Excellent price for 1200 Mbps pass through powerline adaptors. Five pounds less than the previous cheapest price and even cheaper than they've sold through Amazon used!
These are good if you want to stream 4K video around the house and your wifi signal isn't up to it. You'll never get the headline rate of 1200 Mbps but you should get 300 Mbps and more (depending on the quality of your wiring).
Of course you can also drill holes through your walls and floors and thread ethernet cables as a cheaper alternative, but that can be a pain, particuarly if you're playing russian roulette with the drill and your homes electric cables and water pipes.
From the site:
Next Generation 1200 Mbps Powerline with Extra Outlet
Powerful Gigabit Wired Connection
Use your existing electrical wiring to extend your Internet access to any room in your house. Just plug the Powerline 1200 into any electrical outlet then plug in your network connection. It's that easy.
- Extremely fast speeds-up to 1200 Mbps - for connecting smart TVs, streaming players and game consoles.
- Designed for 4K HD streaming and lag-free gaming - Multiple data streams (MIMO).
- Connect multiple adapters to expand your wired network reliably - Set up in minutes, no need to configure or install software.
- Encrypts Power line network connections with the touch of a button and automatically powers down when not in use.
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tokamo
23 May 161#1
Here is the chart from 3 Camels:
wlam
23 May 162#2
thanks op
buddn07
23 May 16#3
Good price, but no good for me unfortunately. I need the ones that go down from the plug.
3guesses
23 May 16#4
Cor, they're big aren't they?
tokamo
23 May 16#5
They are quite big and I guess that is due to the pass through capability and the 1200 Mbps functionality as other products with the same features also seem to be a similar size.
swampsnake
23 May 161#6
Do what I did in my kitchen when the mains adaptor for my DAB radio was too big and would not fit in a socket just under a shelf - Turn the socket upside down! Now fits great :smiley:
rfu3
23 May 16#7
Wasn't thrilled with these. Bought at £49.99 a few weeks back. I had some comtrend 200mbps ones before. They ran at 6 megabytes per second. These reach around 4-5 megabytes per second. That is just short of what I need to stream full blu-ray quality around the house. YMMV because it's very dependant on your house electric line quality/noise level. We're in a new build so should be fairly clean but you never know. Moving house soon so can report further results but I was disappointed.
Houstieboy
23 May 16#8
Genius!
seanmorris100
23 May 16#9
Used of these and it burned down my hoise
rfu3 to seanmorris100
23 May 16#11
Erm. What?
Would you mind elaborating on that? Mine are plugged in at home now and I don't fancy burnt belongings.
Rotoq
23 May 162#10
Were you inside it at the time? That would explain some stuff.
tokamo
23 May 16#12
Assuming you meant burnt down your 'house'; sorry to hear it if it's true.
However, in theory any connected faulty electrical product could start a fire. Your only complete defence against that remote eventuality would be to disconnect every electric appliance in your home. More practically, to reduce your risk, you can ensure you buy electronic products that meet relevant UK and EU standards like these.
tascheman
23 May 16#13
Tempted - bought a pair end of last month for £50 to link router (in garage) to office (upstairs).
Replaced the TP Link ones I bought which are just as fast but go to sleep and drop the link too easily.
I suspect these also drop the link occasionally but much less than the TP-Links
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These are good if you want to stream 4K video around the house and your wifi signal isn't up to it. You'll never get the headline rate of 1200 Mbps but you should get 300 Mbps and more (depending on the quality of your wiring).
Of course you can also drill holes through your walls and floors and thread ethernet cables as a cheaper alternative, but that can be a pain, particuarly if you're playing russian roulette with the drill and your homes electric cables and water pipes.
From the site:
Next Generation 1200 Mbps Powerline with Extra Outlet
Powerful Gigabit Wired Connection
Use your existing electrical wiring to extend your Internet access to any room in your house. Just plug the Powerline 1200 into any electrical outlet then plug in your network connection. It's that easy.
- Extremely fast speeds-up to 1200 Mbps - for connecting smart TVs, streaming players and game consoles.
- Designed for 4K HD streaming and lag-free gaming - Multiple data streams (MIMO).
- Connect multiple adapters to expand your wired network reliably - Set up in minutes, no need to configure or install software.
- Encrypts Power line network connections with the touch of a button and automatically powers down when not in use.
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Would you mind elaborating on that? Mine are plugged in at home now and I don't fancy burnt belongings.
However, in theory any connected faulty electrical product could start a fire. Your only complete defence against that remote eventuality would be to disconnect every electric appliance in your home. More practically, to reduce your risk, you can ensure you buy electronic products that meet relevant UK and EU standards like these.
Replaced the TP Link ones I bought which are just as fast but go to sleep and drop the link too easily.
I suspect these also drop the link occasionally but much less than the TP-Links