We’ve all been there: You disembark the plane, make your way through passport control, collect your luggage and, before you carry on your merry way, you make a pit stop at the airport to purchase an overpriced local SIM and text everyone back home to alert them of your new number. You know that, if you don’t get the SIM, your phone either won’t serve you any good, or you’ll return home to hundreds of dollars in bills. So you pick your poison. But you neither have to change your SIM (and, effectively, your life line) nor rely on exorbitant international plans. Travel the world with unlimited data devoid of inconvenient SIMs and costly roaming fees with these portable Mi-Fi devices.
Skyroam Solis X, $150 ($9/day or $99/month) on Amazon: Connect up to 10 devices to fast and secure, encrypted networks in more than 130 countries with Skyroam’s Solis X. You’ll get 4G LTE speeds everywhere from your long-haul bus journeys to overnight ferry rides out at sea—the battery will last you upwards of 20 hours. Read: No roaming charges and, yet, no need for local SIM cards. Just pay as you go, $9 per day. You can also choose a $99/month subscription.
GlocalMe G4 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, $160 on Amazon: Share 4G internet among up to five devices in over 140 countries around the world with GlocalMe. The innovative CloudSIM technology automatically switches to the best local network coverage to keep you connected wherever you are. Beyond that, you won’t need to charge for about 15 hours, so you can spend the bulk of your day burning through prepaid data (prices vary by location, the number of days and GBs) without having to plug in.
