The antenna is small and easy to put into place. I tried it without the amp and it was much better than any we have had before. It found 55 channels on the first scan and received nearly all of them. A few were not fully captured and a slight move got those to working but lost several of the ones that did work. Interestingly enough just rotating the disk could change what was received? So I left it where I could turn it ever so slightly and put it on a high shelf next to the TV so it could be turned as needed. I did use the amp as that made things worse. (we live in a strong signal area so more is not always better!) Thanks.. I would give it 5 stars but it needs a mount to make turning on the wall easy.. :) Some stations just want the cord coming off one side or the other center down works for most channels... turned just a little left or right gets the stations that don't even have a picture with the cable down.

When we got rid of cable TV, we realized that even with our various streaming services, we missed our regular stations. I bought 3 of these antennae. I took a chance, they were some of the least expensive, but as we have 6 tv sets, I didn't want to put out a lot of money so I'd start with the cheapest. Glad I did. All you do is plug one end of the cable into the TV, then place the antenna where you want it. The cable is several feet long so it has a good reach, but thin (not thick like coaxial) so it hides easily. The antenna pad is barely thicker than paper and maybe 10" diameter, so pretty discreet. It comes with self-stick tabs, but I read in one of the reviews that they don't come off, so I would use the removable strips. But 2 of mine are just sitting in a window, not attached at all. The third has a small piece of clear tape to hold it. Couldn't be more simple. The picture quality is fantastic, I forget it's not cable. So far we've had no problems other than occasional blips during thunderstorms, but our cable used to go out completely during storms so I'll take the blips. We get maybe 20+ stations regularly, a couple more in perfect weather conditions. I am a very happy customer and will be buying more for the rest of our TV sets.

I decided to go cheap after seeing some online YouTube reviews because one of them compared a $3.99 antenna with a range of price point antennas and said it pulled in most of the stations with a few fuzzy channels. Couldn't see spending $50 on a Leaf or other models cause I tend to be cheap. If it didn't work I could always buy another.

I read that the limit for reception is 80 miles because of the curvature of the earth and Amazon features a lot of Antennas that claim 100-200 miles, which is impossible. Also impossible, 4-K. Free view stretches the 80 mile limit too., claiming 130 miles. New ATSC technology is supposed to be coming out that can extend ranges, etc., , but you can bet it won't be in the $50 and under price range.

I hung the Freeview near a window in our bedroom and it pulled in all the channels in our area including UHF, and most of them were crystal clear. The Freeview comes with an amplifier, which I think helps.

I don't like draping the cords along the wall, but I draped it above the bedrooms patio door and to a window.
It is sensitive to location and I found it didn't pull in behind the TV, when I wanted to see if I could hide it. .
Depending on where you need to put the antenna, you may have better or worse results than me, but what the heck. For $16 bucks you can't go too wrong.

My only suggestion: Offer it in white, please. All of these antennas seem to come in black. I don't want a black antenna hanging on a white or beige wall.

Background:
I have had used all kinds of antenna to watch public broadcast my entire life. When it used to work with just tweaking the 2 antenna on top of your CRT tv back in the days. I also have netflix account and other streaming devices but those cannot replace the live channels I watch like NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, PBS, etc. I update/upgrade my antenna every now and then when the reception becomes an issue. This review is based on comparison with the amplified antennas I am currently using in different rooms and multiple property.

Review:
I bought one of these at first to test it out. Since its performance surpass my expectation, I order a couple more for each of the rooms in the same property. Each of their performance only amazed me. One of my living room had the best reception with my previous antenna with 90+ channels. With this antenna, I get over 100 channels even in one of the worst rooms at the top floor. Now the guestroom in the baseman got the least number of channels at 60+ with this antenna, and I am not complaining. It was getting 2-5 channels with my previous 2 versions of amplified antenna.

I don't know how bad it is for those reviews claiming that they cannot get the channels they expected. I see there are more powerful version of this same antenna available. Otherwise, I doubt that your issue can be resolved by any kind of antenna because this is the most powerful antenna I have ever seen. My experience tells me that this antenna will give you a lot more channels than whatever you are getting now.

It is a great little antenna, the power booster it has really makes a difference, got a lot of channels from my area, except for one but that one is also hard to get anywhere else so it might just be something with that particular station.