Shoppers can snap up a free Amazon voucher with NordVPN deal
VPNs can be incredibly useful for accessing websites whilst on holiday and streaming your favourite shows. For a limited period, Brits can snag a fantastic deal on VPNs from NordVPN.
The provider is dishing out Amazon vouchers when customers purchase its two-year packages for a limited time, including the Plus and the Ultimate packages.
For the Plus packages, Nord will provide its superfast VPN, an ad and tracker blocker, and its NordPass programme which is ideal for password storage - all in one convenient package. It will cost £83.76 for the Plus package but Nord will give a £20 Amazon voucher 30 days after purchasing the package.
Then there's the Ultimate package, which comes with a £50 Amazon voucher. It costs £129.83 but includes 1 TB of cloud storage and Nord will offer £5000 cyber insurance. Customers will get the £50 Amazon voucher after the 30-day purchase period has ended, as the Express reports.
There are plenty of alternatives to choose from as well. ExpressVPN, another one of our favourites, costs slightly less for its two-year deal at £4.03 a month with four months free. However, there's no freebies included. There's also ProtonVPN which is a similar price to Nord and ExpressVPN at £3.59 a month.
Tech expert Aaron has reviewed NordVPN. He said: "NordVPN is astonishingly good. For VPN newcomers, NordVPN's gorgeous apps offer an unintimidating way to get to grips with a Virtual Private Network.
"While experts will be able to unlock the true power of brilliant features like Double VPN, VPN Kill Switch, and MeshNet.
"Connections with NordVPN are rock-solid, with no dropouts or timeouts during the months that we've relied on this stellar VPN to keep our personal information shielded away from prying eyes, hackers, and advertisers."
Aaron did observe a slight slowdown in download speeds with NordVPN, but nothing too significant. He continued: "Sure, NordVPN has a more substantial impact on download speeds than ExpressVPN, which we'd still recommend as the best VPN for streaming.
"But in normal usage, NordVPN still offers a good internet speed - even when connected to a server location on the other side of the planet."
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