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Summary: Beats the Motorola 280 hands down!
Review: After buying a pair or Motorola Talkabout 280 and spending $250, I was dissapointed in the sound quality - even at short distances. So I returned the Morotola's (Amazon returns/customer service was great) and purchased a pair of the cobra's with the rechargable batteries and charger (spending only $150) and found the sound quality and the ease of use (talk button is on the side, rather than in the middle as the motorola) were outstanding. A great value...Motorola could learn a lesson from Cobra.
Rating:
Summary: Beats the Motorola 280 hands down!
Review: After buying a pair or Motorola Talkabout 280 and spending $250, I was dissapointed in the sound quality - even at short distances. So I returned the Morotola's (Amazon returns/customer service was great) and purchased a pair of the cobra's with the rechargable batteries and charger (spending only $150) and found the sound quality and the ease of use (talk button is on the side, rather than in the middle as the motorola) were outstanding. A great value...Motorola could learn a lesson from Cobra.
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Summary: Great radio for the price
Review: After playing around with other brands and several trips to the discount stores, I've settled on the Micro-Talk 2. Car to car on the freeway, I get about 3/4 mile range (pretty good for 500mW). I get about a mile from the car to the house. Compared to a 4Watt hand held CB, this kicks butt.
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Summary: One of the better radios out there
Review: I got a pair of these radios for 125 bucks, which is hands down the best deal anywhere, local stores and internet included. These radios have the standard, 14 channels, 38 subcodes, but they also have a scrambling option which isn't foolproof, but keeps most people away. This radio has many options, you can turn all the beeps on, (talk confirmation tone, button press beeps) or all of them off or any combination, the lcd display is well lit, despite what is said at Cobra's website from the dirt and road review. The retractable antennea makes this unit extremely portable, when it's down, the radio is little bigger than a pager. All in all, the best radio out there save two or three VERY HIGH PRICED MODELS, (microtalk3, kenwood, cherokee, each at least 100 a peice.) So, go with these radios if you want a compact, clear radio with more than the basic features.
Rating:
Summary: One of the better radios out there
Review: I got a pair of these radios for 125 bucks, which is hands down the best deal anywhere, local stores and internet included. These radios have the standard, 14 channels, 38 subcodes, but they also have a scrambling option which isn't foolproof, but keeps most people away. This radio has many options, you can turn all the beeps on, (talk confirmation tone, button press beeps) or all of them off or any combination, the lcd display is well lit, despite what is said at Cobra's website from the dirt and road review. The retractable antennea makes this unit extremely portable, when it's down, the radio is little bigger than a pager. All in all, the best radio out there save two or three VERY HIGH PRICED MODELS, (microtalk3, kenwood, cherokee, each at least 100 a peice.) So, go with these radios if you want a compact, clear radio with more than the basic features.
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Summary: Compared Cobras to Motorolas - Motorola Won!
Review: I had the opportunity to compare Cobra 280s with Motorola Talkabout 200s. In the end I returned my Cobras and I'm hoping to find some available Talkabouts. Here is why. #1 Transmission is clearer on Talkabout. No background noise. Cobra's had a background buzz - but you could still understand everything said. #2 Transmission Distance - was almost the same. Talkabouts worked about 50 feet further. However the Antenna factor is important in getting maximum distance out of the Cobra - see #3. #3 Antenna Position - If you don't have the Cobra antenna extended AND pointed in the direction of the transmitting unit - you don't get comparable distance to the Talkabout. #4 Confirmation Beeps - Cobras had 'em. Wish the Talkabouts did. #5 Vibra Alert - Cobras had it - wish Talkabout did. I paid $89 each for the Cobra 280s. My sister's Talkabout 200s cost her $60 each. In the end, I returned my Cobras and plan to buy some Motorolas because I want the maximum distance (without having to deal with maneuvering the antenna) and the clearest transmission.
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Summary: Compared Cobras to Motorolas - Motorola Won!
Review: I had the opportunity to compare Cobra 280s with Motorola Talkabout 200s. In the end I returned my Cobras and I'm hoping to find some available Talkabouts. Here is why. #1 Transmission is clearer on Talkabout. No background noise. Cobra's had a background buzz - but you could still understand everything said. #2 Transmission Distance - was almost the same. Talkabouts worked about 50 feet further. However the Antenna factor is important in getting maximum distance out of the Cobra - see #3. #3 Antenna Position - If you don't have the Cobra antenna extended AND pointed in the direction of the transmitting unit - you don't get comparable distance to the Talkabout. #4 Confirmation Beeps - Cobras had 'em. Wish the Talkabouts did. #5 Vibra Alert - Cobras had it - wish Talkabout did. I paid $89 each for the Cobra 280s. My sister's Talkabout 200s cost her $60 each. In the end, I returned my Cobras and plan to buy some Motorolas because I want the maximum distance (without having to deal with maneuvering the antenna) and the clearest transmission.
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Summary: Excellent radio all-around!
Review: I just bought the Cobra Microtalk2 about a week ago and already, I am extremely impressed! The quality of the product is superb and the range is very good! Features on the radio include: Auto-squelch, Auto-power saver feature, button beep confirmation, battery power level, Voice scramble(very nice feature), 14 channels and over 532 subchannels, a retractable antenna, a backlight display, and a couple more features. The voice scrambling feature is awesome on the radio. If you have a home scanner and listen to the radio with the scramble ON, you could not tell what the radio is saying. Anyways, very very nice radio all around, good for just about any activity you want to do in fairly close proximity. The full range of the radio is based primarily on line-of-sight communication if you want to reach the 2-mile mark. This radio can reach a 2 mile mark, but again, only if there isnt many obstacles in the way. However, I live in a very heavily forested area and the microtalk2 reached up to 1.5 miles with slight static.
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Summary: Great FRS
Review: I purchased 2 FRS250s for a family vacation to the Adirondak area of NY state. The main purpose of having these with us was to permit car-to-car communications on the trip. The radios worked great. We were able to keep in touch through all the different environments we encountered on the trip including city, suburbs, and mountains. The cabins we rented had no phones, so when we arrived, the FRS250s permitted cabin-to-cabin communications throughout the stay. My only regret is that we did not purchase the rechargable batteries. But even here, the radios performed better than I expected. Over a 10 day stay, we needed to replace the batteries ony twice even though we kept them on for up to 8 hours a day. I was surprised to find that the published range of 2 miles was real. I was able to make contact from my boat on the lake to the cabin, a distance of about 2.6 miles. Of course the voice quality wasn't so good, but we were able to communicate. In all, the FRS250 was a good value. It served us well and performed better than I expected.
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Summary: Totally satisfied
Review: I purchased 2 FRS250s for a family vacation to the Adirondak area of NY state. The main purpose of having these with us was to permit car-to-car communications on the trip. The radios worked great. We were able to keep in touch through all the different environments we encountered on the trip including city, suburbs, and mountains. The cabins we rented had no phones, so when we arrived, the FRS250s permitted cabin-to-cabin communications throughout the stay. My only regret is that we did not purchase the rechargable batteries. But even here, the radios performed better than I expected. Over a 10 day stay, we needed to replace the batteries ony twice even though we kept them on for up to 8 hours a day. I was surprised to find that the published range of 2 miles was real. I was able to make contact from my boat on the lake to the cabin, a distance of about 2.6 miles. Of course the voice quality wasn't so good, but we were able to communicate. In all, the FRS250 was a good value. It served us well and performed better than I expected.
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