A 24 hours trial, no card details, on your own broadband. Use it on a weekday evening and during a live match rather than on a quiet afternoon — peak time is the only moment that tells you anything about capacity.
The four tests
- Watch at peak. Between 7pm and 10pm on a weekday, and again during a live match. A service that holds up then will hold up at any other hour.
- Check your channels, not the famous ones. Open the specific British channels you watch, including the regional variant of ITV1 or BBC One for your area.
- Open the guide. An EPG that is empty or several hours out during a trial will be the same after you pay.
- Change channel twenty times. Switching speed is the difference between a service that is pleasant to use and one that is merely functional.
What a trial cannot tell you
Worth knowing, so you are not surprised later.
- Whether capacity holds six months from now, when the service has more customers than it does today.
- How support behaves at nine on a Sunday evening — though messaging them during the trial is a fair proxy.
- Whether catch-up depth on a particular channel is what you need; that is worth asking directly.
None of those are reasons to skip the trial. They are reasons to start on a monthly plan rather than an annual one.
Starting a trial here
Our trial runs 24 hours and asks for no card details. Tell us which device you watch on and we send credentials that work in the player you already use.
- Send the request with your device and the channels you care about most.
- We reply under 30 minutes, 24/7 with credentials and a set-up link for your device.
- Load them into your player and run the four tests above.
Set-up takes about five minutes on most devices — the set-up guides cover each one step by step.
Frequently asked questions
Is the UK trial really free?
Yes — 24 hours, no card details and nothing to cancel. We ask which device you use so the credentials arrive in a form your player accepts.
What should I test during the trial?
Peak-time performance first, then your own channels rather than the headline ones, then the programme guide, then channel-switching speed. Testing on a quiet afternoon tells you almost nothing, because capacity problems only appear when a service is busy.
Do I need a TV Licence during a free trial?
Yes. The requirement is about watching live television, not about paying for it. A trial of a live service in the UK needs a licence in the same way a paid subscription does.
What happens when the trial ends?
Access simply stops. There is nothing to cancel and no card on file. If you want to continue, the plans are here and the credentials carry on working.
Last reviewed September 22, 2026 by The HakunaXTR team · About the team
