If you missed out on the RBK50 from Wireless1 for $299 as I did, this might be a good replacement. It's the cheapest price I can find on the RBK23 and is the cheapest deal on it for a while, though the discount isn't as good as the more expensive RBK50 from Wireless1.
I called officeworks (1300 633 423) to price match, and they said the warehouse is out of stock so they couldn't post it, but I could pick up from my local store which is fine because I didn't have to pay for postage.
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If you're trying to decide which Orbi to get, the main differences in the RBK23 compared to the RBK50 are:
- Smaller size: (5.6 x 2.4 x 6.6 in) compared to (6.4 x 3.1 x 8.0 in).
- Fewer Internal Antennas: The RBK23 has 4 internal antennas compared to 6 antennas of RBK50.
- Fewer Wired Ethernet Ports: The RBK23 has 2 Ethernet Ports while the RBK50 has 4. (one of these on the router is used to connect to your modem).
- Wireless Backhaul speed: The RBK23 has 866Mbps backhaul speed compared to 1733Mbps of the RBK50
See this website for more detail on the differences.
It's probably good that I missed out on the Wireless1 deal because after more research I think the RBK23 is probably the better choice for me, as having 2 satellites gives better coverage than the router + single satellite in the RBK50, even though it has more antennas and is faster. Range is more important to me than speed as there are only 2 medium-light users in the house and I don't think the slightly slower speed of the RBK23 will matter.
Will Officeworks pricematch this???