But this radio is very cheap and does not pick up very well, the batteries are hard to get in

I had drained the batteries

Sometimes it overheats and drains the batteries in a few minutes.

I only use the 12v outlet cord, which was included, because when I put cheap batteries in it the "low battery" light was on and it didn't make a sound

This makes it easy to walk away and leave it turned on and plugged into your vehicle ... causing a dead battery

That is a lot, especially if you plan to use this only for emergency situations (I barely have 9 batteries around the house when its not an emergency)

You must have batteries in them to get enough wattage out for distance, but even then they work less than 1/2 a mile.

With new alkaline batteries shows as weak batteries and will not change from channel 8.

great price kills battery quick even on low power actually spoke to fellow cb'r 6 mles away and did not realize had it on low power bout 2 watts not the max 4 watts should get better antenna and chargeable battery's

This drawback frequently leads to the radio being left on and the batteries being dead the next time you go to use it.

Drained batteries over night when it was off

and then it would die with fresh batteries

I like it it works well when I am out of my 4x4 and directing the guys, I can communicate just as good as in my jeepbut range is just ok (compared to my fixed unit...duh)

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