CONCLUSION

   We've been testing Powerline adapters for many years now but the FRITZ!Powerline 1000E Set is actually the first to reach our lab with support for 1Gbe so naturally we were very interested to see how it would compare against "slower" models and as you can all tell it ended up doing extremely well. Of course as we've mentioned several times in the past Powerline adapters depend a lot on the state of the electrical wiring you have in your house or office and ours happens to be quite old (26 years if i recall correctly) so although the FRITZ!Powerline 1000E Set offered almost twice as much performance compared to even the best models in our chart chances are that the difference will be even greater if you use it with brand new wirings (in a relatively new house/office). Unfortunately as already mentioned in the review this set doesn't feature a built-in power socket so you need to forget the one you plug the adapters into but we do hope AVM produces one such set soon.

   AVM is based in Germany and like many other EU based brands their products are designed for local use thus we were unable to find the FRITZ!Powerline 1000E Set inside the USA, at least not currently. Inside the EU however a pleasant surprise awaited us since as we speak this set retails for just 84.99Euros (Amazon.de) a price which in many cases is less than what many 500/600Mbit/s sets retail for. Of course the reason we didn't expect this is not just that the FRITZ!Powerline 1000E Set is the fastest one in our charts (at least to date) but because AVM is considered to be one of the best companies in the networking segment of the market (inside the EU that is) so their products are sometimes priced well above those by most of their competitors. In any case with the FRITZ!Powerline 1000E Set you're getting a state of the art device capable of surpassing every 500/600Mbit/s set in the market and certainly even some similar 1Gbe compatible ones and since it carries a very affordable price tag we really have very little reason to deny it our Platinum Award and so we will not.

PROS

- Excellent Build Quality
- Fastest Powerline Adapter To Date (In Our Charts)
- 1200Mbit/s
- Low Power Consumption
- Green Operation Supported
- MIMO Technology
- AES 128Bit Encryption
- QoS Support
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Single LAN Port (For Some)
- No Power Outlet