Antennas Direct ClearStream Flex Amplified Indoor TV Antenna, UHF VHF, Multi-Directional, Reversible, 50+ Mile Range – w/Jolt Switch Amplifier

Easy to set up. Got all the major network channels I wanted. It's been up for almost a month. So far no issues.

I'm not an antenna expert but I have owned just about every kind of antenna you can think of over the last 50 plus years. There are some truths about antennas I'd like to pass on in hopes it will help. The first is that if ANY antenna claims to receive signals from hundreds even thousands of miles away that is just simply a flat out lie. TV broadcast transmissions attenuate over the surface of the earth which by the laws of physics are limited by the curvature of the earth. After 80 miles it's nearly impossible to receive these signals. It should be against the law for sellers to advertise those distances I'm confounded as to why it isn't. I don't know about you but I would not want to give my money to a manufacturer who lied to me right out of the box. What else are they lying about? A lot of things have to be in your favor to even get a signal from 70 to 80 miles away. You will never ever get that range from an indoor antenna......period. End of story. You need a large Yagi type antenna mounted as high as you can and with luck.....buildings, terrain, trees in your favor you may hit that 80 miles. Folks in Kansas may be able to do it. Most GOOD indoor antennas are going to get you in that 35 to 45 mile range tops. This covers a lot of area because broadcast stations are strategically placed in areas throughout the country to provide reception adequately in most metro areas. If you live 50, 60 or more miles away from the nearest broadcast tower then save your money and get an outdoor antenna. This one will not work for you. There are good indoor antennas out there and this is one of them. I've got boxes of these "leaf" type antennas that are junk. Trust me they are NOT all the same. The difference is the quality of the included components. This flat antenna has specific tuned components for both uhf and vhf signals both of which carry high quality digital signals. Many other leaf antennas don't receive both only one or the other or both not very well. Also. The quality of the amplifier and cable are top notch in this antenna. A storm blew the roof off our home and we can no longer use the large Yagi antenna in our attic. We plugged this antenna in right out of the box and it pulled in more channels than the old antenna. That is the one disadvantage of a true long range antenna aside from the huge size....they are extremely direction dependent. Moving those antennas just an inch one way or the other can cause you to lose a station 75 miles away. This clear stream antenna is truly omni directional. It doesn't care how you mount it but to get the best reception place it on a wall or window in your home that faces the general direction of your towers. Read some of the reviews. People are upset they are getting only one or no channels. All of their towers are south of their home but they stuck the antenna on a west facing wall? Ok why not try a window, not a wall and maybe a south facing window?

The antenna does not have enough gain to receive signals well in my area, so I used the amplifier and cable for my existing antenna, and they work very well. This amplifier has out-of-band filters, so it works better than another amplifier that I had.

Got this for my 68 yr old mom who is not friendly with technology and all the streaming apps. It was very easy to set up. Just download the app to figure out which direction the towers are. Do your research 1st to make sure you are close enough to a tower. We had a previous receiver but this one pick up more channels so Yay! Only note is that my mom’s tv and the window the receiver needed to be on are the max length of the cable so it’s not the nicest looking thing but we just put a plant in front of it :)

Works better than the other, cheap HD OTA antenna I'd bought. It allows you to upgrade to proper RG-6 coax cable, which improved the signals.

I have tried several OTA antennas and before purchasing a Winegard OTA. it was the best at the time but started to get a lot of pixelation and dropping channels if there was any cloud cover.. The ClearStream antenna picked up about 30 more channels than the Winegard. Granted most are infomercial, shopping and preaching channels. Several channels have watchable programs. Update: At night several channels are 'lost'. Channel rescanning had helped so far. This antenna is used in an urban area.

Easy to set up,brings in a lot of stations. However the station I wanted pixelates a lot. I do not have an outside wall to place it on. I also live in the city about 6 miles from the station I wanted so there is probably a lot of interference.

I've got ClearStream Flexes on all my TVs. I live about 8 miles from most of the Atlanta TV stations. I have no problems getting all the local full power VHF (channel 8 and 11 here are on VHF) and UHF DTVs. Even get some low power DTV locals like channel 26, which carries France 24. Not all indoor antennas, especially flexible "patch" styles support the VHF band. This is why the ClearStream is a little larger, it's element will pick up at least the VHF Hi band (we don't have any OTA DTV on low band RF channel 2-6 in Atlanta). The antennas are high quality, come with a nice long cable, and mounting pins and Velcro. I've canned Charter cables' RIPOFF cable/streaming and just have internet only. It's amazing how much of the SAME CONTENT is available FOR FREE on OTA TV with no Internet or subscription needed. It's also great during storms, my main TV is backed up on a UPS. So long as the station is on the air, and you can power up your TV, you can watch news, weather and whatever else if internet/cellular is down (or you're a Verizon customer with poor service at home) and stay informed. The ClearStream costs more than the garbage sold at WalMart or scam sites because it works. Again, this antenna is designed for metro areas. If you're more than 15 miles from the TV transmitters (sites like AntennaWeb or DTV Info can help you plot your distance), you'll need a higher gain outdoor antenna to get reliable reception. Support your LOCAL FREE TV and stop paying to watch what you can for FREE.