external 4G antenna - recommendations?

[Tom]

Can any one recommend a good external 4G antenna? our roof/cladding is black corrugated tin, so I quite like the look of this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07N87GG21/ref=twister_B0BT1SM6QV?th=1

but I'm not sure if I need GPS, WiFi etc. I need at least a 5m cable on the thing too. Thanks all 

[JohnMo]

We use 4G, I tried additional antenna, but by the time added the cable length I needed I was back to the same signal strength as without. In the end I just moved the router about until I was enough. I only get 3 bars on the signal strength, but it's stable and fast enough.

 

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[Bramco]

3 hours ago, Tom said:

Can any one recommend a good external 4G antenna? our roof/cladding is black corrugated tin, so I quite like the look of this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07N87GG21/ref=twister_B0BT1SM6QV?th=1

but I'm not sure if I need GPS, WiFi etc. I need at least a 5m cable on the thing too. Thanks all 

 

Ha! We're also black corrugated tin! So reception inside is dire....  

 

We used one of the pucks you linked to - but mounted on top of the pole for the TV aerial which is on the back corner of the garage.  I'm guessing it would work just as well mounted on the roof somehow - the instructions show it mounted on a truck roof, so a similar structure to a tin roof.

 

We only needed it for the 4G signal, so only got the version for mobile signal.  I bought extension cables from Amazon wasn't easy to compare and contrast with and without the extension cables @JohnMo but we do get a good signal.

 

Just trying out a 5G router since our local mast has been fixed (took EE since June to sort it out!!). Tp-link seem to be the ones people are using. I tried the Archer NX200 based on info about the difference with the Deco but with our setup (we have Google Nest mesh wifi) the Archer wouldn't work because it can't be put into Bridge mode. I think the problem is down to the way Nest and the Archer handle NAT. So the Archer has been returned and a Deco should arrive today.

The 4G router we used was the GL-inet 4G (Spitz I think it's called) - which works fine and GL-inet are better at having a router that is properly configurable - their 5G router is twice the price of the Tp-link ones though, so that's why we went with Tp-link.  I guess if the Deco doesn't work, it'll go back to Amazon as well and we'll then have to decide if £400 is worth it for the much higher speeds of 5G.