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★★★★★
Works perfect and does exactly what I'd hoped it would do
We've had our Circle hooked up for about a week now...we love it! (well...my wife and I love it...the kids not so much). From reading reviews I was a little worried about some of the specifics in how it worked and if it was going to end up causing more trouble than it was worth but that all proved to be unnecessary. I'm thinking that maybe over the time since it was released they have upgraded the firmware? All I know is that some of the negative reviews mention problems that I haven't seen...so either those folks didn't know how to use certain features or the features were added after the original review was written. We have the Circle plugged directly into our router (well, actually it's plugged into a switch that is connected to the router) and haven't noticed any issues with it slowing down our internet. We have two kids in two different age ranges and setting up the specific filter levels was very simple. And within each filter level there are lots of specific settings that you can toggle on or off (ad blocking, safe search, etc.) Initially, I did have to go in and 'allow' a couple different sites that were being blocked by default but that was incredibly easy. Also, we have several different devices that are used by more than one person (kids share an iPad...that kind of thing). I was worried about how we'd deal with that but it hasn't proven to be an issue...you simply go in the app and move the device from one person to another...it takes 5 seconds. Even more than the actual filtering, the time limits was one of the reasons we decided to get this device...especially since we're going into summer and I was worried about the kids sitting around on their electronics all day if I wasn't paying enough attention. I get a little popup on my phone when one of the kids reaches their preset time limit and the Circle cut off the kids internet, this is immediately followed by a "nooooooooo!" from somewhere else in the house...I love it!
June 2016 · Electronics · verified purchase
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Discontinued: Circle with Disney
3.6★ · 3,735 ratings, as of 2023
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