Netgear Orbi mesh systems work for many kinds of homes and commercial places, from apartments and loft spaces to single-family houses and large estates. Picking the right model can be hard, because there are so many choices now. Orbi 970, 960, 870, 770 and 370 meet different needs and budgets.
Orbi 970 is one of the most advanced mesh systems for home networks. It gives multi-band WiFi support, better stability and smooth performance for dozens or even hundreds of connected devices. The system matches the new WiFi standards.
Which Netgear Orbi Mesh System Is Best for Your Home
But with a price of $2300 for a three-pack, Orbi 970 does not always seem worth the high cost for all customers.
Orbi 770 differs from 970 mainly because it has lower maximum speeds and basic features, without 10Gbps Ethernet ports. Like this the 970 is the best choice. Netgear simply removed some advanced functions from Orbi 970 to create the cheaper 770.
With wired backhaul, Orbi 770 gives full 1.5Gbps speed in every room on all floors.
Orbi 370 does not work for everyone, but for people who want to switch to a Wi-Fi 7 mesh system on a low price and do not care about missing the 6GHz band, it can be a good fit.
Basic Orbi pack with a router and one satellite covers up to 4,000 square feet. Top whole-home mesh system, as a three-pack, reaches 10,000 square feet with maximum WiFi speed up to 27Gbps. Adding another satellite is easy; simply plug it in, and the network automaticaly finds and adds it.
Orbi Wi-Fi 6E router reaches theoretical speed of 10.8Gbps, so double more than on typical 5GHz bands of average routers. The AX6000 Netgear Orbi, two-piece tri-band Wi-Fi 6 system, ranks among the fastest and best mesh routers that we tested.
Netgear has an online selector for Orbi products that helps you pick the best for your home. Simply follow the steps, and it will suggest the right model. Tri-band setup works best for homes that only need good coverage and enough speed for streaming videos andsocial media.