My review of the AirLink Wireless N 150 USB Adapter

[aidenrelkoff]

So over the past week i had been traveling through BC (i live on Vancouver island) In Kamloops i saw a "Princess Auto" and i went in there knowing they sell all sorts of crap. (Ironically only about 60% of their stock is to do with cars) To my amazment there was quite a bit of pc related stuff there, including this wifi adapter for only $12.99! Now i though this thing was gonna be crap, but it was only $13 so i said "why not!".

 

Packaging

 

unfortunately it has the worlds worst packaging..... it took me 15 mins and a knife to break into it... it came with a install CD (dident even use, im using it right now and it working great...) and a manual.

 

 

★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10

 

Usage

 

The usage of this device was a bit finicky at times. It worked in some usb ports and is utter crap in other ports. This confused me, because one of my front usb ports got a 288ms ping and a .5mbps download, but the port right beside it was normal. Same thing with usb3 (yes I know this is a usb2 product, but I tried usb3 anyways) USB3 was so poopy that speedtest.net timed out… and froze like this…..

 

 

★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7/10

 

WiFi vs Ethernet

 

So when I used the right usb2 front port I got really good speeds compared to Ethernet. Now let me say this; The download and upload is more margin of error for this test, however the ping seemed to be always about 1-5ms slower than Ethernet. But either way it’s still freaking awesome.

 

 

 

NOTE: my Ethernet cord is a 50ft length running through my hallway if anyone is wondering for the testing I did, I used to just use Ethernet btw. THERE ARE 2 WALLS BETWEEN ME AND THE ROUTER AND ABOUT 34FT OF AIR SPACE.

 

★★★★★★★★★★ 10/10

 

Overall

 

This thing works great! For the dirt cheap price it is a steal of a deal. Sure there are better wifi adapters out there made by more well-known companies but this thing works great. I would recommend this to anyone. It got 4.1/5 stars on amazon and I would give it the official “Aiden Rating” of:

 

★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10

 

 

Another great thing about this is that, it works fine without having to install drivers from the disk, on win8 (for sure) I plugged it in and it installed stuffs for about 45secs then it started working! For me this is a great bonus, it’s easy to move from pc, to pc.

[rambi36]

I'm surprised that a wireless adapter could perform that good  :mellow:

Great review! I have some cheapo tp link wireless adapter and it sucks compared to this

[sof006]

I'm surprised that a wireless adapter could perform that good  :mellow:

Great review! I have some cheapo tp link wireless adapter and it sucks compared to this

Wireless has came along way.

 

I get this speed over wifi. Router is downstairs, signal is going through two doors and a flight of stairs. Router located behind a chair.