NETGEAROrbi WiFi 7 Mesh System (770 Series) | Extend Coverage up to 8,000 sq. ft. | 100 Devices | Up to 11Gbps Speed | Tri-band Router + 2 Satellite Extenders (RBE773)

The dream - is fast, solid, stable WI-FI in every room, with not much messing about during setup, and no need to switch from network to network. You are thinking to yourself "I want to just go up and down stairs, out to the shed, down the garden and in the garage on my WI-FI network. I Just want to connect and not think about it" - Well YES, this product will do that.Its fast, and once its working (read on) its really solid, sometimes my devices choose a weird base point to join, so for example, a printer in my office (next to an access point) has decided to connect to the living room base point which is a long way away ... it works its just odd? Can I change the default base station for a device ? No.I do like the guest network settings, so if you have a cafe, or B&B and you want to use EPOS and "private" devices such as laptops, tablets, Sonos speakers for example, then the private network is perfect. Then you can simply create another "guest" network with a different password and give different access to people.The setup was great - (but there is a down side so read on) - This system uses a wizard to set you up, it works and it took the pain out of it. BUT. a big BUT... If you want to play Jazz with it, like fiddle with settings, or do some pro setup of your network then you are going to be disappointed. It does it one way and that it... It works perfectly (mostly) but it's very restricted.Something that is REALLY GOOD, is the switch handling - So I have a load of devices, like Philips Hue, Smartthings, Hive heating, NAS storage boxes, Sonos devices, and the all need a base station type connections somewhere. With a Cable to a router somewhere. So buy a cheap Netgear (or whatever) un-managed switch like "NETGEAR 8 Port Gigabit Network Switch GS108 £25 on Amazon" and just plug everything in, then connect it to a single Ethernet port on the ORBI base station - and wow wow wow it just all works. If you want to tinker and play jazz (read on) you can't - it works but there is no controls you to touch - that might sound like heaven or hell depending on your skill level !It is very restricted to "home users" with kids... The safety settings, and internet restrictions are powerful but pointless if you just trust your family or want "normal" internet. I turned on Parental controls by accident, and when I tried to turn it off I managed to lock everyone (including myself) out of the internet. Support gave me nothing useful (using my phone 3g to access) so in the end I did a hardware reset to factory setting and started all over again. Painful day that was....Not sure I like the Rewards feature of the parental controls - granting "internet time rewards" for good behaviour sound like a house I would not like to grow up in.... but I am old and have no children so I will let you be the judge of this feature.Here is the BIG negative. - Netgear I expected better. - This system is basically only compatible with itself. There are lots and lots of NETGEAR ORBI models and kits, too many to count, and basically they all do the same thing - some faster, some with more concurrent connections, newer models with more whizzy stuff but in principal all doing the same job. EACH SYSTEM IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER - RBK752, RBK762 base stations and extension points will not work with other Netgear Obi systems - you have to have the exact model from a look up table on Netgears website to extend the system. That has got to be deliberate !I only found out this when I purchased an extra pair of satellite range extenders which looked identical but were not compatible - I Had to return them. BAD NEWS - I could not buy single or even (at the time) double satellites that were compatible with my existing ORBI system- even though it was pretty new, so after only 9 months, even though nothing was faulty with them at all, I had to but this system again NEW because it was the only way to get my hands on compatible satellites to extend the range. BOOoo Netgear.For a system that is supposed to be fully extendable, and totally "capable" of connecting everything together, that's is job at the end of the day, I fail to see why NETGEAR have chosen to build in incompatibility into their systems with no way to join or extend freely from the range.With the benefit of hind site - I should have just paid a lot less for a mesh network, I don't know how much better this is for the money, but I help a friend set up a DecoAX3000 the other day and it was brilliant, at a quarter of the cost. I don't expect that to last a lifetime but I can buy one every two years for a decade for the price of the ORBI !

I bought a 3 pack Orbi 770 to replace my BT WholeHome wifi mesh system which I had used for several years. I had previously upgraded from the standard BT mesh kit to the Premium version. In recent months different devices (Amazon Smart Plugs, printers, my wireless Bosch thermostat) kept losing their connection to the network and repeatedly had to be reconnected.The Netgear Orbi 770 has solved these issues. It was slightly tiresome to set up, but once up and running it has given faultless performance ever since (I’ve had it for a couple of months now). There was the initial task of reconnecting every wifi device to the new Orbi network but, once done, it has been plain sailing.I can’t say that the network coverage in my (quite large) house is any better than with the BT kit - it has comparable range - but the connectivity is totally reliable. A Speedtest suggests that I am getting 380Mbs download speeds consistently.The Netgear range comprised only the 770 and the much more expensive 970 systems when I made my purchase. Had it been available I might have gone for the new 870 model, but I am not sure that the performance would have been any better.Highly recommended.

Used for a couple of months now. Pricey but worth it so far

I would have given five stars if it wasn’t such a pain in the butt to set up, was unable to use the app because that was always one step in front of where I was. Had to use my laptop to get things working but no complaints after set up.

Simple to set up, just follow the instructions via app. The main thing about the Orbi, is that , there is strong Wi-Fi signal reaching my garden room, I put the second satellite in that room and happy with Wi-Fi. I tried both the decco and eero previously and returned it as Wi-Fi signal was not consistent. Although Orbi is expensive it is a superior product.

This is potentially a very good product until you decide to make it an “access point”. Once you make that change, the app stops working and all “help” goes out the window.The entire system is designed around being a "router". If you try and add this to be a simple "access point" then forget any help and access/setup via the app. If I connect to the wi-fi via any of the “satellites” then the app can’t talk to the “router”. It’s just not designed to be used that way.I personally have also experienced disconnects on my iPhone, despite having full bar Wi-Fi. It would suddenly drop to 5G and then 15 seconds later just reconnect.For those of you in U.K. who want to add them as “access points” I suggest you look elsewhere. If you want to replace your ISP router, then this mat be the perfect Wi-fi but I can't comment. However, if you're planning on changing these to "Access Point Mode", I personally would suggest an alternative, especially as these are very much dependent on the app to set up which simply does not work correctly when they are used as an access point.

Easy to setup and very, coming from a former IT Technician, extremely configurable. Had the setup for a few weeks now and it has been very stable with zero drop off's from the WIFI connections and my S24U phone now connects at over 1Gbps to our 1Gbps fibre.