5 Things Every Overlander Regrets Not Buying · The All Things Overlanding Podcast · Radar

Item #1 – weBoost Cell-Signal Booster3:51 – 5:48

FletcherHost

3:51

So let's start off with number one.

FletcherHost

3:53

Number one is my weBoost.

FletcherHost

3:55

Now, this is an antenna on top of my truck.

FletcherHost

3:58

I can turn it on and off, and essentially what it does is it boosts my cell phone signal.

FletcherHost

4:02

So a perfect example is this site that I'm in right now.

FletcherHost

4:04

I've got about one bar of service, and my text messages were kind of failing and stuff like that.

FletcherHost

4:09

I was having a little bit of trouble getting it to send the text messages.

FletcherHost

4:13

I flip a button on my Redarc, turns on the power to my weBoost.

FletcherHost

4:17

Within 10, 15 seconds, it starts amplifying the cell signal, and I went from one bar to two or three bars.

FletcherHost

4:22

Um, which again, not gonna be streaming shows, which, you know, not gonna be streaming shows or anything like that, but that's not the intention of the weBoost.

FletcherHost

4:30

The weBoost is great for getting you that little bit of extra signal when you have a little bit of signal, just boosting it so that you can get text messages through.

FletcherHost

4:37

You can get your maps to start.

FletcherHost

4:38

You can get your music to start, right? That kind of thing.

FletcherHost

4:40

So, um, for me, the weBoost has been amazing, and I, I fell into it because I had a need for it.

FletcherHost

4:46

I've, I had a situation where I couldn't get in touch with my wife and my family, and, uh, and that sort of forced me into buying it.

FletcherHost

4:52

But I had been camping for years and just struggling with like, "Well, I'm in the woods now.

FletcherHost

4:56

Nobody can reach me, and I hope nothing happens while I'm gone." And now since I've had the weBoost, I've had it on multiple trucks, and it's just been amazing, right? And I'm still using it to this day.

FletcherHost

5:04

Right now I'm on it connected, and I just got a text message from my mom.

FletcherHost

5:07

So, you know, the weBoost is one of those things that seems a little bit like an expense, uh, because they are about 500, 550 bucks, somewhere in that ballpark.

FletcherHost

5:14

But here's the thing is there's no plan for it.

FletcherHost

5:17

There's no service that you have to pay for or anything like that.

FletcherHost

5:20

Um, so the longer you have it, the more value you get out of it.

FletcherHost

5:23

I've had mine for probably six years now, I think.

FletcherHost

5:26

And so as you spread out that money, right, year over year over year, the longer you have it, the, the more value you get out of it.

FletcherHost

5:32

So if you've been thinking about it, if you're kind of on the fence about it, I'll put a link in the description below to the one that I run.

Item #1 – weBoost Cell-Signal Booster3:51 – 5:48

FletcherHost

3:51

So let's start off with number one.

FletcherHost

3:53

Number one is my weBoost.

FletcherHost

3:55

Now, this is an antenna on top of my truck.

FletcherHost

3:58

I can turn it on and off, and essentially what it does is it boosts my cell phone signal.

FletcherHost

4:02

So a perfect example is this site that I'm in right now.

FletcherHost

4:04

I've got about one bar of service, and my text messages were kind of failing and stuff like that.

FletcherHost

4:09

I was having a little bit of trouble getting it to send the text messages.

FletcherHost

4:13

I flip a button on my Redarc, turns on the power to my weBoost.

FletcherHost

4:17

Within 10, 15 seconds, it starts amplifying the cell signal, and I went from one bar to two or three bars.

FletcherHost

4:22

Um, which again, not gonna be streaming shows, which, you know, not gonna be streaming shows or anything like that, but that's not the intention of the weBoost.

FletcherHost

4:30

The weBoost is great for getting you that little bit of extra signal when you have a little bit of signal, just boosting it so that you can get text messages through.

FletcherHost

4:37

You can get your maps to start.

FletcherHost

4:38

You can get your music to start, right? That kind of thing.

FletcherHost

4:40

So, um, for me, the weBoost has been amazing, and I, I fell into it because I had a need for it.

FletcherHost

4:46

I've, I had a situation where I couldn't get in touch with my wife and my family, and, uh, and that sort of forced me into buying it.

FletcherHost

4:52

But I had been camping for years and just struggling with like, "Well, I'm in the woods now.

FletcherHost

4:56

Nobody can reach me, and I hope nothing happens while I'm gone." And now since I've had the weBoost, I've had it on multiple trucks, and it's just been amazing, right? And I'm still using it to this day.

FletcherHost

5:04

Right now I'm on it connected, and I just got a text message from my mom.

FletcherHost

5:07

So, you know, the weBoost is one of those things that seems a little bit like an expense, uh, because they are about 500, 550 bucks, somewhere in that ballpark.

FletcherHost

5:14

But here's the thing is there's no plan for it.

FletcherHost

5:17

There's no service that you have to pay for or anything like that.

FletcherHost

5:20

Um, so the longer you have it, the more value you get out of it.

FletcherHost

5:23

I've had mine for probably six years now, I think.

FletcherHost

5:26

And so as you spread out that money, right, year over year over year, the longer you have it, the, the more value you get out of it.

FletcherHost

5:32

So if you've been thinking about it, if you're kind of on the fence about it, I'll put a link in the description below to the one that I run.