hOW WELL DOES THIS WORK OUT OF A RV CARGO BAY?
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It worked good for me I put on inside in out but bought 42" tv and only good for up to 32" so had to buy another tv ! But works well
206692
It depends. RF signals are blocked by metal and to the extent the outside antenna for your booster is "shaded" by the cargo box or roof rack, your reception could suffer. If it's possible to place the external antenna on top of the cargo box, that would be your best bet.
658177
Good question. I can only give you first hand experience; don't do it! I had two bikes on this rack behind my trailer. I lost one bike and the basket of the other. Apparently, there is a lot more movement behind a towed vehicle for this design.
314121
Eugene, I had zero bars outside of my travel trailer in a back woods Colorado campground. I placed the antenna on a mast 25 feet up above the base unit. I have a full 4 bars inside my travel trailer and can use my AT&T iPhone 4 without any issue. This includes 4G data (note - not 4G LTE data, just 4G data). This is good enough to stream video from VuDu and Hulu streaming services, though Netflix has difficulty at times with connecting. Note: the trick is to get the external antenna as high as possible and the more directly above the base unit the better. Also, the transmission inside is not over a great distance. For instance, my travel trailer is 32 feet long. With the base unit in the center of the trailer, I lose 1 bar at the front and back of the trailer so the signal doesn't travel that far from the base unit. Still usable but just a loss of one bar. Outside of the trailer I get nothing. This is to be expected since my travel trailer has metal siding. I'm very pleased with the unit and how it works. It is a little light weight, especially the antenna so treat it with care and you should do fine with your situation. The good thing is Amazon's return policy if it doesn't work for you. Just get that external antenna up as high as you can and as far away vertically from the base as you can. That seems to be where most people are running into problems with the zBoost.
2002428
I have used this carrier for several long distance trips and able to load it myself without help. Not had any problems with leaking despite driving through rain and it really does storage a lot of stuff. I travel around the U.S. on farmstays/workstays/housesitting and am able to transport a lot of stuff with this carrier. I wish I had ordered a larger one and probably will do so in the future. It is important to make sure the velcro fasterners are securly closed around the zipper areas as that keeps water/moisture out.
549260
As long as you have the room and the water for it, it should work well. A truck camper might not have the room.The heater itself doesn't get dangerously hot, but you have to make sure you vent it to the ouside to stay alive
114438
I used 2 of these to power my RV when boon docking Labor day weekend at Haspin Acres in Indiana and it was WET. These are quiet so I kept them under the trailer sitting on the ground with the cord connection laying on top of them and cable locked to the frame. We had heavy rainfall at times and not a bit of problem with this setup. 13500 btu a/c running nonstop and I refueled every 7 to 8 hours.
2208448
We have a cargo box that we have used on numerous vehicles including the CRV. The box we have uses mounting hardware that attaches to most cross bars. It takes me about five minutes to mount the box working by myself.
1179419
We only used it for carrying pole vault poles which are not as heavy as a cargo carrier could get. A cargo carrier also will present more wind resistance and forces associated with that resistance as a function of how fast your are driving. I would consider installing a tow hitch followed by a metal basket that mounts in the tow hitch. This would be easier to load up and won't damage your roof.http://www.jcwhitney.com/curt-class-iii-receiver-hitchesfor-use-with-small-campers-boathorse-trailers/p2011910.jcwx?filterid=c2309d2171u0j1
1896127
Have not used with a cargo box, however they work great with a bike rack. If installed properly the rails are very solid.
982327
Hi, Sharon. It seems to me that a camper would utilize a solar panel that is permanently mounted. A "hard" panel, as opposed to this folding unit would be cheaper. Perhaps 1/3rd of the cost for the same wattage. You're paying quite a bit more to have the folding/soft and light style. This unit is more for having in a car or boat, or even a backpack, and put into action only when needed-- and not permanently affixed to the top of a parked RV or camper, during the week, charging the batteries for the next excursion IMHO. But to answer your question, my controller inputs take two bare wires from the panel. So I modified the adapter (that has alligator clips) that the panel came with by cutting the clips off so that the terminal ends are bare. The controller then locked them in with screws. You could actually just cut the plug off from the terminal end of the wire coming out of the panel, but I feel better about chopping up an adapter than cutting the plug off of the panel. Anyway, I hope I answered your question without rambling too much. -Scott
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I bought it to use in my RV, which is a class C because I work via internet. I put the antenna on the window over the cab (suction cup) and it has worked very well (where there is a signal) when driving or dry camping in areas like AZ, UT, Eastern OR & WA, MT, WY, SD, NE, KS, TN, Texas, LA, MS & AL. I use Verizon Mifi as my ATT cell is useless except in metro areas. I also use in in the toad when exploring, but then it goes on the roof. I'm off the beaten path quite a bit and very pleased with it. It's fun to do a comparison of "bars" with & without the booster at various locations. Would buy it again. I bought it to use in my RV, which is a class C because I work via internet. I put the antenna on the window over the cab (suction cup) and it has worked very well (where there is a signal) when driving or dry camping in areas like AZ, UT, Eastern OR & WA, MT, WY, SD, NE, KS, TN, Texas, LA, MS & AL. I use Verizon Mifi as my ATT cell is useless except in metro areas. I also use in in the toad when exploring, but then it goes on the roof. I'm off the beaten path quite a bit and very pleased with it. It's fun to do a comparison of "bars" with & without the booster at various... » Read More I bought it to use in my RV, which is a class C because I work via internet. I put the antenna on the window over the cab (suction cup) and it has worked very well (where there is a signal) when driving or dry camping in areas like AZ, UT, Eastern OR & WA, MT, WY, SD, NE, KS, TN, Texas, LA, MS & AL. I use Verizon Mifi as my ATT cell is useless except in metro areas. I also use in in the toad when exploring, but then it goes on the roof. I'm off the beaten path quite a bit and very pleased with it. It's fun to do a comparison of "bars" with & without the booster at various locations. Would buy it again. « Show Less
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Depends of the length of the tongue on that rack it is sitting in and how far back your receiver hitch sticks out. Only someone with your exact same rack and car could answer the question perfectly. I can tell you that with the factory hitch on my Expedition and with the aluminum luggage carrier I got from Harbor Freight Tools, I can pull that bag and suitcases toward me an can barely get the back door open, but it does clear the bag, barely.
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Yes, it would work, the only issue I had was it tilted upward and the ramp did not reach the ground on one side. We had to find someone to fill in the holes and re-drill them so everything would line up correctly. Hopefully they have fixed the problem and that I was the only one with a faulty carrier. To send it back was more expensive than to fix it ourselves. So we kept it. Now, we bought an actual trailer because of the weight of wheelchair. I would bottom out everywhere I turned. You might just want to buy a regular carrier with no ramp. If you're not gonna use it everyday. That would work for trips for coolers and extra stuff in Rubbermaid container's. It has a lip all around it for easier tie down with bungee cords, and you can buy those at Harbor freight company or and farm and fleet, menards. Then you wouldn't have to pay the shipping cost.
1966008
I actually have one in my RV but have a truckers antenna rather than the magnetic mount antenna. There was no place to put the magnet mount antenna and the trucker antenna was better. You have to be close to the inside antenna for it to work. I do have service in places where other people don't and have on 2 occasions letother people use it in an emergency. Wilson has very good service. You might contact them for recommendations.
718079
I have not used it for an RV, but I use it in the very back of my Honda pilot to get the dog in. We also use it for our dog to come up the stairs to the house.
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I've used this heater for a couple of weeks in my garage; not in an RV. However, I would not recommend it for any small or tightly closed space. It really sucks up the oxygen quickly. I find I need to open the garage door about 6" to run it for more than an hour or two to keep the air breathable. It doesn't put out any carbon monoxide, but still drains oxygen from the air very fast. Also, anything within about 5ft of the front of the heater will get very hot so it would be important to have clear space 180 deg around the front of it to prevent fires.