It works well for what it is, and I’ve used the battery pack to transmit about 1-1/2 miles with the rubber antenna.

This comes with a removable rubber ducky for portable use

Works for portable and hard wire use when i off roading.

Here in Korea... my pals use FM, so I can hear their voice well and it means RX is OK

As well as using while mobile

Summary: Great use of a few dollars if you need a CB.

Thinking of buying another for portable use

Love that these can be used in your house, camping, hiking in the woods and in your vehicle as well.

If you're planing on using this on a daily basis I would recommend getting a regular CB if you have the room for it (I don't think a trucker would be happy using this every day).Responding to the negative reviews that say something

Seems very well built and and picks up signal as well as any handheld I have used

I've only used it a few times for CB communication and it worked just fine albeit the range isn't the greatest using just the short antenna.

I have hooked up another portable using the same antennas and did not get the

If used in a car the range is sufficient to talk to close vehicles but if connected to an external antenna it improves quite a lot

The battery packs are very convenient for portable use.

easy on batteries and has great reception perfect pour use in a automobile on a ATV or just in your hand