• Reviews around smell (1.44 of 5)

    ARRIS SURFboard SB6183 Modem 16x4 Docsis 3.0 Cable Modem- Retail Packaging- White

    • Both began emitting a strange smell after about two weeks of use
    • My wife and I were trying to identify the odd smell for weeks.
    • It started to give off a bad plastic burning smell, and was very hot to touch
    • The customer service rep had the balls to tell me that cable modems having a funny smell is normal
    • Not only that, but just recently, like others here, I have noticed a horribly funky smell in my room
    • The foul smell was burnt plastic
    • No noticeable odd smells as some have reported.
    • Unfortunately, after 3 months, I realized an unpleasant burning plastic smell that I'd been noticing for weeks was coming from this modem
    • about a week ago i've noticed a weird chemical smell that smelled like something between BO and burnt plastic
    • On the forth day there was a slight electronic burning smell omitting from my basement where the modem was located
    • It emits a burning plastic chemical smell
    • After three months, it is emitting a strong body odor smell.
    • This product started smelling like burning plastic
    • Not only that, but just recently, like others here, I have noticed a horribly funky smell in my room
    • However in the last few days it has started to overheat and emit a strange smell
    • However, just this month I couldn't figure out what the terrible burning smell was in my house
    • Unfortunately after 3 months of use (conveniently outside of manufacture warranty), I began smelling a very bad "Body Odor" type smell by my desk
    • Many folks are commenting about this strange smell
    • Google this model with ""bad smell" or similar phrases you will see others having the same problem.
    • I smell rat too in addition to a burning smell!
    • My husband and I spent weeks trying to figure out where this terrible body odor smell was coming from.
    • Fast forward 8 hours later and going down into the basement to get something and upon opening the door a VERY strong burning smell was now present
    • It is a wierd smell that smells liike burning and body odor, and it makes me REALLY nervous
    • P.S. Reminiscing to not too long ago, when 30 mb/s was considered "fast", and now I'm cruising at 30 MB/s...