.  There is a group of friends I see daily at work.  We all have the R7000.  We were closed for the last week, so we haven't discussed this issue for a couple weeks.  I'll be curious to see if they are also experiencing the issues.

While all of this has been frustrating, I can't help but see the irony that the very reason I bought and stayed with Netgear -- that they actually issue patches! -- is what has burned me.  I don't see me going to many of the consumer manufacturers because of their commoditizing of the product -- ignoring it once the sale has been made.

I'll send updates as I have them.  If anyone else has been contacted by Netgear support, I'd be curious where you stand.

Yup.. Seems like the only things that work so far are:

-Flash Firmware with Tomato

-Buy different brand router