Mobile Plans - Mighty Vs Rocket Vs Kogan Vs Skinny

mickey9876 on 14/08/2025 - 14:42

Anyone compared the deals between them? Slightly confusing as these two newcomers seems to have different plans for speeds, hotspots and other stuff. Kogan was simpler with just full 5G and data cap.

Starting to look at these new plans as Kogan black Friday is not far off and may need to make a decision.

Mighty and Rocket seems to have e-Sim which is not bad but last years Kogan half price is obviously way cheaper. But unsure if Kogan will do that again this year.

Just looking for a new plan that has 5G and most amount of data/month.

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  • moreroastpork on 15/08/2025 - 08:23
    +3

    I'm happy on the Mighty Mobile $25 monthly deal I got in December (for 12 months) which has unlimited data, 5G, but speed limited to 50Mbps down. Using eSIM. Was nice not to have to deal with a human.

  • Everettpsycho on 14/08/2025 - 20:11
    +2

    There's also 2degrees farm source plan if you are willing to go to the effort of getting signed up to farm source. $30 for 150gb plan is pretty good value.

    • mickey9876 on 15/08/2025 - 15:03

      How do you compare 2degrees with Kogan/One NZ in terms of 5G mainly and maybe mobile coverage..

      • tangobravo on 16/08/2025 - 10:00

        I just signed up to the Farmsource plan, getting eSIM soon (have to go to a store). Generally, 2dm is great around cities and towns. When you get to the rural areas, all service providers struggle. 5G connectivity is awesome. Having a handset no older than 3 years may provide a superior experience. I get about ~200 mbps down speeds on 5G. I used to be on Mighty before switching, but their newer plans (Fast) have the special pricing only for Primate members. I enjoyed Mighty too, no issues with eSIM or Roaming in Japan and Aus. 2DM offers FREE roaming in Australia if that matters to you. But I doubt I will use up 150GB in 30 days.

        • CarlLennyson on 16/08/2025 - 16:28

          What’s required to get it? Do you need anything to register for farm source?

          • tangobravo on 18/08/2025 - 13:31

            @CarlLennyson: If you have a business registered or valid NZBN, you can get a fonterra farm source account. Then complete a form to get the 2dm farm source plan. The farm source account also gets you up to 16c/litre off on fuel at Mobil and most other places 12cpl.

        • bot on 16/12/2025 - 07:23

          Do you know how strict they (2degrees) are with the "New customers only" part?
          Is someone with a non-business 2d account, be seen as a new customer though this.

          https://www.2degrees.nz/business/farmsource

      • Everettpsycho on 16/08/2025 - 19:40

        It really depends, 2degrees supposedly have the worst coverage of the three networks but where we live is the total opposite of what people say, 2degrees is hands down the best, Vodafone a distant rubber up and spark doesn't work indoors at all. Best using the site below to check your region and spark, one and 2degrees have coverage maps you can check on their websites.

        https://www.canstarblue.co.nz/phone-internet/best-mobile-cov…

        We moved one of our plans over to it recently and so far it's been good. I've retained my spark prepaid SIM for my main account but found out you can share the farm source data to a prepaid SIM, so I've now got a second SIM card in my phone sharing the data pool for $10 a year which is great value.

        • royalpork on 01/09/2025 - 23:39

          @Everettpsycho can you please adivse how you can share the data with your prepaid SIM card?

          • Everettpsycho on 01/09/2025 - 23:56

            @royalpork: https://www.2degrees.nz/help/mobile-help/sharing/shared-data…

            It took a bit of time to let me do it to the prepaid sim card but it got there the next day. Theres $10 credit on the prepay and I'll stick another $10 when we reach 12 months. I have 2 spare sims I'll stick some credit on soon fkr a couple kf our tablets to use from time to time.

            • royalpork on 02/09/2025 - 00:04

              @Everettpsycho: lol. thank you

              • Everettpsycho on 02/09/2025 - 00:26

                @royalpork: All good, now i know it shares like this its hands down the best deal I've found. 150gb goes a long way and you can easily use a cheap prepay sim as your main number and just piggy back off the farm source plan for data for 4 people in your home.

        • patwobbly on 05/01/2026 - 09:59

          wow that's good to know. I was going to transfer my current account (which I share data with my kids) to farm source plan but the sales guy says I can't do that on this plan. So looks like he doesn't know what he is talking about.

          • Everettpsycho on 05/01/2026 - 12:02

            @patwobbly: I was dubious, how long this last who knows. It never says it can be done and I suspect it's a bug they could patch at any time, but for now I've added a couple of tablet sims to the plan as well last month. I really don't use them often enough to warrant a sidekick plan but at $10 a year it's good to have. Same with the one in my phone, no restrictions is nice but my lead plan on spark would be enough if they blocked it.

            • patwobbly on 05/01/2026 - 17:44

              @Everettpsycho: According to the sales guy you cannot share data on an unlimited plan. The farm source plan is "endless" which is unlimited data. The only way is to add another $30 connection.

              On the share data page it says you need to be on "Pay Monthly or Business Choice plan that offers Carryover Data". I guess farm source falls under pay monthly? Dunno.

              We are currently using a grandfathered $45 plan, which has 10GB instead of 6.

              Edit: according to https://www.2degrees.nz/termsofuse/personal/mobile/pay-month…, you can share data on an unlimited plan.

              Edit 2: according to https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81&topicid=284… what the sales guy told me was true. But this post was in 2021. Not sure what has changed.

              • Everettpsycho on 05/01/2026 - 19:45

                @patwobbly: I'm not sure on the detail but those terms suggests endless plans are totally fine to share data. I assume the 150gb can be shared but the endless portion after that probably can't be, but we aren't close to being that pool of data. All I know is it worked for us and I managed to sign up 2 new SIM cards last month. Takes about a day from the activating the prepaid card to being able to use it.

                The other option for you is prepaid has 10gb for $26 at the moment, if you have a paid plan for the kids it might be an option to move all of you to that and get 10gb each for a similar price to your $45 and whatever plan they have.

                • patwobbly on 05/01/2026 - 21:29

                  @Everettpsycho: Nah kids these days don't even know what SMS is. All they need is data so they are on prepaid and I just share data with them.

  • kiwiicheapies on 14/08/2025 - 15:39

    There is also electric kiwi which is doing 50% off plans. Im wondering if its worth it until kogan mobile black friday

    • strangercheapie on 14/08/2025 - 18:30
      +3

      I find their offering sooooo confusing!

      • Gwigglesnz on 14/08/2025 - 19:24
        +1

        Agreed.

        I just had a look and gave up after a few minutes trying to work out what it actually costs.

  • Alan6984 on 15/08/2025 - 10:33

    most amount of data/month

    Kogan is currently offering 180GB pa for $250 so just over $20 pm, but I'd say that given your requirement for the most data (with no expressed requirement for it to be fast), that Mighty Mobile's unlimited offer is better for you.

  • kiwical on 15/08/2025 - 11:20

    Skinny not the best if you want a lot of data. However the Kogan issue of being unable to reply to various appointment confirmation texts was annoying when I used them.

    • ace310 on 15/08/2025 - 11:58
      +4

      Confirmation text has been resolved for awhile. It's not an issue anymore.

      Only thing Kogan now is missing is the esim feature.

      • moreroastpork on 15/08/2025 - 13:40

        and support for wearables eSIM?

      • Alan6984 on 15/08/2025 - 16:37

        Hi @ace310,

        Confirmation text has been resolved for awhile. It's not an issue anymore.

        Just checking: You are saying you can now reply to short-code SMS messages on Kogan?

        Previously, I believe it didn't work, since you had no 'account balance' from which the required fee could be deducted?

        • spam on 15/08/2025 - 16:43
          +1

          can confirm that I am able to reply to the 4 number text from dentist/gp whereas previously (1st year with Kogan? cant remember), the phone just failed to send the text.

          Whether the responder received it or not is different story though. I assumed they do since the dentist used to rang me but no longer do that since I replied to their text

          • Alan6984 on 15/08/2025 - 17:55

            @spam: Sounds good - thanks!

            I definitely couldn't when Kogan first launched here - some years ago now, but they must have fixed the issue.

          • Dunno on 15/08/2025 - 18:02

            @spam: It can depend on the service your dentist etc uses, some are cheap and pick the option where user pays for responding to shortcodes and others use services where they cover the fees of messages either way.

            Hence why some shortcodes worked and others didn't as you had no balance.

            • Alan6984 on 15/08/2025 - 18:04

              @Dunno: Does that mean that some still won't work?

              • Dunno on 15/08/2025 - 19:17

                @Alan6984: Unless Kogan is paying the fee they won't.

  • abuch47 on 16/08/2025 - 03:04

    had the mighty unlimited max for about 6 months and found it great. coverage not any worse than spark or one and perfect for a traveller using internet for everything

    • mpc on 16/08/2025 - 16:00

      Kogan uses One NZ network so it shouldn't be any different.

  • aklchp on 16/08/2025 - 17:00

    Does anyone have recommendations for renewing mobile plans this month? I have a family of four so Kogan's buy-on-get-one-free plus 40% off (15GB/month plan) was really good last year. They're not doing that right now so I'm considering going month-to-month until I find a similar deal. Any other suggestions?

  • aklchp on 17/08/2025 - 15:05

    I've used Skinny and Kogan over the last few years. Didn't notice any difference, both work well. Occasionally "reply STOP to unsubscribe" texts bounce.

  • Huntakillaz on 22/08/2025 - 04:44

    Having to use only Mobile internet at home, Both Mighty Mobile and Rocket mobile have been great with thier unlimited data plans (i get the $30-$45 ones)
    Especially with their promos.

    Rocket Mobile currently has upto $10 off per month for 12 month Terms
    https://rocketmobile.co.nz/switch/?utm_source=google&utm_med…

    I would use Cellmapper to check what Mobile towers are near the usually places you are mainly to see if you're covered by the backbone ISP

  • mrhale on 25/08/2025 - 11:00

    If anyone is interested, after a mix-up with my other half, I have an spare Kogan 365 day extra large plan (32GB per month) voucher - needs to be activated by the end of the month though 31/8 - happy pass on at cost ($294 so $24.50/month) - PM me

    • mrhale on 27/08/2025 - 13:56

      This is gone now, thanks

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