Uniden BEARCAT 880 CB Radio with 40 Channels and Large Easy-to-Read 7-Color LCD Display with Backlighting, Backlit Control Knobs/Buttons, NOAA Weather Alert, PA/CB Switch, and Wireless Mic Compatible

Not a good product

Replaced my Cobra classic 29 with this. The two function equally as well. The cobra has a much louder stock speaker though. I love the weather channel and ease of calibration. The mic is awesome! If you are looking for a perfect unit out of the box, buy this one. If you like to mod or super tune your unit, buy a Cobra. You will not be happy with this radio if you are wanting anything other than a great stock CB. There are no old tricks that will work inside. I am very happy with this radio! 5 star features at a very low price.

So this CB does so much! It has a lot for the value. Works great, was easy to install, like that you could go online and review all the things that you are capable of doing.

Been doing CB for about 35 years. Not constantly jawing, more of a lurker. Had several units in the past. Ranger, Cobra, Uniden (Bearcat) et al. This is by far the most advanced, easy to set up and generally polite CB I have ever owned. Color changing display keeps my OCD in check by matching my HAM radio and dash light colors. One small issue to be aware of is that the weather reception is spotty. Best to listen while stationary if you are in a fringe area.

Good

Nice CB to have in your truck

Love the memory and scan feature as a construction driver, can program known channels into memory or scan at a rock pit to find what channel they are on. Can even scan just memory channels to monitor different departments on different channels.

Love the radio not to bad to function. Cons mic gain poor mic durable but not enough power

Vendor (Amazon associated seller) waited 4 days to ship. Used cheap shipping - in short the item arrived 2 weeks after it was ordered. But the radio is great - with it had a SWR meter and some of the changes were easier. If you have space in your truck/car get a larger unit with more features. If you are space limited this one is perfect.

Prior to ordering the Bearcat 880, I was using a Cobra 19 Ultra III and felt like I was 10ft tall and bulletproof. Rollin down I-40 talkin to Big Rigs and using trucker lingo left and right: 10-4 good buddy Breaker 1-9 BJ two two But after being told that I was not coming in clearly (as well as what BJ two two actually MEANT) I realized I was no longer safe on the roadways with a Walmart special (or in the bathrooms at Target) SO I wanted to spread my wings....and if I were going to venture outside the safety of my home state (North Carolina) I was going to need more of a BIG BOY radio (as well as some street smarts to identify trannys in bathrooms in the other lower 48s) So I hunkered down on the ole interwebs (Thanks Richard Rawlings) and did me some research on the BEST bang for the buck in the Big Boy trucker world of radios. All roads pointed back to the Bearcat! I ordered me up one and mounted it in my Jeep. You see, us club riders use these here CBs to warn each other about Toyota drivers in the woods who spend MOST of their time standing on the trail watching other vehicles conquer obstacles while they take the bypass on harder trails. ..and no one wants to hear you warn others about those Yota-boys and which way to go to avoid them, when its all crackling and broken sounding. I read the instructions and prepared to tune the whip (that theres trucker-speak for antenna for all you undumacated folks) but to my surprise my numbers were spot on I was SO pleased with my application in my Jeep and how clear and powerful it was, I ordered one for my tow rig. Installation in it didnt go so well. My numbers were ridiculous, and my antenna failed as well as my RF. I was spiking at 12 on 40 and 4 on 1 I couldnt figure out for the life of me what was wrong. I grounded the antenna to both the body AND the frame....with no luck Instructions were useless at this point. FINALLY a friend told me that you can tune the RADIO to the Antenna! But that the instructions didnt tell you how to do that. First, you go to 40 and test...If you spike over 2.5 push the S/RF/CAL/SWR button until you get to CAL. Cue the Mic and turn the channel button DOWN until you get to 2-2.5 Repeat for 1 until it too is within 2-2.5 When you correct 1 go BACK to 40 and recheck. Then back to 1 THIS will keep your S/RFs below 3 and keep you from burning up your radio. And staying off Ch22 will keep you from burning up your rear and or getting a surprise in the mens room out of the comfort of North Carolina & Mississippi I am very happy with my Bearcat 880 and would recommend it to anyone