- Traveling is one of my favorite things to do.
Going to new places, meeting new people,
being exposed to new cultures.
There's even something about the uncomfortable
nature of when you travel alone,
like I like to do sometimes, that I just thoroughly enjoy.
Something I don't enjoy about traveling though
is when I lose my connection to the people
back home that I'd like to talk to,
I can't access pertinent information about where I am
and where I should be going, et cetera,
thanks to shoddy WiFi overseas
or my phone just not working like it does
when I'm here in the States.
This year, when getting ready for Mobile World Congress
in Barcelona, I received something that I didn't know
at the time would become something that I would
constantly use during my entire trip.
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First up, this is not a paid sponsorship
in any way, shape or form.
They did send me a unit, which was really nice,
but I have to give it back, I'm not supposed to keep it.
There was no agreement of I would do a video
or any of that, it's honestly just something
that I enjoy using and I think is valuable to other people,
like you guys, when you're traveling around
so I wanted to do a video on it
just so you guys could check it out.
So what is it?
Well, Roamingman sent me one of their global hotspots.
So it sort of resembles one of those really bad,
fake Chinese iPhones at first glance,
but it's actually an Android-powered WiFi hotspot
that utilizes what they call a CloudSIM technology
which essentially allows the device
to seamlessly turn itself into a data device
on whatever network it needs to
in a plethora of countries around the world.
The real wow factor though is the fact
it gives you unlimited data
no matter which country you are in
at 4G speeds for just $10 a day.
While it does throttle the speed after 500 megabytes a day,
which resets after 24 hours until you hit
the 500 megabytes again and then it limits you again,
and so on and so forth.
But, regardless, it's still really handy to have.
Besides just being an inexpensive hotspot,
you can actually carry it around with you
no matter what countries you pass through
on your journey to get to your destination.
I actually had layovers in London and Copenhagen
on my way to Barcelona and back.
And I didn't even have to call the company
to tell them I was gonna be in these different countries,
it just kept working no matter where I was.
It also has a 6000 milliamp battery built in.
This means that it had no problem lasting all day
while broadcasting, and even has a USB port
which I used to charge my phone while I was out with it.
Now I would normally go get a SIM card
from the country I'm in, unlock my phone,
and end up paying for prepaid data only plans
as I needed them, but thanks to this little thing,
I didn't even need to deal with all of that.
I turned on airplane mode, I connected to the WiFi
of the hotspot and used that basically the entire time,
along with my laptop that I also
connected to it at the same time.
You can order one from their site
and let them know how many days you need it for.
They ship it to you in about three days
and then, when you get back, you can just
ship it back to them with the label that they provide.
Easy, simple and relatively inexpensive.
Now the only time that this guy probably
isn't gonna be very useful to you is if
your own carrier has unlimited data travel plans.
Now, funny enough, I didn't realize,
but my own carrier, AT&T actually has
a $10 a month add on, while I was in Spain,
that allowed me to use my data, texting and phone calls
as if I were using them here in the States.
Now, since I have a 25 gig of data plan,
don't judge me,
and WiFi tethering included,
that meant that I could have just used that
and tethered my other laptop to it
instead for the same price.
Now because of how crappy WiFi is at Airbnb's,
especially overseas,
I end up using my hotspot a lot
and so, what I kind of run into,
is that there's a good chance that I'm gonna go over
my 25 gig limit, especially when I'm uploading
and downloading large files, especially YouTube videos,
for example, so even though I did have my phone
at a certain point, when I realized that I could
do that plan thing, I still ended up using
the Roamingman hotspot's unlimited data
even with the previously-mentioned speed limits.
There ya go.
So check with your local carrier to see if they have
one of those unlimited plans before you travel,
but if not, this guy's probably not
a bad thing to check out.
I'll leave a link below so you guys
can go take a look and see what you think.
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And, as always, thanks for watching.
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