Be aware that Netgear offers only 90 days of support for these before peppering you with opportunities to pay for the full year of support that most manufacturers of complex electronics provide free of charge. The Netgear app, used to setup and monitor the system, reminds you that you haven’t paid the monthly surcharge for ‘parental controls’ or ‘security’, making the system sound as if it is unsecure without the add-on. For such expensive hardware, I find these practices objectionable (but we still use ours, and it works fine, but it does require someone Google-savvy and technologically competent to resolve issues in the absence of Netgear support - and that should be a dealbreaker for many potential users). The Orbi system was a pioneer of residential WiFi mesh networks and they priced those devices accordingly. There is much competition in this space now, with products that are higher rated and less expensive (even at Woot pricing). It’s really hard to make a case for these, especially at this price IMO.
Available NEW on Netgear website for $319 with ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
Also, the images show only 2-ports per device…not 4. According to Netgear, the RBK53 comes with 4 per port as described in text on this Woot.
PRICE DROP
Small Print: If you already purchased, that money will hop back into your pockets soonish.
Please note that ours is NEW with a one-year warranty.
We also updated the photo to show the 4 ports.
Does this really not support 802.11ac?