Netgear Orbi Wi-Fi 6, 860 Serie

Let me start off by saying that the NETGEAR Orbi RBK860 series is an incremental update to the previous gen Orbi RBK850 series which is still available for purchase and costs slightly less—the RBK853 goes for $1000 or slightly less in the US and £900-950 (inc. VAT) in the UK. Anyone who already has the RBK850 series doesn't need to shell out the cash for the RBK860 series and may want to save for the WiFi 6E Orbi RBKE960 series instead if you are a fan of the NETGEAR experience. The pricing disparity between the US and other regions is also not as obnoxious with the older gen too, so I am not sure why NETGEAR decided to do a 1:1 conversion this time round. All it does is make me tell you to look at last year's model instead! But those in the US or in regions where the newer, shinier RBK863 (or equivalent SKU) is more reasonably priced, as well as being in the market for a new WiFi 6 mesh system may want to consider the slight increase in cost to get the latest version given it does have consistently better performance—albeit slightly—over last gen and is likely to be even better than the competition should you be willing to partake in a wired backhaul configuration for the router and satellites.