I, like many I think, thought well, for this low of a price even if it doesn't work, I'm not out much. However, turns out the thing works like a charm. The antenna is indeed a little flimsy but since I'm not planning on holding up my TV with it I guess it really doesn't matter. It currently sits behind my TV on the TV stand so it's out of the way of little hands. I played with orienting the antenna horizontally or vertically, but didn't see much of a difference.