I've always found the e-sim providers to be disappointing, with low speeds similar to T-mobile's European performance. This year, :Bowen was going to be riding his own single, which made having a phone with a data plan and voice call capability non-optional., making most data-only e-sim services not worth considering Of course, once I gave him a SIM card, Boen would be mad if I didn't give him one two, so I bought both of them the Kaisnvxs SIM card from Amazon.
12GB for $23 grants you less data than buying a SIM card locally in Italy, but on the other hand, I didn't expect to be able to buy SIM cards in Misurina, and didn't want to waste time in Bruneck or Sterzing looking for one. So this was a reasonable compromise. Having unlimited calls or SMS was also a big plus.
The SIM card activates on first use after you install it into your unlocked smartphone. That piece worked perfectly. So did the data plan --- though the kids weren't very careful with the data plans and the plans started throttling 20 days into the trip. The voice calls worked fine in Italy and Austria, but by the time we got into Switzerland it stopped working and I switched to using my T-mobile SIM card instead.
The SIM card was good value, but obviously I wasn't happy with it not lasting the 30 days as promised, and I would try a different card next year.
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