Our Overall Score:
8.7/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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: £249.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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, Netgear 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router
NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 9.6/10 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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
NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 8.5/10 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router actually comes in above average at £249.99.
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, 5 were more expensive and 29 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router.
Prices of products from Netgear
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Netgear. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Netgear, which was £129.96 of the 21 products we found. So NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router price is above average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Netgear was £14.99 with the most expensive coming in at £319.99.
Prices of products from Netgear and in the Routers category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Netgear that sit specifically within the Routers category.
For this we found that the average price was £169.69, making NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router at £249.99 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £249.99 with the lowest priced item being £109.99. In total there were 0 items that were more expensive and 5 that was less expensive.
Reviews of NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router
NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 8.1/10 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 NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router is.
Overall score
NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router scores 8.7/10 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 Netgear so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router
- Brand: Netgear
- Model Number: XR500
- For cable or fibre optic broadbandAC 2600Ideal for gamingDual-band (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)MU-MIMO gives everyone the fastest connection
- EAN: 606449131154
- Description: Top features: – Advanced gaming and streaming with a fast and stable connection – Prioritise what matters most with dual-band connectivity – Make sharing between devices simple with two USB ports Advanced gaming and streaming Get a stable, lightning-quick internet connection with the Netgear XR500 Nighthawk Pro WiFi Cable & Fibre Router.The high AC rating and four antennas mean that the XR500 Nighthawk Pro delivers a faster, more powerful connection. Perfect for 4K streaming and the demands of online gaming.The Nighthawk also features beamforming technology, which helps to focus your WiFi for stronger, more reliable internet. You can even monitor your live WiFi speeds for extra peace of mind that your connection is keeping up.Prioritise what matters mostThe XR500 Nighthawk Pro gives you the flexibility of dual-band connectivity, so you can split the load of everyone trying to get online at once.The 2.4 GHz band is great for browsing on your phone, playing on an app or other small online tasks, freeing up the 5 GHz band for more serious internet usage like downloading large files, streaming a 4K film or playing an online game. With speeds of up to 1733 Mbps, the whole family can enjoy lag-free internet without anyone having to deal with connection drop-outs.Make sharing between devices simpleWith two USB ports, you can connect to external hard drives and printers for easy wireless access for anyone connected to the WiFi. Play music, watch videos or print photos from any device that’s connected to the router in moments – ideal for sharing files between devices around the house.
- Product ID: 23396342205
