Just got the Tailgater myself and I too am amazed at how easy it is. One downside to us northeasters is that the dish receives the western ARC satellites which means that quite often the Tailgater will pick-up only 2 of the 3 sat's, but 110 and 119 have the majority of the channels anyway.
On a positive side, you can hook up an external hard drive (powered) to the 211 and with a one time activation fee, turn the 211 into a DVR where you can pause, rewind, skip, and record just as you would at home. Of course the 211 is a single receiver so you can't record one channel and watch another, BUT the DVR function on the road is awesome to have!