Are Mohu Indoor Antennas Worth It? 4 Things to Know Before You Buy!

Are Mohu Indoor Antennas Worth It? 4 Things to Know Before You Buy! | Mohu Review

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You don't have to keep paying broadcast TV fees. Cut the cord and get an antenna for your local channels! In today's video, I take a look at whether indoor antennas like the Mohu Leaf are really worth it. This review is based on 7+ years of experience with two different Mohu antennas, the Mohu Leaf 30 and Mohu Leaf Plus. I'll review how the Mohu Leaf Plus performs in my current location, which doesn't typically pick up all of the major broadcast TV networks. Subscribe for more ways to save on streaming TV!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Indoor vs. Outdoor Antenna
1:20 Choosing a Mohu Antenna
2:09 Pricing Out Your Options
3:23 Mohu Antenna Installation Review
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@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

If you prefer an outdoor antenna, Tyler the Antenna Man offers recommendations through his website. If you mention Michael Saves in your email with Tyler, he will refund you $10. Here is his website: antennamanpa.com/index.html

@paulsmith9341 Жыл бұрын

I listened to everything Tyler said. I'm in a end unit townhouse but the windows point in the wrong direction. The flat antennae is mounted at a very shallow angle to point toward the many broadcast transmitters in downtown Chicago about 30 miles away.

@jamesorsby7553 2 жыл бұрын

The Channel Master Flatenna is a very good flat antenna too. I live in Chicago, and it pulled in 75 channels with no amplifier, and it pulled in all of the local stations. And the signal strength is at 100%, and the signal quality has never fell below 90% on any station.

@JohnPaynekj4wzo 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great information. Living in the mountains of Western North Carolina has always been difficult for antennas. We only receive 18 channels but they are crystal clear. Keep up the great videos

@GoMohu 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael, thanks for the great review! We're thrilled to hear that the Mohu Leaf Plus is working so well for you at your location. Shoot us a message and we can send you the Hook and Loop tabs and push pins, sorry to hear those didn't come in your shipment. Thanks for spreading the word about cutting the cord, you can save $2400 a year on average canceling pay TV.

@iliketakingshowers 2 жыл бұрын

Mohu, send me an antenna

@jaynec7499 2 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! Thank you Michael!

@_papad8434 9 ай бұрын

This is very helpful information. Thank you!!!

@bigchungus540 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info Mike

@brandonsmith1198 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great review I really enjoy your Great streaming ideas

@slyr3287 2 жыл бұрын

Another great review. I decided to use the clear stream 4 Max indoor outdoor antenna, I don't care how much it rain or how much it snow I never lose a signal. This is the best antenna hands down👍

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard good things about that brand. Hopefully I can test it out one day when I'm out of my current living space. Thanks for watching.

@paulsmith9341 Жыл бұрын

I bought a flat TV antennae with a amplifier. It got terrible reception. Just for shyte and giggles I tried it without the amplifier. Worked great! Mounted it in the patio door stationary glass and it's still there!

@dougmorris9317 2 жыл бұрын

Michael, great video!! (You get 120 OTA channels?! Wow) Like your first commenter, I have the Mohu Curve too and man, I love it. No need to hang, it sits on a glass shelf directly below my tv. It's only a couple feet from the floor, but since I live in a high-rise apartment building I guess the antenna is actually pretty high up. I don't think theyre sold as widely as the Leaf, I found mine on Best buy. I live within a 10 mile range of my towers and get 48 channels. But I swear, they look better than cable. I have to say, before I got the Curve, I bought one of those mohu wall lookalikes from Amazon and it was inexpensive, but was also a piece of crap. I got exactly two channels with it. Lastly, I sometimes have to swivel mine a little to the right or left for the ABC Network which is the furthest away, but only if it's raining or snowing. Again, great video. 🙂👍👍👍👍

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Yes, the picture quality is often better than cable or streaming!

@markrowlett6921 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Especially the Mohu Arc Pro!

@commandtaken542 2 жыл бұрын

I have to shamefully admit for my reason to purchase a antenna, it was because I’m ahead of my friends when we watch sports. One of them has cable and in one of your older videos you said that antenna was closer to the live even *which is true* so, I bought my antenna for that reason I watched sports on stream sites which have many latency’s which made the view experience bad for me and my friends. Beautiful review Mike, have a fantastic day!

@goodcommunitylife 2 жыл бұрын

Michael Saves, do you love watching Tyler the Antenna Man? He is an excellent KZfaqr, and so are you!

@ElleMarieF23 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Wow! This is great! About how long is the wire? I have 2 tvs, both near Windows but facing different directions and I have no clue where towers are..

@MyGuyKirby 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting option and they only offer two models for my distance of 50-miles to the towers.

@sptrader6316 2 жыл бұрын

I installed a Mohu Indoor Antenna in the attic (with thumb tacks) of my new house and was shocked that the signal strength is the same as my huge Channel Master antenna. I don't understand how that could be. (About 30 miles from the stations). The Mohu is extremely directional though, so aim it with a signal meter if possible. I used a Wyze cam aimed at the TV, in signal strength mode and watched it through my phone in the attic - makes aiming very easy. (just aim it at your weakest channel).

@BobbieGWhiz 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a cheap Amazon flat antenna with a skinny cable and amplifier and it works almost, but not all the time. I picked up a much more expensive flat Clearstream antenna. It was larger with thicker cable and looked to be better constructed. Reception was exactly the same so I returned it. I tried my cheapo antenna on a friend’s tv who is closer to the broadcast antennas and her results were even better. There’s no remarkable technology here. They’re just bow tie or circular antennas sandwiched in plastic. Bottom line, if your blessed with good signal, you’ll be happy. If you’re not, your out of luck. Almost all the flat antennas get 4/5 stars. Most people are satisfied, while the minority curse them. It’s not the brand of flat antenna so much as the signal quality and strength in your area. You likely need a better outdoor antenna well located if one of these things don’t work.

@kfitz59 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael, thanks for the videos. Do you know of any antennas that have an HDMI output or a work around for a TV without a coax input?

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Not that I'm aware of. But you might be able to find out from Tyler the Antenna Man. I've only used maybe a handful of antennas in my lifetime.

@GameMasterpg 2 жыл бұрын

If it does that well inside, How well will it outside?

@richardsmith1161 2 жыл бұрын

I have the Mohu curve. The closest tower is 42 miles away. Sticking it behind the tv doesn't work, it has to be on a table near the window. What I like about Mohu is they give you thick cable unlike the cheap antennas with the thin cable. I also use a Hdhomerun so I can watch on any device.

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, good point. I have an RCA antenna that Sling TV sent me at one point (during a promo) and the cable is a lot thinner.

@dennyhiett6271 2 жыл бұрын

What is Hdhomerun

@etekweb 2 жыл бұрын

@@dennyhiett6271 it's a network DVR device for antenna TV. You connect your antenna to it instead of to the TV directly. Then you can stream live TV or recordings on your smart TV, phone/tablet, or PC/Mac.

@richardsmith1161 2 жыл бұрын

@@dennyhiett6271 It takes the Antenna signal and sends to through your router to most devices

@dennyhiett6271 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardsmith1161 thanks

@the_most_ungeneric_person_ever Жыл бұрын

thx i live in a sububean area where wxia and wpga and wgta a very hard to get

@larrymayer7775 2 жыл бұрын

My Mohu won’t pick anything up in my location. Actually even a rooftop antenna won’t pick up any Los Angeles tv stations. I live in Simi Valley and Mount Wilson towers are not accessible with all the mountain ranges in the way

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the mountains here are tough for antennas. At least in LA most of the TV stations have apps that you can download to watch news, and Hulu Basic is good for entertainment shows the day after they air.

@reinilla 2 ай бұрын

I tried numerous indoor antenas, the thing is when a channel has no signal, it makes the other channels stop working and when I switch to netflix or prime tv or KZfaq, those apps don't work in the TV, so I have to disconnect the TV so I can have the signal back. Do you know why that happens? Sincerely, Reina Brooklyn, NYC

@OswaldBatesIIIEsq 2 жыл бұрын

No matter what flat indoor antenna that I get, certain channels just don't show up, like The CW for instance. It seems as if the only way to get that channel is either with a rooftop antenna (which our landlord will not go for) or go back to cable. Eventually, over-the-air streaming may really become a "thing".

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Hope so. Would help out a ton of people if we could stream locals

@cooldudewesley9375 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact! Outdoor antenna restrictions are ILLEGAL! So just print out the FCC law, and show it to your Landlord. Keep in mind that you can’t put it on the roof, but you can put it in a private space such as a balcony or a patio. Your welcome.

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

@@cooldudewesley9375 This is true. But I think a lot of them get away with it because few people know about the law.

@ghenulo Жыл бұрын

OTA streaming seems like real waste of Internet data, when you can just use an antenna. I pick up The CW here with my indoor antenna, so maybe you're just placing the antenna on the wrong side of the house.

@t.terrell7037 Жыл бұрын

Do all the Mohu antennas require a wall outlet for power? My ten dollar RCA one only needs to be hooked to back of tv. Thanks

@MichaelSaves Жыл бұрын

No. The outlet is for the amplifier, which you don’t have to use.

@t.terrell7037 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSaves thanks so much!

@kat78681 2 жыл бұрын

re: multiples. If the 2 TVs are literally next to each other, could you use a coax splitter with just 1 Mohu?

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard people do that, yes. I should have made it clear that I was referring to TV sets in different rooms.

@kat78681 2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSaves Thanks. I'm sure the wife will love me having cables running everywhere.

@mjhonsun 2 жыл бұрын

If I had Sling and an antenna would Sling's DVR work for the channels the antenna picks up?

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

No, only the Sling channels!

@patriot5548 2 жыл бұрын

I entered my address, it said I can't get anything, I bought a U Must Have, and I now get 39 channels. We are about 45 miles from the towers.

@brad349miller 8 ай бұрын

Analog broadcast was so much better. You just set it to the channel and tweaked the antenna until you got the clearest picture possible. With digital broadcast it's all or nothing. Either the picture is there or it's a scrambled frozen mess.

@cathyg1099 9 ай бұрын

“No cable” site doesn’t exist anymore

@roberthughes9773 2 жыл бұрын

You don’t need one Mohu per TV. Buy a Tablo. Hook it to your internet. Connect the Tablo to the antenna. The tv channels will be broadcast over your internet to all of your TV’s using a app.

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Understood. But a Tablo is not exactly cheap. I could have been more clear.

@BobbieGWhiz 2 жыл бұрын

As long as you don’t mind it taking 11 seconds to channel surface between stations with a 2022 4k Roku streaming stick. Not acceptable. I split my antenna signal. The Tablo for recording and also directly into the tv tuner for channel surfing. I wish the Tablo didn’t have its delay in converting the signal.

@ElleMarieF23 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. What is a tablo?

@davemack7740 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@stanpawlus2618 2 жыл бұрын

Review the novawave antenna,thanks.

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Antenna Man's channel! He just did a video on it.

@pdxwildchildroberts5586 2 жыл бұрын

Soooo, we installed a Metal roof (single story house)...should we just 4get inside, and invest in a Roof Top antenna? Thx

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

That's going to be up to you. If you are in an area where you can pick up broadcast stations easily, I would try an indoor antenna first. But if it's complicated (suburbs, rural, etc.), you may have only one choice and that would be an outdoor antenna.

@pdxwildchildroberts5586 2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSaves..8mi from towee.. Guess I was wondering if the Met roof would block it deflect signal...tmobile cell reception sucks n the tower is three blocks away, lol

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

@@pdxwildchildroberts5586 yes I totally understand. unfortunately I’m not sure. Antenna Man may be able to help though. It’s his area of expertise.

@pdxwildchildroberts5586 2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSaves Thx, Michael 👍💙👍

@guadalupev30 Жыл бұрын

Have you try Dallas/Fort Worth area.

@MichaelSaves Жыл бұрын

Sorry no

@kayleenb Жыл бұрын

Soo … can’t you just watch live local TV channels on a streaming app like Philo or Pluto ? I’m just trying to understand the logic of getting an antenna. And isn’t like watching old school TV where you have to watch the stations live when the shows air without the option to DVR or pause ?

@MichaelSaves Жыл бұрын

Local channels are not on Philo or Pluto. Yes, it's like watching old school TV -- ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. Some people get a physical DVR (I have a Tablo) that lets them DVR the local channels. Here's an explainer of the local situation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcV3esxelqq4o4E.html

@billieleflore4429 11 ай бұрын

Just bought no. Getting 5 at 18 channels...😢

@jamessharier7529 2 жыл бұрын

Mohu is not that powerful, but with the new atsc3 release it probably will work

@michaelwyckoff7593 2 жыл бұрын

So many antennas claim how good they are supposed to be. I have been using RCA indoor antennas for awhile and get as many channels as possible.

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

Good! Yes, some brands make wild claims. That is one reason why I went with Mohu years ago. Their claims didn't seem too exaggerated.

@ElleMarieF23 2 жыл бұрын

How do I get to the link?😊

@MichaelSaves 2 жыл бұрын

I have a link in the description. I saw your other question too. You might want to call Mohu -- they have a support number to walk you through your options and can help you decide the direction to point the antenna!

@ElleMarieF23 2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSaves Okay cool! Thanks again!

@utube9000 8 ай бұрын

Mohu is one of those companies that needs to trim its project line - they have WAY too many choices! They've got at least 10 different versions of the Mohu leaf - PLUS the Mohu Gateway, the Mohu Gateway PLUS, the Mohu Arc, the Mohu Arc PRO, the Mohu Ultimate, the Mohu Supreme.. and MORE!!! Enough already! Too many choices with not enough distinction between the choices! For example, which product is better - the Mohu Ulimate or the Mohu Supreme? Both products boast of excellent reception and both have a range of 65 miles! Which one does the customer choose? NOBODY KNOWS!!!

@MichaelSaves 8 ай бұрын

I agree and they just came out with new ones

@jmslewis43 Жыл бұрын

Just took mine back, 32 channels but only 2 that I would watch. Would not recommend.

@Evaningstar 11 ай бұрын

Bought this and it's crap. My $10 one works ten times better than this one and you have to pay fir return shipping to get your money back. I do not recommend.