Our Overall Score:
8.7/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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: £219.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router
ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router scores 8.8/10 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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
ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router scores 8.8/10 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router actually comes in above average at £219.99.
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, 6 were more expensive and 28 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router at £219.99 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 3 items that were more expensive and 6 that was less expensive.
Reviews of ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router
ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router scores 8.6/10 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 ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router is.
Overall score
ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless 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 Asus so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless Cable & Fibre Router
- Brand: Asus
- Model Number: RTAC88U
- For cable or fibre optic broadbandAC 3100Ideal for high internet useDual-band (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)Beamforming improves network connectivity
- EAN: 4712900030389
- Description: Top features: – Stream 4K content and play games online without worrying about lag – Powerful WiFi coverage around your entire home – Advanced parental controls Stream in 4K and game without lag Offering the capability to handle 4K streaming online, smart home technology and demanding gaming, the Asus RT-AC88U Wireless Router is perfect for offering access to high speed internet connections. Reducing lag and making sure you don’t have to waste time while videos buffer, the dual band wireless ensures that you can access your network quickly for smooth streaming and fast gaming. When you need extra resources dedicated to gaming, AiProtection lets you reallocate CPU and memory space to your game by turning off 3rd party applications and anti-virus programs. Powerful coverage Capable of supporting as many devices as you want, the RT-AC88U can maintain multiple Full HD streams so that no one has to sacrifice on quality and speed, even when everyone is online. Using MU-MIMO technology, the RT-AC88U gives every device its own dedicated connection so everyone can make the most of fast internet, instead of having to share a single connection. Able to connect to smart home devices like cameras and thermostats, the RT-AC88U future-proofs your home so that you can upgrade your technology without needing any extra internet access. With cross-platform compatibility, the RT-AC88U gives all your devices coverage on every operating system, so that you can achieve faster connections on everything from your tablet and phone to PC and console. Built-in USB ports, as well as eight Ethernet LAN ports let you connect to external devices like printers, storage drives, smart TVs or set top boxes simultaneously. Parental controls Prevent other users from visiting inappropriate websites with Asus’ advanced parental controls that let you restrict adult content as well as keep on top of the times that each device can access the internet. By applying time limits you can make sure that every device that your children access is safe to use online.
- Product ID: 3627492531
