I wish it worked for data as well, but it doesn't. I didn't see anywhere in the description that it didn't work for data... which is honestly the main reason I bought it. It does pretty good for areas with poor calls.

I was tentative to buy this product but wanted to give it a shot and my friend recommended it. I also upgraded this with the "Wilson Electronics 19-inch 4G Truck and RV Spring-Mount Antenna", you'll need an "SMA Male to SMB Female" connector to make it work. Limitations: - I don't use this in a moving vehicle. - If you have no reception (no bars), this won't help you. Cell reception is predominately line of site which is why cell towers are on mountain tops. - The little antenna this comes with is ok and provides a bit of a boost. The upgraded antenna made a huge difference! - I'm tethering a laptop to my phone most often rather than using my phone. The best reception you will get from this is by taking your phone out of the case and laying right on top of the internal antenna and not moving your phone around. My setup: - I work remote out of my van and often times I have much better reception out of my van than inside. I'm often in mountainous or forested areas on the outskirts of town with 1 bar. Having a half way decent connection is the difference between me being able to do my job and not so this product is worth the expense for me. - I've been in areas where I show 1 bar of service but practically have no data. Turning on the booster gives me enough data to run streaming services on my phone reliably. - The biggest boost on speed tests show that I can get boosted upload speeds from 2x to 10x. I've seen it go from no upload speed to 2Mbps and 2Mbps to 40Mbps!! Download speeds are less affected. I use every extension on the big antenna and lay it flat on my roof rack while travelling. When stopped I drop it into one of the holes on the rack and get about a 4' extension but it takes about 1-2 minutes to get on the roof and set it up.

This booster really does work to help increase the signal. I have T-Mobile and if I have one bar it boosts it to three if there’s no service, it doesn’t help, but if you have weak service, it truly does boost it and reduces the drop calls and helps speed of data. Definitely is pricey, but it works so if you need to have service when you’re traveling for work, it’s worthwhile as a realtor and having to always have access to my cell phone on the road is helpful

I go camping and hiking a lot where cell phone signal usually is very spotty, and I also live in an area that practically is dead for AT&T and T-Mobile and barely registers a bar for Verizon. A cell phone booster was provided by T-Mobile for home use and though the receiver shows 1-2 bars, we still only get spotty coverage inside the home. There is something VERY important to keep in mind about signal boosters: they are exactly that... BOOSTERS. They can only BOOST wherever some signal exists. If there is NO signal, then there is nothing to boost. Stronger signals get a stronger boost. With all that in mind, let's go over my quest to find a cell booster that would work for me. For the Superbars, HiBoost, and WeBoost, I installed them according to the manual's and online video instructions: the antenna outside the car away from the windows/glass as much as possible, cable connected to the booster unit found underneath the driver (or front passenger) seat, then hooked up to the inside antenna that is mounted at least 8" away from any human being. In my case, that interior antenna was tested at both the front dashboard and on the ceiling at the center of the car. All claim to work with T-Mobile/Spring, Verizon, AT&T, and other carriers, and that the major 4 already pre-approve these cell boosters for use within their networks. Approval is required per FCC regulation. Mind you, the antenna included is an omni-directional one: meaning, it'll boost signal from any direction but won't be as strong as the types that must be pointed towards the cell tower. 1. SUPERBARS [UPDATE 7/12/2021: Superbars reached out to me, sent a replacement, and had a technical support rep get in touch with me to go over the setup and usage. I was actually quite impressed by that service. Turns out, Superbars is indeed a rebadge of HiBoost. The results of the replacement Superbars were identical to that of the HiBoost -- no surprise since both products are practically the same.] First, I tried a SUPERBARS one. Turns out, it's a rebadge of the HiBoost. Both look virtually identical, down to the manual. It was a disaster. The Supercell did not increase any speed. The app was clunky to use. I had no idea how to use it to determine where to point the antenna to for the best signal. All it showed was a bunch of radio frequencies and how good their signals were. I could not figure out how much of a boost I was receiving. I returned it. 2. HIBOOST Second, I tried the HIBOOST. I knew that it would likely perform as poorly as the SUPERBARS one since both products looked identical. To my surprise, the HiBoost actually WORKED. This leads me to believe that either the Superbars one was a bad copy of the HiBoost, or it was a defective unit I had received. [UPDATE 7/12/2021: Indeed, the Superbars was defective. The replacement worked very identical to the HiBoost.] There were 3 tests performed with and without the booster on. Both times, I'd set the phone into Airplane mode and turn back on so it would grab the closest signal "tower" (or booster antenna). Without booster, I received about 7.15 Mbps down and 0.62 Mbps up on average. The first test had 0 up. This was done in an area near my home where cell phone coverage was spotty despite showing 2 bars on my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S21+ phone. With booster, LTE tests averaged 17.17 Mbps down, 1.18 Mbps up. That nearly doubled both directions. Nice! The app was the same as the one used by Superbars, and frankly, I do not understand how to use it. It does not give me information in a friendly way to help figure out where the signal is strongest (to point the antenna towards) and how much of a boost the product was providing. Thankfully, I found another app that was a bit more useful than Superbars'/HiBoost's. That program was what WeBoost recommended. [UPDATE 7/12/2021: HiBoost/Superbars technical support acknowledged my criticism of the app and said they are working on overhauling it.] 3. WEBOOST DRIVE REACH Finally, I tried the WEBOOST to see how it would perform when compared to the HiBoost. I found both products often compared to one another and that there generally is not much of a difference. Some say that the WeBoost amplified the upload speed more, whereas the HiBoost provided a bigger increase for downloads. Depending on what you need your cell phone signal to be, I generally prefer a boost in downloads. Turns out, at the same place as when the HiBoost was tested, the WeBoost gave identical results: a decidedly great increase in downloads and uploads with and without the booster on. I did observe that the WeBoost gave a slight edge in uploads over the HiBoost, but could not increase the downloads as well as the HiBoost. WeBoost recommends downloading the OpenSignal app that is available for both iOS and Android. It draws from a crowdsourced database and can help identify where the nearest cell tower is, how signals have been in specific areas for each of the carriers, and more. Using OpenSignal with the HiBoost/Superbars app gave me a bit more insight into where the boosters might work. CONCLUSION With the tests done, I have found that I'd rather recommend the HiBoost over the WeBoost because I would like to have better download speeds for streaming videos and surfing the Internet faster. Speaking of which, you should be aware that the Internet uses a different frequency as Voice/Text. Just because you have 4 or 5 bars on your phone does not mean you actually have excellent coverage for Internet or Voice/Text. The only, accurate way to verify is to check the phone itself, but that is something you will have to look up yourself on the internet for your particular smartphone (search with "check signal strength"). Apps can help too. Even though HiBoost/Superbars' app was too technical and clunky to use, it does provide dB signal-to-noise ratios for the various frequencies, but how accurate they were, I am unsure. There is a word of caution: even though both the HiBoost and WeBoost worked for the area near my home, neither also worked for many other places -- even where my AT&T/T-Mobile cell phones reported as many as 4-5 bars and 4G or 5G coverage. I could not figure out why. In other words, sometimes the boosters worked, and sometimes they seemed NOT to work. Perhaps signals were very poor to begin with, but for whatever reason, both phones reported excellent strength despite having extremely spotty internet access. Maybe the bars represented the Voice/Text network. Should you get a booster? Are they worth the $400+? Depends on your needs. Well, I'd rather have one in case of emergency than not. Speaking of emergencies, I never leave home without the Garmin inReach Explorer+. Search the internet for "yuenx garmin inreach explorer review" for an in-depth look at how one could save your life and keep your loved ones informed of your whereabouts.

TL;DR A week of back and forth with WeBoost tech support has been frustrating and produced no improvements in the product's performance (which has been entirely unnoticeable). Install was very easy - I barely needed the quick start guide that shipped with the Drive Reach to get it set up and understand the basics of the system: there are two antenna that need to be far apart to prevent interference (oscillation) between the antennas. Since this system is for cars and trucks, I had no worries that it would not work un my large 13' long, 8.5" tall Ford Econoline van with a fiberglass high top. Upon plugging in, I get a flash between red/green lights. This indicates oscillation (based on their website, their techs haven't explained this to me, yet). WeBoost says that if the signal is good, this isn't an issue. However, I live in the rural Rocky Mountains and so I *do* need signal improvement. Their tech support explained "To fix that, you need to get more separation between the two antennas." which was surprising because I have the antennas extended almost the full length of their cords. When I replied to ask for clarification because I didn't understand how to get them further apart, a new tech sent a list of new troubleshooting steps to take without acknowledging my question or confusion caused by the previous tech. This device is highly rated, and I'm hopeful that I can get it to work for me, too as I'll depend on having a strong cell signal for working on the road full time. However, after a fruitless week of getting the runaround from their support team, I have little hope that they'll be able to help me get this device to work in my vehicle.

I'll start with the positives. This is a great device that REALLY works well. This is the fourth Wilson Electronics booster I've owned over the years and all of them have worked great. This one is no exception. If you can get the green light to turn on (indicating you do not have oscillation between the indoor and outdoor antenna and the device is functioning nominally), you will see a significant boost in cellular connectivity and performance. The design of the main booster unit is elegant and functional. It has a nice heat sink and is a size that can be easily stowed below the driver's seat so you can pull 12V power from the center console. Install of the interior antenna from this location is easy. However...that leads me to the frustration that caused me to return this unit to Wilson Electronics for a refund. The main issue is that Wilson Electronics tried to save a few dollars by going with an inferior quality cable to the exterior antenna. The low quality (I'll say CHEAP) cable is only 8' long. That's a big problem for anyone trying to install this in a van or SUV. If you locate the head unit under the driver's seat and run the wire for the roof antenna up the B pillar behind the driver's seat...then up onto the roof, you are about out of cable when you reach the roof. It's almost impossible to get the antenna far enough back to get away from the interior antenna to avoid oscillation. At best, you'll get a green light and still have sub-par performance from the unit. I'd recommend this unit all day long for a sedan...because the cable for the roof-top antenna is probably long enough to make it work. In this case, you'd want to mount the interior cable on the center console near the factory radio area, etc. If you have a larger SUV, van, RV, etc....don't get this model. (Or plan to buy a different roof-top exterior antenna that has a longer cable. I have a Lexus GX 460 with an overland build. That means I have a big roof-rack system...so I purchased the Wilson Reach OTR which is designed for over the road truckers. (Big rigs). The antenna is pretty large on the OTR model, but the performance is outstanding...and the cable for the roof-top exterior antenna is 12' instead of 8'. That allowed me to mount the omni antenna at the rear of my roof rack (they provide awesome mounting hardware that even allow you to add up to a 24" mast if you want to go nuts on performance). The 12' of cable was perfect to bring the cable in through the rear tailgate area and run along the bottom of the plastic interior trim (along the carpet and then the passenger door sill) to reach under the driver's seat to the head unit. I tested results with two iPhones. (iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone XR) Both phones had similar performance gains with the booster enabled. I had 1 bar of service at my rural home for both phones. (-111db for you nerds). When I turned on the booster, my signal went to two bars (-90db). I did a Google Speed Test with and without the booster. Without the booster, my download was 9.8Mbps and my upload was a lousy 0.42Mbps. When I turned the booster on, my download jumped to 45Mbps and my upload increased to 12Mbps. This is a stunning result...which we repeated over and over again with subsequent tests. I was connected to an ATT tower on LTE bandwidth (ATT's stupid "5Ge" service). I'm hopeful that this always-on booster will significantly improve my cellular service in town and when I'm up on the mountain highways that I frequent here in Colorado. Hope this review helps!

I bought this product thinking "Well if it doesn't work, I'll send it back." and Now, you couldn't pry it out of my hands with a crowbar. I would take you down protecting this sucker. I am so tired of in-and-out cellular coverage in Vermont. When tourists flood our state, it's even worse with all the increased cell tower demands. So I installed this thing (even simpler than I expected: it took like 10 min tops) and BOOM, magic. I now have zero drop zones on the way to work. In one spot, it gets a little hairy but that phone hangs on to the connection - where before it would drop for a full minute. On my way up I-91N to visit my daughter at Dartmouth, I have previously counted 14 drops in 65 miles, as you weave in and out of the mountain interference. I only had a few and they were in spots with zero coverage, just the ghost dots and that SOS icon. So this antenna won't magically whip up a signal out of thin air, but it will give you 1-3 extra bars to get you past the annoying 1-bar drop spots. ["Bald spots," I think of them - Making this thing a high-quality toupee that actually works.] Go ahead, you won't be sorry.

So I drive in the mountains for work with very little to no service, after upgrading the magnetic antenna to the big otr antenna I very rarely drop calls while driving through the breaks, maybe twice from one side of the mountains to the other but I call right back and continue talking. Before this I spent more time trying to get a call to go through than I did talking from one side to the other. HUGE quality of life improvement when I can actually talk to my family while working. Also makes it so I can watch Netflix where I couldn’t even call before purchasing this. Also makes it much easier to use my work apps for getting and completing loads. It’s expensive but wow was it worth every penny to me. The otr antenna is a big improvement from the magnetic antenna, but the magnetic antenna is a huge improvement from no booster.

I found this device to work. I tried it with the Drive Sleek. Sometimes it worked better, sometimes slightly worse, and most of the time it performed about the same. The build quality of this unit seems much better. One thing I would gripe about is that the phone still needs to be really close, sometimes essentially touching the booster transponder (whatever you want to call it), in order to work or work best. In other words, it’s kinda nice you get a phone holster with the Drive Sleek, because in my experience many times you need it with this product. The only advantages are the build quality (although it is a larger, heavier unit that takes up precious space in my car camper) and the fact it could work with multiple phones (albeit multiple phones that are both close to the booster). Several times I was able to sit on a camp stool and use my phone away from the booster but most of the time I wasn’t able to. Also, at least in California where there tend to be cell towers even in remote mountain areas, I rarely needed this device. At $500 I just couldn’t justify its steep price tag. The packaging is beautiful and people have mentioned the customer service being good, but when I had bought a larger antenna that was supposed to work with it and it didn’t, you could say I was predisposed to not liking it. This might be helpful if you work in remote areas and absolutely have to have decent signal 95% of the time. This might be a good idea if your wife or kids ruin a camping trip with complaints if they can’t get internet. But for me, I could always just drive five minutes down the road and have signal with or without this device. I would say you could also be more selective about campsites with this device. That’s a truly nice characteristic, I just don’t think $500 is fair. People love products that are build, sold, serviced etc all in the US. But what that also means is a ridiculous price tag. I invite some Chinese company to copy it and sell it at a fraction of the price. To be fair, it’s not their fault it’s limited. The FCC throttles the amount of boost they can provide. But to me, the price just isn’t fair. Maybe it would be if this product was for my entire house every day and not just for a car camper I use four times a year. Peace.

Disappointing since I really wanted to keep it! I tried this out for 30 days, instantly I saw much better boost in signal strength, dead zones that originally only had 1 bar and I could not make calls in where improved by 1-2 additional bars and I could always make and keep calls in. Most of the time a full 5 bars. The down side was it works to well, in normal areas that I would travel and never had problems with reception where now dropping calls. Before returning it I decided to contact the companies tech support, come to find out the problem is not fixable for me or any other AT&T customers. What was happening is the signal boost was working too well and in areas where towers cross paths the booster is switching to find the best and or strongest signal, as this happens and it changes towers it may change band width from LTE, 3G, 4G or 5G. They said when the band widths change during a call it will automatically disconnect you. Normally when you travel your phone is switching from tower to tower but NOT switching your band width constantly. They said most cell providers allow you to go into your settings and change this from happening automatically, in other words I could select mine to only use LTE or just 3G bands and then this problem would not occur, but he said AT&T doesn’t allow this on their phones and that it will not work for me. Apparently Sprint, Verizon and most all other carriers would be fine. Item: WeBoost Drive 470154 Phone: iPhone XR Vehicle: 2011 Chevy x-tra cab pick-up Antenna used: the original shorty one that comes with the kit. Area of use: slightly rural, mixed use in and out of town daily, live in a rural area, major city is small (Tyler TX) only 100k population, so very limited 5G available mostly all LTE or 4G signal.