Review of Cobra CXR900 FRS/GMRS Radio.

[jwilkers]

Originally Posted by stewartlittle

My guess is you don't even have to change channels as I think most have high/low button for channels 1-7.My Moto's,you have to change channels for high/low,but the Cobra's is just a press of a button.

Thanks for taking this in consideration and for all the hard work you do to give us this info.That little bit I did for the TSX300 was time consuming and harder than I thought.And then putting it down in words is even harder,you got to know your stuff.

It can be rough.. consider you have to explain it in terms *everyone* will understand, then getting results that seem to be consistent. Plus I need a partner, usually my wife, who will help. My results this year, with the Cobras were surprising. Again, I attribute it to terrain, based on the time of year I did these tests, as compared to last year. Although you need to consider... is this a design change, or simply terrain.

There is no clear cut definite performance evaluation. Each person and each situation is different. One person may love a radio and another is disgusted. It is all relative.

That makes it all the more difficult.

I love testing radios. I love even more helping forlks out by giving them the best information to make an informed decision.

As always... I love suggestions to make my reviews better.

--john

[webvan]

Looking at getting the most compact powerful radio and that seems to be the CRX825 right now, have you had a chance to test it to see if it performs as well as the CXR900?

It's rated at "30 miles" vs 35 so I suppose it transmits with a bit less power.

EDIT - just found this on the internet: "For the purists, the 925 and 825 have three transmit power levels (5, 2, 0.5 watts) while the 725 has only two (5, 0.5 watts)" that probably rules out the 725 as 2w seems to be the "sweet" point for GMRS.

[jwilkers]

Originally Posted by webvan

Looking at getting the most compact powerful radio and that seems to be the CRX825 right now, have you had a chance to test it to see if it performs as well as the CXR900?

It's rated at "30 miles" vs 35 so I suppose it transmits with a bit less power.

EDIT - just found this on Amazon : "For the purists, the 925 and 825 have three transmit power levels (5, 2, 0.5 watts) while the 725 has only two (5, 0.5 watts)" that probably rules out the 725 as 2w seems to be the "sweet" point for GMRS.

No.. no reviews... But I have noticed a couple miles is all you will get, regardless of brand, power, etc... the Cobras have been the best of the group so far in range.