u/Educational-Test9223

Heading to London this May for about two weeks, mainly around the Chelsea Flower Show. I’ll be spending most of my time in Chelsea and Belgravia, probably moving around a lot between different spots.

I’ll have two phones with me, one for livestreaming and the other for the usual stuff like maps, messages, and posting. So I’ll likely rely on hotspot quite a bit to keep things simple while I’m out.

Been comparing a few eSIM options like RedteaGO, Airalo, and Saily, and honestly didn’t expect the price differences to be this big. From what I can tell, they all connect to the main UK networks anyway, looks like RedteaGO runs on EE/Three, Airalo on EE, and Saily seems to use Vodafone, and some mention 5G support as well, but I’m not sure how consistent that actually is in practice.

I get that in theory they’re all just using local carriers, but I’m more curious how that actually feels in real life, especially when it gets crowded. Places like the Flower Show seem like the kind of environment where networks can slow down pretty quickly.

Not expecting perfect speeds or anything, just something stable enough to get through the day without having to think about it too much. If anyone’s used these around central London or during busy events, would be good to hear how it went.