Devolo Magic 1-1200 Wi-Fi 5 Add-On Powerline Adapter, Mesh Wi-Fi, (Up To 1200 Mbps Via Powerline, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi Anywhere, Access Point, 2x Fast Ethernet Ports, Stable Home Working)

This item was ordered accidentally and was not compatible with my existing, non-Magic, Develo Powerline adapter set up (I have the standard ones that preceeded the Magic range). However, in true Develo fashion, this item has great build quality, ust like the ones I currently use. However, as it was incompatible I could not test it. My current installation, however, consists of all Develo 1200+ powrrline ethernet adapters and they wrok perfectly in a house where signal transmissions are significantly reduced by the walls. I now have the main one connected to my router in an upstairs bedroom, one in my upstairs office, one in the downstairs lounge, one in the kitchen and one in the cabin in the garden (this one receives it's signals through the power cabes even though it has it's own fusebox!). Anywhere you go in my house or garden you can now get a strong WiFi signal and it is superbly fast. I may not have used this one, however I know the Develo range are the best on the market.

Perfect service . Item as advertised , well packaged and it arrived promptly .

Base station is a magic 2. When putting this into another room I see it at 176Mb/s - the same socket with magic 2 hits about 240Mb/s. So for the price the magic 1 are good bet. Magic 2 have a theoretical max of 2Gb/s, good luck with that in a domestic powerline environment. Either magic 1/2 are better then the older 500 series. In the same socket they were pushing 88Mb/s. So it depends on what you need and what your wiring is like. Magic 1 seems to be a good mid-point to me.

Despite our house being a 1990’s build which I thought would be OK, we’ve had imperfect results from BT powerline adapters over the last few months, with occasional complete drop-outs, but more frequently, massive speed drops where the connection has been hanging on but with speeds that make life feel more like dial-up again. I was hoping that the Devolo system would prove to be an improvement, and while it’s still early days, the signs are currently good. There are certainly advantages in the hardware compared to our old powerlines. Power pass-through and more ethernet ports at each end were certainly welcome in our set-up. Installation was quick. The devices found each other quickly and I was up-and-running promptly. I didn’t contact Tech Support during the process, so I can’t comment on that part. Our area is prone to occasional power cuts, and we had one just this morning. I was pleased to see once the power came back that the devices reconnected automatically, unlike our older powerlines which would sometimes need to be turned off and on again near-simultaneously in order to be persuaded to start talking to each other again. The speed is, ultimately, not as magic as I’d hoped. Other factors mean that I won’t give any figures as they probably aren’t all that reliable- internet generally has a bit of a ‘voodoo factor’ in our village- but compared to the previous Heath Robinson solution I’ve had to adopt in the past, of physically running a CAT8 cable from the router downstairs to the computer upstairs, the speeds through the ethernet part of the powerline were adequate rather than amazing. For casual browsing or for streaming one TV show, they are fine, but if you are downloading large media files for work (like I sometimes have to), that’s when you realise that it’s all getting rather bottlenecked. I see this as a limitation of the powerline concept generally, not necessarily the fault of any one brand or manufacturer- it just is what it is. For running the internet to a shed, a WiFi dead zone or some other unusual set-up then these will do the job, but whether they warrant the substantially higher price than other powerline adapters, I haven’t been completely convinced.

Expensive for the results

Just to be absolutely clear - this product is NOT compatible with a DLan network. It CANNOT be added to an existing DLan network for which one needs to by the DLan equivalent. This has been confirmed by personal experience (Doh!) and talking to Devolo support. Buy only if you wish to add to an existing MAGIC network. Thank you Amazon for accepting a return. Other than that I'm sure that this is an excellent product - I have been very happy with DLan.

This is supposed to be plug and PLAY AND I Bought it along with a starter kit but it will not connect the red plc light keeps flashing the wi fi seems to connect OK at least the light is solid white I am returning this to Amazon and asking if its compatible with the starter kit I bought

We have been building our network of Devolo magic at home for the last 18 months. This latest purchase was to add an extra line. However, setting this one up was more difficult. Eventually all three power lines had to be totally reset. All working very well and would thoroughly recommend.