Customer Ratings & Reviews

Had doubts that the device would work as I had heard and read mixed reports. In my experience, my signal was probably “bumped up” by 30-50%. In addition to the increased signal, I love the ease of creating and monitoring the devices on my network as well as the guest network. The ability to limit individual devices is also a plus.

We love the signal we get with our Orbi. We have a 4000 sq ft home main level and basement and always have a strong signal. We use iPhones, tablets, sling on 4 TVs, 2 computers and gaming. We place one upstairs and one down. Made a big difference in streaming for us. Easy to set up.

I've always been pretty happy with Netgear, but I did a lot of research before making this purchase because it's expensive, but I also wanted to "future proof" myself as much as possible. I narrowed it down to this or Google WiFi, but MU-MIMO availability, and brand familiarity made the difference in the end. I've been really happy with the speed and range of the Orbi.

I was able to improve the WiFi coverage in my home but not as much as I had hoped. I have good coverage where the devices are and decent coverage in between. But coverage directly below the devices is not great specially for the 2.4ghz band. I probably needed one more of the devices to get full coverage I was expecting. I am not sure if the price was worth it. But I did keep it

The latest thing in Wifi for the home is MESH networking where the little access nodes chat with each over--like cell phone towers do when they hand your call off as you drive down road. If you put enough of them in your house you'll have coverage everywhere. I bought into it and purchased a LUMA system. Set up was easy, and best of all, it worked. However, my family still complained of "dropped" internet connections, and poor coverage in spots. I had 3 units in my 2700 sqft house--supposedly enough. I too noticed the wifi signals had a tendency to drop off quickly and while my speedtest.net speeds were well within the promised range of my internet provider--they weren't stellar. So, I put an ORBI in. Major difference. Same deal--I purchased a 2 pack and ordered up a 2nd satellite unit. Haven't heard any complaints about dropped connections, Coverage to my patio is excellent, and SpeedTest.net times are through the roof! While there is an ORBI app, the best way to admin the set up is via the web page--it's pretty much like any other NetGear network router. 4 stars. Missed 5 by lack of built in parental controls (it's there in the set up, but done via a proxy thing as I recall from previous netgear setups) and a pain to work with--LUMA outclassed Orbi in this regard. also, the units, while clean and sleek looking are kinda big--not really able to hide them easily. Final recommendation... buy it if you're looking to expand your wifi or need better coverage and speeds over some of the mesh products. It's good.

Very easy setup compared to other mesh systems I have tried to use in the past but ended up returning them to the store because I could not get them to work. I am receiving the fasted speeds with Orbi than I have with any other router. Love my Orbi!

Rated 4 stars due to it being a bit pricey. Originally, i had the X8. Had to return the netgear X8 cause of 2.4g instability issues. Guy at Best Buy recommend I go with this one. So far, so good. I Have great wifi throughout my decent sized home. I also have a lot of wifi devices and wired devices. NAS, game systems, 4k TVs, roku's, ipads, laptops cell phones, ip cameras, wifi thermostat... it can handle everything.

Had this system for a year. It has been truly great. Very fast all over the house. Router is on one side and the satellite is upstairs in the middle. We get nearly the same speed everywhere. Replaced a Nighthawk that had trouble reaching the far side of the house.

Provides full speed wireless throughout my entire home. Definitely way better than my previous router and the router from the cable company.

We purchased another product and had to return it. This orbi was amazing to install and the units are really cool to look at in your home.

This made all the difference in our signal in and outside of our house. Best way to connect your smart home without losing signal strength.

Love that I can plug my computer directly into the satellite router. My computer, plugged into the satellite gets 300 mbps for internet speed rather than the 50-70 mbps it was getting prior to my installing the ORBI. Very pleased, excellent internet speeds throughout our 4 bedroom house. Very easy to set up in our home!

Great system! Lightning fried my last Orbi router so I bought this one to pair up w the other satellites. We stream all 5 tv's in our house & these have no problem keeping up. 4 stars bc of the inflated price if you have to purchase an individual satellite, be sure you buy enough the first time.

This system was easy to set up and solved my Wifi dead spot issues. I read plenty of reviews and decided the Orbi was right for me. Glad I did. I have a 4,000 sqft home. I put the main Orbi on the main level on one side of the house and the satellite on the other, now Wifi everywhere.

bought this after a friend recommended it. It was a 5 minute setup and we now have wifi throughout our house. pricey? yes. but so worth it

Considering our household has 5 gaming PCs and multiple smart home devices, this WiFi maintains an Mbps of 100-200 per computer. It isn't intermittent in the connection which was a huge issue with our previous standard router. It was also extremely easy to set up! I'm very happy with this product!

I have now purchased 2 of these units with one additional satellite for 2 different homes as well as the eero system for another home. In the past, I have used a combination of PowerLine networking with a separate wireless router configured as an access point or used wireless repeaters to try and cover each home completely. However, my family's wireless devices had to be set up to access at least 2 SSID's with this method and the network speed was always significantly less when not connected to the main router's wireless and within 100 feet of that point. The Netgear units deliver much better performance as long as the main unit can be located so it provides adequate signal to any satellites, but the installation is more difficult since all units require a manual firmware update out of the box with the units in the same room during this process. Although, the eero system delivers enough performance for 1080p streaming with an easier setup and automatic updates, your network connection between your wireless devices for file transfers and gaming won't receive the same level of performance as with the Netgear units. If you have high speed internet with greater than 50 x 20 speeds, you won't be able to receive your full speeds without keeping the units fairly close together (< 40 feet).

I live in a medium sized two story house with lots of dead spots. My internet speeds are high in the office on the second floor (380 mbps), but low downstairs in the family room (12-20 mbps) where we stream movies. After installing the Orbi, in getting almost the same speeds downstairs as I am in the office. Easy install, and great performance.

This product is great and it installed very quickly. The instructions were very good and everyone should be able to install this device.

My house is a little under 3000 sq ft and my first floor is concrete.. my nighthawk wasn’t cutting it. I needed something to push through the concrete walls and reach the dead zones upstairs. I tried the rbk 20 but it didn’t give me my ISP’s full potential speeds. I went one up and, wow. The rbk 50 blasted through the concrete walls and upstairs. The satellite included helped with the dead zones upstairs...there were none. I have full bars all over my house, even on the back porch (we spend a lot of time out there). The only reason I gave this router 4 stars is because I needed to tweak the settings and change the frequency channel because it was I interrupting a lot of Bluetooth in the house and I had to turn down the radio broadcasting to 50% on the 5ghz and 25% on the 2ghz due to the devices that moved around the house often (phones, tablets, etc) were connecting to the furthest router/satellite and giving me poor signal and even dropping the wifi. Once this was done, it was fixed...but you shouldn’t have to tweak anything for this price. Anyway, works really well for concrete houses and large spaces. Would recommend.