Pros: I get a great signal with this adapter. Reviewers that say it doesn't work with Windows 10 are wrong. I haven't had any disconnect and these are super cheap. The USB 2.0 is not a problem because no AC adapter is going to hit 480 mbps or anywhere close from the real world tests I have seen of many of the fastest AC adapters.

Cons: Probably too bulky to use as a laptop adapter but certainly possible,

Pros: ummm.... none at all

Cons: terrible connection, terrible range. huge latency while gaming, worst money i have ever spent... DO NOT BUY THIS!!
getting rid of this in 2 days finally. biggest regret

Pros: Works good after you unplug it and plug it back in after restart.

Cons: You have to unplug it and plug it back in after you restart the computer. I contacted support and they told me to reinstall that did nothing. I got it for free with a router so should not complain.

Other Thoughts: Would not recommend unless you want to unplug and plug back in after a restart.

Pros: Excellent range
Beamforming
Easily connects to my R7000 at 867Mb/s which is more than enough for my 50/50 fiber connection
Comes with a usb dock

Cons: NONE

Other Thoughts: Grab the newest driver off the netgear site as it enables beamforming which is I am guessing how it gets wicked speeds at long distances.
When installing driver do it BEFORE plugging in the device as I have had issues where the install freezes if you have the device plugged in while doing the install.

Pros: Looks good

Cons: It's has limited performance. I thought it would be better than the performance SP4's but not. It could not even discover some wifi that SP4 can find. No matter how many time I spent on the setting of the adaptor, it can not even find. It also performs much slower than my latop's.

Other Thoughts: Don't buy this product. Don't buy this product. Don't buy this product.

Pros: Fast, drivers can be installed without unnecessary Netgear bloatware, includes dock

Cons: Installation wasn't simple plug-and-play. Drivers needed to be installed prior to plugging in the adapter

Other Thoughts: Came free with a modem. I probably won't get a ton of use out of it, but it's nice to have a back-up wifi dongle if I need it.

Pros: it's fast, when it was connected and works great under windows 7.

Cons: DOES NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS 10! my adapter kept disconnecting constantly and it got worse with larger download files. I ran a WLAN report and it showed the adapter disconnecting and reconnecting ALL the time until it finally just disconnects without reconnecting. the driver is incredible unstable. When I contacted netgear, they told me my 4month old adapter did not qualify for direct help and that I would have to pay for help!! their forums are full of windows 10 a6200 users ALL with the same problem. Netgear refuses to fix the issue and has abandoned their customers on this issue. DO NOT BUY THIS ADAPTER if you are using windows 10 or planning to go to windows 10. you will be frustrated as well as wasting your money! For the record, I tried everything ever mentioned on Netgears's forums as well as other forums across the net and nothing worked. Google the A6200 disconnecting in windows 10 and you will see the issues everyone is having. I got so frustrated I spent more money and got a new adapter that has been rock solid!! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NETGEAR PRODUCT!!!

Other Thoughts: if you use windows 10, stop looking at this adapter and get a different one....this one will drive you crazy with the disconnects!!

Pros: A fresh install with Windows 10 drivers from the Netgear site, and all is good to go!

Cons: Beat myself up for nothing.

Other Thoughts: It is a nice looking device that pulls 433 mbps from a D-Link AC 750 router. Definitely recommended. Wish everyone I knew had one.

Pros: Update to review below. After a few weeks I started having driver issues under Windows 10 again. The device would stop working. I ended up replacing the WiFi with my old adapter. I pulled this out of the box again about a week ago and am using it on a Windows 7 box. No problems so far on Windows 7 but I would not recommend this for Windows 10 because of the driver problems. It appears Netgear has not release an updated driver since 2014 so more than likely they will not fix the problem that everyone is having with Windows 10. Dropped this down to 3 eggs since I do not feel it warrants a higher rating when it is essentially not compatible with Windows 10.
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First Review

First of all, let me start with saying I took 1 egg off because of issues with driver. Once I worked that out, I ended up with a really decent wireless USB adapter. With the latest driver, my wireless signal went from 3 bars to 5 bars. My wireless speeds transferring from computer (Ethernet) to the computer with Netgear A6200 is much faster than my old dual band adapter now that I have functioning drivers.

NOTE: Download the latest driver that is for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 before installing adapter. If you use the drivers off the CD, you will have a hard time getting this adapter to function under Windows 10.

Once I installed the driver from Netgear downloads, the adapter problems were solved and it works flawlessly. My range is good and no problems with streaming for transferring files.

When you download the latest driver from Netgear - make sure you get the driver for Windows 8.1/Windows 10. I completely removed the driver and uninstalled the Netgear software, removed the adapter, and rebooted. I then unzipped the new driver, ran the full install and plugged in that adapter. What a difference. Paired up with a Netgear Nighthawk, this adapter really performed well. With both the router and adapter using beamforming technology, had no problems with a strong signal and speed. When transferring files from another computer hooked through Ethernet, the speed was about the same as moving files to my USB hard drive. After the driver update, I was also able to seamlessly stream HD to the television.

Just for information, I was able to connect to a TP_Link dual band after driver update and performance and range are better than with the other dual band USB adapters I have.

Cons: Driver headaches. The driver on the CD has some minor issues on Windows 8.1 and don't even attempt to use it with Windows 10. Hopefully Netgear will start shipping with the new driver as the driver on the CD makes this product look bad - which it isn't.

Before the driver update, I tested in Windows 8.1 with the drivers on the CD. I get decent wireless speeds and fair range but nothing to brag about or justify the cost. Streaming multimedia to HDTV resulted in choppy performance. The video would skip or hang completely while streaming. The adapter would disconnect and show up as Disabled about every hour. No amount of enabling device would correct problem or connect to router. I would have to unplug the adapter and then plug it back in the USB port. Disconnects happened frequently under Windows 10. Under Windows 8.1, the adapter worked but was slow and range was questionable.

Other Thoughts: I played around with this for a week on Windows 8.1 and was not thrilled. When I installed it on my Windows 10 box, I had nothing but problems but these problems ended up making me search for a solution. I am glad I did. I was ready to box this up and throw it on the shelf but now I am happy to say, it has replaced my other dual band adapter.

A lot of reviews on here show folks were having the same problems as I was. Before you give up, try the new drivers. Just make sure you completely uninstall the old driver and software. Even after I did the uninstall, I had to go into Device Manager, choose 'Show Hidden Devices' and then remove the A6200 a second time. Some remnants of the drivers were still in the registry and showing hidden devices and then uninstalling completely removed the old driver. Netgear also has a Beta driver that is new but I have not tried it. I have the adapter working well but curiosity has got the best of me so now I will try the Beta driver after I finish this review.

Pros: Might work well with your windows 7 or 8 systems but from everything I've heard that can be hit or miss as well.

Cons: As Mentioned in title it seems that Netgear has just given up trying to support this product. Win 10 support is poor at best and has no released drivers at all for linux so if you have either OS stay FAR away as possible from this adapter!

Other Thoughts: Netgear is usually a pretty solid product with good driver support. I wonder why they dropped the ball so hard on this one.