I can agree that enterprise equipment will provide a better experience (as far as functionality goes). Most home use folks don't
need commercial grade equipment. Consumer grade equipment lasts at least a few years (the good ones) and it's usually time to upgrade at that point anyhow. It depends on what you need out of it, though. Here's my experiences:
Linksys - Stay away from them completely. Even before Belkin bought them, those units had issues with dropping clients left and right. Range is mediocre at best.
Belkin - See above statement. I like that the units have a setting to, effectively, reboot the router once every {insert recurrence time here}, but I've not seen this work very well and it still ends up needing power-cycles more often than not. I haven't seen any models that really impressed me on range or stability.
Netgear - Good solid router, but some select models have seen their issues as well. Stay away from certain models as mentioned above. The Nighthawks are over-priced for the performance. Any of the consumer level equipment of theirs will work great for an access point (I've used tons of the WNR2000 models as APs). Netgear's enterprise equipment works really well and I've never had a single issue with them.
Asus - Tons of features and, depending on the model, adjustable power level. I've had excellent experience with range on the signals as well. The GUI makes for an almost Apple-like simplified setup... an almost follow-the-bouncing-ball type experience. Their AP's also seem to hold up quite well.
TP-Link - I've not personally used these yet, but I believe the Archer C7 is going to be my next router at home. It's benchmarks have surpassed most other routers and the price is way lower than those of Asus and Netgear. The benchmarks include testing on range, throughput, etc. It DOES lack a few features, such as QoS and VPN. As long as you don't need those, this would also be a good choice.
Here's a link to check out what seems to be a pretty thorough review. Many of my peers agree with the reviews listed here:
The Best Wi-Fi Router (for Most People) | The Wirecutter