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  • Build Quality
    4.7 (10)
  • Value for Money
    4.1 (10)
  • Number of Connected Devices 12.375 devices (8)
  • Ease of Setup
    4.2 (10)
  • Wi-Fi Range
    4.6 (10)
  • Reliability
    4.3 (9)
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Briscoe

Briscoe

  • 3 reviews

Brilliant speed

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Sensational performance. Had NBN it in on the highest speed tier available for HFC. Have the Orbi router at the back of the house and the satellite at the front. I’m getting close to 100mb in e be my room of a single story 5 bedroom house, and also from the footpath at the front of my house...

Purchased in February 2021 at JB Hi-Fi.

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Happy customerGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

Perfect solution to better coverage and good speed

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So happy I bought the netgear Orbi. I live in a long narrow townhouse where the internet port is at the rear of the house. I now have full coverage upstairs, at the front of the house and in the yard. I have one Orbi router and two satellites. Probably overkill but it works so well. Speeds are now 5 times faster. That’s right, before was 8Mbps, now I am consistently getting 47Mbps. Very easy to set up with the app. Highly recommend. Expensive but worth every dollar.



Purchased in December 2021 at Harvey Norman for $400.00.

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Number of Connected Devices 15 devices
ISPTPG Broadband NBN
ModemTP-Link Archer VR1600v
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Jimmy

JimmySouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 15 reviews
  • 1 like
  • Verified purchase

Excellent wifi - Very happy with purchase - Ethernet Backhaul is great

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Purchased in November 2021 at Umart Online for $289.00.

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Number of Connected Devices 7 devices
ISPOptus Broadband Cable
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Marc

Marc

  • 3 reviews

When stable works well, firmware upgrades done badly

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Have the orbi rbr50 and 2 satellites. It has improved the wifi coverage in my home (and outdoors area) significantly. With 2 teenagers and 2 adults, the complaining about slow wifi and disconnecting from the internet disappeared. When everything is stable it all works very well. Have had one firmware update in the 1.5 month period I owned it. Required a full factory reset and re-pairing of satellites to get everything up again. That was painful and should not be required. All in all I still feel Im in a better place than before buying.

Purchased in October 2021.

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Number of Connected Devices 25 devices
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Alex

Alex

  • 14 reviews

Terrible connectivity, software updates a nightmare

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The connectivity between the satellites s and the router are terrible, we have two that are less than 5 metres apart, line of sight down a set of stairs yet we constantly loose connection. Constant drop outs, very frustrating

Purchased in September 2021.

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Joanne

JoanneSydney, NSW

  • 26 reviews
  • 21 likes

Absolutely love my Orbi

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Best decision ever to buy the Orbi. Having a large, double brick house, getting wifi in every room was hard. Over the years we tried many things, but nothing worked in every room.
That was until we bought the Orbi, we now have perfect reception in every room. It’s fast, never drops out and was so easy to set up.
It wasn’t cheap, but it was so worth it.

Purchased in June 2021 at JB Hi-Fi.

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ISPTelstra Broadband NBN 50 (Unlimited)
ModemTelstra Gateway Max
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Sam

SamSydney, NSW

  • 6 reviews
  • 3 likes
  • Verified purchase

Wanted one for ages and not disappointed

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I've wanted one of these for ages. I ended up buying for my work when we got NBN. We are using hard wire ethernet to connect the two units. It didn't seem to work well using radio between the two. Setup was a bit fiddly. Performance now set up is great

Purchased in April 2021 at eBay for $449.00.

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Number of Connected Devices 10 devices
ISPAussie Broadband NBN
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Kate

KateGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 2 reviews

Netgear Orbi RBK50-100 Tri-band wifi satellite and extender

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100% recommend this product. It is worth every cent. Doubled MBPS throughout house (close to 100MBPS), the set up was a little fiddly, we have pretty good IT knowledge. Once connected all devices switched over. Without the Orbi internet speed was intermittent. We run off NBN (was better on Cable). Purchased from JBHiFi in Prahran, female consultant very knowledgable about product. Thank you

Purchased in June 2021 for $499.00.

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Number of Connected Devices 7 devices
ISPOptus Broadband NBN
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Rod Brown

Rod BrownSydney, NSW

  • 5 reviews

Finally full coverage

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This has finally solved all of the coverage issues we were experiencing with a single WiFi solution. It was easy to set up but be aware it doesn't include a modem so turned my old WiFi Modem/Router into a modem only and connected up the Orbi.

Purchased in May 2021 at Costco.

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Number of Connected Devices 20 devices
ISPAussie Broadband NBN
ModemASUS AC1900 DSL-AC68U
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Brian

BrianGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 3 reviews
  • 1 like

Best thing I have ever bought.

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Thanks to orbi I now have i internet throughout the whole house and also outside where i previously could not get any internet. Can definitley recommend this to anybody who has problems with wifi distance.

Purchased in March 2021 at The Good Guys for $450.00.

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Number of Connected Devices 8 devices
ISPiiNet NBN 12
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Robin

Robin

  • 3 reviews
  • 5 likes

Speed is excellent

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I bought one base + one satellite a couple of months ago. Easy to setup. I just follow the manual and complete setup in minutes. (Probably because I'm an IT engineer) It provides mesh network and the speed of online surfing, streaming is good. But the coverage is not as good as it advertised. I have a room 2 walls behind the base. Sometimes, I can't get connected to the WIFI in that room. And it's too expensive.

Date PurchasedMay 2018
Jeff

JeffNew South Wales

  • 11 reviews
  • 2 likes
  • Verified purchase

Great for very large houses

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Date PurchasedOct 2018
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priceless21South East Queensland, QLD

  • 21 reviews
  • 1 like
  • Verified purchase

Brilliant, the difference is staggering

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We linked up to the NBN and the internet speeds were TERRIBLE! 0.5 - 5.7mbs on a good day using Netgear's earlier system. It dropped out regularly too requiring us to reboot the modem. We even had a tech guy come out and try and tweek it but to no avail.
We upgraded to the Orbi Netgear system and BOOM the speeds went up to to over 30mbs!!! I can't rave enough about it. - we had 2 extenders included for a our large house. Expensive but worth every penny.
Easy to install, zero dropouts and copes well with multiple users too.
Don't waste your money on cheaper systems. You have to get this system. You will not regret it.

Date PurchasedOct 2018

Great when it works but very unreliable.

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I can’t really recommend this product. The app is buggy and the satellite access points are very difficult to set up. I gave up trying to get additional access points working. The range of the access points is terrible like the tech support. My networking knowledge is intermediate to advanced and I can confidently say its not user error.

Date PurchasedMar 2018
The others

The otherssydney

  • 4 reviews
  • 9 likes

Amazing product! saved all our wifi issues

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Our IT guy set one of these up at home as the modem is in the office but it needs to service devices such as Apple TV, Streaming Hifi (Naim Audio) plus all our devices.
Since we've ad this there has been almost zero problem with wifi as we've had in the past.
connectivity is excellent, it was quick and easy to set up and the reach for signal is impressive.

i would highly recommend one of these for anyone that relies on strong wifi for all devices.

Date PurchasedJun 2018
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Renan JL

Renan JLSydney

  • 9 reviews
  • 2 likes

it works great. Full house Wifi coverage. until the next firmware update

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Date PurchasedSep 2018
J.M

J.MCoburg, VIC

  • 26 reviews

Immature

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Date PurchasedAug 2018
HMac1

HMac1Greater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 9 reviews
  • 5 likes
  • Verified purchase

Great wifi extender

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Date PurchasedApr 2018
Chris

Chris

  • 3 reviews
  • 2 likes

Great Product, it states and it delivers

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I had minimum bar levels with my router downstairs so when I installed the RBK50 it delivered what it stated. I am very happy overall with its performance as the speeds are very good ensuring very good WiFi coverage downstairs. Foxtel Go works very good with very minimal or hardly any video buffering.
I highly recommend this product.

Date PurchasedJun 2018
Enoggera

Enoggerabrisbane

Orbi Solved all problems

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I bought the Orbi Ac3000. This solved every problem I had with the net. I have approximately 22 devices connected to the net and there is no lag anywhere. Streaming with apple tv has no buffering or delay everything works. I get off my wifi 8 ping and 100+ download so there is no loss of speed. I have also installed it at my factory and now everything runs faster and no delays the speed we got from the supplied router was about 7mps now with the Orbi we get 13 - 17mps and no delays. It was the best investment I have made for internet usage.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
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Questions & Answers

bretta

brettaasked

Hi, I have a fibre connection at home, with a Tp-link Archer C7 modem/router, how do i connect up a Orbi RBK50 2pc set to it? Do i have to disable the 2 and 5 ghz wireless connection on the C7? Thanks.

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Debbie T.

Debbie T.asked

Hi everyone. I'm looking for a mobile internet hotspot device (don't know what it's really called). I travel permently so fixed line no good. Need to attach several devices (5 give or take). What would you suggest I buy? 1. Mobile
2. Best reception
3. High speed
4. Can connect with Galaxy 9 & Xbox & Microsoft laptop & iPhone.
5. Telstra internet
I'm really lost and need your advice. Thanks

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hawk C.

hawk C.asked

i have Orbi and have just switched to Foxtel, but it doesn't seem to work

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