weBoost Drive Reach OTR Cell Phone Signal Booster for Trucks & Semis | Boosts 5G & LTE | FCC Approved | Made in The USA

I admittedly took the hard route, as they have a cheaper kit with a much more manageable mag-mount antenna but they way I looked at it the OTR kit was a better value and I could buy the mag mount antenna later if I wanted to try it. Also the gain (as-per the spec sheets) was WAY better with the OTR antenna. I did find that I could use the push up poles to gain height, but it didn't seem to be necessary as even down about rooftop level it was working out. I bring the shorter pole along in case I think it'll help given the location I might be at, but so far this configuration has worked well for me. I used the physical mount from a Diamond HKRS UHF antenna mount attached to the back window glass of my car. this has worked well for me for ground plane-less antennas in the past and seeing how this antenna does not appear to be grounded at all, I figured it would work just fine. so far, this seems to be true! The true test was being in a farm field in a very rural part of Washington and having the cell service show no or even a single bar with anything using data either failing to start or progressing super slow. In my case I was uploading a YouYube video from an event and saw it quickly increment to nearly an hour remaining because the data was going so slow. I hopped in the car and started it to activate the cell booster and almost immediately saw the signals bars increase and the time to complete the upload dropped to 7 minutes. I'm sold! I'd say if you are going to use the OTR kit on your car / truck, figure out the mounting solution. A mount for a CB Radio or Amateur Radio antenna should do the trick for any kind of hard mount. I was half tempted to adapt one of my mag-mounts but the diamond HKRS was just cleaner. the HKRS is crazy expensive to cannibalize for this but it solved for my need exactly and the car will still go through my garage door / parking garages.

Has been working great for the past few trips from the Dallas area to Sedona and Big Bend National Park. On our way to Sedona, my wife worked and never dropped signal/VPN which we did before in our many trips through the area before especially going through NM on I40. On our way to Big Bend, it worked very well but would come up with nothing once in awhile and the same in the park itself but these were some pretty remote areas. Over all very impressed with its ability to get a stronger signal when present. Install was easy enough with plenty of wire. We plugged into a 12v plug to make it easy but may hardwire to a switch now that I know it works.

Work pretty well unless deep in the woods .

I work in the oil field a lot of places I didn’t have signal phone drops calls I haven’t dropped a call since I installed the phone booster it’s been working great in my big truck will be purchasing again

I cannot begin to even tell you how awesome this product is! I was in several areas that are known to have absolutely no service to a cell phone of any courier. I was not only able to make phone calls, but in various different spots, I was able to download videos and half decent access to the Internet. This is extremely important for me as I work remotely! I’m extremely excited because last summer I was not able to enjoy going out with my family or going places because I was always out of cell service and the areas we like to go. Now I don’t have to worry as much if at all. Make sure you do research on how to operate this thing. Otherwise it won’t benefit you quite as well. For instants… The internal antenna needs to be relatively close to the device that you’re trying to receive signal for. Approximately 18 to 36 inches. It’s also super important to note that you want the external antenna to have at least 5 to 8 feet distance from the internal antenna. This thing is not a gimmick. I almost like everybody’s bad reviews due to the lack of knowledge influence my purchase on this. It’s quite clear a lot of people think it’s just magic or perhaps they don’t understand how to operate it correctly. Another huge tip when you’re using this thing. Put your phone on airplane mode every so often when you’re trying to connect onto it. Just basically his airplane mode and then turn it back off. It kind of resets it so that he can have a clean connection. At least that’s what I think is happening. All I know is it works… This allows it to disconnect from other week signals that it may be picking up versus the amplified signal that the device is making.

To summarize: they did a good job of marketing a pretty limited product. Given the price point I was really expecting noticiable difference in cellular coverage. I have seen it work with ATT and T-Mobile but it really seems to have no affect on Verizon. This thing just doesn't deliver. For frame of reference: this unit replaced a 4G antenna and client on my van. I used to have an antenna on the roof to a hotspot in the van. Connect phones and devices good to go. In marginal areas disconnect everything but the primary device to not use up what little bandwidth was present. This worked extremely well but was limited to the one carrier (and no 5G). I have different sims in all the different devices. ATT in the aircard, then Verizon and T-mobile in phone and tablet. I figured with the weboost I would be able to use all the devices and then if I'm in a remote area that doesn't serve the aircard I can use another device and hotspot. Options that would be available because of the weboost. Enter the absolute abysmal performance of weboost. I took out the old setup and replaced it with this and boy am I sorry. This thing will give you one more bar when you have one bar. It will make marginal service less marginal. If you have more than one bar of service it makes NO difference. Run a speed test and it's no different. It in no way shape or form performs better than a hotspot and antenna. The ZTE hotspot was $40 and antennas were $60. This thing was $540!!!! And for that kinda cash I did expect to turn it on and have sheer enjoyment. I figured maybe there is and issue so I started to troubleshoot. I ordered the desktop antenna to see if that would help. That actually makes it worse. What the manufacturer doesn't really do a good job in the marketing is disclosing that the internal antennas can't also be heard by the outside. So the desktop antenna was causing the feedback loop. The feedback loop causes the weboost to shut down. Took that out. Mounted the internal antenna under a cabinet in the inner most part and that seems to work the best. The issue is that you have to be 1-3 feet from that antenna. Another thing they don't really call out. I'm now out $30 for a desktop antenna. Just keep all this in consideration. I wouldn't do this again. IMHO Wilson Electronics, even back to when CB was more popular, has always been all marketing and zero performance. Further .... Wilson Support is terrible. Thier support sold me a product I don't need. Through the use of some online forums I found out more than the support department ever offered. When you register the product it says you get access to premium support. Nope. It's just a different sales group that's prioritizes pushing product over consumer eduction on them product and its many many limitations. If you're going this route... maybe use the sure call unit. As of this review it's cheaper. If they all work the same at least you saved some $$$

Works decent. I was excited thinking It would work a little better than it does. I got the taller antenna too. It does give me cell coverage in some areas that I would drop signal but it’s spotty. You can install it in under an hour. it has good installation instructions. Quality of unit itself and the antennas are good quality. You Just have to have realistic expectations of it’s capabilities

It works, I get phone service and am able to make calls in places that I had zero service before. However I have to literally hold the dongle thing right next to my phone. The range is zero. For the price I’d like to be able to at least have the dongle in my truck somewhere and get an increased signal, not actually have to be touching the dongle to my phone