>Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab

The problem with UBNT isnt that they aren't great for your homelab. They are.

The problem with UBNT is people think "Great for my homelab" is the same as "I can run important infrastructure on this"

The problem with UBNT/Mikrotik is that people bring homelab level skills to complex infrastructure projects and then make a shocked face when they get hacked.