Antennas Direct® Enhanced Db8e Multidirectional Bowtie Uhf Antenna

This antenna was easy to assemble with clear instructions. I mounted it to the end of my home and pointed it using a website and my phone. Extremely easy to do. We are between two cities (~50 miles in different directions)… we pick up about 70 extremely clear channels! So happy with this antenna!

Ok, here we go. Like I said, very satisfied with this antenna. The average distance to broadcast stations in my area was 35 miles (checked a few web sites for reception). Tried an indoor antenna boasting 40+ miles; it picked up 2 channels(same station,2 channels). Researched outdoor antennas, and found this one. Being that this is the first antenna I tried, it is hard to rate against others, but the value gets average due to others out there with similar designs/half the price. I picked this one though following the the saying "you get what you pay for". Ease of setup? Well, being a mechanic it was very easy for me, instructions were okay to follow, some may find it vague. So, performance? Since my stations were well within range of this antenna, and after using a compass to locate the direction of the stations. I took the easy way out and installed this on the post my Satellite dish was on. I did end up using a rotator due to the different locations to bring in the locale channels. This worked out fine though, my dish was set up on the porch roof and adding a mast section brought my antenna up another few feet(about 20-25ft total). Not enough to clear the house, but there is only one channel being blocked by the house, wasn't worried about getting "that one more channel". I do get all my local channels. Basically getting 13 different channels. I do get over 20 including a couple just over the 70 mile range. about a half dozen of these other channels depend on time of day/ weather/ or just getting lucky at pointing the antenna at the right direction. Probably could pick them up better raising the antenna, but these are duplicate network channels. So, if you stuck out this far with my review. You should realize I am satisfied. On another note. I have only had this up for about a month now, so the only durability I can pass on is that it has done fine with a few days of winds of 30+ MPH.

After our cable TV bill went up by $25 due to our promotional offer expiring, and the company not willing to offer another one, I researched digital high definition TV antennas. The one that sounded the best to me based on my location was the Antennas Direct DB8e Extreme Range Multi-Directional Bowtie UHF Antenna. The best price I could find was by ordering it "ship to store" from Walmart. The antenna arrived in three days, which was sooner than the the website indicated. Assembly and install were easy. Had to buy a 10' piece of galvanized electrical conduit (for a mast), a couple of brackets and lag bolts, and a 50' coax cable all for another $23. Had it installed in a couple of hours and can pull in 41 digital high definition channels. Wish I had done this sooner.

We live in a mountainous area and getting reception is a bit tricky. We used a regular antenna and it did OK but this one pulls in more stations. If you aim it right, it pulls in a Spokane, WA station, 140 miles away, although our antenna is on a 20' tall pole. You do have to locate your local stations and aim accordingly. If you rotate it, you will get different stations. We picked our stations and just locked it into place. If you had some sort of rotator device, you could get more stations, but we didn't need it. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

First thing do your research on what channels do you want to get. If you can put a antenna outside I would recommend this one DB8e. Just remember F,T,A tv is what it is. By accident I found a TV station 108.51 miles but I also had to compensate for other TV channels by losing them. Overall do you really need cable then this is the way to go. All day long I say. I put mine on a pole. If I want to turn it i use a monkey wrench at the base. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

cut the cable and bought this antenna to pick up the local stations. I'm 35 miles from one market and 50 miles from another market. I pointed one panel at each market (roughly 120 degrees difference). I pick up all stations from both markets very reliably. I did add a vhf kit to the one side to pick up channel 8. Also using the juice amplifier and mounted to a 5' mast on my single story chimney. Very easy assembly and installation.

This antenna was suggested by Antennas Direct to supplement a Clearstream 5 for my area (the Villages Florida) which is relatively far from the nearest broadcast towers. The Clearstream 5 was OK on its own; however, together, these antennas produce fantastic reception. Both are located in my attic and were purchased as part of bundle that also included a combiner and a pre-amp. Very happy with the products, the reception, the value, the ease of installation and not having to monthly fees to get local channels!!!

I received a few more channels and the pitcher is stronger.So altogether.I have twenty 33 channels , and I live in the hills in tennessee and it was worth the money

I have two broadcast centers located about 100 degrees apart, and at 38 and 65 miles away from me. The gain of these antennas is much better than the ones they replaced, but the idea of mounting them on the same mast didn't work well. I ended up separating them from each other as much as my attic would allow. That improved the overall reception of both groups of broadcast centers.

I was hoping to place this in my attic. I live in South West Florida where it's very flat, but the stations are 50 miles away. When I tried it in my attic I got zilch. Outside I got 30 stations. But since it's over the FCC's protected limit of 39" diagonally (this is 56") my HOA won't allow it. I had to take it back and I'm trying a Clear Stream C4. If you can place this outside, I'd say go for it.