Which product is the best for VPN?

[JAC]

@jac said in Best VPN:

@jac said in Best VPN:

@phenomlab said in Best VPN:

@jac Thanks. Good update. This is why I chose to stick with NordVPN

How has Nord been mate?

I know you don’t do streaming but generally how has it been?

If it comes to it I can always change to Nord.

Although I’ll have to try get my money back under the 30 day money back guarantee and then pick the right one this time.

[JAC]

https://www.techradar.com/uk/vpn/the-best-vpn-for-streaming

[phenomlab]

@jac said in Best VPN:

How has Nord been mate?
I know you don’t do streaming but generally how has it been?

Never had any issues with it. It typically just “works” and rarely needs any intervention from me.

[phenomlab]

@jac Yep - enough said, I think

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Best VPN:

@jac Yep - enough said, I think

Tempted to make the switch, maybe keep both.

[JAC]

[JAC]

@jac said in Best VPN:

Seems a lot more expensive. I’m going to wait a few days and weigh up the options / hope there’s a slightly better deal that crops up .

[phenomlab]

@jac The mobile experience was recently updated and is rock solid.

[phenomlab]

@jac That’s not expensive in my view.

[JAC]

@jac said in Best VPN:

@jac said in Best VPN:

Seems a lot more expensive. I’m going to wait a few days and weigh up the options / hope there’s a slightly better deal that crops up .

I’ll have to try get my money back with SurfShark first, either that or use both for now and compare and then see which is better.

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Best VPN:

@jac That’s not expensive in my view.

Compared to Surf shark it is, although maybe you get what you pay for I’m not sure.

[phenomlab]

@jac Cheap often reflects quality my friend…

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Best VPN:

@jac Cheap often reflects quality my friend…

Of course mate I agree, although this was driven down with a 2 year membership.

[phenomlab]

@jac True, but it’s worth it.

[phenomlab]

Side edit - I’m switching this to a standard topic as it’s become much more (thanks to all participants) of an in-depth discussion than a simple question

[gotwf]

@jac Interestingly… Surfshark makes their #3 slot. And yeah, streaming seems to be one of Surfshark’s weak spots on my end as well. For e.g. Youtube vids will be playing fine and then buffer briefly.

Another irritation w/Surfshark is that while they support various protocols, I did not find any way to easily choose which I preferred to be using in a given app. FF browser plugin for e.g. I guess it is using OpenVPN? I’d like to try/test it w/wireguard, w/o having to reach out to support and/or spend an hour surfing their tech support articles.

Price is definitely a factor but not at the cost of poor quality. Think I shall dump 'em and go back to living dangerously. Maybe just toss up a vm at my cloud provider and IKEv2 through there as necessary? Yeah, I know, FBI can still p’wn all my bases but at least maybe something w.r.t. the site trackers and such? Just got to watch the bandwidth… wh/come to think this thru further, probably makes it a non starter.

Edit: Hmm… that is odd… I thought I was replying to @phenomlab tech radar link. Freakin’ brain dead today…

[phenomlab]

@gotwf said in Best VPN:

Edit: Hmm… that is odd… I thought I was replying to @phenomlab tech radar link. Freakin’ brain dead today…

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Best VPN:

@jac Interestingly… Surfshark makes their #3 slot. And yeah, streaming seems to be one of Surfshark’s weak spots on my end as well. For e.g. Youtube vids will be playing fine and then buffer briefly.

Another irritation w/Surfshark is that while they support various protocols, I did not find any way to easily choose which I preferred to be using in a given app. FF browser plugin for e.g. I guess it is using OpenVPN? I’d like to try/test it w/wireguard, w/o having to reach out to support and/or spend an hour surfing their tech support articles.

Price is definitely a factor but not at the cost of poor quality. Think I shall dump 'em and go back to living dangerously. Maybe just toss up a vm at my cloud provider and IKEv2 through there as necessary? Yeah, I know, FBI can still p’wn all my bases but at least maybe something w.r.t. the site trackers and such? Just got to watch the bandwidth… wh/come to think this thru further, probably makes it a non starter.

Edit: Hmm… that is odd… I thought I was replying to @phenomlab tech radar link. Freakin’ brain dead today…

So would you both @phenomlab & @gotwf say to try get a refund and move to Nord? I just want the best for streaming really.

[JAC]

@jac said in Best VPN:

For e.g. Youtube vids will be playing fine and then buffer briefly.

Ive noticed this too.

[phenomlab]

@jac said in Best VPN:

try get a refund and move to Nord? I just want the best for streaming really.

I would - based on the comments here. NordVPN is going to be superior. If you really want to compare, the closest is probably Express VPN, although they are pretty expensive