HideWire is a fibre line thin enough to disappear against a wall, fast enough for gaming, streaming, and everything Wi-Fi struggles with. Easy to install and upon removal, leaves no marks.
Order via Amazon| HideWire | Powerline | Ordinary Ethernet | Wireless | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latency | Stead 0-1ms | Intermittent 2-10ms | Steady 0-1ms | Unstable 2-5ms |
| Speed | 2.5Gbps x4 | Avg: 250Mbps | Hardware Limited | Wifi6/7: 400-900Mbps Wifi: ~100Mbps |
| Visibility | Flush against the wall | Two plug sockets | Large diameter cable | Over the air |
| Impact | About an hour to fit and peels off clean if need be leaving no trace | Quick to plug in, but a nightmare to pair with no guarantee of speed of performance | Straightforward to fit, but unsightly to see if not within the walls | Nothing to fit or remove, nor nothing tangible to rely upon |
No drilling or plaster disturbed
Unspool the length required between the router and the desk, chair, or console in question.
Press the clear mounting dots along the skirting or wall, at intervals of some six to eight inches.
Press the cable into each fastener until it sits close enough to the wall to trouble no one's eye.
One end to the router, the other to the device. Any excess length may be coiled into the housing provided.
Set down here, in full, for the satisfaction of the technically minded.
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