Hotspot Shield review

Pango’s privacy policy is probably fine if your only interested in securing your connection for those times you’re on public Wi-Fi connections. If, however, your primary concern is privacy or gaining as much anonymity as you can realistically get online, there are other VPN services that log far less data.  It’s hard to argue with those speed results, however. If your only concern is getting the fastest VPN possible then you should test Hotspot Shield for yourself.

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Hotspot Shield is a high-quality VPN with a great desktop app, solid speeds, and 82 country choices, with more than 3,000 servers. We still don't like the privacy policy. Even though it's improved, the company is still tracking a lot of information. The company says the information is not tied to your personal activity, but this is still not the VPN that privacy-conscious users are looking for.

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Hotspot Shield is best known for its free VPN service, but the paid-for Premium version is a lot better. It’s US headquarters and logging policy may put you off, but if you want a supremely easy-to-use VPN for securing public Wi-Fi and browsing the web anonymously, it’s a fine choice.

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Hotspot Shield isn’t the most feature-packed VPN, but it covers most normal requirements and is very easy to use. Combine that with the incredible performance, and it’s a high-class VPN. The concerns around privacy and the US location may put off privacy advocates, but Hotspot Shield makes sense as a powerful VPN for mainstream users.

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Hotspot shield is, with some distance, the fastest VPN we have ever tested. It's the most used VPN in the world: trusted by over 650 million users. Hotspot Shield has a very clear zero-log policy and does not track anything you do online. It also uses its own Hydra Catapult protocol, which is much faster than OpenVPN. Moreover, it applies the highly secure AES-256 encryption, and features a kill switch.

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Hotspot Shield is a super-fast, reliable VPN that has worked hard to regain its users’ trust following recent controversies. It’s very reasonably priced if you opt for one of the longer plans, and a generous 45-day money-back guarantee means that you have some time to think before you completely make up your mind. Performance is outstanding on both local and international connections, and access to Netflix or BBC iPlayer is an added bonus.

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There's a lot to like about Hotspot Shield, especially its ease of use and raw speed, but if you're looking for low prices, router support or Netflix access, it could be a different story.

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The VPN users who demand efficient customer service might not dub Hotspot Shield as reliable. Moreover, the logs policy of this service might not be able to satisfy users who demand utmost privacy. Still, in a way Hotspot Shield is reliable. It is a reliable service for those who want to unblock geo-restricted content without constraining their financial limitations. Hotspot Shield also has lot to offer to users who desire a convenient way of securing their connection.

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If you're fine with Hotspot Shield's free service tier inserting ads into your web pages, and the privacy allegations don't concern you, then go right ahead and use this VPN service. Better yet, use both Hotspot Shield's free offering and Windscribe's similarly generous counterpart, and you'll have 25GB per month of free VPN data to play with.

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With its seconds to none showing in the performance test, Hotspot Shield Elite make it hard for a user to see past this VPN solution. Also taking the top of the security and usability placing as well as providing for all essential needs of the VPN users.

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