SIMO Solis Hero, 4G Mobile Hotspot, 1GB/Monthly + 30GB Global Data

I've been shopping around for a hotspot to take along in our camper. This one seemed to have the features that I was looking for and the reviews were favorable so I ordered it. It arrived in 4 days, in plenty of time for our camping trip next week. The setup was amazingly simple. I did plug it in to charge it but it turns out that it was nearly completely charged. Then you just power it on, download the app on your phone, Create an account, and follow the very few simple steps. My laptop and my phone easily found and connected to the hotspot and those are the two devices that I will be using when camping. The device is small and would easily fit in a pocket or just about anywhere. And talk about simple. There is one lighted button and three little lights and that's it. It includes a USB-C charging cord (an outlet adaptor is not included) and an adaptor to use the cord to charge your phone right from the device. The battery life is said to be 16 hours but I can't confirm that yet. We live in a fringe area so none of our speeds here are blazingly fast but are adequate for our needs. When I first connected to the hotspot with my laptop and checked the speed it was disappointingly slow. But there is a feature in the app that will scan to find the strongest cell signal. I ran the scan and then the speeds were equal to what we get with our regular internet provider, which is also via cell towers, so I am very pleased with that. The data plans are very flexible and should fit most needs. There are global plans, North American plans, and USA plans. There is an unlimited plan that automatically renews monthly for $89 per month. There are other monthly plans from 1 GB to 50 GB with prices that range from $6 to $70 per month. The plan that I will use, because we will mostly just use the hotspot while camping, is the pay-as-you-go plan where you just add more data right from the app as you need it at $8 per GB. The very nice thing about that is that once you add data your unused data never expires. So if I load more data into the device than I use while camping I don't lose it. It just stays loaded in the device to use whenever I need it. Another very nice feature is that the device includes one free GB per month that is automatically added to the hotspot. The free GB does not carry over from month to month, however. The hotspot can be connected to 10 different devices. We will seldom have more than three connected at a time. If you only connect a few devices you could use one of the monthly plans and use the hotspot as your home internet provider but most homes today connect many more than 10 devices so that would not work for everyone. Since the hotspot works via cell tower signals it should work fine anywhere your phone works. The campground where we are going is fairly remote, but there is a signal there, so I expect the hotspot to work fine. If there are any issues I will update this review but so far I am very favorably impressed with this little hotspot.

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 Whatsup app 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.

PLEASE SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY AND BUY A PORTABLE WIFI SYSTEM FROM AN ACTUAL REPUTABLE COMPANY, BECAUSE SOLIS/SOMO ISN'T IT! EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO I SPENT ALMOST $90 FOR A ONE MONTH UNLIMITED INTERNET PLAN FOR MY SOLIS WIFI DEVICE! A WEEK LATER I CAN'T EVEN WATCH MY TV BECAUSE SOLIS'S "CUSTOMER SERVICE" IS CURRENTLY TELLING ME (I HAVE THEM IN A *WORTHLESS* TECH SUPPORT CHAT AS I TYPE THIS): "YOU'VE ALREADY USED YOUR 100 GB OF HIGH SPEED INTERNET FOR YOUR UNLIMITED ONE MONTH PLAN. AFTER THE 100 GB IS USED YOUR SPEED SLOWS DOWN." I TOLD HIM "IF YOU BUY AN UNLIMITED ONE MONTH PLAN AND AFTER ONLY ONE WEEK YOU CAN'T EVEN WATCH YOUR TV, THAT MEANS SOLIS IS ABSOLUTELY USELESS!" HIS RESPONSE WAS (HIS NAME IS MICHAEL): "It is not useless; you still have data, only slower. This information is not hidden from you. At any moment, you can see on the website that it states the data is unlimited, but it slows down afterwards." I RESPONDED "There's literally nothing working in my home. The only tv I have connected keeps going out every 5-10 seconds, so YES it is USELESS when I can't even watch TV with it. I'll just go back to my regular home internet and throw this absolute junk out. it's far cheaper than $90 a month and I've never had any kind of issue like this with ANY internet company before! I can understand a slower speed (which for $90 bucks it's STILL ridiculous that they slow the internet speed down, especially to the extent that NOTHING that uses wifi will even WORK at their "slower speed)"! I also told him that I purchased this JUNK from Amazon and that I WILL be heading to their review section to warn people to STAY FAR AWAY from their scam, which is what I believe it to be!!!! I still have THREE WHOLE WEEKS left of my ONE MONTH "UNLIMITED" PLAN, and as of about 30 mins ago, my ONE MONTH UNLIMITED PLAN is obviously over after only one week...again, for almost $90 bucks!!! If nothing in my home will stay connected to this pile of straight GARBAGE the only thing I have left to say about Solis/SOMO is that it's a SCAM!!!! Once I told "Michael" I was leaving a review on Amazon, he immediately ended the conversation and disconnected the chat! So not only is Solis a SCAM, their customer service is absolutely HORRIBLE!!!! My cellphones are through T Mobile and they too slow down unlimited cellphone internet after so much of the high speed internet is used, but guess what? When this happens, I don't even notice it's been slowed down because the internet on my family's phones have ZERO problems staying connected, and there's absolutely ZERO problem watching videos/movies etc., on our cellphones, even when they've slowed down the speed. Oh and on one last horrid note: Solis/Somo wants me to pay ANOTHER $40-$70 to get the high speed data back for the three weeks of my "One Month Internet Plan" that I have left on top of the almost $90 I've ALREADY PAID A WEEK AGO, WHICH I'M ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOT DOING!!! They got me once, but it definitely isn't happening TWICE! Why did you pick this product vs others?: I have no idea but I DEFINITELY wish I would have picked a different company because this one is HORRIBLE!

If you need a dependable portable internet hotspot device look no further than the SIMO line of products. I purchased the SIMO Lite 4G model and it has been proven to be a godsend. It works everywhere we have needed it to work = Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, France, Germany, England, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan. Just remember to turn it on at the airport once you have landed = use the airport free wifi to connect SIMO to the internet where you have landed and then you phone and computer and any device you need to have internet service is go to go. If you don’t do this, you will not be connected to the internet until you get to your hotel.

For as much as I have used it so far, which is not extensive but is illustrative, I like this hotspot quite a bit. I unpacked it (the unit itself is about the size of a hockey puck), followed the included instructions, and here is my experience. The first instruction said to charge up the hotspot. A type-C charging cable was included, but not a converter to plug it into the wall. I used the same type-C charger that I use for my phone. The light on the top of the hotspot lit up and started to rock back and forth as it was supposed to do. It took about 30 minutes to reach full charge. The next instruction said that once it was charged up I should turn it on and allow it to find a network connection. It powered right up, started to blink, and it took approximately 7 minutes for it to find and connect to a source. Next, I was supposed to scan the QR code on the back of the unit to activate it. I did that with no problem. The QR code took me directly to the SIMO website. I was shown a login screen where I was able to quickly create my account. It took almost no time at all and I was told that the hotspot was ready to use. It comes with some free data, and of course the page was full of paid options for additional data. I didn't take advantage of any of them yet, because I want to fully test this out over a longer period of time before I commit to any sort of contract. I left the website, turned off my home Wi-Fi, and opened my laptop. My Solis Hero was showing up as one of the options for connectivity. I clicked on it and, of course, I had to enter a password. The password is printed on a sticker on the back of the unit. My eyes are not too bad, but I had to use a pair of reading glasses AND a magnifying glass to read it. (I saved it in my phone for any future time that I might need it because I don't want to go through that again.) Anyway, my laptop connected to it with no problem. I checked my email. I looked at my Amazon account to track a package. And everything worked just as it should albeit slightly slower than I am used to. I logged into my bank account and everything just took a little longer than it normally takes. It's a delay that I can live with, but it is noticeable. I powered down my Hero, and put it back into its carrying case. For ease of use, and the quick and easy setup, it's one of the smoothest electronic installations I've ever done. The length of time that it took to connect to a network, and the slow nature of the connection speed, were an unpleasant surprise, but at least the connection was steady and I was able to accomplish everything that I wanted to accomplish using that hotspot. All in all, I am satisfied with it and will use it as a backup Wi-Fi source when I don't have my regular one. It is good enough for that, but I don't think I would use it as my one and only source of Internet. For what it is, though, and the price that I paid, I am very satisfied

This device creates a wifi access point that can be shared with up to 10 people within around 20 feet and works in many countries around the world. Operating on the 4G networks in multiple countries, it finds and connects to the local cellular network. Unlike AT&,T or VERIZON, YOU ARE NOT TIED TO A SINGLE CELLULAR NETWORK when traveling. You get one gig of data per month for free for the life of the unit. One can also purchase additional data in packs of days of unlimited data, or in gigabytes. I recently tried it out in Scotland. In suburban Glasgow I easily connected at 4G. The screen shows you which network as well. My speeds were about 7-8 MPS, sufficient to support video download. Also low latency that allowed phone calls from my cellphone over wifi. In Edinburgh, I connected easily, but could not even hit 1 mbs. This is enough to do email, connect to uber, but video, file downloads will be tough. The device comes with an App that updates you on remaining data available and allows you to triger the device to search for a different, possibly faster network to connect to. You can also purchase and activate additional data if needed. Battery life is good and the package is sturdy. Bright orange color makes it easy to find. I carried it in my jacket pocket creating a wifi zone around me as I moved about. Since first posi g I have now also used the hotspot in Finland without any issues. Being able to turn it on when I land, check email, send and receive texts AND also get on line to call an Uber are all quite usefull and reduce my need to pay for expensive international roaming from my home cellphone provider. Now back in Scotland and traveling with my wife we both have avoided needing to pay daily international roaming fees and can make and receive calls and text messages while sharing one device. Update: worked flawless for a week in Rome. Buying extra data by the gig or by the day of unlimited is expensive at their regular rates. However they frequently have sales which drop the price significantly. On sale, a "pack" of 20 unlimited data days can be had for less than $6 a day. The data packs don't expire. Update 2: worked flawlessly for a week in Budapest Hungary. I also lendt it to a colleague who travelled to Myanmar, but that country blocks internet and VPN. Unfortunately he couldn't get it to work. I recently had to use one at home when our Internet provider went down. Kept a family with four users in different parts of the house on line until the home Internet was restored. Nice to have backup. For travel outside the US remember to keep your phone in airplane mode, enable calls over Wifi to make and receive calls and texts via the hotspot. I also recommend setting up the wifi connection as 'limited data' to avoid eating up your free one gig for things like picture uploads to the cloud and automatic app updates. Do those when you are on free hotel or public wifi, or in days you opt for paid unlimited data. UPDATE: 9/26. I have been using the Solis Lite now for a few years. Good coverage in Budapest, Munich, Frankfurt and Prague. Also has worked well all over Scotland. Now. I have added a second Solis device, Solis Go. Works just as well in a smaller form factor which also adds a powerbank backup function. Slim, narrow form factor which is easy to carry.

I bought this as a stop-gap for one of my managers having to work at a site with no internet. Set up was so easy that I barely read the directions and missed an important step. I treated it like a wireless router and did not attach it to my computer. Very slow. But when I plugged it into my computer I got in the 500mbps download and 100mbps upload, nearly what I was getting at home. It has connections for USB-C so it works well on my mac, my PC and my phone. It also has connections for the old USB and Android. I was so impressed with it I bought another for me when I travel. Not plugged into a power supply, this lasted more than my work-day, which was plenty.. The ABSOLUTE best thing about this hot spot is that "1 Gig" is included, free "for Life". I took that claim lightly, expecting very little more than a pop up subscription requirement, but the free gig seems to be plenty for what I needed (web searching/Email). The price on this absolutely blows away the competition, and this provided a much better solution than I expected.

I travelled to Dubai and to Sri Lanka. I could have used a travel plan with my cell phone carrier but the cost was high as my family uses quite a lot of data. Enter the Solis Lite. This is the 4G LTE version for just over $100. It works with an app installed on my iPhone that allows you to buy more data as needed. Beware, plans can be pricey but I would receive notifications regarding sales so bargains can be found. You get 1gb of free data every month. The 5G version (larger black rectangular form factor) of this device currently does not work with the app and it was also significantly more pricey so I settled on the little orange cheaper “hockey puck.” It has a password etched on the device and so you can have up to 8 users privately log online at one time. It is fast enough but connection speed depends on the country and the cell network. I had no trouble in the Dubai but the connections were a little spotty in remote regions of Sri Lanka. It takes a minute or two when the device is turned on but if you trying to connect in a moving vehicle, it can take longer to find a cell tower. Internet speed is slow but generally adequate. I wouldn’t stream a movie on this. Data plans can get expensive ($70 for one time purchase of international data totaling 10 gb). Deals pop up in the app from time to time but some offers require that you sign up for an auto-renewal subscription. No contracts so you can cancel anytime. I can’t justify the high cost so I returned mine. It is likely more economical to just buy an eSIM card when visiting international locales that don’t work directly with your cell phone carrier; this lets you use your phone as a hotspot for other devices. This is device is probably best suited to the business traveler who relies on a laptop for work.

I originally purchased this device as my home broadband had failed and I needed to stay online to work from home. It's a fabulous product, finding networks easily and the connection is stable. Even better is that you receive 1GB of data free per month, so if you are just needing something to keep you online and not downloading large files then you will not need to pay anything. I travel all over the world for business, and this has kept me online at pretty much every location. The app is simple to use and the various data packages are reasonable for what they are. I would recommend this for people who travel. I am now waiting for the 5G Solis Edge to find it's way to Amazon!

Ich hatte vorher ein GlocalMe, aber deren Tarife sind so teuer geworden, dass es sich einfach nicht mehr rechnete. Generell sind solche Geräte ja eher etwas aus der Zeit gefallen in Zeiten von eSim, aber das mag jeder für sich selbst entscheiden. Ich verwende es in erster Linie auf Reisen, habe dadurch auch immer noch eine Powerbank für den Notfall dabei, aber nutze es auch in Deutschland gerne mal, um mein reines Wifi Tablett ins Netz zu bringen oder das Laptop, ohne dabei den Akku des Smartphones mit Ticket und Wegbeschreibung leerzusaugen, weil z.B. die DB viel weniger Steckdosen in ihren Zügen hat, als Menschen mit Kabeln ;) Das Solis Go ist solide und vor allem kompakt gebaut und man hat eindeutig mitgedacht, so gibt ins Gerät verbaute Anschlusskabel für Lightning, USB-C und USB-A, die man weder vergessen noch verlegen kann. Ich mag sowas. Der Formfaktor lässt sich gut verstauen, notfalls sogar in der Hosentasche. Die Erstnutzung im Ausland war ein bißchen hakelig, aber daran war ich wohl auch nicht ganz unschuldig. Ansonsten funktioniert das Gerät hervorragend - anschalten, einloggen (machen die Devices sowieso automatisch, wenn man sich schon mal im Wifi angemeldet hat) und loslegen. Gerade auf Reisen superpraktisch und von mir viel genutzt. Die Verbindungen waren in einem halben dutzend Ländern schnell und stabil, für eine Fehlnutzung gibt es viel zu wenig Buttons am Gerät und das kann man sogar praktisch blind bedienen. Die dazugehörige App ist schlicht und praktisch aufgebaut, alle notwenigen Infos sind direkt ersichtlich, man kommt aber tatsächlich ggbfs. auch ohne aus. Ich habe also echt nix zu meckern. Einen Abzug in der B-Note gibt es allerdings für die Kommunikation des 1GB Freivolumen 'lebenslang' - das ist zwar absolut super für Notfälle, aber Simo schraubt daran - wenn man sich die Foren und Reddit anschaut - regelmäßig unangekündigt rum und sagt es nicht. Mal ist 1GB = 4 x 250 MB im Wochentakt, dann ist es unkalkulierbarer 'Fair Use', dann werden willkürlich 2BM pro Stunde abgezogen obwohl keine Daten fließen, bei andere gilt es nur für Neukunden ... mir ist das alles bisher noch nicht passiert (oder zumindest aufgefallen) aber die Häufung dieser Berichte wirft Fragen auf.

A friend recommended the Solis Hotspot to me, he said it was great for travelling overseas. Wow was he right! You arrive somewhere (Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Bahamas, so far) turn it on and within a minute it has connected to a local cell service and the internet is available through the hotspot. I bought the 4G rather than the 5G but even so I've had 2 phones, a laptop and an iPad connected at the same time and the performance was still good. This is for the second Solis I bought. I liked the first so much I bought a second. I have the renewal dates 12 days apart, so I can get 2GB spread pretty evenly through the month.

Enrutador fácil de configurar y usar. Hice pruebas en varios lugares de Lisboa (Portugal) siempre con excelente cobertura y buenas velocidades. Actualmente utilizo el equipo para acceso remoto a un medidor eléctrico privado y a un cargador de vehículo eléctrico (aplicación IoT). Esta solución muy sencilla permite conocer el consumo y estado del cargador de EV en tiempo real. Para la aplicación mencionada anteriormente no necesito de un plan de datos específico, ya que la oferta de 1G mensual incluida durante la vida útil del equipo es perfectamente suficiente.

Ich habe den Solis Lite, Mobile Hotspot, gekauft, um weltweit ins Internet zu kommen. Jetzt war ich 3 Wochen auf Kreuzfahrt und habe folgende Länder besucht: Vereinigre Arabische Emirate, Oman, Indien, Sri Lanka, Malaysia und Singapur. In allen Ländern hatte ich mit Solis Lite problemlos Internet und hatte keinerlei Probleme. Wer viele Länder bereist und nicht überall umständlich per eSim ins Internet will, ist mit Solis Lite auf der richtigen Seite. Zudem gleichzeitig 10 Geräte gleichzeitig über den Solis ins Internet können. Einfach ideal für Leute, die problemlos und leicht jederzeit ins Internet wollen.