September 8, 2006 11:12
I bought a Quickertek antenna for my MBP, and I have to say I'm not all that impressed, for the following reasons:
Build quality is poor (looks like a standard cheap plastic case from RS, and mines distorted).
My instructions were a poorly printed sheaf of A4 paper that had obviously been used by someone else, with various scribbles here and there.
The supplied software on CD-R was poorly organised into badly named folders, with filenames that didn't correpond with those given in the instructions.
The instructions themselves were a bit unclear in places.
The unit does seem to work in as far as relaying an airport signal, but mine has no affect on reception strength or quality.
The supplied charger was a US model, 110v, so useless in the UK - a pretty basic error for an electronics company to make.
And, worst of all in my view, is that when I emailed them in mid-August with these issues they didn't reply.
Buying in the UK also means paying a fairly hefty import duty as well.
If I get a decent response from Quickertek support I'll let you know, to set the record straight, but at the moment I wouldn't recommend them.
Build quality is poor (looks like a standard cheap plastic case from RS, and mines distorted).
My instructions were a poorly printed sheaf of A4 paper that had obviously been used by someone else, with various scribbles here and there.
The supplied software on CD-R was poorly organised into badly named folders, with filenames that didn't correpond with those given in the instructions.
The instructions themselves were a bit unclear in places.
The unit does seem to work in as far as relaying an airport signal, but mine has no affect on reception strength or quality.
The supplied charger was a US model, 110v, so useless in the UK - a pretty basic error for an electronics company to make.
And, worst of all in my view, is that when I emailed them in mid-August with these issues they didn't reply.
Buying in the UK also means paying a fairly hefty import duty as well.
If I get a decent response from Quickertek support I'll let you know, to set the record straight, but at the moment I wouldn't recommend them.