Super drug unlimited data sim

Used one when we were away in France & Spain in October/November, used 110 Gb in 6½ weeks.
Get the usual problems when roaming with SIM's on Three but liveable with for unlimited data.
 
Lenny HB said:
Used one when we were away in France & Spain in October/November, used 110 Gb in 6½ weeks.
Get the usual problems when roaming with SIM's on Three but liveable with for unlimited data.
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Thanks Lenny
I’ve just ordered one for the maxview 4G roam I’m having fitted to our touring caravan
 
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Fitted mine in my huawei router in Spain after checking it in uk, does not work, spoke to Superdrug and they said you cannot tether with it so I cancelled my direct debit.

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Capitanjohn said:
Fitted mine in my huawei router in Spain after checking it in uk, does not work, spoke to Superdrug and they said you cannot tether with it so I cancelled my direct debit.
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From their website
Will I be able to tether?
Your data is yours to use how you want. You can tether and use your phone as a mobile hotspot with your full allowance if you want to – enjoy!
 
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I've just used one for 3 months in a TP Link mifi in France, Spain and Portugal. Works fine - with various phones, tablets (iPlayer and Netflix) and a laptop connected to it, plus an Android Auto stereo head unit in the van - Spotify / BBC Sounds / Google Maps satnav - all whilst on the move, and with no worries about data limits. Lovely.

You may have to change the APN settings on your device / phone for it to roam, but it only takes 2 minutes. You also need to have first used it in the UK before heading into Europe.

Unfortunately, I suspect that will be the last time things are so easy. By next summer I predict there won't be any unlimited roaming providers left. Three Mobile, who Superdrug piggy back onto, have already announced this. Looks like local simcards and faffing with VPNs if you want to easily access BBC services, etc. :(
 
Used it for the past month in Spain and France - about 200Gb with no probs using UK streaming of iPlayer, Netflix, prime video etc .
 
Yes we have one and we have been in France and now Spain for the past 12 days. We tried it in our Huawei mini, but it did not work.

We got an old phone unlocked and have the sim in that phone then tether two computers and 2 other phones to it. Stream, download, listen to music with no issues.

No signal issues here on Camping Cabopino, near Marbella and not alerts from Superdrug/3 about too much usage 😁
 
Capitanjohn said:
Fitted mine in my huawei router in Spain after checking it in uk, does not work, spoke to Superdrug and they said you cannot tether with it so I cancelled my direct debit.
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Fulham Dave said:
Yes we have one and we have been in France and now Spain for the past 12 days. We tried it in our Huawei mini, but it did not work.
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Was using mine in a Huawei Mifi no problems at all did you check the APN settings.

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Fulham Dave said:
Yes we have one and we have been in France and now Spain for the past 12 days. We tried it in our Huawei mini, but it did not work.

We got an old phone unlocked and have the sim in that phone then tether two computers and 2 other phones to it. Stream, download, listen to music with no issues.

No signal issues here on Camping Cabopino, near Marbella and not alerts from Superdrug/3 about too much usage 😁
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Camping Cabopino was just down the bottom of our road when we had a house in Calahonda. Nice area.
Phil
 
Lenny HB said:
Was using mine in a Huawei Mifi no problems at all did you check the APN settings.
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Hi Lenny, yes, contacted Superdrug who talked me through changing the APN settings and still did not work. They say they cannot guarantee, hence the suggestion of a 'doner' phone to hotspot/tether too
 
I've got a Three one in my phone £22 a month, that is sim only deal at present you get it for 6 months half price direct from 3

and you can tether easily from your phone

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Madcaravanner said:
I've got a Three one in my phone £22 a month, that is sim only deal at present you get it for 6 months half price direct from 3

and you can tether easily from your phone
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Using your 3 sim to roam abroad costs £2 a day and a monthly limit of 12 GB.
 
Funny how it only seems recently that all the companies were saying that there were no plans to reintroduce roaming charges.
 
Lenny HB said:
And for a bonus with your first payment you get £20 of Superdrug points making the first month free.
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Lenny HB - Out of interest - how did you redeem your points in store? I'd forgotten all about it to be honest. They are showing in my Superdrug Mobile account when I log in, but can't see how to actually use them.

May as well grab £20 of free toiletries.

Thanks.
 
Barti Ddu said:
Lenny HB - Out of interest - how did you redeem your points in store? I'd forgotten all about it to be honest. They are showing in my Superdrug Mobile account when I log in, but can't see how to actually use them.

May as well grab £20 of free toiletries.

Thanks.
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Download the Superdrug app and you use it like the loyalty card.

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I changed the settings but still would not produce a decent signal to drive my firestick, It could just be the area I was in.
 
We use the Superdrug sim on an iPhone and tether another I phone and a fire stick to it. It works perfectly in Spanish Pyrenees and all over France so far.
Truly is unlimited data with very good reception in our experience.
You can stop and start it as well if you aren’t away.
 
Capitanjohn said:
I changed the settings but still would not produce a decent signal to drive my firestick, It could just be the area I was in.
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Did you try changing networks?

6½ weeks in France & Spain only had one place where I couldn't stream. It's in my Mifi with a roof mounted MIMO Poynting aerial.

A big problem with using the Three network when roaming is speeds are throttled when connected to their preferred partners very much so but even when you change networks its still throttled. Also won't allow you to connect as many networks as other providers.
 
Barti Ddu said:
I've just used one for 3 months in a TP Link mifi in France, Spain and Portugal. Works fine - with various phones, tablets (iPlayer and Netflix) and a laptop connected to it, plus an Android Auto stereo head unit in the van - Spotify / BBC Sounds / Google Maps satnav - all whilst on the move, and with no worries about data limits. Lovely.

You may have to change the APN settings on your device / phone for it to roam, but it only takes 2 minutes. You also need to have first used it in the UK before heading into Europe.

Unfortunately, I suspect that will be the last time things are so easy. By next summer I predict there won't be any unlimited roaming providers left. Three Mobile, who Superdrug piggy back onto, have already announced this. Looks like local simcards and faffing with VPNs if you want to easily access BBC services, etc. :(
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I have a TP myfi with superdrug Sim. Just driven through France now in Spain and although it worked when set up in the UK I can’t fathom the APN settings any help appreciated.
 
Leisure man said:
I have a TP myfi with superdrug Sim. Just driven through France now in Spain and although it worked when set up in the UK I can’t fathom the APN settings any help appreciated.
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Hi Leisure man - you need to use the TPLink app from your phone to access the settings on the Mifi. You can then add a new APN. Then for the new APN, use the following values -
APN - superdrug.net (all lowercase)
Username - leave blank
Password - leave blank
Then save, and if you now use this new APN rather than the original 3Mobile one, all should be good.
Hope this helps.

PS - the Superdrug Mobile website also gives additional settings for MMS when setting up the APN - however these fields are not available in the TPLink app, but you don't need them anyway.
 
I’ve activated my sim
put it in an old iPhone 8
changed the APN settings and it works fine
Do I need to reset the settings if I move it to maxview roam unit ?
 
Barti Ddu said:
Hi Leisure man - you need to use the TPLink app from your phone to access the settings on the Mifi. You can then add a new APN. Then for the new APN, use the following values -
APN - superdrug.net (all lowercase)
Username - leave blank
Password - leave blank
Then save, and if you now use this new APN rather than the original 3Mobile one, all should be good.
Hope this helps.

PS - the Superdrug Mobile website also gives additional settings for MMS when setting up the APN - however these fields are not available in the TPLink app, but you don't need them anyway.
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Thanks for that, no worky still. Will look at the Superdrug site again.
 
So will the Superdrug sim work through France and Spain once the apn has been applied?

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