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Cobra PR 4000 GMRS 2-Way Radios (Pair)
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Product Description
Staying in touch with your family and friends is convenient and easy when using your microTALK radio. Some of the many uses you will discover include: Communicating with others while hiking, biking, and working; keeping track of family and friends at a crowded public event; checking with travel companions in another car; talking with neighbors; arranging meeting spots with others while shopping at the mall. Secure your microTALK radio while on the go. Carrying your microTALK radio with you is easy when using the belt clip or wrist strap. The belt clip easily attaches to your belt, purse, or backpack. Simply squeeze the clip and place it where you prefer.
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Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #35512 in Consumer Electronics
Brand: Cobra
Model: PR 4000-2 WX
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: .95 pounds
Features
UHF/FM X3 Power Technology
Switchable power output/up to 7 mile range
Vox/VibrAlert
Digital Compass
Clock/Alarm and Stopwatch
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
The Cobra 4000WX 2-way radios are some of the most powerful radios on the market. With its X3 Power Technology, the radios are able to achieve longer range and stronger penetration of buildings, cars, dense woods and other obstacles. The result is a range up to seven miles. To help save power, you can choose between three power output levels. A digital eight point compass, along with a digital clock/alarm/stopwatch are also included. Other features include: thirty-eight sub-channels, twenty-two total channels, key lock, silent vibration alarm, battery saver circuitry, scan feature, illuminated LCD screen and water resistant packaging. A key feature of the radio are the ten NOAA weather channels. For added security, Cobra has given you access to the NOAA All Hazards Alert system which warns you of weather, chemical and other civilian emergencies. It's tough to find a more accomplished 2-way radio than the Cobra 4000. Remember that you'll need a FCC license to use these radios.
What's in the Box
Two PR 4000 GMRS radios, belt clip, wrist strap, a user's manual, and a one year limited warranty.
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Customer Reviews
An excellent radio at an excellent price
I have found the COBRA PR 4000 one of the best radios I have ever used. It has great range and many features. It is well built and easy to use.
I would highly recommend this radio.
Solid, Consistent Quality & Performance
My family have owned four of the PR-4000 radios for almost year, and just purchased a PR-4250. They have consistently outperformed every other radio we have tried in the middle area of the market. The battery life on NiMh batteries is amazing. We have sometimes monitored our usual channel and CTCSS pair sometimes for two to three days at a time, including periodic usage!
As for the range, we get a range consistent with an urban use of a UHF transceiver with 3 watt output, and the receiver sensitivity described int the manual. (The switchable 3,2,.5 power output is much appreciated--especially when communicating with other radios using less power.)
Do not expect the seven or ten miles promised on the package. But this is true for any UHF handheld. I think the only way to get that would be for both parties to be on open water and climb the masts on their sailboats... (I really do wish the manufacturers would stop these milage claims.)
So far, these are the best for the money we have found.
License REQUIRED
There is a license required for GMRS radios. It is $75. Funny how the merchants don't tell you that. Perhaps because of the "extra" cost? By the way... the fine for unlicensed operation of these radios is up to $10,000.
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1 comment:
Everything is included except a high quality 2-way radio, June 27, 2003
By A Customer
Good Points
- Solid, well built feel
- Loud and strong speaker
- Easy to hold in the hand and control basic functions without looking
at the unit
- Large display with good backlight
- Lots of config. options related to the unit's function
Could go either way
- Lots of extras (clock, compass, stop watch) that I won't use but
others might
- A tad big/heavy but not bad. I do like the use of 4 AA bats. even
though they add weight.
- Squlech seems a bit on the low side but I can't say for sure if this
is good or bad without more testing
Bad
- It can take a lot of button pushes to get to some functions like
Scanner
- Even at the lowest level the volume is still to high for very quiet
environments
- Some buttons are long as they curve around the face of the LCD
(which is a good design, IMO) BUT you have to press at a specific
point along the button to trigger it. Clearly this was a cost saving
measure as there could be no user interface design reason for it!!
- I would have liked a voice encoder
- Not a big deal but I would have liked an icon on the display telling
me if I am using a FRS only, GMRS only, or shared freq.
Range
In an environment of 2 story wood framed homes, 2-3 story brick
retail/comm. buildings, trees, and the like we got .5 miles LOS with
very good sound quality and .95 miles LOS until speach could no longer
be understood. One unit was placed in the 2nd story of a house and
the other was mobile in a car. Elevation was overall flat.
Now, the interesting thing was that it did not matter one bit what
power setting the radio was set on. .5, 2, or 3 watts we got the same
range and sound quality.
Other thoughts on the Cobras:
- Sound quality of OTHER communications (not generated by the Cobra)
were loud and clear (assuming they were in range of course) as posted
earlier. However,
- The units did not pick up sound well at all. I had to hold the unit
right up to my face and speak much louder than a normal conversation
to get anything like a strong voice on the other end. I thought there
might be a mic. setting to increase the gain but there was not.
- You have to have the volume very loud to pick up traffic from the
other Cobra unit. That works until another user near by breaks in and
then you get a blast of sound.
My bottom line:
I thought I would really like these units and felt they would be a
good middle ground between the really cheep $10 units and the high end
$150+ units. They are designed and built well and have a good UI and
a lot of settings. They are easy to use and understand and have great
battery life.
But, with a range of less than a mile in real world use and every
indication of a range not to exceed 2 miles LOS with no obstructions I
just can't see that they justify the...price tag.
Yes, they would be great for using around the park or between a few
houses but so would a $20 pair of FRS radios.
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