Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water

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Our more extreme kill switch testing did, unfortunately, cause serious problems for the Surfshark app (Image credit: Surfshark) MacOS and Mac apps Problem: Your online activity benefits big data companies, your internet service provider (ISP), and maybe even His Majesty’s Government. Alternatively, you're able to set the Bypasser to route only your chosen apps through the VPN. That may be more useful if you're only using Surfshark for one or two tasks, for example torrenting: set up your torrent client to connect via the VPN and everything else will use your regular connection. Although there's clearly potential for big drops in speed here, these are over some seriously long distances. If you're jumping from your home to a neighboring country, then another neighboring country, it's likely you'll see far less impact. However, even if you need to use my all-around-the-world approach, it's still fast enough for most browsing and streaming tasks. Excellent food and great place to meet up for lunch and also great ice cream and lots of flavours to choose from.

Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff. There is not a single thing I can comment on that needed improving. What a hidden... gem Surfshark underwent a second Cure53 audit on its server infrastructure in 2021 (Image credit: Surfshark) Surfshark's Windows app looks a little more complex than most—sporting tabs, icons, lists, and more—but it works much like any other VPN. There's a Connect button to access your nearest server, a location list showing other servers, plus a Settings icon which leads to some useful extras. The Nook St Ivesis perfectly located so you are close to the heart of St Ives. Just a few seconds walk and you are right on the front and soaking up the atmosphere.There's real depth here. Android apps can see through most VPNs by requesting your physical location, but not Surfshark—a GPS Spoofing feature enables it to return the coordinates of your chosen VPN server. You're using OpenVPN: unfortunately, Surfshark's OpenVPN speeds were less than impressive. You'll still be able to browse the web and watch content, but not for activities that are more resource-intensive. A Static IP list lets you connect to locations in Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, UK, and the US, to receive a fixed IP from each one (that is, your IP will be from the country you choose, but it'll be the same every time you connect). It's a surprisingly capable setup, as software for Apple’s mobile OS is often short-changed for features in comparison to other platforms.

The Android app outperforms the desktop editions in some areas as it includes both the 'auto-connect on accessing untrusted networks' feature (available on Mac, but not Windows), and the split tunneling Bypasser system (available on Windows, but not Mac). Surfshark uses WireGuard by default and the chances are you’ll never need anything else. But if it can’t connect, or you’re setting the service up on a router or some other device, you might need to use OpenVPN. I found Surfshark’s OpenVPN connections were horribly slow at 120-130 Mbps in the US and 80-90 Mbps in the UK. That's enough for streaming and general browsing tasks, but bad news if you need it for a router or any heavyweight tasks. Virtual locationsSurfshark’s WireGuard speeds were spectacular at 760 Mbps in the UK and 950 Mbps+ in the UK—all I could expect from our 1 Gbps test connection. That puts Surfshark equal first in our speed tests alongside the likes of NordVPN, IPVanish, and Windscribe.

Popped in on Sunday aft to get an ice cream. Great choice of flavours, and vegan ice cream! The ice cream was delicious and reasonably priced for how much we got.Virtual locations won't work for everyone, though. If your VPN says it supports Hong Kong, but it's a virtual location and the servers are actually based in New York, then that's inevitably going to impact your speeds. Lovely, airy place with lots of room so social distancing is easily observed, as well as hand sanitiser at the entrance. Whether you're on vacation or one of our locals, we've got ya covered. With the best in surf shop tees, sweats, hats, swimwear and the hottest in surf inspired apparel & beach house items. Hit the waves with one of our boards. More of a landlubber? We carry skate boards! We'd love to see you ...

You shouldn’t install free VPN apps on your devices. They tend to offer poor performance compared to their paid counterparts, but that’s the least of your worries. Some free VPNs can be infected with malware , while others may collect your personal data and sell it to third parties . We pride ourselves on offering an exceptional customer experience with thousands of happy customers. Free VPNs will collect and sell your personal data for money and bombard you with ads while providing a mediocre connection. Why? Because every VPN service needs to maintain its staff and service, and it’s either your data and ads or a simple subscription.Mobile VPN apps can be far more basic than their desktop cousins, but Surfshark's Android version is surprisingly similar. Sure, it rearranges the interface a little to work better on smaller screens, but otherwise, it has the same protocol support, kill switch, static IP, Multi-Hop, and other features that we saw on the desktop. Updates since our last review include the results of a no-logging audit by Deloitte, which confirmed Surfshark is living up to its promises (more detail below.) The online store is available 24 hours , 7-days a week for FREE DELIVERYto the UK mainland or for collection from our shop .​ I used several different speed testing services to determine Surfshark's performance (Image credit: Speedtest.net)