I use the Nintendo Switch.

I’m quite partial to to-link and ubiquti

I’ve got pfsense coming into the house, and then ubiquiti throughout.

Anything running open wrt. I have 4 different devices with ooenwrt on them and they justseamlessly works greatt .

I might cop some flack but I use Cisco, they’re rock solid, last for years and just work with minimal issues and I’ve not run into problems with hardware under performing or firmware bugs like I have on others.

That said, Ubiquiti makes fantastic hardware, I believe Mikrotik does too.

You can absolutely buy open hardware that allows you to install custom switching OS; Dell and Mellanox make them as do many other manufacturers (I think even Facebook has a hardware switch, not that I’d buy it lol). One of the more common OS to install on them is Cumulus Linux and a lot of these use “spine leaf” topologies.

Trust isn’t the right word (I don’t really trust any vendor), but I’m using TP-Link Jetstream, just because of their price point.

Layer-3 managed with CLI for dirt cheap. And they work with tp-link omada APs, if you’re into that kind of thing.

I used to be a big netgear fan. But they had a lot of connections with the nsa. So now I use tplink for everything since they’re a great cheaper brand. But they’re chinese, so I traded one invasive country for another