Poynting XPOL-2-5G Antenna

My holiday home is in a remote location a fair distance from the EE mast and although I could lock my router to a 5g signal and get 20-30meg download, with only 1 bar of signal I frequently lost connection in poor weather conditions. Despite the price I thought this was worth a punt as the reviews were favourable and I wasn’t disappointed. I downloaded a mobile mast location app on my phone so it made installation easy as I was able to roughly point in the direction of the nearest EE mast and ran the cable into the property and connected to my router. Despite no fine tuning at all, I am pleased to see a vast increase in 5G speeds of between 200-300meg although the upload increases are more modest this is truly magnificent and ensures we can stream 4k TV and the kids can play on their devices too without any issues at all. The item is bigger than I was expecting and to anyone having issues I certainly recommend the following: 1. Download an app to get the locations of your local mobile masts as this is a directional antenna and needs to be pointed towards the mast. 2. Don’t forget to check your router settings too as mine had to be manually set to use the external antenna. 3. Don’t forget you’ll also need a mounting pole although the clips, screws and plate are all included in the box.

It does work , stronger signal

Seems very good - I installed this to replace my dependency on very poor BT "fibre" delivering 12 down 1 up mbs at a cost of £55.00 per month. Now I have 5G from a mast 5 miles away giving me 100 down 30 up mbs at £25.00 pm. Paid for itself and the router in 6 months and more than 8 x the performance.

Quality product - it has been mounted on the side of the property on an old sky dish pole. Its made a big difference - was possibly hoping for a bit more… but its banished the wheel of doom for now!

Been using this aerial for about 3 weeks Superb ! Costly but certainly does what it says it will do Viewed reviews on line and explanations of its construction Well worth a look Speed-test it regularly (ookla) Generally 17-13. 20-14 . 22-15. 29-21. As examples ( down -up) Always constantly 4 or of 5 bars on o2 network and linked to Netgear Nighthawk. I’m in a notorious bad o2 signal area but VERY pleased with this Poynting aerial Easy to set up ( it’s directional) Superb streaming It’s only down side will be it’s pricey However in this case you do get what you are paying for Have tried at least 3 other “cheaper “ aerials absolutely no comparison If you want a reliable signal and constant do go for the Poynting xpol 2-5g Highly recommend Malc P

I installed the Poynting XPOL-5-4G facing the cell tower one mile away and connected to to my TP-Link 5G wireless router. The 5G download speed was around 40Mbits/s, as slow as my old Poynting XPOL-2-4G Antenna. The upload speed was useless, around 1Mbit/s so I sent it back for a refund.

So like others I tried cheap aerials and got no difference on our Gigacube compared to its internal aerials. But this one really did make a difference. We went from about 25MB on 4G to 120MB+ on a mix of 4G/5G. So it does work. However the Gigacube is weird. If you move the router leaving the aerial in the same place your connection rates vary. So it's still using its internal aerials somehow. But whatever, the end result was that it's over five times faster and the whole family is delighted with their zooms and video gaming. So we're keeping it. It took several hours to work out the best spot. For us, this was simply in the attic, with the router and aerial inside the roof space. Sounds crazy, but it worked better than being outside and it was much easier to fit! Although I thought this aerial was not directional, I found slight movements did make a big difference. The unit is pretty big and a very ugly white, so I'm glad it's not outside the house. Yes, you can get it quite a bit cheaper elsewhere, but with Amazon you pay the extra to have that guarantee of being able to return it. And with broadband aerials, that's a wise policy because you've no idea if it'll work in your situation!

This antenna has worked wonders at my caravan, were about 3k from the nearest mast with no direct line of site due to lots of mature trees. I have no phone single and with our tp link router installed had a 25% signal and very poor speed about 1 Meg with constant drop out. Installed this at the weekend, aimed towards the mast direction and now have a solid 2 bars on the router, 75% signal strength and download speed between 16 & 22 Meg with 6 upload. Now we can stream movies and make calls via WhatsApp etc. Quite expensive but it worth it in our situation.

Fungerar perfekt fick full signalstyrka på routern leverans var mycket snabbare än sagt och den kom hem till dörren! Mycket nöjd med köpet

Probablemente la mejor antena del mercado conectada a un router de tarjeta Huawei.

Powerful device, works exactly as advertised! The seller is also excellent — the invoice was instantly sent by email for accounting, shipping was fast, packaging was secure, and everything arrived in perfect condition.

Achetée en avril 2021 et utilisée depuis sans aucun défaut. Maison en zone blanche/semi-rurale : après pose extérieure et orientation soignée, la Poynting XPOL-2-5G a fait passer mon réseau mobile 4G/4G+ (opérateur : Bouygues) de 1📶 à 5📶 barres de façon stable. Appels plus propres, data plus fluide, même aux heures chargées. Points forts Panneau MIMO : montage simple, tenue parfaite au vent/pluie depuis 3+ ans. Gain réel sur la réception en environnement difficile. Câbles prémontés → installation rapide. À savoir L’orientation est clé : affiner par petits pas, tester, puis serrer. Éviter les rallonges de câble (pertes). Le résultat dépend de l’opérateur et de la distance au relais. Mon verdict Amélioration immédiate et durable chez moi : 5 📶 barres depuis l’installation. Excellent choix pour renforcer la réception 4G/4G+ en zone mal couverte.

While costly, it had me going from 300 Mbps (on a good day, usually 180 Mbps) to 400-500 Mbps almost always. And that is when going through trees (though only trees, no buildings in the way) and being over a kilometre from the closest 5G tower. My only fear is that this antenna does not support higher frequencies, such as those used my mmWave and such. While it is not currently in South Africa, and no router I know of supports it, it is coming. Aside from that, no complaints.