r/VPNReviewHub

Basic details:

UK Based

Family of 6

EE Broadband w/eero router

I'm looking to set up my household with a VPN and other privacy tools and I'm just looking for some advice, I have some basic understanding but I'm hoping to gain deeper knowledge.

At this stage I'm looking at Proton's family plan because proton seems to stand out as one of the better companies in regards to privacy focus and security, but I'm curious about other options. I want the VPN of course, I want the password manager and although I'm not terribly fussed about email the idea that I could create a family domain does seem cool, cloud storage is nice but I do intend on setting up a home network with some form of mass storage at some point in the near future.

So ideally I want to be able to have a VPN at the router level to avoid having to set up a VPN on each individual device, as far as I can tell my eero router is incapable of this. The question is can I do something to secure all my at home devices without installing a vpn on each? Assuming not what would be an affordable router that is capable?

I think that's all but if you have any other advice I'm all ears. Thank you for your time.

.Thunder vpn stopped working for me about 2 months ago. It says no available servers. I use it to connect to xfinity wifi Hotspots because I'm homeless and my phone doesn't have service so it only works on wifi. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, clearing the data, even downloading it onto my boyfriend's phone but the same problem. Can anyone recommend how to fix it or any other free vpn's for android that help bypass wifi log in pages please.

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i just wanted to know how good is nordvpn before i pay for it and every sub has like 400 different opinions
ive been using the free version of proton for months, it's fine but my friend keeps saying nord is better and he's usually not wrong about this stuff
only thing i care about is streaming and not getting my data sold lol, is that too much to ask
how good is nordvpn for someone who does not care about protocols or whatever just wants it to work?

I’m trying to pick a VPN and I didn’t expect it to be this annoying. Every review site seems to have a different top choice, and after reading a few of them, it starts to feel like most are just ranking whoever they’re partnered with. I’m not doing anything extreme with it, mostly just normal browsing, public Wi-Fi, and streaming when I’m traveling. I also work from different places sometimes, so I’d rather have something stable that doesn’t randomly disconnect or make basic apps feel slower. I’ve seen people argue about speed, privacy, logging policies, streaming access, and price, but it’s hard to tell what actually matters once you’re using it every day. I don’t mind paying for something if it’s reliable, but I don’t want to get locked into a long plan and then realize it’s annoying after a month. For people who use one regularly, what’s been the least annoying VPN you’ve tried so far? And is there anything you wish you paid more attention to before choosing one?

I grabbed the 2 year plan last month to try surfshark for streaming and some torrenting. ran it on a Windows 11 laptop, mostly connected to Chicago and Miami servers.

speeds were fine, around 150 Mbps on a 300 line, but Prime Video kept throwing the proxy error no matter which US city I picked. requested the refund on day 19 through live chat, took maybe 10 minutes and hit my card in 5 days.

only thing that bugged me was the agent trying to swap me to a 3 month extension instead of the refund. said no twice and they processed it fine.

anyone had the Surfshark money back guarantee refused recently? wondering if it depends on how you paid

Been using VPNs for a few years now, across Windows 11, Android, and a router setup. I've gone through Mullvad, ProtonVPN, IVPN, and a couple of the big commercial names.

What I look for: verified no-logs audits, jurisdiction outside 5/9/14 Eyes when possible, WireGuard or OpenVPN support, a kill switch, and a clear ownership structure. If a VPN is free or suspiciously cheap and does not explain how it makes money, I don't touch it.

I'm curious about what other people prioritize, especially anyone using a VPN for specific use cases

Well, looks like another ban is coming to the US. All sites that have 1/3 of their content NSFW will ask you for age verification.

More than half of US now has laws like that, personally not a fan, If a service will ask for age verification im out. How about you?

i been using vpn for like 6 months and i cannot tell if its doing anything, every time i try to watch something geoblocked it just breaks and now im googling whats better than a vpn because i am so done, like why am i even paying for this thing
i have tried literally every server in europe, switched protocols like four times read three reddit threads and a youtube video from some guy who definitely works for some vpn and none of it did anything, my ping is cooked my speeds are trash and half the sites still know where i am somehow
im starting to think the whole vpn thing is a psyop like everyone just recommends them because thats what the sponsor said and nobody actually tested if whats better than a vpn exists like tor or just not caring anymore both feel more honest at this point
anyway what are you guys actually using because this is not it