Throughwire reviews on Reddit24 posts and comments from people in China, quoted as written.
u/Maximum-Isopod-8915r/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/Maximum-Isopod-8915, Oct 30, 2026I connect to the Tokyo server and consistently get around 50ms latency, which is impressive for gaming from China. The connection is smooth and responsive, with very little noticeable lag.
u/FewAddendum4263r/traveltochinamainland
View on Reddit: u/FewAddendum4263, Oct 29, 2026so far Throughwire is the only working and stable option for whoever lives or spend long time in Mainland China, without having to constantly switch server or worrying to see a zoom call interrupted.
u/Fezzior/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/Fezzio, Oct 27, 2026I’m in Beijing and I’ve been using Throughwire for about 3 months now, mainly for ChatGPT, Claude, and YouTube. Works smoothly, so far no issue!
u/mingachir/chinatravel
View on Reddit: u/mingachi, Oct 19, 2026I need the VPN for work rather than leisure, so high speed video calls are important for me. Throughwire is consistent and high quality but the bandwidth is very limiting.
u/Plane-Letterhead2983r/traveltochinamainland
View on Reddit: u/Plane-Letterhead2983, Oct 12, 202650 to 80 mbps on the download, the same on the upload. Sending 1.5GB file took me like ~10 mins, on the LetsVPN it was like 3/4 hours. It is more expensive, comparing to those mentioned above, BUT it works the best.
u/WallAdventurous8977r/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/WallAdventurous8977, Oct 11, 2026Astrill with a private IP + Throughwire as a Video Call Backup.
u/Zh78r/traveltochinamainland
View on Reddit: u/Zh78, Oct 11, 2026If you want to use your apps in China, use it. It can be pricey, but it's worth it.
u/inb4ohnoesr/chinatravel
View on Reddit: u/inb4ohnoes, Oct 11, 2026I have it installed on multiple devices and a glinet sim router, and it all works fantastic. Super fast speeds, so the bottleneck is never throughwire, which is important because my work relies on high network speeds.
u/mctridusr/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/mctridus, Oct 7, 2026I don’t think it has stopped working even once since I started using it. … Only been using it for 3 weeks so can’t say how it will be long term, but for now I’m really happy with it.
u/theddog1r/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/theddog1, Oct 4, 2026i run online business and work online and this one worked amazing for me
u/uswang12r/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/uswang12, Sep 17, 2026Throughwire VPN works for me in China. It actually works! Install Hiddify and you should be good to go. Wish it was cheaper or having annual plan!
u/Necessary_Survey_612r/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/Necessary_Survey_612, Sep 15, 2026Throughwire pricing is slightly above Astrill but you basically forget you are using a vpn because its so efficient.
u/No_Job4572r/chinatravel
View on Reddit: u/No_Job4572, Sep 3, 2026pretty reliable and connects quickly … Using data roaming and eSim is good, but gets interrupted quite often if you have phone call coming
u/xraymindr/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/xraymind, Sep 1, 2026Over priced for so low data cap. Come on, 100GB/month for US$49. And people complain that Astrill is charging US$30/month for unlimited data.
u/LustForLightr/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/LustForLight, Aug 27, 2026Initially I went with express vpn, but it was super slow in the hotels I was staying at … ultra gave me the edge I needed to get my work files from my home computer.
u/lpr010429123r/chinatravel
View on Reddit: u/lpr010429123, Aug 21, 2026throughwire works when nord and express both dont work. It gets pretty fast with the us connection and lower ping for me for the ultra connection thru osaka (~60ms). Worked in both beijing and shanghai.
u/AphexSAr/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/AphexSA, Aug 20, 2026Throughwire works well for me, better and faster than Astrll
u/davidboeing777r/chinalife
View on Reddit: u/davidboeing777, Aug 11, 2026You can watch YouTube on 1080p without buffering and instagram loads instantly too any time of the day. The downside is price but you get what you pay for.
u/Popular_Arachnid_577r/chinatravel
View on Reddit: u/Popular_Arachnid_577, Jul 20, 2026I've tried many others in the past but this one has been by far the fastest and most reliable one.
u/More_Difference_9532r/chinatravel
View on Reddit: u/More_Difference_9532, Jul 15, 2026It's def more expensive than normal but it's a lot faster than any of this stuff that used to work (Let'sVPN, which btw stopped working, ShadowRocket, etc). The issue with this is that it has a capacity constraint (100 GB per month)
u/beekeenyr/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/beekeeny, Jul 6, 2026$49 for 100 GB up to 3 devices per month is a joke. I am paying 20 RMB per month for 2TB shared with 3 devices connected in parallel.
u/Status_Presencer/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/Status_Presence, Jul 5, 2026If you’re vibe coding a project this is smooth as well as streaming in HD No hiccups.
u/sai-13r/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/sai-13, Jun 26, 2026The only VPN which is working for everything, socials, streaming, and smoothly! I wish the data plans were more affordable, and that they would offer more data, at the base plan 100gb doesnt seem like quite enough.
u/Witty-Abalone5797r/travelchina
View on Reddit: u/Witty-Abalone5797, Jun 26, 2026I had a VPN that MS Teams would not work on … Throughwire has been great so far, I have had full speed access to everything that I use here, including streaming services and the usuals like social media, Google etc.