hey guys my name is dion and welcome back to another nordvpn video
in this video we're going to be doing a review and taking a detailed look at nordvpn
but first why get a vpn a vpn or virtual private network is a service that protects your internet
connection and privacy online it creates an encrypted tunnel for your data and protects your
online identity by hiding your ip address vpns also allow you to bypass internet restrictions and
access contents that is normally only available in specific countries today we're looking at nordvpn
nordvpn is one of the most established and reputable vpns out there and provides lots
of features and support for a very compelling price if you're interested in purchasing nordvpn
i will leave links in the description to the best possible offers for your plan
let's dive in nordvpn has over 5400 servers in 59 countries all over the world this is an
incredibly expansive list to choose from moreover nordvpn is supported on all major desktop and
mobile operating systems even supporting browser extensions and smart tvs a feature i really like
is the ability to connect up to six devices at any given time i'll go over the different plans later
in the video but rest assured you can most likely support all of your devices at once under a single
nordvpn account now before we go into all of the features and tests i want to quickly go over the
user interface of the actual application itself now in this case we'll be running nord on mac os
and you can see that right off the bat we have a very inviting simplistic and visual interface
we have a world map that will visually show you exactly all the different locations that they have
and along the left will have a list view of all the different countries that you can connect to
as well as any presets or specialty servers you may want to use overall i find this to be a very
easy to use application the visual interface is inviting and very easy to navigate i did
mention though in a previous video that it would be nice to have some descriptions or info buttons
around some of the many features that nord offers this is to allow new users to more quickly learn
thankfully their website though is full of useful resources alright let's take a look at the speed
test now i've run several tests and put the data in this table first off we have the baseline
so this is the speed test results with no vpn connected and as you can see i average around 59
megabytes download and 5.3 megabytes upload using quick connect where nord finds what it believes
to be the best server in this case the uk as i am based in the uk you can see that speeds are
very much retained and you'll see this throughout the other speed tests in this case only seeing a
very slight drop in download and upload speed but this is only a difference of around five percent
we see even better results for example sweden and israel where there's only a two percent change
further down in the us i've connected to both east and west coast and found the numbers to be
very strong in la for example there is no drop at all in speeds finally in asia i found even better
results in japan in particular actually providing higher download speeds compared to the baseline
of course there are many factors and variables that affect these results but the point is
that if you're concerned in significant drops in performance you can see that this is really not an
issue with nordvpn in fact i found it to be among if not the fastest overall vpn i've tried nordvpn
is well equipped for streaming it unblocks many popular streaming services such as disney plus
hulu and amazon prime video additionally nordvpn can access netflix libraries from around the
world including the us uk india japan and south korea now briefly in terms of torrenting this
is possible with nordvpn torrens however aren't supported on all servers but there are options
that will work nordvpn provides hundreds of p2p friendly servers in the us and the uk as well
as many other locations around the globe of course one of the main reasons to use a vpn is privacy so
how does nord stack up well nord scores very well with its strong encryption it also regularly
changes keys ensuring that even if an attacker manages to penetrate a session they will be locked
out of the next once you're connected nordvpn has other ways to even further protect your privacy
through different protocols and specialty servers dedicated ip for example will still protect your
identity but does so from one single ip this is particularly good if you're using apps such as
online banking where logging in from different ips and different countries can cause security related
issues next is double vpn and this essentially connects you through two servers in essence this
makes your already very secure connection extra secure this is great for certain high
risk situations however this may also impact your browsing speeds obfuscated servers allow you to
bypass internet restrictions in essence these hide the fact that you're using a vpn to reroute your
traffic this is ideal for using the internet in heavily restricted environments such as a country
with local internet censorship and p2p allows for file sharing between two people across the web
instead of using one server to send files the load is decentralized and distributed over many servers
thus allowing for a faster and more reliable file transfer onion overvpn essentially routes
your traffic through nord's own network and then directs it over the onion network and onto its
final destination this double layer of obfuscation may affect performance slightly but also provides
an incredible level of protection not to mention all of this works in the background let's take a
look at nord's logging policy now nordvpn claims to have a strict no logs policy that covers not
only general logging of your internet activities but also session logging details such as recording
your incoming ip address when you're connected to the servers and the ip you're allocated
when other vpns are saying no logging they often carry out some sort of session logging so it's
good to see that nordvpn has actually ruled this out furthermore nordvpn backs up these claims by
inviting independent auditing firms to audit their no logging policy from which the reports
conclude that nord's logging policy description is accurate this is all very important and reassuring
to know it means that nordvpn has far more evidence to support their no logging claims
than most other vpn providers so how secure is nordvpn well i found nordvpn to be impressively
secure one of its key features in this area is an integrated kill switch a kill switch is
in place to prevent any data leaks in case the vpn connection drops nordvpn stands out here by
actually having two kill switches the first is a general internet kill switch to block all net axis
when you're not connected to a vpn this of course can also be turned off if you find it inconvenient
but secondly it also has an app kill switch which closes the chosen application or applications
in case the connection goes down in terms of customer support i was impressed with nord's
expansive list of online resources that for me answered most of my questions in the event
that i needed to look something up you can also sort articles by category and search by keyword
again in the future i would love to see some of these resources incorporated directly into the
app to make it easier to find for the user there are also video tutorials which are easy to follow
if however you weren't able to find an answer to your question nord offers a live chat that
responds very quickly a key highlight that really stood out to me personally is nordvpn's charity
work they work with non-profits such as amnesty international and deutsche bella they even
support the internet freedom festival tedx and the european journalism center to name a few okay so
now that we've looked at some of the key features that nordvpn offers let's explore the plans now
nord offers a range of plans at different price points depending on the length of plan you choose
for example the two-year plan will give you the best value but again i will leave special links
in the description that will give you the best possible offer so if you're interested
in signing up be sure to click the links in the description at the end of the day i can highly
recommend nordvpn as the all-around best vpn it offers an extensive list of servers has great apps
features and supports all major devices additionally its security and privacy claims
are backed up and proven by independent companies overall it is a polished and professional service
which will deliver good results for most users if you have any questions please share them in the
comment section and if this video helped you out please like and subscribe thanks for watching guys