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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Definitely buy.
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Super easy to set up, and puts outs perfect uninterrupted speeds. My house is 4100 sq ft and im getting coverage all over my 1.1 acre lot. I was only getting 90 mbps before upgrading.
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Great coverage for a 2100 sqft house on a fiber optic network. We do have a ton of devices though so it may hiccup once every now and then when several devices are demanding a lot of attention. App works great too with easy setup.
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Orbit system is very good. Gives me fast internet wifi throughout the house where the velop failed. The only thing is that all the features parental control, malware security are behind pay wall.
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Pretty flawless performance-wise. In the 3 weeks since I bought these, the connection has dropped/required a restart maybe once. The armor protection notifications from the app are annoying and the additional protections will cost you extra. That's not communicated up front, so it's something to be mindful of.
So far, I'm very happy with the performance. I have a 2 story home, and the second floor now has speeds that are on part with the first floor where the modem is set up.
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Tldr: Good, fast unit, but any power outage will require a factory reset.
Setup easy. Same as my 8 years-old Orbi. But first disappointment was to find out that it only supports 2 SSIDs. Because I couldn't find that info in the specs, I asked the AI bot on the Netgear site and it clearly promised me that the router would support 3 SSIDs (main, guest, iot). What a lie! And it kept insisting when I asked again after buying the setup. Ok I thought, let's use the guest network and move on.
Next challenge was to position the satellites, They really didn't like the same spots as my old Orbis. Very finicky about placement. But I finally got them places that made them happy.
When all was done, I had some pretty good network speed. About 650mb/s for the far away satellite and 870mb/s close to the main unit.
So far so good ... until contractors tripped a line. That cut the internet for the main wifi SSID, and even cut off any access to the admin interface. Turned out later that even cable connection doesn't work. I finally did a factory reset and recreated all my settings (takes at least 1h).
Next day we have a storm. Power outage again. Factory reset again. I call customer service to ask if it's maybe a faulty unit. And since it's a stormy day, another power outage comes and goes while on the phone and the router is bricked again. And guess what: customer service figures out that the unit is bricked, asks me to do a factory reset and do all my settings again. At the end (because the router was working) they said something like "good, the router is working, can we do anything else for you?" I explain them why the spent time was useless, but that was useless.
After the call I thought that before returning the router, I'll at least apply the settings that I saved after the last reset. And guess what - when I did that it bricked the router again!!! That makes for 4 factory resets in 2 days. I so had it.
But for people who don't have power outages and never configure the router beyond the admin password, it might be a viable choice.
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Works fantastic. Had a little issue setting it up but after that have had fast speeds 600 mbs and much better coverage then my previous generation Google wifi mesh. Using a 3 unit orbi set up for 3800 sq ft. Probably could have got away with 2 but 3 is great for coverage on patio and garage. Heck I get coverage across the street at my neighbors house.
My favorite moment was when my son was downloading a 15Gb Xbox game and we had 3 or 4 other devices on line and didn't even notice. Previously we would have seen a serious lag and associated complaining from my kids.
So far love it. Had it for 2 weeks at this point.
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I would have given this item.Five stars had to set up, not been horrific. I was on the phone with a tech for 2 hours trying to get this unit to work. The main unit hooked up famously. But the satellites would not connect. This is my second orby system. I had similar issues with the first one. But once you get them working, they are as strong and solid as any mesh system out there. Full coverage throughout my 2500 sq ft home
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We have used Orbi for almost 15 years. Easy and works! Let me explain. The base and satellites reach our entire house (3,500 sqft) and easily our yard. The system is smart and easy to setup guest WiFi, monitor all connected devices and the Armor protection gives us an extra protection level. One of the unexpected benefits is the ability to swap out Orbi products within minutes. Everything is well thought out and having bought them all at Best Buy has been great too. Strongly recommend for coverage, ease, options, great app and all around piece of mind.
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I had an older Netgear orbi mesh system for four and a half years and it finally went out. I tried other brands but I went back to Netgear because it works the best. In our 2,000 ft house coverage is fantastic. We can game and do 4K TV everywhere without any problems. The only kick is the security software in parental controls you have to pay for which is the standard with pretty much any of them anymore
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The Orbi Netgear Wifi mesh router is a very good system. It was easy to set up and has been working well for a little over a month now. It covers my home well, The signal seems to be at full power throughout my home. It provides excellent throughput for basic streaming and video conferencing functions. I am not a heavy (gaming) user but it does really well on everything I want to do.
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Purchased the Orbi 750 to take the place of a Netgear Nighthawk that would not provide a strong enough signal consistently for streaming. Fought buffering issues that has been eliminated by this update. Easy setup and transition between the two systems. You won't be disappointed.
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Setup was a breeze and much easier than I expected. So far it works great. Too early to render an opinion if it completely solves my problems with the Spectrum router but so far so good.
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I’ve delayed upgrading my router for way too long fearing it would be an incredible hassle. But this Orbi mesh system made it simple with absolutely no issues. Perfect guidance to help set up. And not very expensive!
After years of frustrating WiFi lapses is amazing to have the same high speeds throughout my house.
I do have to get used to not see a light showing the network is on — lights on the unit indicate only if there is a problem.
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This has been the best router I have owned so far. Set up was the quickest and most simple of any other routers that I have owned. This router is great for big homes or 2 story houses. I have had no issues getting WiFi through out my entire house since I put this router in my home.