The sweet sound of silence is rare in my home. The usual audio landscape is guitars and drums or the shrieks and shouts of gaming. My teens see Wi-Fi as a basic human right. I am summoned immediately at the slightest hint of lag or buffer. They grudgingly tolerate me testing routers and mesh systems, which is to say, they moan at me mercilessly whenever the Wi-Fi goes down.

Over a month of testing in two separate blocks, Netgear’s Orbi 770 Series has ushered in a new era of peace, delivering stable, speedy Wi-Fi quietly throughout our home. It hasn’t gone down once; it hasn’t even stuttered. While that should be a low bar, you’d be surprised how many mesh routers don’t clear it.

The Orbi 770’s charms don’t end there, because this tri-band mesh is easy to set up and use and has plenty of Ethernet ports, a very accessible app, and useful extras, albeit for an additional fee. At the cheaper end of Netgear’s Wi-Fi 7 range, the Orbi 770 is one of the best mesh systems I’ve tested and is perfect for busy families.

Netgear’s Orbi range shares the same design language throughout, with a triangular vase look that blends nicely with most decor. These routers are relatively large, at around 10 inches tall and 5 inches across. This form allows for internal antennas that deliver expansive range and a silent, fanless design that keeps it cool. While I prefer mesh systems with identical units, Netgear’s pre-paired main router and satellites proved very easy to set up, and I had this system running within half an hour.