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NETGEAR - Orbi Pro AC3000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender
Average customer rating
4.9
(12,566 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 12,566 reviews
5 Stars
11,913
4 Stars
461
3 Stars
90
2 Stars
31
1 Star
71
55%of customers recommend this product.
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60 out of
109)
Customer Reviews for NETGEAR - Orbi Pro AC3000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender
Customer Rating
5
Great coverage, Easy Setup
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Michael45650
Purchased an RBK50 (3 unit) Orbi System. Set up was easy using the simple instructions provided. For my installation, I'm using the Orbi mesh as an Access Point, instead of replacing my cable router. The setup was straight forward, and connecting the two Satellites was automatic and simple. Basically, once the Router is on, you power up the Satellite, Press the Sync button, and after a minute or two, you see a colored light confirmation that the back haul channel is connected. All of your devices can connect to any Orbi unit automatically - whether it's the Router or a Satellite- as they all appear as the same network. Unlike Wi-Fi extenders where the SSID is different, and you must manually connect your device each time. I finally have a seamless wireless network that has great coverage and throughput in my entire home.
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Customer Rating
4
Fast, vast, seemless coverage
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Jesse71674
When we moved into an old farmhouse that's grown and evolved over the years, I bought the most powerful router in the store at the time. Coverage was ok, not perfect. As we added wireless devices over the years and streaming devices became the norm, the limitations of the old device and its extender became increasingly obvious. Frequent resets became the norm.
I took a chance on the Orbi and have no regrets. It is not inexpensive and it is worth the cost. The network from main unit to satellite is seemless and I'd estimate an acre of the property has high speed access.
The base and the satellite are not small. They're not unattractive either. The matte texture and weight of them is pleasing. The performance even more so. If the size of the device works for the space in need of coverage, this is an excellent option.
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Customer Rating
5
Orbi RBK50
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Zach66183
We have had the Orbi RBK50 package in our house for a few weeks now. Previously, with our single router we could not cover the whole house and had a few deadspots. We live in a 4800 square foot ranch style house. Both the router and satellite unit are upstairs, one is on one side of the house while the other is somewhat centralized/toward the other end of the house. We are able to have 3 bars of wifi throughout the whole house. I do not have very fast internet speed, so I cannot state how it holds up under blazing speed conditions, but so far we seem to be receiving better overall speeds and performance from our internet. I did extensive research before purchasing this unit and am very pleased with the purchase thus far. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone. Setup was very easy and painless. Overall great product.
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Customer Rating
5
Great Router at a Great Price
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Eric67661
I did lots of research when purchasing a new home router. Upgrading from a 14 year old draft spec N router; we were suffering from overloading. The Orbi has solved all our issues. This system was easy to setup, from the time I opened the box to getting it running took less than 30 minutes. Once setup I was able to customize all the settings on the wireless and wired networks to my preferences. This has all the throughput we need for all of our homes wireless clients. We are no longer dropping smarthome devices and needing to restart them to keep them online. The coverage is amazing and we have no dead spots that I can find. The speed is great as well. I would recommend this router to anyone. It offers all the needs of a tech savvy home, but the simplicity to setup by anyone without needing a degree in computer science.
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Customer Rating
5
Great Performance!
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: tksuther66787
I just moved into a newer, larger home with a different internet access carrier (was Comcast, now Spectrum). I had a Netgear R7000 AC 1900 router in my previous home and it was great, but I needed more coverage in my new home. The RBK50 AC 3000 system is impressive. The router and (one) satellite covers the entire house. I have a full signal in every room. The satellite is in my son's bedroom and his PC is connected with an ethernet cable which is a great feature. The only feature I'd like to see added is the ability to select 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz. Right now, the system decides and there's no way to change it. However, based on the system's overall dependability and performance, I don't find that it's a critical omission. All in all a wonderful system that hasn't skipped a beat yet. 5 Ghz download speed is consistently over 100 Mbps.
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Customer Rating
5
Speed, Security and Elegance
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Cogator65169
I had been using an outdated Apple router and needed an upgrade so that all new iPhones and iPads and Macs could all connect in our home-based business. After doing the research, I was a bit skeptical of spending a lot of money on a new router. However, all of the reviews were great and so I decided to invest in the Orbi system. Setup was super fast and easy. It only took less than 30 minutes and my new wifi system was fully functional. My wifi speeds are now super-fast. I needed to have more than one wifi port to connect peripheral devices and the Orbi has that. I needed speed, and Orbi has that. I needed a secure network and Orbi provided that too. I needed something that looked nice and Orbi has that. There is nothing I can find wrong with the system. It was well worth the investment and I look forward to years of great service.
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Customer Rating
5
Problem solver
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Jim46570
Replaced my ISP's dual-band with an Orbi RBR50 with one satellite. I have a lot of devices in my home and there were constant issues with contention, disconnection, and being forced to manually switch between bands. The Orbi fixed all of that and I now have much better coverage throughout my home without any of the hiccups! I love it and can't recommend it highly enough. I thought that the Circle integration would be important but then realized that, as a parental control system, it's only applicable to devices that are connected to the network and my smart home devices are really just unmanaged nodes. In the end I turned off the Circle integration. I also found the orbi web UI much more capable, and important than the app. The app is great for simple things but the real implementation/configuration is done through the web UI.
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Customer Rating
5
Super easy and fast
on May 29, 2019
Posted by: Dermott55619
I've been paying for High Speed internet service for a long time, so long that, like an old car gets progressively worse but you don't notice it, my router was slowing down my connection to a crawl. I recently 'cut the cord' and dropped cable, leaving only the 'fast' internet to stream movies with. When that obviously wasn't going to work, I read reviews on a new mesh system and found Orbi to be a good choice. I upgraded to a three unit system and within 20 minutes of taking it out of the box, had the old router out, the new Orbi system in and running. The signal is awesome throughout the home and the yard and speeds are topping 175MB/s whereas before I was lucky to be recording 30MB/s on the Comcast Speed test app.
Easy to set up and now the kids can stream, do homework and everyone is happy. Thanks for a great product!
Easy to set up and now the kids can stream, do homework and everyone is happy. Thanks for a great product!
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