NETGEAR Orbi 970 Series Quad-Band WiFi 7 Mesh Network System (RBE973S), Router 2 Satellite Extenders, Covers Up to 10,000 sq. ft., 200 Devices, 10 Gig Internet Port, BE27000 802.11be (Up to 27Gbps)

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

If you're tired of battling unreliable wifi and crave a network that just works, the orbi 970 mesh system is the way to go.

Signal strength is great. Using all 3 covers my front & back yards along with my garage. Great coverage throughout the house, and even faster. While gaming/streaming and working on big data - i have not had any drop offs or data disconnects.

The more i study the user manual, the more features i find that simplify and expand my use of netgear’* mesh network. One feature i did not anticipate needing, but now can't imagine living without, is the built-in robust security system. The garage li... Read More

Cons

More than once the firmware has been buggy and it's incredibly difficult to rollback/disable updates. After 6 months of usage i find myself needing to do a full reset on all three units because i'm locked out from too many failed login attempts. The a... Read More

There is no option to disable 6ghz and or set mlo network. Wasted a couple of days rebooting the orbi from the app or by unplugging the power. Orbi claims it supports both 5 ghz and 2.

Netgear needlessly limits the functionality of its flagship mesh wifi router. The product has a short one year warranty, that breaks unannounced.

As soon as orbi is plugged in, it throttles down to the 90's. I get speeds below 1 mbps, while the router is getting 900 mbps. I guess it makes no difference if the bottleneck is the speed comcast delivers to your home.

Their orbi stuff continues to be categorically awful. If something happens to your main orbi router then there is no use of nodes. This orbi wifi 7 system is way overpriced for being so dysfunctional.

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Quality

Really easy to set up, no problems with it and nice and fast wifi

We have excellent coverage, high speeds and no issues.

Speed, connectivity is not issuing anymore love my orbi 970 quad-ban wi-fi 7 mesh system!

After several days of lost work time without the ability to make video calls (and even when i could it was on my mobile hotspot... Read More

Price

Very happy with my orbi mesh purchase and get one now as the prices have come down!

Been having problems with my old wifi router and decided to get this, although it is price it definitely boosted my wifi, and t... Read More

For equipment at this price point it's unacceptable (in my opinion) that so little effort was put into this aspect of the overa... Read More

I won’t be looking back at the “cheaper” headaches.

Shipping

I already noticed much faster speed and refresh rates.

I had some trouble setting up the satellite, but their customer service helped me get it up and going quickly.

Packaging/appearance

Setup of the 970s took about 10 minutes, with half of that time taken up by removing them from the very nice packaging.

Competitiveness

Netgear's equipment is pricy but it's working far better than my parents' eero.

Having no backwards compatibility between minor firmware upgrades is simply inexcusable from a company the size of netgear.

This is coming from someone who has spent thousands of dollars on the newest, badest, routers and range extenders with absolute... Read More

No comparison, the orbi system is so much better and i’m confident it will last much longer.

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This product had a total of 4,650 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 10 2024.