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My first CB radio. Works very well for on highway use and NOAA weather anywhere...really anywhere. Not the top model but good for a first CB radio, for someone who doesnt want to pay over $100 but still get a decent radio. I would recommend this item to anyone, except professional truck drivers. I run a firestick I antenna and it works well. Good for highway info and directions. Be sure to purchase an SWR meter, or get it tuned by a professional, to ensure that your radio is tuned correctly, else you could burn it up. CB radios are NOT plug and play devices.

I have had several different brands of radios and this one is a good enter level radio for the price has a nice front firing speaker which help to hear it. Also has which is a nice feature is the weather band. One thing that I would like to point out for the more advance user this radio will not cut it and they will not be happy. I use this radio in my company's work truck that is why I got a cheaper radio but I am very happy with the overall performance of this radio and the output power out of the box with a good stick you will be happy

I purchased this particular CB because of the front firing speaker. The size is perfect for IN dash installations, and it is very user friendly. After installation I tested it out to 8 miles which was more then I expected.
Overall I'm very pleased with the price and quality of this product.

Good mid range cb for intermediate user--- great features and speaker placement.

I've had this CB for 10 months now. The main reasons I bought it for are the compact size and multi-scan features, which work well. However two real big gripes about this radio are no RF gain control and it's "super shiny light reflecting" black tinted face which makes it extremely difficult to read what channel you're on in daylight. I often have to have the squelch set so high to block static (from everywhere), that I don't get reception anyway. It also makes a little static "tick" noise as it does it two channel priority watch scan, which I find very annoying. In fact, I no longer turn the radio on when I'm in the vehicle. I would not buy this model radio again and am planning to replace it.