I live and camp in the western U.S. and have found this antenna to be very effective. It works either while driving down the road or while stationary, and it’s not too difficult to attach it to your roof while in motion, unless it freaks out your cat when you open the window, but that’s another issue.

I’ve tried it on three phones, two Motorolas and an LG, and in all cases it usually brings the signal up by two bars. In areas with no signal, sometimes it allows weak analog service and sometimes it won’t. Having this antenna has meant the difference between analog and digital service, or between no service and analog. Even if you are getting four or five bars, when you use this it seems that your calls will get dropped less often, or never.

There are a few limitations:

1. Your cell phone must accept an external antenna. Look for a hole near the base of the phone’s antenna, which is often covered with a rubber plug.

2. Many phones require an adapter to be used with this product. You will have to check with Wilson Electronics to see if this is the case. If it is, they cost about $10. Your cell phone store may also carry them.

3. This thing works because it is attached to the roof of a vehicle. You can’t carry it up on a hill and hold it in your hand – you have to be in the car. I have heard of people attaching it to an old-fashioned pie tin that is attached to some PVC pipe to get it six feet higher, but personally I haven’t tried this.

4. The cable between the antenna/car and your phone isn’t very long, so plan on sitting in the car to use this.

Overall, I am very pleased with this because it lets me check my e-mail while camping, which means I can play hooky from my job and not get caught.

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Altman Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:30:46 +0000 http://www.neocube.org/earth-magnet/kidco-adhesive-mount-magnet-lock-starter-set/#comment-418 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 48 of 49 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-0._V192240704_.gif" width="64" alt="4.0 out of 5 stars" title="4.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>great locks, get spare keys from elsewhere</b>, <nobr>June 16, 2009</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A31XHATUCRLIUE/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/188-0809231-8755437?ie=UTF8&tag=essentialmu01-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">B. 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This meant that the first door would start opening a tiny bit before it would be stopped by the lock - no big deal. <br/><br/>Also, I found that on the second cupboard the key wouldn't open the lock easily because the hook part of the lock was wedged up against the catch part (as it is supposed to do, but) too tightly. All I had to do was push the door in slightly to loosen it as I applied the key and it opens easy. Something to consider in case you can't figure out why it isn't unlocking. <br/><br/>Also, the lock has a switch you can deactivate it with if you no longer want to use the lock any more. <br/><br/>If you want to buy spare keys cheaply, don't get a single key for 7 or eight dollars through the manufacturer. 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great locks, get spare keys from elsewhere, June 16, 2009

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Very easy to install as others have mentioned – took minutes.

I mistakenly put the first lock in the middle of the top edge of the cupboard door instead of close to the end. This meant that the first door would start opening a tiny bit before it would be stopped by the lock – no big deal.

Also, I found that on the second cupboard the key wouldn’t open the lock easily because the hook part of the lock was wedged up against the catch part (as it is supposed to do, but) too tightly. All I had to do was push the door in slightly to loosen it as I applied the key and it opens easy. Something to consider in case you can’t figure out why it isn’t unlocking.

Also, the lock has a switch you can deactivate it with if you no longer want to use the lock any more.

If you want to buy spare keys cheaply, don’t get a single key for 7 or eight dollars through the manufacturer. Instead go somewhere like dealextreme and get 10 super strong rare earth magnets (stronger than the key that comes with this lock) for about $4 (get the 2mm thick ones as they are stronger).

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