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We have had one of these for years and love it. It lets us control our components from anywhere in the house. The receiving part of it does have to have part pointing at the componets, just like any remote requires. But the sending portion can go anywhere. We have all of ours in a closet and have fixed the receiver to point at the components and it works wonderfully. So, if you dont want to have to stand in from of things to get the remotes to work, this is what you need. It is also VERY durable. Ours was dropped at least 100 times and just kept on working.

This is the second Leapfrog I've owned. I use one for my receiver upstairs and the other for the receiver downstairs - mostly to control volume through outdoor speakers while I'm on the patio outside. It works very well sending a signal through walls and such, though sometimes you have to search a bit for an optimal place to position the receiver for the signal indoors. My only slight complaint is that the design for the bit that is supposed to fit via. velcro on the remote control seems to never fit properly, at least for the remotes on which I use it. I've had to tape them to both receivers to get them to stay on properly. But, that's a minor complaint. Mostly I've been very satisfied with my leapfrogs.

It works great, as long as the base unit is pointed directly at the components. If something moves it even a few degrees out of line, it needs to be adjusted before it works again. Because the base unit is very light, it's easy to move out of alignment.

Our transmitter broke the first time it was dropped. When we checked, replacement/extra transmitters were not available.