Another CB Question

I've been looking at them a lot but know little about them. If I just want it for periodic "Why are we stopped?" Or "Hey you guys have a break check in two miles" is there any benefit to spending more than 49.99 on the small black cobra or uniden ones?

Ive been looking at then too and according to most of the experienced drivers ive talked to the 2 most recurring things are to make sure you get one with the weather band for severe weather alerts and that you get what you pay for. I personally have been leaning toward the cobra 29 lx from amazon

Cobra 29's been around forever I ran 1 in my car, could talk to the house from work 50 miles away. When I couldn't, I had a little 100 watt kicker to get thru the trash lol a 29 xlt I think it was................. Seen a guy picked 1 up at the goodwill for $10 bucks that worked!............It's all in having the antenna matched perfectly to the radio with an SWR meter. We were all big into the CB/sideband scene in the '70-80s lol Dad lasdt got him an illegal radio, with 1000 watt kicker...radio had sliders to go thru upper & lower fm freq's. Was almost like talking on the phone lol

I think the Cobra 29 or some equivalent is the way to go. Not only is the CB super important at times, but they normally last a super long time. Look at the cost savings over time. If you spend $150 less on a radio now and keep it 5 years you've saved $30/year which equates to about 10 cents per day. Wouldn't you pay an extra 10 cents per day to have a great radio you can have peaked and tuned, add accessories to, listen to the weather band, have night view, SWR calibration, and all kinds of other stuff?

I would.

Ive been looking at then too and according to most of the experienced drivers ive talked to the 2 most recurring things are to make sure you get one with the weather band for severe weather alerts and that you get what you pay for. I personally have been leaning toward the cobra 29 lx from amazon

I think I'm gonna just wait a week and get this one.

Another vote for the cobra 29,best $130 investment for any truck.

Hey Jay. I'm not sure if you're still looking at radios but Loves has the Uniden 880 on sale for July. It's normally a $150 radio for $79.99.

It's a good radio and I know you were looking to go cheaper but this comes with the mic so you're not doing anything but plug and play.

I have a Cobra CB - came with the truck. Works good - but I leave it off about 95% of the day.

Another vote for the Cobra 29XLT.I spent a little more on mine to get the digital readouts, color change on the screen (comes in handy at night) , and Bluetooth capabilities. Has all the weather alert systems as well. Think I paid $159 2 yrs ago for it. Just run it through the factory mounted antennas and I've had no complaints.

I picked up the Bearcat 880. It has 7 different colors both day and night in case you need some mood lighting lol. It has the built in weather alerts, weather band and incoming and outgoing noise reduction. It also does full diagnostics as well as having the swr meter built in. It doesn't have Bluetooth and I'm ok with that for $80. It's a great radio, especially since my good one fried last week with a little help from a jerk.