cb's and navigation units.
 

whats a decent cb? i found this Cobra 29 LX - CB Radios Plus . found one "peaked and tuned" for $10 more. no clue what it means, i cant stand using a cb but i do need one.


as far as navigation.. what unit is good? my friend has a garmin 465t and he said its not that great. i have it narrowed down to the cobra and rand mcnally i watched tracer's review on the rand mcnally and it seems like a good unit.

What are you planning on using the cb for? Just communicating with customers? If so the cobra 29 lx will do you just fine I would spend the $10 for the peak and tune. I run a general lee. If you plan on using the radio regularly I would spend some additional dough and buy something more powerful.

I have the pc miler 450 unit I believe and its great! We hated the garmin 465t it was horrible!

I'm the worst person to ask about cb's - had nothing but crap luck with them since I started driving.

For navigation, I use CoPilot v8 Truck Laptop - it's treated me very good so far.

i wont be using the cb regularly. just road conditions and waiting at some shippers. i dont want to spend a bunch of money when a $50 cb would do the same thing. i'll have the regular whip antenna's.

i was thinking about the laptop gps but my luck it'll be stolen or it'll crash.

I have the same cb cobra 29x. I have no antenna, i rarely turn the thing on. If i do turn it on, its always someone talking about mexicans, blacks, and obama! Far, as the gps goes i have the pc miler 540. Its nice to have, I still call for directions.

Cobra cb will do you just fine. We used to use laptop gps and we were very happy with it. We still have pcmiler and deformed on the laptop as a backup. We had to have a laptop stand when we used the laptop regularly.

Just like what a lot of the others said, the Cobra will be a good one for ya. Just to talk to the guard shacks etc, and smokey reports and what not. Can't beat it.

Cobra (25 or 29) would be good, as would a Uniden (PC-68 or PC-78). Personally, I like my Galaxy's, but for something $50-100, the Uniden's and Cobra's are decent.

I've never had any luck with a used CB, always ended up with junk. If you're buying used, ask why its being sold! Bought a brand new Cobra 29, works great, has for over 3 years now.

I bought a used General Lee cb for less than $100 on ebay, and have had excellent luck with it. Sometimes you get a good one sometimes not!