SIMO Solis Lite 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, Portable WiFi for Travel in 140+ Countries, No SIM Card, No Contract Required, Multi-Carrier Network Wireless Access Point, 10 Devices, 1GB/Month Lifetime Data

The media could not be loaded. I have to say that I am very impressed with this product. I am a business owner on the go, not only do I have clients in my office. I also have them remotely. I typically use my Wi-Fi that is along with my landline in my office for video meetings. however, when I have gone, offsite should do events. I’ve had a very difficult time connecting my Square reader or phone to the Wi-Fi in different places that do not allow access to their system without a password. It resulted to me losing a lot of money out events were people wanted to purchase tickets if they were any available and did not have cash to give to me. so I bought this to go along with my Square Terminal to take cards easily at events when people come in. it was the best thing I ever did to invest in both of the products. by the way, if you’re ever considering buying the Square Terminal do it through Amazon it’s less expensive than Square (learned that later). so far, I’ve used this portable Wifi for my events with my Square reader very successfully. I have also used it when I was on the road to test the Wi-Fi system and take a card as a test you can see in the video. Lastly, one time I did something with my cell phone did not realize that I had turned off my cell phone data and tried to get directions to a new location. I had to scope out , pick it up on my GPS and I was trying to find the address I turned around and went back to my office to get this Wi-Fi and turned it on. I was able to get to the event location easily by picking up the Wi-Fi and connecting it to my phone. but the most impressive yet was I just recently went on my first cruise ever to Bermuda, I was very concerned about being able to access my emails and check in on things while I was gone to tell my staff member if there were any issues with things she needed to address. I brought this on my trip and also upgraded from my eight dollar plan I pay every month just to have it going anytime. I need it to a $98 unlimited plan to access Wi-Fi in Bermuda to be able to contact not only my staff but our adult children that were watching our dog and to check in. In addition, I had also bought the Norweigan limited minutes data plan for $125 for 200 minutes that Wifi bought from the cruise ship never worked even when we were in Port and at sea thar never worked!!! I could check my email through the cruise ship Wi-Fi, but could never send it out or check text messages so that was a waste of money. However, I was able to quickly in swiftly turn on this Wi-Fi system when we were in Bermuda and be able to check messages and text our children which was awesome. I had paid $98 for an unlimited plan in Caribbean and Bermuda and I also also had a conference that I just got back from that. I wanted to have it to take payments for books that I was selling and other products. I can say that I did use my laptop a couple times to check it and also my Apple pad and it lagged a little bit connecting to solos, but it did send and receive messages. I’m not sure how it would be full-time using this a Wi-Fi system through a landline with say Comcast, etc., but this is definitely good for any Wifi spot, especially if you are taking and receiving payments at events or conferences, I am very happy with the purchase. It was the best birthday present I ever bought and it’s already paid for itself many times over with me being able to sell products and tickets at Event locations easily. i’ve recommended this product to other business owners and friends. Many other portable Wi-Fi systems are extremely expensive to maintain. I am pretty frugal with my business being careful not to overspend on different areas. I don’t use this all the time so I pay for the eight dollar a month plan just to always have access to it if I’m not I’m gonna be somewhere else for a day or a long period of time then I pay for a longer for just a day to use it or a month. Gave me a lot of comfort, knowing that I had this when I was out of the country in Bermuda to take along with me in my big pocketbook to be able to access the Whatsupapp and be able to call people if we needed a ride. My husband also connected his phone to the system as well as I did at the same time to be able to check his text messages and emails that came through once we turned it on. If you were a vendor get the system it is so much easier than worrying about getting Wi-Fi access anywhere you are. this is also very secure instead of going into free Wi-Fi access especially if you are doing any transactions and you don’t want a way to hack into your business accounts. Highly recommend a product love it. I’ve been in business for 18 years and this is one of the best products that I ever purchased to help run my business.

This was a really useful way to make sure that we had data connectivity. We were traveling internationally, and we could not add an esim to our carrier locked cell phones. To start off - this just works. The connectivity with the built-in eSIM was seamless. We did try to use a physical sim but could not get that work. Most likely because you need a phone (unlocked with physical SIM card) to activate a sim and then use that in this hotspot. So the physical sim not working is most likely a carrier issue and not necessarily this device issue.After a few attempts, we resorted to using the built-in eSIM. The process of buying additional data was seamless. We were primarily using it for Google maps and checking recommendations for restaurants/takeouts while we were out. Very happy with the connectivity and reception everywhere. Perhaps, it was because we were primarily in a city and didn't venture into the country side. At the end of the day, when we returned back to the hotel, there was 80%-85% battery left. So for our usage, I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted a few days. Keep in mind that to save data you also need to set the WiFi (of this Hotspot) to Low-Data mode in your mobile device. This helps conserve data usage and for our 1 week trip we (across two cell phones) managed to not use more than 3GB of data.Solis customer team tried to root cause the physical sim issue with me and after several emails they mentioned they have not tested that specific carrier with this device and could not guarantee it to work. Before you travel internationally, you may want to check with Solis CS team to get a list of supported carriers. And, more importantly, carry a burner phone that can you can use for activating the physical sim should you want to buy a local sim.

I bought this for a trip to Norway and Sweden and used it for about 10 days in Oslo and Stockholm. I did not use it before leaving the US but did see it picking up a signal from T-Mobile and ATT. Then in Europe, I used up my 1GB monthly allowance of free data and activated a daily pass. The 1GB was enough to get me from the train station to my hotel using Apple Maps 20 minutes away. This device worked well picking up a strong 5G signal. I used the hotel wifi then activated the daily pass at the hotel.The device generally worked well picking up a strong 5G signal in both Norway and Sweden.There is one major (and expensive) annoyance with the daily pass. You cannot activate multiple daily passes at once. You need to activate one pass and wait 24 hours for it to expire before you can activate a new daily pass. So what this means is you need to time your activations properly or you can be stuck in the middle of nowhere without wifi which is required to activate a new daily pass. The first day I did it at my hotel using their wifi. The second day I was out on the street and it ran out so I needed to find a McDonalds to use free wifi to activate the second day pass. By the third day I figured out a workaround that cost me more money buying a non-expiring Solis 20 GB plan. So when the day pass expires, the data plan kicks in and starts using your 20GB. Then you can use the Solis wifi hotspot itself to activate another daily pass. Just remember to set a timer to make sure you don't forget and use up your more expensive data plan. In total I used about 500MB of data between day passes so doing this does not deplete your prepaid data. This system did work okay and in 10 days I was able to use only 6 daily passes because I used free wifi at the hotel, train, and at restaurants.Since I wanted to test a local SIM card I also looked while I was out shopping and that did NOT work out since the local SIM cards needed activation and it was very unclear if they can be used as data plans for a wifi hotspot. I even went into a phone repair shop and they could not tell me. In some cases you need to activate a SIM using your passport ID to comply with local laws. If you want to use a cheaper local SIM get one at the airport and have them install it and test it there since once you leave the airport there are no assurances the SIM will work if you install it yourself.So it turns out by having the Solis 5G I was able to use my iPhone that does not have extra eSIMs since I have two numbers using the eSIMs on my phone. I was able to use Holafly last year and an eSIM but recently Holafly eliminated the local phone number and has data only which means you are stuck using WhatsApp and cannot use your text messaging or US phone number for calls. Figuring all this out has been trial and error and if you want to avoid connectivity gaps, I recommend buying the Solis 5G and the data plans for overseas. The device is expensive but if you plan to travel a lot then it is worth the investment. When you are on vacation you don't want to waste time trying to get connected.One other annoyance is that the iPhone app does not work with the Solis 5G, only the hockey puck cheaper version. To log in to your account or purchase more data or toggle between data plans you need to go online using the QR code that displays on the device.All these annoyance quirks I found through trial and error and by contacting Solis customer support to answer my questions. The customer support is very good anytime of the day but it certainly would be nice to know all the things I pointed out before buying the Solis 5G. I'm sure I am not the first user with these use case scenarios!