Is the GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 Opal travel router worth it?

Here's the part the box doesn't spell out: this isn't stripped-down travel router firmware, it's OpenWrt, meaning it's a real Linux router shrunk to pocket size. Because of that, it can run an actual VPN client, OpenVPN or WireGuard, at the router itself instead of as an app on your phone. That's the whole trick: every device you connect to it, laptop, phone, a work tablet, even a security camera, gets wrapped in that VPN automatically, with no per-device app to install or re-toggle at 6am before a flight. There's a physical switch on the case for flipping that VPN on and off once you've set it up in the admin panel. In repeater mode, it takes whatever public wifi is in the room, wired or wireless, and rebroadcasts it as your own private network, so your devices never actually touch the original hotspot. The dual-band radio splits the load, 2.4GHz for email and browsing, 5GHz for anything heavier, and the three gigabit ports let you wire in a device that needs a stable link instead of trusting the air.