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Netgear: Every Product We Have Tested

Our verdicts on every Netgear product we have reviewed, with measured figures, scores and which one is worth buying.

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Everything we have tested from Netgear, with our verdicts and the measured figures behind them. 1 products across 1 categories.

Our pick from Netgear

Orbi RBE973 — £1499, scored 3 out of 5. The fastest throughput we measured at every distance.

Everything we have tested

ProductCategoryPriceScore
Orbi RBE973Networking£14993 / 5

What Netgear does well

  • The fastest throughput we measured at every distance

Recurring weaknesses

  • £1,499 is more than most people spend on a laptop

What to buy at each budget

BudgetOur pickWhy
Entry (£1,499)Orbi RBE973The fastest throughput we measured at every distance

Where the range is strongest

Everything we have tested from this manufacturer sits in one category — Networking — averaging 3 out of 5. A single-category range is easier to judge but tells you nothing about how the brand behaves outside its comfort zone, which is worth knowing before you buy into an ecosystem.

How the range has developed

Everything here is from 2024, and averages 3 out of 5 across 1 products. That average is more useful than any single score: it tells you whether Netgear is consistent or whether one strong product is carrying a weak range. Consistency is what you are really buying into when you commit to a manufacturer, because the accessories, the software and the support experience come with it.

Best value

The Orbi RBE973 at £1499 is the cheapest way into the range, and suits very large homes with a multi-gig line and no budget ceiling.

What to be aware of before buying Netgear

Every manufacturer has a house style, and it shows up as the same compromise appearing across a range rather than as a fault on one product. The recurring weaknesses listed above are worth reading as a pattern: if one of them would bother you on a single device, it will probably bother you on the next one too, which makes it a reason to look at a different brand rather than a different model.

Behind this page

What this page covers — Netgear: Every Product We Have Tested
Where this page sits in the reference library.

This reference page is written from the same testing notes as the reviews it supports, and it is revised whenever the hardware or the software underneath it changes. Where a figure appears here it has been measured rather than quoted from a specification sheet.

If something on this page no longer matches what you are seeing, it is out of date rather than disputed — tell us and it gets checked again.

The reviews this page supports go into the measurements behind these figures, and the knowledge base collects every reference page we keep.

Elsewhere in brands: Nikon: Every Product We Have Tested, Nintendo: Every Product We Have Tested and Nothing: Every Product We Have Tested.

Frequently asked questions

The Orbi RBE973, which scored 3 out of 5.
The Orbi RBE973 at £1499.
1, across 1 category. Each spent at least two weeks in use.
On our testing, yes — the Orbi RBE973 scored 3 out of 5. The caveat is the recurring weakness listed above, which shows up across the range rather than on one model.
No. Hardware is bought at retail, which is why these pages take longer to appear than they otherwise would.

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