Outlandish design, but rip-roaring performance leads to a well-deserved A-List award for Netgear's flagship router

The Netgear R7000 Nighthawk is a router that squeezes as much as possible onto the specification list. With a reasonably high price of £165 (US$184, AU$255), it's a high-end model, and it comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor.

Netgear's R7000 Nighthawk is one of the fastest, if not the fastest routers you can buy today. In addition to leading the field when it comes to throughput, the router offers stellar range and a host of features that differentiate it against other AC1900 routers, like the Asus RT-AC68U and Linksys...

It worked with me for 3 months on ADSL. It's speed was great. I had my internet upgraded to Fibre 2 days ago. The Router is simply not responding. I phoned for help. It was unfortunate that the Phone Support just expired. 1.

Definitely looks the part, smooth, slick, stealth like appearance. The UI is clear, concise and exactly what you want it to be. Handy apps for your tablet and phone give complete control. The 5Ghz wireless network gives superb speeds, definite improvement for my Shield Tablet in console mode.

KitGuru says: Once you look past the peculiar styling you'll find an impressive piece of hardware

High 802.11ac transfer speeds; Simultaneous 5GHz+2.4GHz; Easy set-up; USB 3.0 port for add-in storage; USB 2.0 printer support; Impressive QoS options for consumer market; Decent set-up software with heaps of options; Weird and wonderful styling (if you like that sort of thing)

Expensive; Poor 2.4GHz 802.11n performance; mainly because of the tiny A6100 USB adapter; Takes a while to save changes in set-up; Limited appeal for professional market; Weird and wonderful styling (if you have conventional tastes)

While most of us are always looking for the best possible PC hardware including CPUs, memory modules, graphics cards and solid state drives there are others who are struggling to find the best possible WiFi router to complete or to expand their home or work wireless network.

- Build Quality; - Design; - Wireless Performance (Fastest In Our Charts; - AC1900 Technology (Concurrent 802.11n & 802.11ac; - User Friendly Web Interface; - Features; - Technologies Used (Beamforming & TurboQAM; - Android & iOS App; - 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports; - 2 USB Ports (USB 3.0 & USB 2.0

- Price (For Some

Sitting at the peak of Netgear's consumer router mountain, the Nighthawk R7000 is a high-powered unit that's aimed at gamers and anyone else who wants to supercharge their home network.

Stand-out design; Excellent short-range speed; Useful mobile features

Long-range performance wasn't great

From every 802.11ac wireless router we've tested to date, the Netgear sets the benchmark of what is currently possible. It's our fastest 802.11ac router. Here's our Netgear Nighthawk R7000 802.11ac router review.

All I wanted was better wi-if and this seemed to fit the bill.... until it arrived! The phone jack doesn't plug into this - a router with no phone connection? So I had to buy a modem as well.