WeBoost Cell Phone Signal Booster - Long Term Review - Is it worth it for Overlanding?

In this video, I'm going to talk through the WeBoost cell phone signal booster. I've had it for about 9 months now and I've gotten a pretty good understanding of its pros and cons.

I'll break it down in a way that will hopefully help you make a decision on whether this is a good purchase for you or not based on your needs and trips.

If you have any questions or feedback, definitely post up in the comments below.

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Chapters:
0:00-Intro
1:35-How Easy Install Is
4:28-Speed Test Without weBoost
7:25-Speed Test With weBoost
8:17-Final, Honest Thoughts
10:40-When Does This Product Make Sense For You?

[TheRealCharlieSuper]

Fun (not really) fact, Mbps is Mega-bits per second, MBps is Mega-Bytes per second - 8 bits is 1 Byte. Your Giga-bit home internet has a theoretical maximum of 125 Mega-Bytes per second download. The main differentiation is the lower case 'b' and upercase 'B' - anywho, thanks for the info!

[Horarik]

Happened to use our for the first time this weekend. Went from . 3 down with 1 bar of reception to 2+ down with full bars. It allowed my wife to participate in her zoom calls which then allows us to travel away from home more often. I'm placing ours in a pelican case and only setting up when needed. This will allow us to place it wherever we want ie a tent or screen tent and not have to be tied to the truck! Great review. Keep it up.

[JeremyMPearce]

This was the most realistic and useful review I have seen so far, thank you!

[backcountryever]

Great video and I really like how you say you can’t boost a signal if there is no signal. So many people think things like this are cell towers. Personally where I live and go most places don’t have service. I use my garmin inReach for this very reason to talk to my wife when out hunting or on motorcycle trips.

[johnpeters]

Great review! Thank you for taking the time to make this informative video! You Saved me $500. While I'm up in the mountains in Western WY I get no signal. Thanks Fellow Hoosier 👋

[BackcountryNomad]

Informative. I am out 1 week every month. im on the fence about weboost but this vid helped me to understand the See you out on the trail!!!!

[rodneygriffin]

I bought one for my work truck. It does work, but the only way I get a boost in bars is I have to literally place my cell phone on top of the inside antenna. It is BS when he says he can separate the phone 1 foot or so from the inside antenna😅. They need to have a better inside your vehicle antenna

[RahulKumar-vhxr]

The big improvement I saw was not so much in speed but in ping. My latency was much better with the weboost than without it.

[solosaga]

Cool system. Probably the most practical review I've seen. Thanks.

[colombiasiphone]

Loved ur honesty. Perfect review. Just cause if that I am now gonna subscribe to ur channel.

[ariepekar]

4:00 the flashing red and green means you have a feedback loop between cell antenna and cell repeater because they are too close together, not much you can do about that in a truck but means the unit is running at half power. If you could move the repeater antenna father away from the cell antenna then the unit would power up with green light only and indicate full power.

[Drmikekuna]

I have a different version of the WeBoost and agree completely with you. It does help, but just a bit... I also agree with the fact that it works best with text messages and phone calls (although sometimes it will help when loading websites). If you have an iPhone and your iMessage is not going through consider temporarily switching off iMessage and sending via SMS which is tacked onto the regular phone carrier.

[kohort]

Interesting...on the flip side, considering most folks pay $50-$100/mo to the cell provider, and $500-1200 for a phone, if you're out there a lot $500 isn't bad at all.

[NunYa]

A Garmin InReach or Spot device and plan are the way to go as far as having contact for emergencies.

[champwerks]

Well, well, well... look who's a youtuber. Nice! Good to see ya dude.

[dave]

I like seeing the speed test and then comparing the before and after using we boost.

[nautidad]

The magic bullet is the already embedded LTE antenna in your recent model-year car that is better than any uncertified aftermarket gimmick you bolt on. If the car is LTE enabled you can buy a data plan for it.

[garymackey]

Just purchased this but haven't installed it on my travel trailer yet...place we camp usually has 1 bar sig strength most of the time so I expect this to at the very least allow us to text (and maybe) make phone calls....//

[VANESSASBLESSEDLIFE]

Yes it was helpful information still not sure what I’m going to do

[grn]

I run Weeboost and Garmin InReach mini. Well covered and stay safe that way👊🏼👏🏼