Starlink Gen 3 unboxing & setup - Is it worth the upgrade?

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@anyjimblogs 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video John, I live in Ireland and bought the Gen 3 about 2 months ago. Priority for me was Conference calls for work while traveling in my camper van and also being able to remove it from my van for use in a house or airbnb when I wanted to park up the van for a day or more. I was very concerned and skeptical that I would be able to work and take video calls on the road as I sometimes have back to back calls all day. Anyway I am blown away by how good Starlink is. I have zero connection issues during work calls. It’s as good or sometimes better than my home broadband and the monthly subscription is cheaper than home broadband. It’s takes less than 15 minutes for it to start up and connect and I’m away. I simply pop the dish on the roof through my van through my skylight for the day. It’s amazing and I would thoroughly recommend Starlink. In Ireland I paid €249 for the dish and it’s €59 per month for Roaming which is less than the 1GB Fibre Broadband from Eir (Ireland’s BT) I pay for my home broadband (€71 per month) my dish has no audible buzz - just an FYI.

@SamM-oh2cx 2 ай бұрын

It still amazes me how a little square dish can transmit to a satellite in outer space and still achieve fast internet speeds! If it was slightly cheaper per month, say £50, I’d buy and sign up in a flash! It’s a shame they don’t have the dish that automatically turns and tilts.

@rd4660 2 ай бұрын

Interesting review. Thanks. We're in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA right now. Using a Gen2 dish my speed is 298/19 and about 35 watts. But I am using my own modem and a 12 volt POE setup. We're really excited that Starlink just allowed in-motion use, so we might upgrade to a Gen3 which will be easier to mount our our truck.

@blackmac1970 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Great summary of the important features. Hopefully they can work on reducing that power consumption even further or even introduce a selectable low power mode. Impressed by the ping as well, I had assumed that would be much worse.

@jacogeldenhuys4434 2 ай бұрын

If you have a video on how you set up your router to not use the starlink router it would be awesome.

@BrohamerT 10 күн бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing this information.

@stuartcox2785 3 ай бұрын

What a great video sir! May I ask the power consumption in watts when on 12v? I’m full time on a narrowboat and gen2 put me off as too much power usage. Will you adapt so you re orientate?

@paulfarrell1976 27 күн бұрын

Great Video. Curious as to what the power consumption was when you switched it over to 12v ?

@GarryShearer Ай бұрын

Hi John, what is the power usage when on 12 volt please.

@campervanchris4171 3 ай бұрын

This definitely the way to go now £85 month well worth the money 👍🏻

@libellula3313 3 ай бұрын

Hi John, thanks for the video. I'm still happy with my Gen2 in Remote France. Didn't even know there is a Gen3, but have been sent info about the Starlink Mini, now that just looks like a Gen2 in the guy's backpack in the advertising, just as big? I only pay 40€ a month. France is trying to block a StarLink upgrade, and everyone with Starlink in France has been asked to write to the French government, to change this. France hates anything not 'made in France' . Yes I had a 'hum' on my Gen2. When it arrived it was connected to the 'snow/ice melt' system, I disabled this and the 'hum' stopped. I use the original Starlink router, which did not have a power box 'thingy'. I'll probably stick with Gen2 for now. I 'love look forward to your tests.

@Rich-n-Cooper 3 ай бұрын

Hi John, thanks for sharing another interesting review. Be interested to see what the power consumption is like on 12v once it's stabilised. I dont have the room for a Gen3 to flat mount ATM, but could move my rear solar pannels back to make some if my Gen 2 fails. The gen 2 is around the 50 - 60w range on 12 v so just curious on the difference for the GEN 3. Take care cheers Rich and Cooper

@LeisureBit 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video, I “treat” myself to a Mini on the Roam 50GB package, and am getting similar Upload speeds but your download seem much more - The latency is great, was really impressed with that. Like your router setup - keeps it simple for connection eh. All the best, David 👍

@marakaphilip05 2 ай бұрын

Quite an impressive review. What could be making starlink not to sell gen 3 in other countries that are already purchasing gen2?

@allpipetechnologies650 Ай бұрын

Hi what is the app that allows your I phone to check and confirm power usages thanks sam

@MMM-np2rg 3 ай бұрын

Another super video, thank you very much.

@aaroncarter3457 21 күн бұрын

Hi John did you find gen3 really that much better than gen 2 worth the money? Did you roof mount it do you have video for gen 3 roof mounting?

@thebeastontour45 2 ай бұрын

Hi John, a great video as usual but unfortunately the price is just too far out of my comfort zone at present. I am now torn between the Netgear Nighthawk M3 or the Teltonika RUTX50. Can you tell me if either can can run from a cigarette lighter socket in the campervan? Many thanks

@ma.501 2 ай бұрын

I bought the Gen3 package as appears in the video and in general satisfied with the quality and overall performance, however... Once you plug in the cables (ethernet/power) to the router and dish, I find it almost impossible to disconnect without damaging the cables. Therefore, not possible to modify the initial installation. Well done Elon!

@dentistul 7 сағат бұрын

Pull it harder, you don't damage a thing...

@andystrim 3 ай бұрын

Hi John we’ve just bought a gen3 and find it very power hungry and was wondering how much it actually uses on 12v as we live on a narrowboat or is it something we will just have to turn off when we don’t use it tia

@paulbryant7372 3 ай бұрын

Hi John, interesting to see the speed with your own router. Did you also do a power consumption test with that setup?

@bradrock7731 Ай бұрын

Do I need a smart cellphone to use/set up starlink?

@DA11NOON 3 ай бұрын

Great vlog John 👍 Be safe

@VanlifeHQ 3 ай бұрын

There’s a 12v mini dish out now looks nice & small

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

There is, I mentioned that in this video 👍🏻

@davemeasor394 2 ай бұрын

Nobody comments on finding right tilt Is it important? For weather protection ? For signal strength?

@GadgetJohn 2 ай бұрын

It’s covered in the video 👍🏻

@cornelius_Oluwafemi101 2 ай бұрын

Pls what is the name of the power consumption app you used here? And also the app for the speed test

@Chris_Carini 3 ай бұрын

Is the actuated dish no longer required due to the number of satelleites deployed? I quite liked that function but then I did watch Thunderbirds as a child. 🙂

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

They’ve expanded the Starlink network so much that you no longer need a directional antenna, just this morning they added another 35 satellites to the Starlink network.

@Chris_Carini 3 ай бұрын

@@GadgetJohn Ah, makes sense. Remember to look after yourself too. Empathy.

@DunkfaeOotnAbootWiUs 28 күн бұрын

How much does this actually cost john

@akthompson110 2 ай бұрын

John I’m looking to for this but looking for a 10ft cable to use to leave in place & then use the provided Starlink cable occasionally. Do you know of a Starlink cable that is up to the job? Found one on Amazon with 0 reviews so hesitant & the Starlink website doesn’t seem to offer any cables ? Cheers

@Reactive-f5w 2 ай бұрын

Hi John I have a caravan that I move about in. I like the idea of starlink but I’m really looking more for competitive gaming on my Xbox series x. Do you know which one is better for low latency as I’m struggling to find anything. I play a lot of football online and was hoping I could do this on the move. Many Thanks Garry. Ps videos you produce are excellent

@tapiwag7573 Ай бұрын

can i use my own lan cable in need a long im in a flat maybe 70m long

@lisozima84 Ай бұрын

could you tell the size of the two extremities of the cable? it passes into a pipe with 2,5 cm diameter? tnx

@GadgetJohn Ай бұрын

Both ends are identical, the rj45 ends are oval and is around 15mm x 18mm

@digitechnomad 2 ай бұрын

Hi John, In spain they are iffering a small dish and they call it itinerant with a dataconnection of 59€/month for home country, then 40€/month for additional 50GB of roaming data or thats how i read it. So my question is why do you not use that version?

@WiseGuy02 2 ай бұрын

So if you pause starlink because you don't need it, then find you're in a place where you do need it, can you reactivate it where you are or you need an internet connection to reactivate it? Like when you first set up.

@ontheroad684 2 ай бұрын

Sorry I am so lost. I have Glinet routers too but how do I get the starlink to go through that router instead of the Starlink modem to save power? They take substantially less power.

@MEstabrooks911 Күн бұрын

@ontheroad684 unfortunately the starlink modem controls the dish, you could use your router in conjuction but unfortunately not as a stand alone

@dentistul 7 сағат бұрын

@@MEstabrooks911 in this video on tha last part I see that he have disconected the starlink router and put the cable in that poe thing and made a speed test. how is that possible, having internet without starlink router?

@waynesmith577 2 ай бұрын

Hi John, Thanks for the video. Sorry if I missed this in the video, but if you are in the middle of nowhere (eg Lake District) with no mobile phone signal at all, can you make a call using the WiFi call function like I use at home on my iPhone, with just the star link device? Many thanks.

@GadgetJohn 2 ай бұрын

Yes, Wi-Fi calling & texting works perfectly.

@waynesmith577 2 ай бұрын

@@GadgetJohn than you

@geoffcampbell7846 3 ай бұрын

Nice one John, interesting as always. Kind regards to both. 👋🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦

@SibeDad 2 ай бұрын

How do you set up if you don't have a Smart device?

@GadgetJohn 2 ай бұрын

As far as I know you can’t setup the system without the Starlink app.

@RetroBytesUK 3 ай бұрын

Sorry for the follow up question, but does your router (when your not using starlinks own router/ap) just make a dhcp request to the dish to bring up its ip connection ?

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

Yes, the router looks for a wan dhcp server to obtain an IP and then once Starlink is online the public ip data set is used.

@RetroBytesUK 3 ай бұрын

How is the jitter on starling? Do the ping times vary much as the satellites move over head, and it jump from one cube sat to the next m

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

Ping times are fairly constant at 30 to 40 ms, the dish connects to a constellation of satellites so never loses connection.

@RetroBytesUK 3 ай бұрын

@@GadgetJohn That's fairly good, wont cause much in the way of issues for VoIP and teams etc. Given the distance the signal must travel up/down they must have a fairly efficient path across the cube sats to where ever their ground link is in the UK.

@The_Arby 3 ай бұрын

Nice one John...You say you get better speeds than most households...I get on broadband 14ms, 490.59Mbps download and 699.57Mbps upload according to SpeedTest, and only pay £35 a month and got free connection and fitting 🙂

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

I think my point is still valid, you’re getting a service most can only dream of.

@qwerty112311 2 ай бұрын

According to the first result on Google, the average internet speed in the UK last year was 70mbps. I think that is less than 100, but what do I know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@njrmodelling 3 ай бұрын

John, Have been following your StarLink vids avidly (as well as all of the others) as we have very poor broadband at home which is tested to the limits with 6 of us in the house using it. with no plans for fibre to be fitted in our estate, I have been looking at other options. One question i have is does the new antenna need to be pointing a particular direct or is it unidirectional? I ask as I believe south is the best direction here in the UK but we have a lot of trees to the soouth of our property that might well obscure the LOS of the antenna.

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

The new dish has a wider field of view to obtain satellite connectivity. As you see in this video if you align it using the app you can get extremely high speeds over 300 mbps, however, I then show it fitted on my van roof, without being aligned in any way, and as long as the dish is pointing up to the sky you’ll get over 200mbps.

@njrmodelling 3 ай бұрын

@@GadgetJohn thanks John

@boggiesworld990 3 ай бұрын

What are your thoughts on starlink in winter flat mounted on roof in the snow?

@tbeall07161990 Ай бұрын

@@boggiesworld990 they have a snow melt rating that’s quite impressive

@scottyofeden 3 ай бұрын

The Starlink site shows "Starlink Mini Now Available for $599! $299 ($499) for the Standard Kit until October 5". So what is what? Is the 'mini' what's shown in the video. The mini is $599, but the regular is $299. So confused. Anyone help clarify?

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

The one shown in this video is the standard kit and the mini is about half its size.

@victor007ven 3 ай бұрын

😊

@mohichsan6523 2 ай бұрын

Where I CAN BUY STARLINK GEN3?

@dentistul 7 сағат бұрын

starlink website

@griffinmk1 3 ай бұрын

I know this is irrelevant on this video. But you seem to know. I'm currently lost in advice from every one that contradictory. I hope you can help. Solar panels. I have 2x 220w 19v. How to I plug them in to my bluetti 200max. Series or parallel? . Is amps better than watts?? I'm lost. Cheers.

@GadgetJohn 3 ай бұрын

Serial, as it will give you higher volts that the bluetti 200 max prefers.

@griffinmk1 3 ай бұрын

@@GadgetJohn that's great thanks loads. Appreciate it

@imnobody4522 Ай бұрын

I''m paying $90 per month on cable, for a 1.2Gb connection rate. Until Starlink comes up to the same speed, it would offer me no advantage to switch, except the satisfaction to dump my cable internet connection. I'm actually averaging only 700Mbs of that 1.2Gb's, which angers me.