GlocalMe G4 Pro 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Device, Portable WiFi Hotspot for Travel with Global 1GB Data, High Speed WiFi Device with 5” Touch Screen, SIMFREE, Pocket WiFi Router (G4 Pro White)

Love this. It waorks great and it’s nice to have

UPDATE: I've been using the hotspot while traveling, even while physically moving in a vehicle. I've been impressed with how well it's worked! I've had a signal everywhere I've tried using it so far, and while there are times the internet has been slower or cut out for a minute, it's come through for what I needed it to do. Battery life has been great. I've used it for several hours' work at this point, and have only used 1.5 gigs of data. It's easy to purchase more data when needed, and they are always having sales on data, so that's cool. I am sold on this hotspot, and I'm glad I bought it!ORIGINAL POST: I purchased this product for travel across the US. I haven't used it while travelling yet, but I took it out and set it up today. The free data advertised was automatically applied to my account, and it was easy enough to set up. I tested the hotspot with my laptop and it worked great. Looks like it will be easy to purchase more data once the free data runs out. Hoping it works just as well when I'm on the road!

I have spent many hours and days with tech support trying to get this device to work with SIM cards in Europe. The SIM card I use works great in both phones I've put them in but not on this device without hours of working through problems with tech support on phone settings, entering the APN# in the device, turning off privacy settings, switching between "internet" and "apn", etc, the list goes on. When the device runs out of batteries - don't let it run out of batteries! - it all starts over and it's the least intuitive device I have ever worked with. Upon my return to the US I hope I can return this device and get my $170 back - this piece of crap is useless. Tech support is super friendly but they are a complete waste of time - hours of work on this is wasted. The only thing this device is good for is the super expensive cloud packages they sell you. DO NOT BUY. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME THIS HAS BEEN. I have learned a lot about how to figure out how to hack this device in settings on both the phone and GlocalMe but it is completely unstable and unreliable. When it worked it worked well but I would suggest buying a cheap local phone with a local sim card and hotspot your devices to that rather than use this thing. I would also look into other cloud service devices as a backup if you need instant internet for work and need to purchase cloud service - you can do a lot better with other companies in that department.If you plan to use this device with the cloud service, the packages look much better for Asia than for Europe. I wish I had bought a cheaper cloud service device as a backup that has more affordable cloud service packages for Europe as well. You can also buy a device that works better with cloud service than this one. For example, a 3G package for Europe is $30, while a 12G package for 365 days in Japan and Korea is $34. A 24G package for the US is 59, so much more affordable. If you plan to travel to Europe, avoid this device. They have negotiated terrible deals with local phone companies and you can also buy a device that SIM cards actually work on for very cheap that you can cross European borders with, just not with this device. They tried to tell me that the SIM card I am using does not work across borders (I crossed from the Czhec Republic to Austria) but that is simply not true - the SIM cards I have work on my phone in both countries.

I was looking to upgrade from the Glocalme G3 to the G4 Pro. Everything looked really good and it quickly connected to my phone and tablet. However, the one glaring and fatal flaw is that there is no way to lock the opening screen with a PIN or passcode. All you have to do is swipe and you get to the main page that shows the hotspot SSID and the password which gives anyone who has your device access to your data packages. The Glocalme G3 has a PIN lock for the opening page. When I am traveling I use the passcode or PIN for all my electronic devices because that will give me a bit more time to realize that my device is lost or stolen and to lock out (unlink the device) and stop a thief from using my data. You do not always know right away that your device is missing or stolen so having a screen PIN or passcode on any electronic device should be used on any device you take out of your house. I have also let others who are traveling with me use my hotspot independent of my presence, and the only way they could unlink the device from my data would be if they also had my cell phone. Including an optional way to lock the screen is such a simple but necessary element for any electronic device. I will return the G4 Pro and go back to using my slower, but screen lockable G3 which appears to be a more secure device for traveling.

First I’ll start by saying that I’m reviewing this product after I had a bad experience with the “GlocalMe Duo Turbo” which I had to return (twice) due to product defects and the second one who just completely died on me. Well now I bought this one and so far I’ll have to give it the benefit of the doubt; I used all the free data and then it delivered. Don’t expect 5G or super fast 4G with it but it does give you the ability to search for multiple carriers to find the strongest network near you. I also tried a t-mobile SIM I happen to have available and even though it let me connect my phone, it wouldn’t let my kids tablets get internet or it wouldn’t let my Roku connect to it, so I ended up buying a package of 24Gigs for 30 days and boom! the kids tablets connected, Roku connected and my phone connected… I actually bought this thing to bring out when we go camping so this was my first try, it did work for majority of the time, having 2 tablets and a Roku device connected to it, the only negative I encountered was that this thing eats data like crazy, out of the 24G available it used 11G in only 5 days (and I mean maybe 1-2 hours/day for tablets, and about 2 hours/day for TV. So yes it does work as intended with average internet speed, but it will break the bank if you are not careful of how much you wan to keep it on. So far I’m satisfied with it, and I’ll test it again on my next trip in a couple of weeks, I’ll keep updating if anything changes regarding service quality or device issues.