While TunnelBear isn't the only VPN with routine audits and transparency reports, this is the kind of habitual transparency we should all expect from every VPN on the market.
When it contracted Cure53 for its third independent security audit ( released in January), TunnelBear set about fixing issues post-haste. Those reports also tell us something arguably more important: When TunnelBear is alerted to a significant service or security issue, the company addresses and fixes it. As has been the case for every VPN I've tested, German servers underperformed compared to French. The lowest averages were found in Europe, at 65Mbps overall. TunnelBear's connections routinely faltered when testing in the region. Speeds bottomed out in Singapore, though, with a low of 4.95Mbps and an average speed of 68Mbps. Australia followed in third place, with an average 100Mbps. UK speeds came in second place, averaging 104Mbps. Non-VPN speeds in the same round averaged about 244Mbps. That's more than fast enough to torrent, game, or browse.
In my tests, US servers delivered the peak speed of 176Mbps, with an average of 112Mbps. TunnelBear's speeds have steadily improved over the years as measured by other review and testing sites, though, and the US scores I recorded saw a speed loss of only 54%. It struggled to catch up to the popular NordVPN's overall 32% speed loss, and catching up to other speed-intensive VPNs such as Surfshark and ExpressVPN (which in previous tests experienced overall losses of just 27% and less than 2%, respectively) could be an even bigger problem. Speeds I recorded for TunnelBear placed it near the middle of the VPN pack.
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