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Forum Discussion
Should I come back to Orbi?
Hey all. I used Orbi RBK750's for a couple of years and when the firmware disasters began I dumped them (thanks Costco!) for Asus. I do miss some of the features and now with Costco having the 753's ...
Thalador wrote:
Hey all. I used Orbi RBK750's for a couple of years and when the firmware disasters began I dumped them (thanks Costco!) for Asus. I do miss some of the features and now with Costco having the 753's for a lower price I thought about coming back. Then I began reading. Is it still really such a mess? Is it the same firmware problems that began last summer?
The answer may hinge on which features were present in the Orbi product but missing in the Asus, and how important those features are to you.
There do appear to be some enduring firmware issues with the entire AX series of products. The present explosion of forum posts resulted from Netgear 'pushing' a firmware update to a lot of users (in an attempt to address problems) which resulted in the customers not being able to access their system with either the Orbi 'app' or the web interface unless they performed a factory reset and wiped out their existing configurations. Thus, whether this latest firmware has 'fixed things' has taken a back seat to undoing the damage. (Customers who did the factory reset are 'back in business.')
Purchasing a new system from Costco will avoid this unfortunate situation.
Just personally, I would wait until the dust settles and forum discussions return to whether the newest firmware has addressed outstanding issues. The Costco offering is not likely to disappear any time soon, so there should be no urgency.