800/1900mHz zBoost Personal Sig. Booster

by Wi-Ex

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B001GV2DKM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2008

Product Description

Zboost YX300 Personal Wireless Repeater by Wi-Ex increases performance Economically and effectively for your personal work space or small use area. zBoost cell extender YX300 review by G4TV is here.Increased performance is now affordable: zBoost zPersonal (zP) extends a Cell Zone at your workspace (4-6 foot range).Portable Wireless Repeater: For a single user in dorms hotels homes or offices the zBoost YX300's compact size and no set-up make it ideal for traveling. Whether you're at a hotel meeting room or dorm the zBoost YX300 is guaranteed to boost your bars by creating your very own "Cell Zone". It's also relatively small at 5.0 by 3.8 by 1.18 inches and with its lightweight but sturdy plastic shell it weighs only7.36 ounces. Complete: Antenna Base unit AC Power adapter are all included.Plug-n-Play: Two suction cups on the back of the zBoost YX300's base allow you to secure it firmly to a flat surface even a window. But before that you'll have to use your cell phone to find a location in your Hotel home or office that gets a measurable signal. At least one bar will work but ideally you should find the best signal you can. Keep in mind that the YX300 needs to receive a cellular signal in order to boost it (it doesn't create signals on its own) so if you can't get a signal anywhere in a building then this product is not for you. Antenna Range up to 6 feet: Attach the plastic boosting antenna to the base via the screw connector. Fortunately the wire for the antenna measures 19 feet so you have a lot of freedom as to where you can position everything. It's best to locate it near the center of the room to create a wide boosting area as the zBoost YX300's range is only four to six feet from the antenna. The antenna also has two suction cups so you can attach it a variety of places.Dual Band: This means that you can use this Repeater/ Booster unit to repeat/ boost ALL cellular and PCS frequencies on all networks except the ESMR radio frequency band used for Nextel

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works quite well, March 1, 2009

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P. Weinstein - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 800/1900mHz zBoost Personal Sig. Booster (Electronics)

This device definitely boosts my cell phone signal by a bar or two, which can make or break many phone calls in my hilly area.

Pros:
--it works great!
--it's really easy to set-up and use
--it has made home calls for business and friendship more reliable
--it's the lowest cost solution I could find to really boost cell phone signal

Cons:
--it does not boost the signal in my whole house, only with 4-6 feet of the end of the units antenna
--requires to be plugged into an outlet by AC adapter, so it's not mobile

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best..., August 10, 2010

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ro2bent - See all my reviews

This review is from: 800/1900mHz zBoost Personal Sig. Booster (Electronics)

I have zero to one bar in my house, and I thought I could get a couple of hot-spots inside; alas, this was to no avail. I put the window unit where it could get two bars, and then I only got one or two bars standing right next to the antenna. So, I am returning them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works! Gives me 5 bars + 3G, April 5, 2010

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Interested Reader (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 800/1900mHz zBoost Personal Sig. Booster (Electronics)

I have highly variable AT&T service in my house, ranging from 3 bars to none -- usually at the lower end of this range. Any extended iPhone conversation consists of multiple dropped calls and re-dials.

I got frustrated enough to dig around online for a signal booster. This came today and it actually works (much to my surprise).

It increased my signal to (gasp) 5 bars -- never before seen in MY house. What's even more amazing is it switches me from Edge to 3G (tho at home I use wifi so this is moot).

It's not the most convenient device. You put its base station in a window close enough to an outlet to plug it in. Then you unreel about 20 feet of cable attached to a little antenna with suction cups. It has to be >10 ft from the base station. My phone then has to be within about 10 feet or so of the antenna to get 4 to 5 bars.

So now I have cables strung around the room where I want to use the iPhone, and I need to be in that room and close to the antenna, but at least I CAN use my iPhone.