GlocalMe Network Router

I'm always hesitant about these types of hotspots. I've had three 4g hotspots but my signal has always been just below good enough to use for work. My job requires a couple VPN jumps and the 2-5mbps of 4g LTE in my area on my network Google-Fi (t-mobile) just didn't make them useful. - This is the first hotspot with 5G that I've seen fall into the "affordable" range. $300 is a bit pricey still, so it's on the higher end of that scale for me.... But it's WAY better than the $500-$900 price of other 5G hotspots. The trade-off being they want to put you on the "easy" but more predatory path of buying their esim data packages. - SO because of that I was skeptical of how well the physical sim option would work. I didn't like that I had to install their app. Thankfully I didn't have to build an account, I just used my google sign in which is strong and multi-auth'd for security. --- - Free tip: the more user/login accounts you create, the more susceptible you are to being breached. Unless unlike most people you don't use the same password for everything lol. (use a password manager people!) --- Once I opened the app and dropped into it, I was able to scan the QR on the device and "sync" or "bind" it to my account. I suppose they do that for security since they would hold your payment information IF you bought their electronic SIM. WHICH I DID NOT --- For those unaware, you can get a free data-only sim card from Google-Fi. It uses your plan data and I have the unlimited premium plan which offers full speed 5G performance on hotpot devices for 50gb a month (so much for unlimited lol) But that's plenty for me as I'd use this as a backup mostly to my own home internet or for when going out of town or out of the house. --- After inserting the Sim Card, I just had to approve it in the sim manager, mine is unlocked and all that so it was easy as pie to set up. You may have to talk to your provider if you do want to get one those hoops are not an issue with this device. In the device screen you just "switch" to the Sim Card option and enable the 5g slider. that's it. --- The device itself is sleek enough, almost as tall as my S24 Ultra, and skinnier by about 3/4 of an inch. I guess it would've been cool to get a little carrying pouch for it? but meh I don't mind not having one. the plastic housing of the device has a nice velvet matte type finish and it's USB-C YESSSS great not having to carry around a separate mini or micro usb cable. Because it's USB-C it charges quickly too. The battery seems to hold a charge well. I would suggest keeping it between that 30-80% sweet spot as that's best for batteries of this generation. --- Boot up time is pretty quick too. About 7-10 seconds and then maybe another 3-5 for the signal to start transmitting/emitting. --- ***SPEED/PERFORMANCE*** I compared my phones performance on 5G to this device getting and transmitting 5G. They matched nearly identically. So I know the product can perform as well as a normal cell phone. That's all I needed to see. But I did hook my work laptop into it and worked from inside my home and outside my home. I was getting about 25-40Mbps inside my house and 80-110Mbps outside on my deck. Very usable for my work needs (think slack, email, browser work over vpn) ****Super happy with the results and exactly in line with what I was hoping for!!!***** Additional notes: There are so many factors to take into account with speed/performance. Your location: i.e. inside or outside, material of the building you're in if you're inside, distance from a 5G tower, even weather can impact it a bit (not as bad as satellite though). Then there's time of day, city population, population using your carrier. If you're in a megacity and your towers are over-saturated, and everyone uses the same carrier, the performance of your phone or this device will OBVIOUSLY be impacted. Those are not factors to fault this device over. Granted the strength of the antennae of the device does share some accountability, but these are "cheap", consumer level devices. It doesn't have a ton of huge antennas, it's got a small footprint and it's not some business class office level product. It's for a handful of devices at a time. (Think friends camping or at a cabin etc) or someone working from the road that needs their own secure and reliable device to get internet. It's not going to be the best for a central hub of a network to use 24/7 across an entire family's set of devices. (think ps5, 3 cable boxes, 4 laptops, 5 phones, media PC's etc) this isn't meant for things like that. ---- **Conclusion** Super happy with the device, would highly recommend for anyone who is looking for on the go data usage for work or play where you need that 5G speed!

Brilliant, go anywhere with this thing and have connection, easy to use

Working great. Must to have during travel.

Performs well, long battery life perhaps a bit pricey since 5g infrastructure has to mature.

Works pretty good I bit annoying you have to get physical sims for it. If you don’t get the local country sim The plans optional with the device are horribly over priced.