IPVanish Review
Community-sourced VPN review based on real Reddit & Twitter discussions
IPVanish comes up a lot as a solid, everyday VPN that feels fast and straightforward, especially for streaming and Firestick setups. People like it for basic privacy (keeping your ISP from seeing what...
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IPVanish comes up a lot as a solid, everyday VPN that feels fast and straightforward, especially for streaming and Firestick setups. People like it for basic privacy (keeping your ISP from seeing what you’re doing) and some also feel better after reading through the no-logs policy and audit info. It’s often seen as a fair deal for the price when it’s on a good plan.
The biggest complaints are reliability in certain places and networks—some say it’s blocked in restrictive countries (like Russia or Iran) and can be a no-go when traveling there. A few people mention weird routing/location issues (getting placed in the wrong country) or DNS/timeouts that feel like internal network hiccups. Customer support also gets heat for slow or unhelpful replies and refund frustration when things don’t work for a specific trip.
Strengths
- Fast speeds
- Works well on Firestick
- Good for everyday privacy
- Feels like a fair price on longer plans
- No-logs and audit info is reassuring to some
Weaknesses
- Can be blocked in restrictive countries
- Occasional routing/location weirdness
- Some DNS/connection timeout issues
- Customer support can feel unresponsive
- Refund disputes when it doesn’t work for travel
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"...ll say the same thing until you dig into it. but honestly, after looking around myself for a while, ipvanish does seem to be one of the few that actually backs up their claims, especially with the server ownership."
"IPVanish has published its Transparency Report for Q4 2025, outlining how it handled government requests, copyright complaints, and abuse reports between October and December - without sharing any user data. According to the report: • ..."
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"...r products at top IPVanish US based and owned by Ziff Davis, had a situation involving a user and Homeland Security, handed over user info. 2018 on seem to be no logs. Then in 2022 verified audit of no logs and again in 2025. Multiple audit..."
"I have been wondering how well they really work. I use IPvanish. While watching the TV section on my fire stick I got a commercial from my home town. It used to be commercials from the town the VPN was set to. How did they know my town?"
"...eve wants to be able to prioritize traffic, because they actually were able to block the domain for IPVanish."
"communications timeouts using nslookup or dig (see above reply). This really looks like an IPvanish internal routing issue. I've had it with probably a dozen connection points - they work fine for several weeks, then stop. It may be they..."