SIMO Solis Lite 4G LTE Portable WiFi Mobile Hotspot with 1GB/Month Lifetime Data Included, Local & International Coverage Router, Multi-Carrier Access, No Contract or SIM Card Required (Renewed)

This little gadget worked for me, out in the middle of nowhere when I was on a trip in my RV. I got it out and hooked up to my laptop and was able to do work on my mortgage Loan Operating System, which needs a good download speed to be able to function. I was able to get my work done and also, I was able to pull up my YoutubeTV and watch it, as well. The price was great. I have also used it in the Country, at my cabin to see if it would work and it does quite well.

This product does look for and use the strongest signal from Verizon, T-Mobile, and ATT. Most of the time I get at least 20gb down which is enough to stream or do remote work. It’s small, rechargeable, and very easy to use. We have a travel trailer and sometimes leave our dog in the trailer. I have cameras, temperature sensors, smoke alarm, and thermostat I can control with Wi-Fi and those devices can send alerts via WiFi. This device provides 1gb of data free each month. That means I can leave it in the RV and access all of my devices from my phone when I’m away for free! The cameras I have record to an SD card in the camera (not to tge cloud) so the only time they use internet is when I’m watching video on my phone or a tiny bit of data when it sends me an alert It’s also handy when I need internet in other places. If you just need unlimited internet for a day you can buy a day pass. If you need it for a month you can buy a month pass. Great device.

This refurbished item barely work. Waste of money

Bought this in preparation for a European river cruise. My phone provider didn't offer an international plan so I thought I would use this for calls and text after enabling WiFi calling on the phone. That worked 100% I also bought a carrying case and just clipped it to my belt as we walked through the cities we visited. I didn't think I would need in on the ship because they have WiFi with a satellite link. However, the link was very slow and there was no WiFi on the top deck. So, This little gem provided great Internet access for us and the 6 friends we were traveling with. Double bonus: Since it comes with lifetime data, I can also use it in the airports and hotels anytime I travel domestically so I don't have to worry about shady hotspots that might be spying on the traffic.

I have generally been lucky with reconditioned/refurbished electronics on Amazon, but this one was a dud. I tested the device when I received it, and it worked well until the 1GB free data was used. A month later, while in Europe, I started to use the device and signed up for one month of unlimited internet, and the issues began: - The first attempts to get the device to connect didn't go well, and after two to three restart attempts, the device connected. - The device would then start to lose connection and have to be restarted. - Other times, it would stay on and connected for a longer period (the longest was approximately 36 hours), whereafter it would reboot on its own. Sometimes, a reset of the device would help. - Finally, the device gave up and went into a complete reboot mode, which would reboot every 2-5 minutes. During this "reboot mode," the device couldn't be shut down or reset, and it ran till the battery died. So, in the end, I decided to return the device instead of a replacement, as I suspect this was a defective device that was just repacked and shipped out again, and I lost faith that a replacement would be any better. I will likely go for a similar device since, when it was working, it was good, but I will buy it new directly from Simo and NOT from Amazon.

I really was hoping for a better rating. There isn't much competition of these type of devices short of just getting a sim or esim with router that also offers some free monthly data. This is my second Solis device. My other one is a 5G version. This review is for the Solis Lite 4G only. Device works but it should be reserved for emergency usage IMO. Of course, you still need good cell tower coverage but if your main cell network goes down, or when traveling, this device works well enough. But it's usecase ends there. Long story short.... I tested the device for 7 days, left it running as a failover device 'WAN2'. My main network has not gone down so, in theory no data, or minimal data, should have been used. This is not the case... The device burns around ~40mb of it's daily free 1GB. This means if you just leave it on, it will go through it's free data before the end of the month resets. And it also means, if you purchase data, you should assume some data will be burned/lost as well. The device uses purchased data first before using free data. So if you buy 1gb don't expect that you will have full access to that data. I find it is cheaper to pay for a 10$/month data plan with a sim card than it would be to leave this device running at all times as a backup internet. Checking traffic and seeing constant checks to cloudflare (1.1.1.1) dns servers. There is no reason it should check so aggressively (roughly every 5-10 seconds). At one point I caught a shopify IP being called as well. It has a long wifi password and there are no other devices connecting to it.