SignalBoost Mobile Professional Amplifier Kit

• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 6 reviews
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• 9 stars

  Great product!

  by jpcarlo on January 28, 2011

  Pros: Will extend the range of available cell service. Will make calls clearer and less likely to drop in marginal areas. Essentially, it turns an unusable but minimal "zero bar" signal into 1-2 bars, enough to make and receive calls.

  Cons: You must keep the amplifier unit quite close to your phone - I've found a few inches, and no more than a foot, is best. The device will not work if you have no signal at all; there will still be dead spots, though they'll be smaller.

  Summary: I purchased the Wilson Mobile Professional after a car breakdown in an area without cell phone reception.
  
  It works great in the car, but I now have it set up ...

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  Summary: I purchased the Wilson Mobile Professional after a car breakdown in an area without cell phone reception.
  
  It works great in the car, but I now have it set up in my apartment, where cellular reception isn't good either. I then purchased a cradle-style amplifier (the Sleek) for use in the car.
  
  In my apartment, cell service is intermittent. Sometimes I can place a call, sometimes I cannot. Very often the call drops. But with the amplifier, calls are crystal clear and quite reliable.
  
  When driving, there are often areas where the phone alone sees a very weak but unusable signal; with the amplifier those signals become usable. There are still completely dead areas, but those areas are fewer, further between, and generally smaller. I can get a signal, it is more likely to be usable, and will hold a call without dropping.
  
  A realistic expectation for gain in signal strength is 1 or 2 bars.
  
  For best results, you should use the largest possible antenna (I use Wilson's 12" model, though larger antennas are available), and try to minimize the distance between the phone and amplifier units.
  
  If you need to get a signal out in those really dead spots, though, your only options are a high-mounted directional antenna (think $$$$), or two-way radio (e.g. ham or CB).

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• 8 stars

  Get a better signal in a daylight basement.

  by BillD333 on October 29, 2012

  Pros: Gives a stronger signal to the caller and receiver.
  Easy to set up.
  Improved cell calls throughout the apartment.

  Cons: Antenna and power cords could be longer.

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  Updated on Oct 29, 2012

  I'm not sure where the negatives are coming from but for us this product works great. (Would have given five stars if the antenna ...

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  Updated on Oct 29, 2012

  I'm not sure where the negatives are coming from but for us this product works great. (Would have given five stars if the antenna cord was longer.) The product comes with several different mounting devices for car or home. Ours went into a partial basement with the antenna on a window that is about 18 inches above ground. While the signal bars on the mobile phone only went from two to three, the reception improved greatly.

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• 1 stars

  Not Worth It...At All

  by jeeves86 on March 15, 2011

  Pros: None. Nada. Zilch.

  Cons: 1. Doesn't work. Followed the instructions to a t, even kept my phone right next to it. Didn't work.
  2. Expensive

  Summary: It just doesn't work. Anything that does actually work is unfortunately prohibitively expensive. Followed the directions to a t - just couldn't get this thing to work. Not ...

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  Summary: It just doesn't work. Anything that does actually work is unfortunately prohibitively expensive. Followed the directions to a t - just couldn't get this thing to work. Not worth the time fiddling with it or the money spent on it.

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• 1 stars

  junk. do NOT go here.

  by martyosten on December 16, 2010

  Pros: not much at all

  Cons: Simply does not work. Plus, I had to extend the coax the entire length before the green light stayed on. Note that the cell phone/air-card must be inches away from the amplifier's antenna. This is a very expensive waste of my time.

  Summary: I normally invoice people for the amount of time I spent on this "whatever." Are you sure it's not made by Microsoft?

  Summary: I normally invoice people for the amount of time I spent on this "whatever." Are you sure it's not made by Microsoft?

• 1 stars

  Did not work at all

  by thomasbomas on September 3, 2010

  Pros: Nothing! Expensive door-stop!

  Cons: Waste of money. No matter how far the phone was from the extender, one bar remained one bar!

  Summary: Don't bother! An expensive door stop!

  Summary: Don't bother! An expensive door stop!

• 1 stars

  Piece of junk

  by GFav12 on August 31, 2010

  Pros: None to note

  Cons: Did not work. Tech. support confirmed it was a non-working unit.

  Summary: In addition to selling non-working units, they neglect to say your cell has to be within 12 inches of their unit for it to work. This important fact is not ...

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  Summary: In addition to selling non-working units, they neglect to say your cell has to be within 12 inches of their unit for it to work. This important fact is not even in their documentation which I find inexcusable. Had to learn it from the tech guy, not that it mattered since the unit did not work.

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