# Ubiquiti Flex Mini 2.5G

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Ubiquiti Flex Mini 2.5G and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a small, affordable PoE switch with VLAN support and good performance, and it works well outdoors. The most common caveat is that some units fail to adopt into UniFi and some drop frames under load.

## Why people recommend it

- Affordable small PoE switch (2 comments): "I can't find any other small PoE powered switches for a similar cost." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47321043)) "Performance is good. Overall good and affordable piece of equipment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950065))
- Solid performance, rock-solid uptime (2 comments): "Performance is good. Overall good and affordable piece of equipment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950065)) "My flex has been rock solid and it's outside." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944665))

## What people warn about

- Fails to adopt into UniFi (1 comments): "I've never had one successfully be adopted by Unifi. No idea why." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50104652))
- Drops frames under moderate load (2 comments): "They heavily drop frames under even moderate loads (well under 2gbit)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944351)) "All the Flex swithes I tried glitched" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949580))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [MikroTik switch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mikrotik-switches.md): 14 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ubiquiti+USW+Flex+Mini+2.5G&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ubiquiti Flex Mini 2.5G", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ubiquiti-flex-mini-2-5g/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).