Mohu Leaf 50 Original Paper-Thin Indoor TV Antenna, UHF VHF, 60-Mile Range, Multi-Directional, 4K 8K UHD NEXTGEN TV - w/12 ft. Cable, Jolt Switch

I've been using an amplified Mohu Leaf flat antenna for 12 years. I just bought another one this last week as the previous one (same brand and model) stopped working after all those years. I definitely got my money's worth! I had previously written a long review about this product, but that information should be enough for you to give this OTA antenna a try. I get 30 channels of free TV with the Mohu Leaf 50. I have it connected to a smart TV so that I'm able to access free live TV via the antenna and streaming services via my paid internet connection. (Apps like PlutoTV, Crackle, and YouTube.) This antenna is simple to setup - unbox it, connect to ANT IN on the back of your TV, connect the USB to a port on your TV to power it up whenever your TV comes on, or use the AC-USB adapter that comes with it. The amplified signal will be captured when the cable from the ANT IN is connected to the flat antenna and the antenna is hung up high (on a window or wall) and you scan for channels with your TV's autoscan feature, found in your Menu or settings. You may need to try out several placement options, but higher is best. I find that about 1-3" from where the ceiling meets the wall is the sweet spot. I also find that doing a channel scan when the weather is nice will yeild the best results. You may find channels pixelate or get glitchy in stormy weather, but a rescan usually takes care of the issue. If you live within 30-50 miles of your local TV station towers, this thin, flat, indoor antenna will work with your HDTV (which has a digital tuner inside of it) to collect all the channels available to you that are being broadcast for free over-the-air. It is multidirectional, so it will get channels coming from different angles, but tall buildings, trees, valleys, and mountains can affect the signal. Ideally, we'd all live in a flat place, without any obstructions to get all the channels perfectly, but few of us do. Be aware that weather, geography, and combinations of equipment will vary, but this antenna can work very well if you set it up properly, are patient with your placement to dial in available channels, and keep your expectations reasonable. Remember, you're getting FREE TV in high definition and only paying the reasonable price for the Mohu Leaf 50 antenna. It's a great deal for a durable (12 years worth for me...) and useful indoor antenna that just works. Just buy it. You won't regret the purchase. ---------------------------- NOTE: The photos are of the recent purchase (2026) and setup in a spare bedroom, and the video is of the original leaf in our living room in 2014. NOTE: You can turn the Leaf to white, but the cable is black that comes with this current Leaf.

This thing is paper thin. I'm truly amazed how far antenna technology has progressed in the last few years. I'll be comparing this to my old set of amplified rabbit ears/uhf loop combination antenna. With that one, I was able to pick up two digital stations (5 channels total). Occasionally, I could pick up 1-2 other stations (4 more channels). Being digital, the performance was good. Even a weak digital signal give a clear picture, even if it does drop out once in a while) I un-boxed the leaf, and set it up. Connected it to the TV, turned it on, and no channels. Moved it around a bit, and got everything my old antenna picked up. On two stations, the signal was dramatically increased, the other two only a little. Played with the location a bit, and didn't get a major difference, so I picked a good spot where it would be mostly out of sight and on an exterior wall. Surprisingly, when I had it in the window, I got no signal at all. I don't know if I have lead lined windows, but I thought that was weird. Now the true test -- scan for channels. There is one station I'm really hoping to pick up, but alas it is not meant to be. However, I'm in this weird location that's between two broadcast systems. Basically, there is the local OTA, and the repeater signals from Portland. Normally, to get the repeater signals, I'd have to have a pretty big outdoor antenna. I was surprised, the Leaf picked up not one, but three of these repeater signals. So, although I didn't get the local station I was hoping for, I did get the same network out of Portland. In total, I went form 5 reliable and 4 occasional channels to 12 (this includes all 9 of my original channels) reliable channels and 3 new almost occasional channels. I'm hoping that it's not a trick of the weather or time of night. Sometimes, I've noticed all that has an affect on reception. I'll update if that turns out to be the case. I will note: I try to keep my cords neat and tidy. So when I got everything set up, I tried to wind up the slack in the cable, and bundle it with twist ties. Doing so, I noticed a significant decline in signal across the board. The strong signals dipped, and weak signals dropped out. After unbundling the wire, everything was back to the way it was. So leave the cable loose.

This little antenna is amazing. I am in the process of cutting the cord with Dish Network and a good OTA antenna was my first step before investing in a DVR or streaming services. I began the search with a 40 mile range 1Byone antenna with stand for $30. When it arrived it was pretty obvious by its construction and cheap thin cable that it was not a quality product and it definitely didn't work for me. I spent over an hour positioning and repositioning this antenna but the best I ever achieved was four channels. I knew that I could get 19 because with my amplified rabbit ears I did get that many. I then returned the 1Byone and ordered the 50 mile range Mohu Leaf, yes it was $70 but if it worked it would save so much money over time. As soon as I removed it from the box I could see the quality difference between the two antennas. The leaf has a thick cable similar to the HDMI cables. I was hopeful. I plugged this antenna in and as it laid on the back of my sofa I got crystal clear reception on one channel, a good sign. I decided to run a channel scan with the antenna lying on my couch and low and behold I was able to find 14 channels. I placed the antenna above the window on an outside wall and then brought in 24 channels. Antenna Web said I should get 18 from my location so I was beyond pleased. I live in a rural mountainous area in Northern Arizona mid way between Kingman and Bullhead City. All of the channels I received were in English so for others looking for Spanish language channels this might not deliver your preferred result but for me it was just what I wanted. I got the four major network channels and each of their sub channels plus PBS and it's sub channels. I also got an old movie channel, MeTV, My45 and the CW. I was hoping for ION but that was not available. The stations I did receive were in stunningly beautiful HD. These stations are what I was getting in my Basic package from Dish minus the sub channels with a bunch of shopping and religious channels thrown in which I never watched anyway. The $$ to cut the cord is high initially but in the long run will save thousands. I bought a Fire Tv box which I love because I am so tied to Prime content and shopping on Amazon. I added Hulu Plus so I can watch current TV shows I will miss because I don't currently have a DVR and I have Netflix. I think in the future once I have DVR (probably the Channel Master no subscription required) I will discontinue both Hulu Plus and Netflix. Prime Instant Video offers a huge selection of both movie and TV shows for free as a Prime member. Anyway, this antenna is awesome and I highly recommend it. UPDATE: 04/01/2015 I purchased a 2nd leaf for another TV (I didn't want to mess with a splitter). I was able to get all the same channels as with the first Mohu Leaf with the exception of CBS which was a bummer and I had to buy another longer cable because 16ft was not long enough this time for positioning the antenna for optimal signal strength. I still highly recommend this antenna but I can honestly say that the second antenna was by far more challenging than the first. I had to try over 50 position/channel scans before I could locate a satisfactory spot. Don't give up because 2 inches can make the difference between no channels and all available channels. I also added a Channel Master DVR and a Seagate 2TB Hard drive to my primary TV and it is awesome. I can now pause live TV and I can record two shows simultaneously while streaming Netflix or Amazon Prime. I can't tell any difference at all between this set up or paying for Dish every month. I love that I don't have to worry about price hikes, errors in billing or calling them ad nauseam trying to negotiate a lower monthly rate. I never have to ever again, yeah. I am a cord cutter and it is wonderful.

I bought this antenna with high expectations. On the packaging it claims that it can receive stations up to 50 miles away. I was trying to receive stations 43 miles away. I mounted it high on a wall in that faced the stations I was trying to receive and performed a channel scan on my Sony TV. 0 stations found. I checked the connections, checked the USB style power supply and then moved it to another location. Same result, 0 stations. I used a different USB power supply, moved it to a third location and did a channel scan, 0 stations. I had also purchase a Winegard Flatwave from a local big box store that rhythms with Bosco for less then $50 before taxes. On the box it claims a range of up to 35 miles. I mounted the antenna in the location of my first test, performed a channel scan and received 8 stations. I got out a taller ladder and mounted it even higher on the wall and received 16 station, not all of them useable but it did find them, even one that was 65 miles away. Mu guess is that the Mohu antenna I received was defective, because even with a small UHF loop could I could receive a station that was 15 miles away, not 0 stations. Maybe the Mohu really does have a better range, but I don't have time for deal with defective merchandise, when the Winegard worked fine. For those comparing the Mohu vs. Winegard, there were other things besides the reception that I liked better about the Winegard: * The amplifier module on the Winegard can be mounted much further away than on the Mohu. If you have the Mohu mounted high on a wall, the amplifier is permanently attached to the antenna with a wire that is only abut 12 inches long. If you mount the antenna up high on a wall, you also need to have the wire for the USB power supply going up the same wall. The wire on the USB power supply in only about 4 feet long, so you need an outlet near by. On the Winegard, a thin RG-59 cable that is about 16 feet long attaches to the antenna and the other end is permanently attached to the amplifier module. This makes it possible to mount the antenna high with the USB power supply further away. * The attachment module on the antenna on the Mohu is thicker than the one on the Winegard. The Winegard lays closer to the wall but neither one is flat against the wall. * With the WInegard antenna, I was able to attach a 50 foot RG-59 cable to extend the signal to the location of my television with no apparent loss of signal. I never received any signals with the Mohu so I was not able to perform this test. In the battle of the flat antennas, Mohu 0 vs. Winegard 1. If someone from Mohu wants to send me an antenna for free to repeat the test, I would do it. But for now, the Winegard is working great pulling in stations that I know are 43 miles away.

I live 4-14 miles from Baltimore, MD area tv stations. I get all those stations w/ absolutely no problems. Once I found a place where the stations had good signal strength, I didn't have to move it again. It worked and the picture was flawless. I also live 20-25 miles from Washington, DC area tv stations (12 main stations w/ whatever "sub" stations are available). I get a total of 5 stations out of this one... a 20 mile, 22 mile, 24 mile, and two 25 mile stations. I get no signal whatsoever from the 5 other 25 mile away stations that's in the exact same direction (by degrees from my home as stated by AntennaWeb) as the two 25 mile away stations that I do get signal from. What I actually did was used the 25 mile away station to "tune" my antenna. My TV shows signal strength of the station. I move the leaf around until I get the highest possible strength I can find for that station. Strangely enough, when I put it at the window the strength is gawdawful. I don't know if it's due to my aluminum window blinds but when I just put it against one area of my wall the signal strength is good. Also strangely enough, if I move the leaf just a quarter inch in any direction, it changes the signal strength drastically. But once I found an ok signal strength against the wall, I just use the tacks that come w/ the leaf to attach it to the wall. I even tried using extremely long (50 ft) coaxial cable and extremely short (6 inch) coaxial cable along w/ the included cable. It didn't make a difference as far as signal was concerned. In conclusion: it's advertised as a 50 mile leaf but it barely got me 2 stations that were 25 miles away. But under 15 miles from a station, it worked great. BTW, I tried the leaf w/o the amplifier and got ZERO stations. So yeah, I think the amplifier works.

Well, I feel obligated to leave a review after gaining so much insight from other kind reviewers here. I bought my first HDTV a couple of weeks ago, and found that my elaborate system of two amplified rabbit ears coupled together and connected to the tv, another amplified rabbit ear antenna just plugged in to the wall outlet near the tv, but not to the tv, for "induction amplification," hoodoo, moving chairs around the room when reception was really bad, and other exotic methods that worked somewhat with my old analog tv and converter box, with frequent distortions from passing cars, passing planes, wind, any kind of weather, etc., was no longer going to cut it with my new digital tv. First, I renewed my pledge to myself that I would give up tv rather than ever paying on a monthly basis for it, then I started researching. I landed finally on this page, where the word "Ultimate" in the item decription grabbed my interest. I needed "Ultimate." Not some ordinary, run-of-the-mill, shrinking violet antenna. I didn't even consider an outdoor one, because even the idea of that gives me cold sweats. Sooooo, I read all the reviews for this antenna, good and bad. Agonized over the decision, because I HATE to have to return things. So I ordered it from M & M Deals. They shipped it fast and safely, and I ripped open the box eagerly when it arrived. There was this piece of, yes, what could only be identified as cardboard, an amp, and a couple of cables in the box. "Wow," I thought, "there's a sucker born every minute." I don't live in the city, kinda way out in the suburbs, my home is aluminum-clad, and I have one metal roof with a second metal roof over it. Lotsa trees around, and multiple metallic sheets at my windows, hidden in the drapes and window quilts, to stabilize temperature inside. Not a good situation for reception. Without much hope, (with virtually none, actually), I hooked it up and began positioning it around the tv in different places. Wow!! Two stations!!! Wow! Zero stations!! And so on. Almost resigning myself to a future without tv, I then placed it in the window, behind the drapes. And the angels sang! It had been raining for days, and was still raining, bad juju for antennas, but I pulled in 14 good stations, clear and constant, most of them at 91 to 98%. My old antenna set-up had given me about 38% maximum. I was thrilled. I was getting all the stations I had been getting plus a few more; all the local stations available, except better. Much, much better. Even with it raining, no breaking up when cars went by, or planes flew over. And the rain was pretty much not affecting reception. Now, I know that some weather conditions are going to have an effect, but heck, this antenna has transformed my tv watching into an elegant, beautiful, amazing experience that is FREE! (It was free before but not as elegant, beautiful, or amazing). I was a little uncomfortable with the idea of moisture in the window affecting the "cardboard," so I placed the antenna in a nice little bag I had that was heavy clear plastic, and which just fit it. No change in reception. I would recommend to anyone to buy this thing, and at least try it. It is well worth the price. I am really over the moon about this antenna.

New Update: I became disappointed and frustrated to find out that Mohu Leaf is not as reliable as I thought. I could hardly get any channel that is stable and dependable at all times. I got tired getting up from my chair to adjust and readjust the antenna every time the channel is out of focus. Surprise Surprise: In my desperation, I went out hunting for all the information I can gather about QAM tuner to help me get those channels without having to rent a DVR ($12/Month) or top box for $6/Month. I just found out that I can watch my local FiOS cable channels without top box/DVR. I have Sony Bravia Internet HDTV which comes with its own QAM built in and which I did not know until today. So using the remote that came with it, I pushed the Home button and navigated to get the channel setup. I switched from Antenna to Cable, then I used the Auto Search option and waited for about 30 min. Magically it picked up about 170 channels. However, when i started to use the TV to pick up the channels I wanted with clear and steady pictures, another disappointment - the channels were all scrambled up and unrecognizable. I was about to go back to use my Mohu Leaf antenna feeling hopeless and tired, when I ventured yet to try this last idea in my head. I had recently bought Mediasonic HW 180STB (Digital Converter Box with Media Player Function..). I had attached it to another old analog TV using a simple RCA antenna (RCA ANT1400F) to get OTA channels and was doing better than the Mohu Leaf. So I disconnected this little device and connected its RF input to the cable from the wall, to use it instead of a top box. Then I used one of the HDMI cables to connect it to my Sony Bravia (no need for cox cable or YPbPr). This time, instead of the TV remote, I used the remote that came with this little magic. I turned it on, then the TV, and pressed the menu button on the remote. I navigated to the channel search, changed from Air to Cable and run Auto Search. It took about half hour, again, and came up with almost 400 channels - scrambled up, again. But the good thing was, all of the good channels I needed were in sequential proximity. And the HW180STB has a menu option where you can delete the scrambled channels one by one; rename the good channels, add them to your favorite list, put them in the right category (News, Movies) and etc. I know it will take a few days to get rid of more than 300 unwanted channels (some with $ sign showing) but I am getting all my channels without having to rent the DVR/TBox. Unfortunately I have decided to return the Mohu Leaf. The price is too high ($69). I could easily get the same result with a simple RCA antenna for about $10. I am sure this antenna might be worth appreciation for many, depending on the location. For me, so far, I am happy to find out that the HW is working as a mini DVR with much affordable price (about $34).

I did a comparison of 3 different amplified indoor antennas, as I wanted to find one to use in a basement apartment (and I intended to gift the second place antenna to my brother-in-law). The three that I chose were as follows: Mohu Leaf 50 Amplified HDTV Antenna - $40 at the time of purchase 2024 Gesobyte Amplified HDTV Antenna - $30 at the time of purchase YUAKUOD Amplified HD Digital TV Antenna - $19 at the time of purchase (with coupon) For reference, I live in a town between Washington DC and Baltimore, MD. I used my 43" Samsung LCD TV that I got back in about 2010. I plugged in each antenna into the TV one by one, and hung them in approximately the same place on the wall just to the side of the TV, had the TV scan through the available channels, and I also did a brief visual scan through the channels too. Here's what I found: Mohu Leaf 50 - Far and away both the most expensive of the bunch, yet also the best performing of the bunch. The package contained the antenna, separate coaxial cable, amplifier with both a coaxial output and a USB cable for power, a USB power plug, and pins and adhesive pads for securing the antenna. In my channel scan, my TV found 40 channels through the Mohu. Picture quality was quite good, with only a couple channels appearing pixelated at first, but then finding a decent picture quality. Another feature that I liked about this one was that it was completely modular, particularly in the way that the coaxial capable was completely detachable. This way, if any other part fails, it's easy to pop in a replacement. Gesobyte Antenna - This one was definitely a middle performer. It wasn't obscenely expensive, and it still performed decently. This model is completely non-modular; all the components are connected to one another, such that if one piece of this malfunctions, you will have to replace the whole thing. It also came with some 3M adhesive pads for securing the antenna. The Gesobyte Antenna found 35 channels. It struggled a bit with the channels on the higher end, but was eventually able to get something of a picture. Maybe not the best picture quality, at least in comparison to the Mohu, but passable. YUAKUOD Antenna - This is equivalent to your bargain basement antenna both in terms of price and performance. It does offer some level of modularity in that you have the option of plugging the antenna straight into the TV without the amplifier if you wish; however when I tried this, I was only able to (barely) get 2 channels in my basement area. With the amplifier plugged in, I was able to find about 18 channels, significantly less than either the Gesobyte or Mohu. There was also significant struggle to get any sense of a picture, especially at the higher channel numbers. It's also worth noting that while each of the options here depended on a USB cable to power source, this was the only one of the three that did not include a USB power plug. Final verdict: I guess you really get what you pay for, at least with this set. The Mohu Leaf, a little more than double the price of the cheapest option, was far and away the performance leader. However, if you want to spend a little less money and don't require EVERY channel in the spectrum, the Gesobyte and does respectable performance.

After realizing that being mounted at a ground floor location was not ideal for the Mohu Curve, I opted to get the Mohu Leaf and see if mounting it seven feet high in the window would make a difference. I am in West Toronto and my experience had been getting around 7 - 10 channels using a flat unpowered antenna and the powered Curve was able to get me 18 (However it had to sit on the window sill otherwise it would only get 14 near the TV about six feet from the window) Having the Leaf in the window has actually netted me 23 channels. The majority (except for four) all in high definition. I didn't love the white Velcro mounting circles (as they look terrible on the black surface which is facing out) but they work and the thing has been up there without issue

Ne fonctionne pas !!! Arnaque totale, ne surtout pas commander.

Cumple con su función, a veces falla un poco y distorsiona la señal por algunos segundos. Por lo menos podrán ver TV

Stuck it on the wall tuned tv in got 100 channels no moving it about only reason it don’t get 5 stars is the coaxial cable was not as long as advertised.

Quite expensive for simple product