TP-Link TL-PA8010P Powerline Adapter, AU $95.40 Shipped from Amazon

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Been waiting for a good deal on the new AV2-MIMO adaptors, and amazon dropped the price on some of the top performing units today.

The 3-Port version was reviewed here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/32813-t…

And another review site showed that the single port performed even better: http://www.redeszone.net/tp-link/tl-pa8030p/

So not even close to the "1200Mbps" specified, but real world speeds of 500-600Mbps should be more than enough even for NAS/media traffic.

Rated for Australian voltages, just need a passive plug adaptor.

Previous good prices for AV2-SISO adaptors have been around AU$100 OzBargain, don't think that any MIMO adaptors have been released in Australia yet.

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  lplau on 16/09/2015 - 14:33

  Careful about buying these from US, they could be only 110V
  Always think twice before buying electronics from US / Japan.

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    aXit on 16/09/2015 - 14:35

    +2

    US TP-Link website says 220V rated, and all reviews show universal voltage.

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      lplau on 16/09/2015 - 14:35

      Ah ok. cool. Haha i usually just say that because i know people who bought stuff from the US and assumed it all works. Then plug in and POOF there goes a few hundred bucks lol.

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      Hellman109 on 16/09/2015 - 16:32

      The extra connections will reduce the speed over the tests you've seen as well

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  nateboy on 16/09/2015 - 14:57

  +2

  Have been hanging out for the AU release for these for ages, and even though this is a good deal, will personally continue waiting, as 1) I don't want the adapters to be bulging out even more due to the additional passive one required and 2) and the pass through is in the US plug configuration renders that also inconvenient to utilise.

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  xyron on 16/09/2015 - 14:58

  +4

  couldn't think of a worse thing to buy from overseas. you'll need plug adapters for both ends (wall-end and piggyback plug end), which will reduce throughput (just look at what putting a normal HomePlug device on a powerboard does for speeds and reliability).

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    lplau on 16/09/2015 - 15:08

    +1

    People shouldn't put Homeplugs on powerboards since quite alot of consumers don't know the difference between a surge protected one and a normal straight through powerboard.

    Then they start complaining about "This home plug device is defective, it doesn't work on my powerboard", and it turns out it is on a surge protected one, which actually strips / degrades the signals.

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    JudgeMingus on 16/09/2015 - 15:09

    There shouldn't be much risk of throughput problems, as most plug adapters are simple wired-straight-through devices.

    Powerboards usually have surge suppression circuitry which is what messes up the data transmission.

    I will probably still wait for a local release though, as I don't like the extra bulk.

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  kudoz on 16/09/2015 - 15:29

  TPLink rep emailed me back and said they are expecting a December release for the local AU version.

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    aXit on 16/09/2015 - 15:34

    Any info on pricing?

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      Pobman on 16/09/2015 - 15:42

      +11

      Take the USA price and multiply it by the square of Harvey Normans belt size to get Australian pricing…

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      kudoz on 16/09/2015 - 16:02

      Didn't ask… just assumed I would be setting aside part of a kidney during the Christmas break…

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  Kallo on 16/09/2015 - 16:34

  I always thought the US power adapters were like
  oh no pls don't plug something into me