What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The orbi mesh connects to the internet via a modem or router. It has four sockets for cable connection to pc’s etc. Follow the simple setup steps on the app and your good to go.
Cons
This is a costly system but the quality no longer reflects the price. Don't believe review sites where they have affiliate links and prices. I really regrets purchasing this brand and will ensure that any many people know about this.
Satellites have to be within 8 meter of base station/router for good coverage. No thick stone walls, in fact most are stud walls. There is no indication of how strong the transmitter is in the documentation.
Mesh network itself is sluggish and keeps dropping when moving between areas/satellites. Once a device has an ip address it will hold onto it and orbi will not allocate the reserved ip addres.
Satellites continuously flashes white & blue as if trying to apply a firmware update. Tried resetting and factory defaults and ensuring latest firmeware installed. Perhaps just a faulty unit but anyway. Had to tweak a lot of the settings to help f... Read More
After sale support is unbelievably bad. Not really for non-technical people. Very basic functionality.
Highlights
Quality
This provides superb wifi coverage and speed to make the most of full fibre connection.
Very easy to set-up with the app and satellite placement was fairly simple it is definitely worth trying a few spots to get the... Read More
It is clearly a powerful mesh and in the most part has managed to extend our wifi coverage to all parts of the house.
About once every 24 hours, it stops working.
Price
I’ve stuck with it because of how much i paid for it, but it is a source of frustration.
Packaging/appearance
I had a initial issue trying to get my sky q mini boxes to connect via the orbi hub, but found this was an issue with the mini ... Read More
Competitiveness
We had another popular brand and it wouldn't keep all the devices connected or help with black spots in the house but this bran... Read More
I purchased the router + 1 satellite to replace my existing bt whole home setup of smart hub + 3 satellites.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 3,839 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 21 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I hsve had this product for nearly two years now and it has been nothing but excellenet in operation and reliability
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Coverage here had been non existent from my exsiting virgin media hub which is notorious for providing poor reception
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had a initial issue trying to get my sky q mini boxes to connect via the orbi hub but found this was an issue with the mini box iteself and not the orbi system
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can now get wifi in the garden and the garage which was never possible with my isp’s basic unit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Having used power line adaptors to extend my network across the house for the past 15 years which sort of did the job but would occasionally be glitchy i decided to go for the orbi mesh system
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My initial concerns that it would not be able to cover the area i need with a stable wifi we’re totally unfounded and now it has been active for a month i am happy to write a review
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Wish there were more ethernets though
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have now had this for over a year
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