TP-Link TL-PA9020PKIT 2-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit, Data Transfer Speed Up to 2000 Mbps, Ideal for HD Video Streaming and Online Gaming, No Configuration Required, UK Plug

Bought this as my room was in a WiFi dead zone. Installing and connecting the two adapters was easy and quick, and my connection has improved massively. I'd heard that these adapters can sometimes slow the max speed but I don't seem to have any slowdown (my isp advertizes 65-75mbps and I consistently get 72mbps). The passthrough feature is also great as it keeps the socket free, and I haven't experienced any noise/interference even with a multisocket plugged in. Definitely worth the price.

Just bought a second pair of these, this time from Amazon's only real high street rival, who had them for £75 for one day over the Black Friday weekend. I had tried to get the first pair to work with a Devolo plug but there were problems with set up and reliability so I ditched that idea. The second pair of TP-Links work seamlessly with the first and were easy to set up. Just to confirm they will work across difference household circuits no problem. In my office where I have problems with space (given the size of these plugs), I made up a small extension lead; a plug, a length of good quality 3 core, and a double socket 'end', all from Wilko. The TP-link worked perfectly well connected to the mains via this. However because of the TP-link plug size the second mains socket on the extension end could not be used. I plugged in a three way extension block (you know- a white cube with sockets on three sides) into the Wilko extension and then plugged the TP-link into this. That released the second mains socket on the Wilko extension for use and, surprisingly I thought, the TP-link plug worked just as well. Its a bit Heath-Robinson-ish but its tucked into a cupboard so no eye-sore here. My guess is, if you use extensions without surge circuitry and LEDs etc then you powerline plugs are much more likely to work. I assume if it were plugged straight into a wall (along with any other electrical item) it wouldn't have surge protection..? I have never had any experience of surges, not the electrical sort anyway...

TP-Link TL-PA9020PKITDoes it work yes, but with big riders or more a case of liar liar pants on fire!In reality you will get nothing like the advertised 2000Mbs even next to each other, although to be fair all the other Powerline type devices suffer from this same problem, must be aspiring politicians!It doesn't work well between different circuits on a mains breaker/fuse box/consumer unit, so if upstairs is on a different ring/circuit, don't expect much.On just the downstairs ring, at furthest socket (25m) was getting up to about 30MBps and over 50Mbps at 10m socket so definitely usable, to the garden shed - no connection!The devices are well made, the only bad point is that the LED lights are on the side, and typically every socket they were plugged in to they couldn't be easily seen (close to corner wall/furniture)- on the front would be a lot more sensible, with an off switch for the LED's.Conclusion:Decided to bite the bullet and actually install wired ethernet, which won't cost much more and is then zero cost (no power consumption).The units are good for what they do, but limited by your mains wiring layout.They are easy to use, it really is plug, press and play. provided the electrical circuits are suitable.Would I buy again? Probably not, better off using wired ethernet which I can, just more work!

cant get wifi to a far away spot in the house?.these are great,easy to use and can bring betetr speeds to those far away areas

Simply works precisely as expected, excellent product! Looks relatively good, too. Another plus is that ethernet cables are accessible from the top of the adapter (which helps with power plugs that are close to the floor). The MIMO technology and beam-forming appears to pay off as compared to older (slower) products. I definitely recommend this product.Potential drawback: no WiFi range extender, but that depends on individual needs (I don't need this feature).For those interested, I also attach real-life usage data from my set-up to give you an idea what to expect.(do not expect the advertised 2000Mbps speeds but rather 100-200; this is at the high end of powerline technology!).In the following I refer to 'powerline' as a powerline established with the two adapters from this product only (TL-PA902P KIT, a pair of adapters). The adapters must be on the same power circuit and in my case they were separated by about 20-25m (power cable length). On the same circuit were during all tests also three different chargers (universal chargers for phones/tablets, charger for the VDSL modem, charger for screw driver as well as the power supply units for the file servers, all of which were actively charging during the tests; the pass-through plugs were not used).1) I obtained read/write speeds of 112 to 165 Mbps (with file sizes ranging from 2MB to 2GB) in a configuration of PC>Switch>Powerline>File server.2) I also used the adapter pair to run VDSL signals via powerline; worked well with maximum speeds unchanged as compared to what ISP supplies me with (max 37Mbps down and ~12Mbps up).3) Combination of VDSL and conventional LAN via the same adapter pair (this product has 2 Gbit ethernet ports on each adapter) also works very well; configutation was PC>Powerline>Switch>File Server while switch was also connected via the same adapter to the VDSL modem. Obtained speeds for transfers between PC and file server reached 90-120Mbps for small file sizes (2-20MB) and up to 200Mbps for large file sizes (2GB).