NETGEAR Orbi Outdoor Tri-Band Mesh Satellite WiFi Extender (RBS50Y), Works Best with Orbi RBK50 WiFi Mesh Systems, Adds up to 2,500 sq. ft. Coverage, AC3000 (Up to 3Gbps)

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Pros

Mesh router is perfect for my 2500 sqf home. Reaches far out into my detached garage where i have my nighthawk hardwired into.

Cons

The orbi is expensive with questionable reliability. It feels cheap and plastic and fails to deal with any amount of obstruction. Just more money down the tube.

Orbi wifi works great, but the app is primitive and very very limited. The orbi router has issues where every time it auto updates the firmware, the router begins to reset itself every hour or so until you factory reset it.

Out of four different tech support calls, all of them have mysteriously dropped and nobody has called back yet. I have zero confidence that it will continue to do so. They're trying to leverage their legacy by promoting cheap hardware with their legac... Read More

Coverage is not as good as advertised. With satellites and a centrally located hub, the signal is weak everywhere but the room hosting the main hub. Backyard range is horrible and it only covers 1/4 of my backyard.

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Quality

Recently installed an orbi mesh wifi stystem and have greatly enjoyed the product.

Replacing my prior router with the orbi mesh was very easy.

Initially the set up seemed very simple, but the internet never worked on the orbi as i'm sure our isp router was interfering w... Read More

Shipping

Installed the mesh system and internet was super fast.

I had a older wifi that was so slow.

Packaging/appearance

Was getting around 45-100 mbs now i am running speeds in the 300mbs.

Competitiveness

I was having coverage issues with my old tp-link router.

Seeing a lot of reviews complaining about differences between the router’s speedtest versus a speedtest from a device connected... Read More

) strong signal reach outside as far as 100ft.

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This product had a total of 18,126 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 11 2023.