Our Overall Score:
9.3/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Routers category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £299.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Asus or alternative products in the Routers category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router
RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 9.4/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Routers. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Routers, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Routers? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 9.1/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Routers category was £379.99, whilst the cheapest we found was £25.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Routers category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Routers category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Routers category. This was £151.85 from the 35 products we found in that category. So RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router actually comes in above average at £299.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £379.99 and the least expensive, which was £25.99. In total we found that of the 35, 2 were more expensive and 30 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router.
Prices of products from Asus
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Asus. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Asus, which was £524.30 of the 114 products we found. So RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Asus was £12.99 with the most expensive coming in at £4299.00.
Prices of products from Asus and in the Routers category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Asus that sit specifically within the Routers category.
For this we found that the average price was £189.99, making RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router at £299.99 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £379.99 with the lowest priced item being £34.99. In total there were 1 items that were more expensive and 7 that was less expensive.
Reviews of RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router
RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 9.4/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router is.
Overall score
RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 9.3/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Asus so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router
- Brand: Asus
- Model Number: RTAX88U
- For cable or fibre optic broadbandAX 6000Ideal for high internet useDual-band (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)MU-MIMO gives everyone the fastest connection
- EAN: 4718017032803
- Description: Ultra-fast next-gen WiFiExperience the latest generation of WiFi technology with the ASUS RT-AX88U WiFi Cable & Fibre Router. Whether you’re streaming a movie in 4K, downloading large files or online gaming, expect lightning fast internet with a combined speed of up to 6000 Mbps.Speedy connection for the whole familyWhen you’ve sat down to watch the series finale, the last thing you want to see is the buffering circle while the kids are streaming on their phones. Featuring OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology, the ASUS RT-AX88U is a great option for households with a bunch of devices. By dividing each WiFi channel into sub-channels, everyone gets a smooth signal without slowing each other down. No arguing.Boost your online gamingFancy a round of Overwatch? ASUS Adaptive QoS lets you prioritise gaming when you’re in the middle of a match. When it’s switched on, you’ll get up to 75% less game ping. With no lag, you can land the killing blow uninterrupted.
- Product ID: 24525620955
