First rule buying a router/wifi ap: make sure it is supported by openwrt
The only routers i have are or have been supplied by my isp. My main wifi is handled by an old unifi ap. If i was in the market for one, openwrt would be a requirement
Auch! First thing i do when / if changing provider is ask if their ārouterā can be programmed as bridge only. If not, then goodbye, brotherā¦
I have my own router, (a number of them actually, connected in a Mesh) which is ājust a bitā more powerful than that cheap sh*t from providers which is very good on paper, but generally a piece of cr**p in real world.
First rule buying a router/wifi ap: make sure it is supported by openwrt
True. I only have Asus routers which can be loaded with Merlin custom FW (asus based, but heavily customized and upgraded). Having stock FW is good enough for ānormalā user only. I guess that this makes us āabnormalā users thenā¦ 
(ok, letās say āadvancedā).