Cell Boosting Kits Sold on Ebay

[Community Alumni]

Has anyone purchased an inexpensive cell boosting kit that are sold on Ebay? If so, are they any good, or they are just worthless junk? There are several of them ranging in price from $100 to $200.

weBoost (made by Wilson Antenna) offers a kit for $500 that has mostly good reviews but I can't justify the cost for the very few times we may need to use it, hence why I'm looking to get something cheaper.

The following link is for illustrative purposes:
Cell Phone Signal Booster



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[Community Alumni]

agesilaus wrote:
You are rolling the dice buying electronics from eBay chinese suppliers. I bought this unit off Amazon
where you can at least return something. It seems to give about one to two bars of signal boost. Tho I have not done a quantitative test yet. We had visible/Verizon signals everywhere this last summer except one spot. That was in 21 states and 32 camp spots.

I'm also considering this unit. I like the fact it comes with an external omni-directional antenna. Based on what I've read, experts recommend using omni-directional antennas for RVs since they don't require taking the time to aim the antenna.

[2oldman]

You may consider switching to Verizon and not have a need for a booster.

[Community Alumni]

2oldman wrote:
Who's your provider?

T-Mobile

[2oldman]

Who's your provider?

[agesilaus]

You are rolling the dice buying electronics from eBay chinese suppliers. I bought this unit off Amazon
where you can at least return something. It seems to give about one to two bars of signal boost. Tho I have not done a quantitative test yet. We had visible/Verizon signals everywhere this last summer except one spot. That was in 21 states and 32 camp spots.

[_1Flyboy]

.... I’m on about my 6th WeBoost ( currently have 1 in our TC, 1 in our Truck, 1 in our house ) .... I tried a “cheap” cell booster ONCE; won’t do that again.....