Your Cellular Network Extender Decision Made Easy!

An industry review by guest blogger Mark Geoghegan:

Cellular Network Extender, Cellular Signal Booster, Cell Phone Signal Amplifier, call it what you will, those in the cellular industry know that the device is here for good reason and it seems that the technologically advanced are here to stay.
I cannot help but reflect upon the similarity between the developments with the cell phone itself as we watch the new cellular network extender technology come of age. Back in the day, I worked in what we called “Cellular Express”, an outlet in Western Canada, that pulled vehicles in as fast as we could process them. We pulled apart dashes, drilled through vehicle trunks, roofs, pulled out moldings as we wired those “car phones” into your beautiful vehicle and you drove away momentarily happy with your latest technology permanently a fixture in your vehicle. How long did that “car phone” phase last, two years? So there we were with our beautiful vehicle made to look like an outdated relic based upon the cellular technology permanently affixed. An antennae sticking out of our trunk or roof, and the old phone screwed into the interior. Yikes time to change our car early.
So let’s look at the Wilson Sleek, cellular network extender for your vehicle. It does all those good cell phone booster things, but I personally just could not get over the installation picture on their web site. Serious Déjà vu .

Oh be sure, in my vehicle I use the 5BARz Road Warrior. A cellular network extender that has a very important feature engineered into it. 5BARz have, through proprietary advanced software and hardware configuration made the distance between the receive and send antennas less. Very simply stated, I set it in my car and it works. No permanent fixture, or external antenna. I take it out to my office, home, boat or cottage and it works.

So operationally how do they compare?

Frequency Gain and Power Specifications
5BARz – Road Warrior:
Frequency 824-894 MHz , 1850 – 1990 MHz
Gain 42 dB , 45 dB
Maximum Output Power 123 mW , 67 mW

Wilson – Sleek:
Frequency 824-894 MHz , 1850 – 1990 MHz
Gain 20 dB , 20 dB
Maximum Output Power 2W

Again, the 5BARz Road Warrior, produces a greater signal gain generating less output wattage, and accordingly is a better booster. Further, when used with the antenna provided, the 5BARz Road Warrior has “internal gain control” which ensures that it is not disruptive to the wireless network. It should be noted that the Road Warrior can be used for situations when multiple carrier signals are present and in use, in that situation the gain rating would have to be reduced by 3.5dB.
My review of the industry, indicates that the 5BARz Road Warrior is the most technologically advanced cellular network extender on the market today.