TorGuard
Website: www.torguard.net
Price: From $4.99 / Month. (If purchased via 12-month plan) Accepts Bitcoins.
Coupon / Promo: 50% Off* use promo code bvpn4u50
Our Rating: – 91.6%
Protection: 5/5
Software / GUI: 4.5/5
Features: 4/5
Speed: 4.5/5
Ease of Use: 4.5/5
Service Overview and Reviews
Protocols: OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP
Service: TorGuard offers a VPN service to anonymize your internet connection via 3000+ servers across 50+ countries including: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, India, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Romania, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore.
P2P/Torrents allowed on servers in Netherlands, Canada, Russia, Romania, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway.
The client software has recently been updated to Viscosity, a feature rich client where you can check the status of your connection, easily switch servers, auto start and reconnect and more.
- Windows and Mac – “Lite” OpenVPN client (portable version) and Pro Viscosity (most popular)
- Linux (one of the only fully working linux gui apps we’ve seen)
- Android – The TorGuard app is available on Google play and is compatible with almost every android 4.0 device. PPTP and L2TP are supported for older devices.
- iPhone and iPad – For non-jailbroken devices, PPTP and L2TP are supported. For OpenVPN your device must be jailbroken.
Includes easy Torrent Proxy setup software that adds the optimal proxy settings to torrent clients like Deluge, utorrent, Bittorrent and Vuze. The software is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Server status page shows real-time overview of servers where you can check if there’s any known issues and what protocols are available on each server.
TorGuard’s new Stealth VPN service enables you to bypass DPI firewalls and unlock access to/from countries like China, Iran and the UAE.
One particularly handy feature with Torguard is they also allow up to 5 simultaneous connections per VPN account.
TorGuard also offers bittorrent proxy and seedbox options.
Privacy: TorGuard does not keep logs of customer activity, store IP’s or time stamps. See their Policy/Terms/FAQ
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Our Thoughts: We tested the VPN service only and results in our speed tests were decent. If you want to anonymize your torrent downloads this definitely does the job.
The Viscosity software client is slick and very easy to use and we particularly liked the server status details pop-up.
Torguard has been rapidly improving and expanding all aspects of their services, so we expect it to keep getting better over time. We also experienced excellent support responsiveness, and they seem to be very helpful in quickly addressing any issues, concerns, feedback, or technical problems.
The 5 simultaneous connections feature is really a huge and unique plus for many people from a flexibility standpoint, especially given the ever increasing use of mobile devices.
See our Best VPN for Torrents
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TorGuard User Reviews
Summary
Reviews
Recently signed up for this VPN after doing extensive research. At first I had troubles setting up on my Mac, but after quick and pleasant exchanges with their support team, I determined it was a DNS issue, and was able to resolve it. Now have it working perfectly on both Windows and Mac. The speed is great, and I can confirm it totally hides you with no leaks. It’s very simple to use, the service/support has so far been great and fast, and the price on the quarterly/yearly plans is really hard to beat. Overall I could not be more satisfied for my requirements. Highly recommended.
Service seems to be stable.
2 issues that I wanted to talk about.
1. Emule is getting Low ID, I think there is some issue with port forwarding as well. No issues if I use another vpn service I subscribe to so its Torguard issue.
2. The L2TP/IPSec service seems to be for new users. As an old subscriber I asked my friend a new subscriber to give me his settings. I tried using my login pass I was unable to use it on L2TP servers after getting kick out when attempt use it but if use my friend’s login pass I was able to get through. Sounds like poor implementation. What about us already subscribed before this service was available!
Great provider, I just signed up with torguard and am very happy with my choice.
The support is excellent, and replies to my dumb questions really quickly.. Setup was easy and the speeds are just fine for me. I’m also traveling to hong kong next month and they guaranteed me that the service will work there which is nice. Can’t live without internet!
The big selling point for me was they have an android app so I can use the vpn on my nexus… They allow 5 connections for 1 account so I’ve got my comp, celly and a few other devices hooked up. For the price, you really can’t beat it!
LOL, it seems like the only people that leave a review here are the one’s who aren’t computer literate. I was wary of this provider after reading these reviews, but after giving them a try myself I realize they do need a fair review here. I just signed up for TorGuard (although I missed the blackfriday discount by one hour) and will now leave a real review of this company.
Support: Great, no issues and they reply within an hour. Although they did tell me I wasn’t quick enough on the draw for the black friday sale lol
Speed: They put my previous vpn to shame… While they only offer 30 IP’s, I can get great speeds on all the servers. speedtest shows 9mpbs download rates – thats big improvement over the 3 I was getting with PIA
Reliability: Good. I’ve only tried the openvpn and so far so good – no drops.. I hope it says this way
Protection: Also good, using their openvpn software and found it really easy to install. Your an id10t if you can’t figure it out, and probably shouldn’t be using a vpn anyway.
Price: I only gave a 5 here, because I’d like to see them offer more than 30 vpn servers. They claim to add new servers weekly, that remains to be seen.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with TorGuard and hope the service stays like this for a long while..
Could not get service to work after multiple attempts. Tried to contact customer service and was met by rude people that didnt know anything. I then asked for a refund and finally got one. I was told that I would never be charged again and my account was deactivated. 3 months later I had a charge for $20 appear out of nowhere. I contacted support and they said they would pass it on to the billing person. Nobody has contacted me about the issue and when I try to tell support this they say the person is not there or they will forward the message on. They did not even care that the $20 charge that was not supposed to happen cost me over $50 in bank fees. Stay away from this horrible service and company.
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TorGuard Speed Test Results
TorGuard Speed Test
Below you can see our testing results for TorGuard. For more details of how we conduct our speed tests go to VPN Speed Tests
Test PC #1 – United States – OS (Ubuntu 12.04) – ISP (Cox)
SpeedTest.net (Iron) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
Not Using VPN | United States | 24 | 27.85 | 8.31 |
OpenVPN | Romania | 219 | 7.69 | 3.52 |
OpenVPN | Netherlands | 182 | 8.19 | 3.74 |
Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
Not Using VPN | United States | 783M | 1514k | 08:49 |
OpenVPN | Romania | 783M | 1035k | 12:54 |
OpenVPN | Netherlands | 783M | 1127k | 11.51 |
P2P Test (Transmission) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
Not Using VPN | United States | 698.3Mb | 1.77Mb | 06:35 |
OpenVPN | Romania | 698.3Mb | 1.45Mb | 08:03 |
OpenVPN | Netherlands | 698.3Mb | 1.57Mb | 07:25 |
Test PC #2 – United Kingdom – OS (Win 7) – ISP (Sky)
SpeedTest.net (Firefox) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 32 | 10.56 | 0.94 |
OpenVPN | Romania | 89 | 9.75 | 0.87 |
OpenVPN | Netherlands | 42 | 9.94 | 0.88 |
Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 783M | 1240k | 10:46 |
OpenVPN | Romania | 783M | 1193k | 11:11 |
OpenVPN | Netherlands | 783M | 1153k | 11:35 |
P2P Test (uTorrent) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 701Mb | 1.1Mb | 10:42 |
OpenVPN | Romania | 701Mb | 1.0Mb | 11:35 |
OpenVPN | Netherlands | 701Mb | 0.85Mb | 14:06 |
Note: The handshake protocol (MSCHAP_V2) used by many PPTP connections has been cracked and therefore PPTP could now be considered unencrypted. For maximum security use OpenVPN or L2TP.