I have a few – a mix of Solwise and TP-Link (mixing brands is no issue). The TP-Link had slightly clearer instructions would recommend them over the Solwise. I hang a couple of wifi points off them to give decent wifi coverage of the whole house.
Few notes;
– They don’t work as well if your power is split over different rings.
– You don’t want to hang them off powerstrips. Give them their own socket. Piggyback ones are the way to go if you don’t want to lose the socket.
– Like all network stuff the Mpbs quoted is the theoretical maximum and you’ll get nowhere near it. It will still be better than wifi.
– A powerline adaptor + Ethernet switch is a great way of giving wired connections to a load off kit sitting together (eg. TV + AV stuff or home office)
You need one ‘master’ and the rest are slaves, I seem to remember. You can buy packs with varying numbers of slaves included.
I think you are remembering wrong.
EDIT; I bought a couple extra recently and on Amazon a set of one normal + one piggyback is cheaper than two normal for some reason;
One standard + one piggyback £24: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016ZZAVYI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
Two standard £28.45:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-PA4010KIT-Adapter-Configuration-Required/dp/B01BECPIMC/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1518180118&sr=1-4&keywords=powerline