ADSL Microfilters - Any difference between cheap & expensive

I will shortly be having ADSL provided and note that there is quite a
price range of plug in Microfilters. My question is, can it be
worthwhile paying, sometimes 10 times the cost, for a more expensive
item?

Maplin sell them for £6.99, Dabs are £4.50 whereas Solwise are about
£15. I have even seen them for £1.99. The Solwise page does suggest
that the cheaper ones don't work correctly until an internal wire is
cut.

Anyone care to pass on any experiences or maybe recommend a
make/source that work correctly and won't break the bank.

Many thanks,


Rufus
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Rufus Stone wrote:
> I will shortly be having ADSL provided and note that there is quite a
> price range of plug in Microfilters. My question is, can it be
> worthwhile paying, sometimes 10 times the cost, for a more expensive
> item?

http://www.adslnation.com/support/filters.php
&
http://www.clarity.it/telecoms/adsl_articles.htm

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"Rufus Stone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I will shortly be having ADSL provided and note that there is quite a
> price range of plug in Microfilters. My question is, can it be
> worthwhile paying, sometimes 10 times the cost, for a more expensive
> item?
>
> Maplin sell them for £6.99, Dabs are £4.50 whereas Solwise are about
> £15. I have even seen them for £1.99. The Solwise page does suggest
> that the cheaper ones don't work correctly until an internal wire is
> cut.
>
> Anyone care to pass on any experiences or maybe recommend a
> make/source that work correctly and won't break the bank.

First, take a look here http://www.adslnation.com/support/filters.php

In my opinion the "best" filter to use is the cheapest one that works in
your setup. Technology used inside the filters varies a lot.

Some people can get away with £1.17 filters from Ebuyer
http://tinyurl.com/7v7n (Some companies charge a lot more for basically the
same filter.)

Some people, who may for example have sky digiboxes, DECT phones, CLI
Displays, or low signal-to-noise ratio (long way from exchange) etc may need
more expensive filters, the Fujitsu is good or the adslnation one.

Jc

I have SKY digital, a DECT phone and dodgy extension wiring

I had noise on the line with only one filter plugged in to where ADSL router
was
Put filters on all sockets - noise went away!

Which filters - 80p+vat from Ebuyer

I have no experience of other filters - but they worked well for me

Ian


"Josey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Rufus Stone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) idual.de...
> > I will shortly be having ADSL provided and note that there is quite a
> > price range of plug in Microfilters. My question is, can it be
> > worthwhile paying, sometimes 10 times the cost, for a more expensive
> > item?
> >
> > Maplin sell them for £6.99, Dabs are £4.50 whereas Solwise are about
> > £15. I have even seen them for £1.99. The Solwise page does suggest
> > that the cheaper ones don't work correctly until an internal wire is
> > cut.
> >
> > Anyone care to pass on any experiences or maybe recommend a
> > make/source that work correctly and won't break the bank.
>
> First, take a look here http://www.adslnation.com/support/filters.php
>
> In my opinion the "best" filter to use is the cheapest one that works in
> your setup. Technology used inside the filters varies a lot.
>
> Some people can get away with £1.17 filters from Ebuyer
> http://tinyurl.com/7v7n (Some companies charge a lot more for basically
the
> same filter.)
>
> Some people, who may for example have sky digiboxes, DECT phones, CLI
> Displays, or low signal-to-noise ratio (long way from exchange) etc may
need
> more expensive filters, the Fujitsu is good or the adslnation one.
>
> Jc
>
>

Rufus Stone wrote:
> I will shortly be having ADSL provided and note that there is quite a
> price range of plug in Microfilters. My question is, can it be
> worthwhile paying, sometimes 10 times the cost, for a more expensive
> item?

It is not so much the price but the quality of the design. Sadly you
will find some very basic filters sold for more than better quality
ones. If you take a look at the filters page indicated by Andy and Josey
you can see the various designs.

Rufus Stone wrote:

> I will shortly be having ADSL provided and note that there is quite a
> price range of plug in Microfilters. My question is, can it be
> worthwhile paying, sometimes 10 times the cost, for a more expensive
> item?
>
> Maplin sell them for £6.99, Dabs are £4.50 whereas Solwise are about
> £15. I have even seen them for £1.99. The Solwise page does suggest
> that the cheaper ones don't work correctly until an internal wire is
> cut.
>
> Anyone care to pass on any experiences or maybe recommend a
> make/source that work correctly and won't break the bank.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Rufus

I had loads of problems with my cheapo filter until I spent a tenner on
the ADSLNation one, and all my problems were solved.

"Zapp Brannigan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I had loads of problems with my cheapo filter until I spent a tenner on
> the ADSLNation one, and all my problems were solved.

Agreed! The ADSL Nation ones http://www.adslnation.co.uk/products/xf-1e.php
are superb. I used the Excelsius Z Blockers which were okay bar 1, but the
Adsl Nation ones are far superior.

Gary