NETGEAR Orbi 970 Series Quad-Band WiFi 7 Mesh Network System (RBE972S), Router + 1 Satellite Extender, Security Features, Up to 27Gbps, Covers up to 6,600 sq. ft., 200 Devices, 10 Gig Internet Port

Orbi 970 is worth every penny spent! Performance second to none! Set Up pretty quick and seamless! Range is beyond my needs but love it! Security upgrade a necessity by today's standards! Glad I chose to make this investment, exceeds my expectations, performs as NETGEAR advertises, get yours now, you will not be disappointed. BTW, you never realize how many Wi-Fi devices are actually hooked up to your current system and do not even realize you exceed their connectivity spec which adds strain to the bandwidth and performance.

I’ve been using the Netgear Orbi 970 for a few weeks now, and overall, it’s a solid mesh WiFi system, but it’s not perfect. The setup was pretty easy, even for someone who isn’t super tech-savvy. The app walks you through everything, and I had the whole thing up and running in about 20 minutes.The coverage is impressive. I have a three-story house with a lot of dead zones, and the Orbi 970 pretty much wiped those out. Speeds are fast and consistent, even when multiple people are streaming or gaming at the same time. I also like that it supports WiFi 7, so it feels future-proof.That said, the price is steep. It’s definitely on the higher end, and I’m not sure everyone needs this much power unless you have a big house or a lot of devices. Also, the units themselves are kind of bulky, so they’re not the easiest to hide.One thing that bugged me is that some advanced features are locked behind a subscription. For the price, I expected more included out of the box. The parental controls and security features are good, but having to pay extra for them feels a bit much.In short, the Orbi 970 is a great choice if you want top-tier performance and don’t mind spending extra. If you’re on a budget or have a smaller space, you might want to look at other options. But if you want fast, reliable WiFi everywhere in your home, it delivers.

Update 2: Replaced with the router in my first update and everything now works flawlessly. I can’t believe the difference. My system is completely stable now. The instability that I was getting with the Orbi 970 was extremely painful. When you buy a router system, what you should expect is that it just works. Even the app was bad. It frequently had errors causing me to not be able to see any devices. When I searched online, sure enough a lot of other people were also having these issues. Please, don’t put yourself through the trouble of this router.Update: This is the most frustrating router that I have ever used. I stopped buying from Netgear along time ago and for some reason forgot why. The router randomly restarts every couple of weeks (common issues with others that have this router as well). The real problem is, when it restarts my Hue and Nest cameras get very messed up. Lights won’t respond. Cameras going offline. It takes several restarts of the satellites and router, plus several hours to get everything running again. This mesh system is just pure garbage. I’ll be selling this trash and moving to an Eero Max 7.Had several frustrations so far. It was going very well for the first three weeks. I had no issues at all. Then, it randomly rebooted by itself. That random reboot led to some serious issues with my Philips Hue system. I had lights not responding and dimmer switches having connection issues.I started troubleshooting my Hue system because it seemed that was the likely issue. Then, I upgraded my Orbi firmware and magically everything was fine again. During the upgrade the Orbi satellites also upgraded and all of them rebooted.Several days later I needed to unplug a satellite. When I tried to replug it back in, it struggled to reconnect. I restarted the router thinking that might fix the issue. The satellite did eventually reconnect, but ALL of the Hue problems came back. It took me literally hours of troubleshooting Hue, restarting the router and satellites to get it working again. Finally, I restarted the router and all satellites (which I had already tried several times), and everything worked again.What a hassle this system is for $2,000. I contemplated between the 970 and the Eero 7 before settling on the 970. The only reason I chose the 970 was the dedicated 2.4 Iot channel. I regret not going with the Eero 7.What it does well is speed, range and keeps all of Nest cameras from disconnecting. My old Asus AXE16000 had issues with cameras going offline, the 970 fixed that completely. However, I’m sure the Eero 7 would have done that as well.

Worth the price tag, upgraded to Orbi from Google pro pods, setup took no time and went flawlessly! Immediate measurable difference on PS5, could barely get over 100 mbps on Google, hit 750 mbps on Orbi. Only negative is size, Orbi’s are more than twice as large as Google pods but the performance makes it all worth it!

Easy to install & get up and running. Note that I bought four satellites. The system initially boots up and finds two satellites. Using the Orbi app I was easily able to add the other two satellites one at a time. The network map in the Orbi app is helpful.

It's a great product and easy to setup. It's much faster than my last wireless mesh but way over priced. My #1 issue with the Orbi is the app. The app forces an advertisement for parental controls in which they want you to pay a subscription. I'm not paying for it so please stop! The add is just another screen I have to click through to get to the app dashboard. It's so annoying. Another issue with the app is that the included Armor Active security portion sends a message on your phone every time another device connects. Both issues are driving me crazy.

Robust full-mesh coverage that’s easy to install. Beautifully designed and packaged too. Covering a multi-story 5,000 ft2 house on 1.5 acres. Via AT&T fiber, getting >900MBS (up and down links) just about everywhere on the property. Expensive, but worth it if you want high speed and good coverage.