![]() ![]() Otherwise, nobody would buy it at the asking price!īut its features are lacking in some regards. The Orbi RBK852 will do have some features. In fact, there’s probably not a huge amount of point in investing in it if you’re not interested in going down the Mesh route. If you’re living in a large house, we definitely recommend trying out the Mesh capabilities of this thing. It’s kind of tricky to comment on the range you get for the value of the router considering that there are two nodes in the box.īut we’re confident that you’d be able to spread the nodes out fairly evenly without encountering much resistance in the network. It’s worth noting that there’s not really a lot of point in going for this router if your internet plan doesn’t allow for this kind of speed. Overall, it’s impressive that this thing can churn out such a fast speed overall. So, we’ll need to do a bit of digging later on. There are more affordable Mesh-ready routers out there that you can use for the same benefit to range yet at a lower speed. The RBK852 is slower than the ASUS RT-AX88U which is also cheaper. So if you want to come off slightly cheaper, consider the RBK752 instead. It’s also quicker than the Netgear Orbi RBK752, but considering its price it’s not far off. ![]() So how does this all look when compared to some of its competitors? Well, it’s a little quicker than the TP-Link Archer AX6000. ![]() That could get you 260 HD Zoom calls on the go! Just be aware that a lot of internet plans cap upload speed to small percentage of the download speed. The upload speed is about as strong as the download speed too. You could download over 10GB in the time it takes for Lewis Hamilton to drive around the Circuit of the Americas… once. It doesn’t get much faster than that! In theory, you’d be able to stream 39 4K streams at the same time! Imagine what you could do with a download speed of 851.86 Mbps. The result: a top download speed of an eye-watering 851.86 Mbps. To find out, we tested it on a Wi-Fi 6 device from a distance of 5ft from the router. It kind of had to be for the asking price! Little did we know, however, how fast it was actually going to be considering that it’s a node for a Mesh network. We knew this was going to be a strong router. That’s right, we’ve been putting the Orbi RBK852 through its paces and we’re keen to show you the results. How do we know this is for real and not just a result of Netgear’s showboating? We tested it, of course! They’ve demonstrated that once again with the RBK852. Netgear really knows how to make a high-performance router. If you don’t have a large house and fast speeds, you might want to swerve on this one as it does cost a lot of money. It can manage over 850 Mbps, but if your internet plan doesn’t manage this, you might be better off with a more affordable Mesh system. Overall, we recommend the RBK852 to anybody with a large home (or workplace) and a fast internet plan. After that, connect more and more nodes to expand your Wi-Fi signal. Just connect one to your modem and put one within around 80ft of it and you instantly have double range. The RBK852 actually comes with two nodes. Your devices will move between access points (or nodes) easily. We’ll explain Mesh as a feature a little more extensively later on but to summarize: it’s a way to extend your Wi-Fi signal without having multiple networks. There aren’t many competitors that match it for performance, but you really do have to pay a pretty penny if you want one. Realistically, the RBK852 is one of the better Mesh systems in the world. But we’ll need to do a bit more analysis of it before you can decide for yourself whether to pay the kind of money being asked of you for this device (or devices).ĭon’t move a muscle. Is it actually worth it though? It sure does have a lot going for it. It’s a kit that includes both the RBR850 router and the RBS850 satellite. That’s what the code RBK852 is all about. That being said, you do get two nodes for the price which instantly spreads out the range that much further. In fact, it’s one of the most expensive routers we have tested. We thought it would be quick and it turns out we were right! We managed to get 851.86 Mbps from it over Wi-Fi from 5ft away.īut oh boy, you have got to pay for it. Having put this interesting router through its paces in our secret testing facility, we’re ready to tell you everything we’ve learned about it. Greetings and welcome to our Netgear Orbi RBK852 review. ![]()
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