Our Overall Score:
9.3/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Network switches category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £12.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch. 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, TP-Link or alternative products in the Network switches category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch scores 9.5/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Network switches. 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 TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch, 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 TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 Network switches, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Network switches? 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
TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch scores 8.7/10 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 Network switches category was £69.99, whilst the cheapest we found was £12.99 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 TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 Network switches category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Network switches category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Network switches category. This was £38.29 from the 10 products we found in that category. So TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch actually comes in below average at £12.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £69.99 and the least expensive, which was £12.99. In total we found that of the 10, 9 were more expensive and 0 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch.
Prices of products from TP-Link
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, TP-Link. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from TP-Link, which was £66.16 of the 65 products we found. So TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from TP-Link was £8.99 with the most expensive coming in at £339.99.
Prices of products from TP-Link and in the Network switches category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from TP-Link that sit specifically within the Network switches category.
For this we found that the average price was £40.62, making TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch at £12.99 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £69.99 with the lowest priced item being £12.99. In total there were 7 items that were more expensive and 0 that was less expensive.
Reviews of TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch scores 9.6/10 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 TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch is.
Overall score
TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 TP-Link so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: TP-LINK TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
- Brand: TP-Link
- Model Number: TLSG1005D
- Speed: Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbps)Ideal for homes & small officesNo configuration needed
- EAN: 6935364091804
- Description: Expanding your wired network is as simple as adding the TP-Link TL-SG1005D Managed Network Switch, featuring five reliable ports. Worry-free, speedy networking You won’t need to worry about which cable to use thanks to the auto-MDI/MDIX support, which makes it easy to make connections between your devices. It provides excellent connections with the Gigabit Ethernet ports, so you can rely on a swift response. In addition, the IEEE 802.3x flow control provides reliable data transfer so you can create a stable network and high quality connections between your devices. Energy efficient The TLSG1005D includes energy efficient technology, which means that you’ll be able to expand your network without needing to worry about increasing energy bills. With plug and play functionality that takes minimal time to set up, the TP-Link TL-SG1005D Managed Network Switch is perfectly designed to simply expand your network.
- Product ID: 3423037791
