lefty
Captains Club Member
NC Kayak Angler
Registered: November 2005
Location: Cary
Posts: 2475
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Review Date: 4/5/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $180.00
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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Rugged, clear audio
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Cons:
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Should have upgraded for the money
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An excellent radio -- very rugged, easy to use, sounds great for the situations I've used it in. In hindsight, I would have spent the extra $30 and gotten the FRS feature in the MHS-550 if I had the chance (my wife wanted SAME weather alerts NOW, instead of the old-fashioned weather radio -- so I couldn't wait to mail-order the 550.)
I've only had it on the water once, and that was on Jordan. In the 3-4 hours I was paddling, all I heard was a "radio check"... and the scanner resumed its scan before I could tell what channel the guy was on. So I need to make a habit of hitting a key to break the scan quickly if I'm ever going to want to reply to anybody.
The charger base has a good solid clip built in, so if you mount the base on your boat, you won't have much to worry about it falling out. It comes with a Li-Ion pack and a AA holder, and with an AC transformer and a straight DC power cord, both of which attach to the base, not the radio, so you'll always need the base. The base is a little large, but it's designed that way to accommodate the belt-clip and still wall-mount, so it's understandable.
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NC Angler Fishing
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