Aircove Go | Portable Wi-Fi 6 VPN Router | Protect Unlimited Devices | Free 30-Day ExpressVPN Trial | (U.S. & Canada Version)

Purchased this product because I have used ExpressVPN for years. I get the Aircove so that I can travel and use this to both extend my WiFi range and VPN service all-in-one. I got to the hotel because I was traveling. Go to setup - NOPE!!! Must use a wired network to do the initial setup, then you can establish the ability to wireless link with other WiFi networks. In other words, this is useless until I finish my travels and eventually return home. This was NEVER stated in the information about the product on the Amazon site. If you purchase, ensure you have a wired network you can connect to in order to setup. You cannot do it otherwise. Update: ExpressVPN reached out and walked me through a manual means to setup the Aircove Go. Worked like a champ!! Brent spent 30 minutes making sure every aspect of the setup worked. I have been using it at several hotels and I love it. So easy to use and no more hassles in connecting my laptops or smart devices to the hotel - auto connects to Aircove Go, and I simply connect Aircove Go to the hotel. About one minute and all devices are connected. Perfect - exactly what I wanted. Not to mention secure VPN connections. Thank you!!

I bought this to replace an older Android device that I was using for wifi-to-wifi sharing and I've been very pleased! I was already an ExpressVPN user, so this integrated with my account perfectly. It's USB-C powered and can be plugged into any sufficiently-powered USB-C socket (I *think* PD-20+ is the spec, but I can power it on most of my high-wattage hubs). The killer feature for some is per-device VPNs, which allows you to select which device goes to which endpoint. For personal devices, this is nice because you can offload the VPN computation out to the router and just use the internet like normal. For work devices it's a little less relevant since you're probably on a host-level VPN anyway. I've tested and it works great with streaming devices (Fire TV, etc) for those that need that. For me, the best feature is being able to set-and-forget the Wifi sharing directly over its web interface. Additionally, it has WAN and LAN ethernet ports, so if you find a spot with a hard line, you don't even need to do that. I've also found the transmission antennaes to be great (much further than if using a phone to Wifi share), which probably means the connectivity its making for its wifi uplink will be more solid as well. Overall, a great purchase and a good value.

This VPN travel router is compact and easy to pack in a backpack or luggage, and it works absolutely perfectly when plugged into another router or internet modem with a cable. The app works well, but I have had some problems logging into hotel wifi systems that require a login page to register your device. Sometimes it works wirelessly in that way, and sometimes not. I would still recommend it for privacy and security while you are traveling. It also makes it really easy to set your VPN location as the USA from anywhere in the world to allow you to stream video from services like Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and other services that have limited global coverage

So far very happy. Need to test it hardwired in for trading but perfect for emails, work or streaming. Favorite part is being able to pick which city for the VPN and the level of security for each channel.

Five stars because it does what it is supposed to do: use available hotspot and provide VPN protected WiFi connection. But a few things made setup more difficult than necessary. First, there was no paper in the box, so I didn't know I could just scan the QR code to start the set up process (which I found out about on YouTube). Second, it had the older 4.6 firmware, not the newer 4.7 version needed to enable "WiFi-Link" (which is using an available hotspot). That took me sometime to figure out. And then I had to upgrade the firmware manually. Not difficult but one more thing to bother with. Once it had the latest firmware, setup was easy. I have a TPLINK mini router that does the same thing, connecting to an available hotspot (they call it WISP mode), but that model does not deliver VPN protected WiFi. Picture shows Aircove Go providing good service inside a hotel room: VPN-protected internet for all our devices at once. Update 1: It has problems launching the hotel WiFi login page (to enter room number and last name, specifically Marriott Bonvoy hotel room WiFi). Perhaps it performs better for other hotspots. TPLink's WISP-mode, by comparison, reliably launches the sign-in URL. Thus, Aircove's firmware needs work. Since I already have the TPlink Mini Router from before, I simply daisy-chain the Aircove Go to it via a short internet cable (both routers provide it), to have reliable VPN-protected WiFi using the unsecured hotel room hotspot. Meaning, if this is your first router to try to connect to a Marriott hotel room WiFi, it may not work for you.

It took me awhile to figure out how to set it up. Once I did that it worked very well well. It’s great to be able to sign the Aircove into a network and then connect all family devices to the Aircove and have the VPN protection. I use a Washington, DC VPN location to get DC TV stations through YouTube TV when I am home in Virginia but YouTube TV said I was out of the country while I was in Sicily even when I was still using a Washington, DC VPN location. Netflix and Amazon Prime gave me US programming while I was in Sicily when I used the DC VPN location. The small size of the Alcove means that it takes up very little suitcase space. I look forward to using it whenever I travel. The ability to use the Aircove via a WiFi connection to a hotel network is a big plus as many if not most hotels just provide WiFi and don’t offer the option of using a cable to connect.

It works like a champ. Highly recommended

I had a some difficulty loading the express VPN on this unit, but that could be just me….instructions could be a bit more clear in my opinion.

I must have spent an hour online with the kind technical support and no matter what he did he couldn't get it to work with my $3K Dell XPS laptop (not cheap junk) but it worked with my TV so I let it go but two days later the TV quit working, also my iPhone, Samsung S23, my Amazon Fire HD 8", and all my Echo devices (all 4 of them) so I'm sending it back. "Your mileage may vary" The hard fact of life is that it's cheaper to let the customer do the quality control than test electrical devices than to do it themselves. I can see that with a $10 toaster, but this was hundreds of dollars, for crying out loud. I also noted to the technical support gentleman that the unit was running very hot, unlike my Netgear wireless router which I've gone back to using.