Orbi

NETGEAR

Orbi

93 positive 3 neutral 75 negative

Based on 171 Reddit mentions

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Seeing this BS at such price makes me happy to go with UI.

It is very infuriating. These sell more than Ubiquiti too because the average joe hasn’t even heard of Unifi and netgear sells in all big box retailers in every country. So average joes just walk into the store and pick this shit up. Thinking they’re cool for solving their wifi problem in the al fre

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lllllllllXllllllllll in r/Ubiquiti

February 18, 2026 12:12 AM

54

Newer Orbi systems are worse than the old ones and I am done with this brand

Agree. NETGEAR orbi has fallen from being reliable to unpredictable and lost my trust. I think my next brand to try is unifi. I just. Need a brand that just works out of the box and don’t say “send it out and we will fix with updates.” While we suffer and pray the next update will improve my network

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GHOST_JR in r/orbi

January 1, 2026 9:51 PM

14

This brand is honestly a total letdown. The quality is absolute garbage. I hope nobody ever buys from you again. You're going to fail sooner or later

Netgear / Orbi is possibly the worst garbage you can find in mesh wifi systems. I had to return an Orbi 870. Never looked back

JerusM in r/orbi

April 21, 2026 5:09 AM

14

What do you want us to build next? (A switch is already coming…)

Outdoor wifi devices. I have outdoor Netgear Orbi Satellites that I would like to get rid of then go full Firewalla wifi.

mrhommel1 in r/firewalla

May 8, 2026 1:47 AM

5

Orbi AC3000 will be End Of Service within 45 Days

Crazy. I'm surprised because your Netgear Orbi AX5700 (RBK842) was released around October 2019. I have a set of eero Pro 5 purchased in 2019 still running. Looks like they'll continue providing security updates for at least another 4 years through March 2030 (https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/artic

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cordbroken in r/HomeNetworking

May 2, 2026 11:01 PM

5

This brand is honestly a total letdown. The quality is absolute garbage. I hope nobody ever buys from you again. You're going to fail sooner or later

There’s even a guy on Reddit who tries to help and give advice - I presume he works for Netgear. When I wrote a review of my experience with the Orbi 870 he blocked me 😂

JerusM in r/orbi

April 21, 2026 7:07 PM

5

Enough is enough…

I switched from a 3-device Orbi 970 that I had issues with to a 3-device Eero 7 Max about a week ago, and all of the WiFi issues immediately went away once using the Eero 7 Max. The Eero 7 Max doesn’t allow as much configuration. There’s no web config. You use only a mobile app to configure it, but

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zoiks66 in r/orbi

June 18, 2025 3:48 PM

9

Sonos + Orbi 770 troubleshoot

Yes. I had that same issue.! And I have a couple of solutions for you! I even contacted Sonos support and spent hours to find this. So if you have a Sonos arc or surround system, the only good way to get it to work is too hard wire ethernet to the system. You only need one to be connected and the re

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GHOST_JR in r/orbi

March 9, 2026 4:33 AM

4

Netgear just EOL'd my Orbi AC3000 – any recommendations?

The only downside of keep using the current Orbi system is lack of security updates.If that is the reason, I think buying a newest, stand-alone Netgear router as your gateway, and wire your existing Orbi network to it. You can keep the AC3000 network settings on ur devices. It’s even better if the n

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Human-Suspect-232 in r/HomeNetworking

May 1, 2026 11:08 PM

3

Plz recommend between Orbi 870, 970 or Eero Max 7

I’ve been a netgear orbi user for the better part of a decade. RBK52 and RBK852. Just switched away this week. The orbi can be a good consumer level mesh system with strong radios that push signal far. And it will work well, for some time. The orbi’s issues are netgear and their firmware. At least o

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Leonidas3182 in r/orbi

May 12, 2026 12:19 AM

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