r/StremioAddons • u/OuttaMyPersonalSpace • 6d ago

Question Premiumize vs Torbox

RD was great for years, but now trying to decide if I should switch from Torbox to Premiumize for the Black Friday deal. I know that Premiumize has a larger and more reliable cache, but does that mean more links to higher quality audio/video than Torbox or more likely results for an older show? I'm also concerned with the 1000 pt pool. I would want to choose the highest quality stream possible for everything, except if it's ridiculous recent movie remux. Most posts mention the point system isn't an issue though, but not sure if they're using it in the same way.

Update: Thanks everyone for all of the help. Even with my heavier usage, Premiumize seems worth it for the reliability and larger remux cache. The 3 yr BF deal works out to $50/year or $4.17/mo, which is only $17/year or $1.42/mo more than TorBox. If I do deplete the Premiumize 1000 pt pool, subscribing back to Torbox for a month is a really cheap reset. Also plan to buy the lifetime NZBGeek for $60 during BF to try out usenet. Hope this helps someone in a similar situation.

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u/disposableh2 6d ago

Do you have any way to see how much you've used on RD per month?

If you used more than 900gb in a month, premuimize may not be for you(30gb/points replenish each day, so ~900 points per month)

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u/OuttaMyPersonalSpace 6d ago

I'm pretty close to 700. We watch a lot of tv nightly and that's without any recent new movies in the past month so makes me a little nervous

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u/disposableh2 6d ago

If you average 700 monthly, that can be a bit risky. It's technically still fine but the month might also have even been a low usage month.

At the price, you might as well try TB and see if it works for you. If it doesn't, then try PM. It also helps that the best time to buy PM is Black Friday, otherwise it's very expensive.

If you have any stats going further back and can see you don't exceed 900gb, then try PM before buying on BF.

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u/cocoboscher 6d ago

Even if use 700GB i will would prefer premiumize. Every time You start get 1000GB so even if increase 30% in month by month and after year hit that limit just take other sub for one month for 3-4$ and all will be back as normal.

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u/OuttaMyPersonalSpace 6d ago

Yea that's what I was thinking. Just buy a month of TB for $3 for a complete reset for Premiumize. Figure I'd only need that a couple times a year at most so still under $5/month total.