Best paid for VPN?

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Silicon Penetration

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8,842 posts

186 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Torn between ipvanish and NordVPN.

What do you guys use & why?

JimbobVFR

2,680 posts

143 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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I use Nord VPN and I've been very pleased with it. I could even get Sky GO to work eventually from Spain.

Corso Marche

1,716 posts

200 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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I've used Hide.me in the past and found it flawless across a number of countries and regions. After using it in the UAE for approximately 10 months it suffered from a region ban which we couldn't find a way around. I then switched to ExpressVPN which I've used since.
But after moving to another country just over a month ago that seems to have encountered a region ban (even though it has servers in the country). For now it works when I need it over a manual configuration (most of the time). It still works in any other territory I've used it in though.
Both of those companies offered very good customer support, for what it's worth.

TL;DR - Your mileage may vary depending on location/country you use it in. If you're only using it in the UK or Western Europe any of the larger respectable operations should be dependable enough without interruption.

Tycho

11,554 posts

272 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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I use IP Vanish and have had no issues with it.

nickboyle

1 posts

66 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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I would never go for free vpn you never know they would gather your data or spy your internet activities. I have been using PureVPN 2 year deal which is worth for money. It keeps me safe and enable me to watch unblock content.

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Tunnelbear works OK with me, but like most doesn't get around geolocation, I use AlwaysHome now which connects via my UK home IP so get's around the whole geolocation thing.

Mr Pointy

11,149 posts

158 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Best VPN depends on what you want from a VPN. Best speed? Anonymous signup? No logs? Not everyone has the same requirements. Have a look at this site which has some genuine reviews of paid-for VPNs:
https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

Unfortunately it's not the best example of web design but there is useful information if you hunt hard enough. Both IPVanish & NordVPN are not well regarded for one reason or another.

foreverme

569 posts

177 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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PureVPN for me, does everything i need..

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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andy_s said:
Tunnelbear works OK with me, but like most doesn't get around geolocation, I use AlwaysHome now which connects via my UK home IP so get's around the whole geolocation thing.
I've used Tunnelbear before, I assumed it did as it gives you the option of where to "be"?

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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TheAngryDog said:
andy_s said:
Tunnelbear works OK with me, but like most doesn't get around geolocation, I use AlwaysHome now which connects via my UK home IP so get's around the whole geolocation thing.
I've used Tunnelbear before, I assumed it did as it gives you the option of where to "be"?
Yeah sorry I wasn't clear - I meant that the use of VPN is detected (iPlayer et al).

Lacrimosa

22 posts

66 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Silicon Penetration said:
Torn between ipvanish and NordVPN.

What do you guys use & why?
Both are decent VPNs, but I prefer NordVPN. First of all, IpVanish is based in US and Nord is based in Panama, data retention laws differ like day and night between the two countries. Comparing the prices NordVPN is cheaper and you can get a refund if there's something you don't like. If you're using Linux there will be some additional steps setting up Nord, but it can be done.

parabolica

6,703 posts

183 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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TheAngryDog said:
andy_s said:
Tunnelbear works OK with me, but like most doesn't get around geolocation, I use AlwaysHome now which connects via my UK home IP so get's around the whole geolocation thing.
I've used Tunnelbear before, I assumed it did as it gives you the option of where to "be"?
Personally Tunnelbear was perfect until they were bought out by McAfee; as I understand it the service hasn't changed but the fact it's now linked to McAfee is enough to make me look elsewhere should I be in the market for a VPN.

NordVPN and PIA would be the two I'd look at.

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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parabolica said:
Personally Tunnelbear was perfect until they were bought out by McAfee;
Didn't know that!

Cupramax

10,469 posts

251 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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JimbobVFR said:
I could even get Sky GO to work eventually from Spain.
Sky Go works abroad anyway as of 1/4/18 even without a VPN. hehe

techguyone

3,137 posts

141 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Mr Pointy said:
Best VPN depends on what you want from a VPN. Best speed? Anonymous signup? No logs? Not everyone has the same requirements. Have a look at this site which has some genuine reviews of paid-for VPNs:
https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

Unfortunately it's not the best example of web design but there is useful information if you hunt hard enough. Both IPVanish & NordVPN are not well regarded for one reason or another.
Nord was reviewed a while ago, from memory the main issuer was a lack of servers for the price, this has since been rectified.


I use Nord, got a cracking 3 yr deal for $99, works a treat.

ashleyman

6,963 posts

98 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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I use NordVPN.

I was comparing a few like you are but NordVPN were doing a special offer, 2 years for £60 so I went with them.

SO far, I have nothing to complain about. The options, speed and set up are fine. The only thing that does bug me is sometimes NordVPN doesn't recognise my log in.

I have it installed on multiple devices and they're all working fine. I don't know what the device limit is but I'm up to 4 devices with no throttling or extra charges.

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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I was all set to use Nord - having spent over a year researching and prevaricating - and then at the last moment discovered Hidden24.

The final point will always be a UK server, so you don't run into any issues with websites thinking you're a hacker because you're accessing from Venezuela or somewhere else odd.

As I'm not a member of any kind of terrorist or paramilitary group, I simply wanted an arm's length arrangement with the internet, rather than anything any more extreme. And I didn't want Gmail or Facebook etc to keep spinning password reset exercises at me.

Works on PC and my phone. It's not an app though; in both instances you set it up as a connection. I only switch it on, on my phone, when I'm about to go into a higher risk situation, e.g. a public wi-fi area.

FlatToTheMat

1,426 posts

162 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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V8mate said:
I was all set to use Nord - having spent over a year researching and prevaricating - and then at the last moment discovered Hidden24.

The final point will always be a UK server, so you don't run into any issues with websites thinking you're a hacker because you're accessing from Venezuela or somewhere else odd.

As I'm not a member of any kind of terrorist or paramilitary group, I simply wanted an arm's length arrangement with the internet, rather than anything any more extreme. And I didn't want Gmail or Facebook etc to keep spinning password reset exercises at me.

Works on PC and my phone. It's not an app though; in both instances you set it up as a connection. I only switch it on, on my phone, when I'm about to go into a higher risk situation, e.g. a public wi-fi area.
NordVPN user here, paid very little (I think 50euro) for a three year package, works flawlessly across iPad, iPhones, Mac and Windows 10. We live in the Middle East so use it quite often as nearly everything needs it. Easily switching between 'Favorites' USA, UK and Ireland where applicable.

Strangely enough, only time I'm faced 'with websites thinking you're a hacker' is when trying to access a site that sounds like 'HornPub' wink Google then decides to challenge me to spot the shopfront .... Quite.The.Anticlimax let me tell you!

AJB88

12,269 posts

170 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Cyberghost user here, they always have an offer on.

rich888

2,610 posts

198 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Is VPN easy to install because I'm quite intrigued as to what is being hidden when Google says 'Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe'.