• Reviews around speed (4.13 of 5)

    NETGEAR Orbi Ultra-Performance Whole Home Mesh WiFi System - fastest WiFi router and single satellite extender with speeds up to 3 Gbps over 5,000 sq. feet, AC3000 (RBK50)

    • I tried this system out instead of a more powerful single router for my 750sqft apartment, mind you my apartment is tiny, the system had good speed but the satellite would lose connection frequently enough to be annoying
    • Consistent good speed
    • Consistently fast speeds everywhere.
    • I dead zones and consistent speeds everywhere in the home
    • Coverage all over my house now and speed is consistent from basement to second story
    • Constant fast speeds to all my devices, zero regrets with my purchase!
    • Solved all deep spot issues in our house and the speed has been outstanding.
    • Overall, I have no regrets so far with this purchase, and would highly recommend this product to those looking for a router with great speed and range.
    • Fast speeds easy hook up
    • How can you go wrong with consistant top speed and rock solid connection through your entire house, its a first for
    • Easy set up...great speeds.
    • First off, the speed and performance are fantastic
    • Significantly faster download speed than out previous wifi router.
    • Easy to set up and the speeds and coverage are outstanding
    • We are able to stream videos on several TVs at once without degradation - before I was using Apple airport with an airport express as an extender - the speed and reliability is much better with Orbi
    • Best WiFi coverage and speed I've ever had + Easiest Setup too
    • Great performance, great speed and
    • I have struggled to get decent connections speeds through out my home and this definitely solved my dilemma.
    • The Orbi RBK50 was easy to setup and provides excellent speed and range throughout a three level house.
    • Great coverage much much better speed
    • satellite).When it works, everything reports good signal, speeds are fantastic
    • Great speeds, and easy set-up
    • Coverage exceeded my expectations and the speed was the fastest I
    • Provides better coverage and speed then any other solutions I have tried to include Powerline adapters upstairs.
    • They maintain contact flawlessly and I get very nice speeds through the entire house, including the basement
    • Really bumped range and speed
    • Consistent speeds of 350mb+ down everywhere, including out by the shed.
    • The Orbi WiFi System has managed to resolve all my coverage issues throughout my home, as well as improve the speed and performance of my internet service
    • The Orbi WiFi System has managed to resolve all my coverage issues throughout my home, as well as improve the speed and performance of my internet service
    • Speed tests through the Orbi App and through web based Speedtest sites all show outstanding uoload/download speeds
    • We tried a powerline adapter which helped coverage slightly, speeds were drastically slower
    • I get the same incredible speed
    • Tried a few solutions (extenders, etc.) but speeds were still spotty and slow
    • I've tried multiple systems to improve not just the reach of my home's WIFI, but also the overall speed
    • Even get good speed in our detached apartment with the ability to quickly set up a guest network
    • Tried 3 different AT&T standard modem/routers - but none of them were able to provide full coverage of my home (either dropped connections or experienced very slow speeds further away from the router).
    • I was initially very impressed with this product---delivered solid download speeds throughout the home with very little loss--until two weeks ago, when the download speeds dropped around 75 percent
    • Impressed with the ease of set up and the much improved and consistent speeds we're now getting throughout our house and patio
    • I can even put one satellite in the front house on my property and still have good speed’s down there where as Linksys looses Quality of signal and connection all together
    • It’s super easy to setup and my speeds in
    • Fast and constant speeds.
    • Full power, great speed, on all under one router name to sign in on
    • Awesome speeds!
    • I use this system to cover nearly 4000 sq ft across the floors with no dead spots and great speeds with no additional satellites.
    • This thing was pretty fast, I was getting pretty consistent 500mb speeds from a 1GB connection.
    • So this might slow down your data transfer speeds.
    • Speed is just as fast as anywhere in the house as well.
    • It barely boosted the speed or coverage in my home
    • The improved download speed to what we had before is unbelievable.
    • We were having trouble getting good wifi speeds throughout our house until we purchased the orbi system.
    • So, in summary:- unstable internet speed on WiFi often dropping to almost standstill (0.15 mbps)
    • Actually, this is the first time that my devices capable of the speed have been able to take advantage of the fast internet speeds I pay extra for.
    • It improved my WiFi speed throughout my home
    • My net is a lot stronger,quicker and faster download speeds!!
    • But, not only do I have better coverage from the orbi, but I'm getting faster download speeds over WiFi
    • My solution was to put back my Asus RT-AC68U and Bam, everything is back to normal... not the best coverage and speed in the house but at least it's working
    • I get good coverage & fast speeds over my 3 level/4000 sq ft house (including good coverage on back deck)
    • The Orbi gives me great speed and coverage.
    • Before, the fastest speed I was getting was standing right next to the gateway in my den at 56.7.
    • BUT this system functions beautifully and the speeds are incredible
    • Speed is great
    • across 3 floors amazing coverage and speed
    • On my previous Asus AC3100 I was getting download speeds of 45-65Mbps with a bit slower speeds upstairs
    • I get great speed everywhere
    • Easy router to setup and excellent coverage and speed
    • Incredible speeds, easy setup, great coverage, zero deadspots in 2400+ square foot home
    • Great speeds everywhere in this very difficult 4,300 sqft. house.
    • I have no need to run a hardline to my office due to the fantastic speed and performance of the Orbi
    • I highly recommend this system to anyone looking to get consistent high speeds throughout their house.
    • Next, the speeds I am getting as measured by speedtest.net, are much faster than even my Netgear 8500 router
    • Absolutely recommend this setup, I upgraded from a Linksys WRT 1900 wireless router that routinely slowed my connection speeds to 25-30 MBs/sec download when I was paying for 125
    • The router and satellite give me much better WiFi speeds, but the app needs a lot of improvement.
    • Orbi works great, easy setup, great speeds.
    • This blows away the speeds I was getting on the default router I received when the circuit was originally installed.
    • I walked our entire property (.76 acres) and got great speeds/signal everywhere
    • Once I got it setup, worked for months with great speeds (why I bought it) and then a firmware update causes satellite drops through the day with only recovery to reboot/resync to get 10 maybe 20mins of connectivity before the next disconnect
    • This is the best and fastest wifi network system I've ever experienced with consistent speed
    • I have high speed internet and work
    • We got this to replace the stock Verizon router/modem because we were going all streaming and wanted more reliable coverage and speed since our router was now going to be responsible for probably 15-20 devices (TVs, laptops, phones, streaming devices, AND Wi-Fi phone calls)
    • The speed on the WiFi is incredible and provides a solid signal throughout my home
    • Not only do I get excellent coverage the speed throughout is fantastic
    • And the speed around the house is excellent.
    • Did you know that if your download speed is fast enough, they actually show you a special screen asking you to use a program specifically to test for really fast speeds
    • The range is great, the speed is fantastic and setup was a breeze.
    • Using Netflix and YouTube is much better on the Orbi because of the good signal bringing fast download speeds.
    • But with the Orbi Mesh (I have only two units), all corners of my house (and 150 feet around the house) are at "5 bars" and the speed is 95% of the top speed coming out of my modem
    • Easy setup and fastest speeds I've seen with no more dead spots
    • The speeds are fast, and the signal reliable,
    • I came from another router with WiFi ac but my speeds are better with the orbi
    • Awesome coverage and triband speeds are outstanding
    • All these wasted years, when I thought my internet provider was to blame for my poor speeds, it was my internal wifi that was ruining everything
    • Blazing fast speeds all over the house
    • It has been difficult to get decent speeds from some of the best single routers out there to the basement below my master bedroom (three walls and a ceiling).
    • Great coverage and amazing speed.
    • Incredible speed.
    • Loving the speed!
    • Better coverage and better speed on all three levels of our property and throughout the 4,000 SF
    • I tried a range extender which helped but still had slow speeds
    • I have put Orbi in many properties and it delivers great range and great speeds
    • The Orbi AC3000 is super easy to setup and amazing speed.
    • Last night with Orbi I got an excellent speed test 100 out of 100 Mbps while streaming Netflix and a XboxOne online game was being played.
    • Simple setup, blazing fast speeds, very impressed and pleased so far.
    • The Orbi is awesome - easy setup, fantastic speed and range, and smartly handles 2.4 and 5G traffic on the same SSID name.
    • I, however, am getting very poor speeds.
    • Easy to set up, steady speed and good coverage throughout the house
    • I use this system to cover nearly 4000 sq ft across the floors with no dead spots and great speeds with no additional satellites.
    • Easy set up and 3 times the speed in the whole house
    • Speed is extremely satisfied and impressed.
    • We have consistent speeds at 120 mbps inside and out (we placed main router in front of house and satellite in rear not wired)
    • Not only does this meet the range to cover our whole house but the speeds are literally 10-20x faster than my previous router system, which was not a cheap or low end system.
    • So right now I am testing it out in a 1500 square foot home that had dead spots and slow speeds all over the place
    • Installation is fully automated, documentation is excellent, and speed ... yes 3 times faster than my old setup.
    • The speeds are great
    • I was thrilled to see total coverage with a fast and constant download speed in all rooms of my house after setting up the Orbi.
    • Amazing speeds I consistently achieve over 300Mbs on my wifi on multiple devices
    • No more dead spots and speed is fantastic
    • Now, a maddening initial setup wouldn't really matter to me if I only had to win the satellite connection lottery once, but I've had to restart the router twice in the week since I bought it due to slow wifi speeds
    • Improves speed of existing internet
    • Whole house coverage at great speeds
    • I also have faster speeds with the Netgear Orbi By a good
    • We love the range and speed with this new system
    • Amazing coverage and speed.
    • Signal, speed consistent throughout the house.
    • I was hoping for faster wifi speeds in my office (4' away from the main module which is in my AV closet).
    • Great speeds for WiFi
    • We have service in areas where we couldn't get it and the speed is so much better.
    • Not only does the system address connectivity far away, and much better than a repeater, but it improves the overall speed of the
    • We have inconsistent speed and connections
    • Solved every wifi dead spot , bandwidth and speed issue...super simple to set up.
    • I am now truly getting fast speed everywhere.
    • I took it back and got the Linksys Velop, a much better product with faster speeds.
    • I work from home, so I'm on the Internet all day and our connection quality is now outstanding and the speed is amazing
    • This busted my internet speed.
    • We have a large, sprawling house, and the Orbi system is maintaining fast speeds throughout the entire place, which is a huge improvement over our old Apple Airport Extreme router.
    • Wifi everywhere in my house, very fast speeds with multiple devices connected
    • Even 10 feet away the speeds thru the satellite are abysmal
    • Giving good speeds, let you keep the same network although printers on the network differentiate between Orbi and main home router.
    • Speed, coverage and customer service are amazing
    • Definitely not cheap but worth it if you you are looking for good speed and coverage.
    • The Orbi continues to impress - 2 months issue free - still fast and reliable - considering getting another unit to cover my work shopSetup was easy and the speed is phenomenal.
    • Pros: quick and simple set up, insanely fast, consistent speeds, quality product, delivers on all promises cons
    • The speeds are the fasted I've ever experienced on Wi-Fi
    • Pretty plug-and-play to set up the Orbi network and instantly boost my wifi speeds 5X from my Spectrum router
    • We now have fantastic signal coverage, excellent speeds, and low latency throughout our home
    • Fast speeds everywhere
    • However Orbi comes through being a God send giving me an outstanding 380-400 Mbps download speed when i'm near the router and about 300 Mbps when i'm in my office
    • I've had up to 4 different access points wired in and have not been able to accomplish coverage and speed
    • The wifi in my home is greatly increased and speeds are awesome
    • This system has great speeds, but drops the connection all the time and has only gotten worse with the last two firmware updates, now dropping almost every few minutes
    • Speed, coverage and consistency is outstanding.
    • Blazing fast speeds and coverage throughout my house
    • Has dramatically improved my transfer speeds across my home network and download speeds
    • I dead zones and consistent speeds everywhere in the home
    • Easy setup, tripled the speed nternet speed over the Airport Express mesh network it replaced, and during the first week highly reliable.
    • Setup was extremely easy and the speed is the fastest I've ever experienced
    • Excelent performance, high speed, transition whitout noise , excellent satellite and beautiful desktop
    • Consistent internet speeds throughout!
    • No dead spots in our home, quick set up, and very fast speeds that are - most impressively - consistent throughout the house
    • The problem was solved, we have outstanding speed at all areas of the house and can hit every area in the house with WiFi.
    • Wireless speeds across the house are absolutely screaming now
    • Excellent system, good speed, and easy setup
    • The coverage is amazing and the speed unprecedented
    • We have a 3500sqft house and Orbi provides consistent high speeds through the whole house and most of the yard.
    • I ran multiple speed tests in every room and continued to smile as the highest speeds kept coming
    • Love the coverage...love the speed
    • I have had the Orbi system for about 4 months now and have enjoyed having more consistent internet speeds throughout my home
    • and now I have fantastic coverage and speed everywhere.
    • Also note that when you are connected to an Orbi node (ie Satellite), and you move to the room where your Orbi Router is located, it takes half minute for the connection to switch automatically from the Sat node to the Router, your speed will be slow first then increase suddenly.
    • Currently I have no dead spots anywhere and blazing fast speeds.
    • Love it, good coverage and improves speed.
    • so there was never an issue with having enough speed
    • Orbi provides consistent coverage and speed throughout my entire house
    • I have 400 Mbps and if hardwired to the satellite the speed was decent at 340Mbps, but WiFi speed was 60-80Mbps
    • Amazingly awesome, high-speed 60mbps up and
    • but it does indeed provide wide area coverage and good speeds
    • Speed slows done at the edge of the house, but still very fast considering
    • Improved my Internet speed and coverage immediately, quick and easy setup!
    • This is the easiest router to setup, provides excellent coverage, and the speeds are amazing
    • Best coverage and speed ever
    • I went downstairs with my phone and verified that I was actually getting really solid upload/download speeds on my phone with the Wifi that were actually a little better than my current Netgear setup.
    • WiFi has been extended into other parts of our home as we had hoped and the speed is phenomenal
    • Fast speeds and long range
    • Installed this in a client's house to alleviate some dead spots and slow speeds they were having with their current system
    • I can also jack into the satellites ethernet and get very good speeds
    • In a difficult RF environment, I went from poor-to-OK performance with conventional wifi, to excellent coverage and speed everywhere with Orbi.
    • It did not provide any faster speeds than my old Apple base station.
    • Very slow download speeds.
    • Getting 10 times faster speed
    • The speed is great, no latency problems, just works
    • Easy setup and keeps the fast speeds wired or wireless
    • The slowest speed I have is about 25mbps, and that's in the far corner of the second floor - the furthest away from the router.
    • And the speeds are AWESOME - we are finally getting the advertised internet speeds!
    • It was all Good, great speed in every room until yesterday
    • I love the coverage/speed of this router.
    • Fantastic coverage and speed throughout our apartment and given the great flexibility and ease of use of having wired connections far away from "the source
    • My speed increased tenfold and now blankets the house with consistent speed.
    • it also didnt improve the wifi speed or strength very much
    • The speeds are very good in all locations of our house, especially those that were weak or dead areas before, and there have been no dropped devices
    • A secure high speed password protected home wi-fi mesh system
    • wow! what a great improvement with our wireless devices, the speed and distance at which our internet can be reached is impressive.
    • wow! what a great improvement with our wireless devices, the speed and distance at which our internet can be reached is impressive.
    • and I get strong signals and great speed throughout my home
    • After installation of the Orbi the AVERAGE speed of devices was at a minimum of 75mbs and some even broke the 100mbs threshold... to say the least, Orbi's hardware is able to maximize my bandwidth that I am paying for
    • Great range and speed.
    • When it's working, you'll get awesome coverage and super fast internet speeds.
    • Better internet speed and consistent connectivity.
    • All that aside, this Netgear Orbi wireless mesh network really improved our home network coverage and speed
    • Reliable service, available speed testing and everything we wanted.
    • Best coverage and speed I’ve ever had in my House
    • Same super speed in every corner of our 4 bedroom house that incidentally has a huge Great Room and Living Room.
    • Great coverage and speed.
    • I love the stability of performance and the fact that my speed is like blazing faster than what I had with a Netgear Nighthawk X6
    • I have the 200 down speed and 25up and everything just works flawlessly
    • Easy set up and fast speed
    • Speed is consistent
    • I had a very weak signal and the speeds were slow and unreliable to where we had problems sometimes watching Netflix movies, or accessing the Internet, or getting our outside security cameras to work consistently on WiFi, at various parts of our two-storey 4600 sq ft house
    • No longer experiencing dropped connections or slow speeds at the furthest distance from my main router.
    • Works very well, dramatically improved wifi speed and range , easy set up and installation - highly recommend it
    • I get great network speeds, and the distance is just what I need for my large patio/yard.
    • Since adding this router to my Wi-Fi system and my speed is much faster and I have better coverage throughout the house
    • Now we actually are getting fast download speeds that we pay so much for each month
    • Speed across all devices has been solid
    • The speed I get throughout the house is fantastic.
    • I like that both bands have the same ssid and my speeds are so much better than my router+repeater configuration
    • It was a very quick and easy install and the speed is amazing!
    • I tried this system out instead of a more powerful single router for my 750sqft apartment, mind you my apartment is tiny, the system had good speed but the satellite would lose connection frequently enough to be annoying
    • My coverage is way better even goes outside now into the yard, speeds are ways faster too
    • The speed is fantastic
    • Between the smart blue ray player, three smart tv’s, PS3, PS4, X Box One S, smart refrigerator, smart stove, smart water heater, your available bandwidth when your dying to binge watch Amazon, Netflix are severely limited
    • I wanted to be able to sit outside and work from my computer while the kids streamed, surfed, played x box and ran smart TV’s.
    • There are settings in the app and on the unit for turning off the LED’s, or you can program when they are on
    • As I can't update, have no support, and am vulnerable, this device is going into the E-Waste pile, after just 6 months of use
    • As I can't update, have no support, and am vulnerable, this device is going into the E-Waste pile, after just 6 months of use