Best Wireless Booster on Market Today

Rocky Lou

Rocky Lou

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I'm considering adding a booster since I already am paying for ATT Hotspot and unlimited data. When I'm in harbor, my service is OK now, however, not 30 miles offshore. I'm wondering:
(3) Some cell signal is required for the Shakespeare Stream to enhance usable cellular signal coverage." Right now, I can get a usable signal up to about 25 miles.
 
Thanks, seems worthwhile to me. Going to start shopping for the latest greatest...
 
freedomvango said:
I will say though, that starlink is still the best move.
ironically the weboost saved me when my starlink cable went bad at an event lol
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Starlink requires another plan and I'm always in cell range except when fishing far offshore.
 
https://seabits.com/ probably has a recommendation for cell boosters and aerials.

personally I went starlink mini with a 12v voltage converter to power it over the existing cable. I turn it off for the months I not using it.
 
Rocky Lou said:
Thanks, seems worthwhile to me. Going to start shopping for the latest greatest...
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What Cell phone booster did you end up with? Our Starlink mini will power off our Bluetti elite V2. I'd like to find a similar all-in-one contained Cell booster that I can power the same.
 
cliffm said:
What Cell phone booster did you end up with? Our Starlink mini will power off our Bluetti elite V2. I'd like to find a similar all-in-one contained Cell booster that I can power the same.
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I gave up since nothing was compelling. However, the harbor I'm in now has terrible cell service since it's near the airport (fine once you are distanced). Hence, I'm reconsidering a cell booster. I'll keep the thread updated if I find a solution.
 
Rocky Lou said:
I gave up since nothing was compelling. However, the harbor I'm in now has terrible cell service since it's near the airport (fine once you are distanced). Hence, I'm reconsidering a cell booster. I'll keep the thread updated if I find a solution.
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Paul, We have a complete Weboost kit that we had on our r31 before we bought the Solara S310 and then Starlink.
We will make you a screaming deal on it. It helped us when Sarah was working. Just don’t have a need for it any more.
 
Mike and Sarah said:
Paul, We have a complete Weboost kit that we had on our r31 before we bought the Solara S310 and then Starlink.
We will make you a screaming deal on it. It helped us when Sarah was working. Just don’t have a need for it any more.
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Take that screaming deal, Paul! If you don't, I will.

We run a WeBoost booster on our boat, in addition to Starlink. I'm frequently transferring the WeBoost to our truck when we're on road trips and could use another head unit. It sounds like the WeBoost would work to get you a usable signal as long as you have at least minimal connectivity.
 
Pandion said:
Take that screaming deal, Paul! If you don't, I will.

We run a WeBoost booster on our boat, in addition to Starlink. I'm frequently transferring the WeBoost to our truck when we're on road trips and could use another head unit. It sounds like the WeBoost would work to get you a usable signal as long as you have at least minimal connectivity.
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PM was sent, I'll post if we make a deal. It's annoying to me when I don't have great cell service and live in Silicon Valley, but, c'est la vie!
 
We have weboost on our van as well...it's a permanent setup so I don't move it to our boat. It works really well with a weak signal. I've gone from 1 bar barely able to send a text to 3 bars and streaming.

That said, we love our starlink mini. I have a case to carry it between the van and boat but primarily leave it mounted to the boat. Like others have mentioned, you just need a 12v to 24v/30v converter to ensure the voltage stays above 12v. Power usage is under 25W. It's really reliable underway.
 
Rocky Lou said:
PM was sent, I'll post if we make a deal. It's annoying to me when I don't have great cell service and live in Silicon Valley, but, c'est la vie!
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Done deal...good to see positive feedback!
 
Which model of weboost unit did you end up with? Amazon has a variety of models from them, but it would be interesting to see which works best for our boats. I plan to stick within 30 miles from shore to shore between Puget Sound and Desolation Sound, and maybe as far west as Neah Bay.
 
Best WiFI/Cell booster I've found is a Peplink Mobility 42G antenna or the new Antenna Max with a Peplink Max BR1 5G Mini router.

I've got the Peplink Mobility 42G antenna and Peplink 5G Pro max router installed on my boat. I was 15 nautical-miles inside Glacier Bay when I noticed I had service, on our way out of Glacier Bay. I snapped these photos at the time. I did a lot of cellular testing on our SE Alaska trip to see how far I could push it. I had spotty cell coverage crossing Cape Caution and the Dixon Entrance. I was txting photos of the sea-state to a friend as we crossed. I had service right out front of Tracy Arm/Endicott Arm in Stephens passage and was able to access Facebok. I had spotty coverage (it would come and go, in and out, as we traveled from Petersburg to Juneau) up Fredericks Sound and Stephens Passage. All three of our cell phones (two were T-Mobile, 1 was ATT) said "no service". But connected to the boat router which had an ATT SIM card in it, and the 42G antenna provided us additional coverage when underway.

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The GPS coordinates in the cell router screen above are from this point within Glacier Bay.
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Submariner said:
Best WiFI/Cell booster I've found is a Peplink Mobility 42G antenna or the new Antenna Max with a Peplink Max BR1 5G Mini router.
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I see, you do have a dedicated cellular WAN gateway. So, you probably do have a separate cellular plan on it, correct? I was thinking more along the lines of boosting my phone signal as I do have a decent plan on it with t-mobile and have it act as a WiFi personal hotspot…
 
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