Just like you, I love the RV life. What’s better than going out on the open road and having all the comforts of home? No sketchy hotels, no expensive restaurants or slimy fast food. You and the family can live in luxury with all your favorite things near you.
Well, almost all your favorite things. Have you ever noticed that your cell phone just doesn’t work as well in the back of the RV as it does in the front? The answer’s simple. The front of the RV has big windows to let in cell signals. The back has a frame made of metal, thick fiberglass, and wood cabinets with wiring behind them. All these things come together to make reception darn near impossible.
Now, if you like that everyone crowds you toward the front of the RV, stop right here. There are roughly 8,000 other articles on this blog you might enjoy. But for the rest of us, the answer is simple. Get a cell phone signal booster. A cell booster takes signal from outside, amplifies it and blasts it through the RV so everyone gets great reception. It’s an easy DIY install, too. You’ll be glad you checked out our great selection.
The booster you probably want
Chances are you’re going to want to take a look at weBoost’s Drive Reach RV. It’s specifically designed with mounting options to make installation easy. The Drive Reach RV is compact and smart, giving you the ability to boost up to 8 devices at once. It’s the booster you’ll want when you’re looking to give everyone full bars.
But, if you dig in, you’ll notice that it’s a 50dB booster. Some of the home boosters you’ll see are rated at 72dB. There are even commercial boosters with multiple antennas. Even if you don’t know what a dB is, you probably guesses that more is better. The more dB of amplification, the more power gets to the phone.
Why wouldn’t you want the biggest, baddest, most powerful booster ever? What’s to stop you?
Vehicle boosters are less powerful
Federal rules limit vehicle boosters to 50dB. In most cases, residential boosters are limited to 72dB. Is that really a problem? Truth is, it’s not. For the size of your vehicle, 50dB is plenty. There’s no reason to need more.
If you had a more powerful booster, it probably wouldn’t work better. Boosters have complex electronics inside. One of those complex systems keeps the booster from feeding back on itself. This happens when the outside antenna and inside antenna are too close. With a home install, you can put the two antennas 15 feet or more apart. That’s hard to do with an RV. Chances are if you had a home booster, it wouldn’t help. It would automatically cut power to avoid feedback. That’s a good thing, too. Feedback throughout the cell network would make a lot of folks unhappy.
If you have an old cell booster at home you could try to install it in your RV but it wouldn’t be very happy. The Drive Reach is designed for RVs. It connects to your 12 volt system. The antennas are optimized for mobile. It’s all of what you need and none of what you don’t.
Get the right booster from Solid Signal
Shop at Solid Signal for the best boosters for home and vehicle. Not sure what you need? Call us! We’re here for you during East Coast business hours. When you all you’ll get a real expert, too. We don’t just hire script readers. We hire folks who know their stuff. Give us a call at 888-233-7563. If it’s after hours, fill out the form below. We’ll get back to you, usually within one business day.
