Netgear A8000-100PES

The media could not be loaded. Finally, a Wi-Fi Adapter That Actually Delivers!I've gone through countless Wi-Fi adapters, especially those cheap, no-name Chinese ones. They've all been a complete waste of money – broken within weeks, frustratingly slow speeds, and unreliable connections. I've had maybe one or two that were just "okay," but nothing special.Then I tried the NETGEAR Nighthawk, as I've been thinking about It for months, but It's always been wayyyy to expensive, but, 2 days ago It was on offer at 33% off, so I pulled the trigger!.Wow. Just wow. This adapter has completely blown my mind. From the moment I opened the box, the packaging felt premium and well-designed.The Adapter looks the part, feels extremely durable.The usb 3.0 cradle/mount Is absolutely built like a brick...you know what!Also, I was quite surprised when I also pulled out a usb flash drive, with the drivers on p VERY Impressed.Setup was simple and extremely fast.I'm trying my best here to not go over the top, but, I'm sorry - THIS ADAPTER IS FANTASTIC!Other no-name adapters would be slow and fluctuating between1-2 bars, with regards to signal strength, especially on GHz.....but this Netgear Nighthawk Is FULL bars, full signal on 2.4, 5 and 6ghz!But the real test was performance, and it passed with flying colors.The signal strength is a solid 10/10 – I'm getting a rock-solid connection even in the farthest corners of my house.The speed is also a perfect 10/10 – lightning-fast downloads and smooth streaming. I honestly didn't think a It could be this good, but It was MUCH better than I expected!

Works well. Make sure you install the very latest drivers and turn off any Windows USB Hub power management or it will turn off at random times. Windows fault not Netgear's.

Is providing a stable network connection, also is portable

So I bought this device as my tp-link USB dongle was getting speeds of under 100 or just over 100 and I have a 900mb line. I paid £74 think it was for this which for a dongle I thought was a bit much but I am not getting the speeds that they say you can get on this device on the 5ghz band. I am getting on average anywhere from 180 to 500 usually sitting on average at the 400 mark. My router is in the same room as the PC about 4m away so in terms of line drop etc should not matter that much in that distance. I made sure to go into the Windows TCP setting and change the preferred frequency to 5ghz but it really made no difference. Overall though in comparison to my TP Link, I am happier with the much higher speeds and stability. It comes with a cradle and a USB drive that has the drivers to install. Install process was simple and easy to complete. I used the cradle function to lift it from behind the PC to sit on top of my work desk. I think at £74 it is expensive for what speed you are getting and as I said I am not getting anywhere near the speeds the manufacturer advises is possible.

Works a treat, I didnt get good speeds by straight up connecting the dongle to my usb port, but by using the cable and docking port I managed to get the speeds equal to being hard wired.

My previous tp-link usb wifi adapter was only achieving 120Mbps on the 5GHz band so I wasn't getting the full benefits of my new fibre internet installation. This NETGEAR adapter is achieving 510Mbps so I'm very happy with a quadrupling of my download speed, makes downloading large game files lightning quick. I'm about 10 metres from the router with a solid brick wall in-between, no issues with signal strength.

When I tell you I’ve gone from 5Mbps a second to over 700…This thing is insanely good, no joke

When it works - very fast - but very frequent multiple daily dropouts made it unusable. It could have been a faulty unit as the seal had been broken on the box. Second unit purchased directly from Netgear at a higher price had the same faults and has also been returned.