Cobra 19 MINI Recreational CB Radio - 40 Channels, Travel Essentials, Time Out Timer, VOX, Auto Squelch, Auto Power, Instant Channel 9/19, 4-Watt Output, Easy to Operate, Black

Installed this unit in a vehicle of mine and gave it a good source of power and hooked up my antenna and not 10 seconds later the unit shuts off and won’t turn back on. extremely disappointed.

Love the size and quality

Installed this in place of the original radio on my 1971 Volkswagen Beetle with a custom made mount - this guy is pretty tiny and would imagine it is more meant for vehicles with little to no space under the dash or near the buckle area of a seat. The speaker is bottom mounted and does provide clear enough sound from others where you can hear them over the noise of a rattly old engine. No complaints from others over the radio and asking for a quality check I received a loud-n-clear so I imagine the budget microphone is fine enough for getting the word out. I was surprised since I was worried that the poor electrical system in my vehicle would really hurt the performance of the radio, but clearly not. This is my first personal CB Radio, having only used friends, and from a control perspective, it seems to work fine enough connected.

This is a very small CB solution that works quite well. Its just best when you already have an antenna (or adapter if you plan to plug it into your 12v). We had neither, but we went into it knowing this (and knowing it didnt come with these items). It doesnt use the normal adapter for power though. We wound up buying the RoadPro RPPS-220 Platinum Series 12V 3-Pin Plug Fused Replacement CB Power Cord and simply lopped off the connector and spliced the wires together using wire connectors. It works perfectly fine using that 12v adapter and should work just as well with similar options. We have used a few different antennas but didnt quite have the right ones in our arsenal of accessories. We also knew this going into it, so we ordered coax to UHF adapters so we could use the ones we had with it. It does work, although we dont have any advice for getting it just right since we cant modify those antennas. We will have to come back at a later time when we have one we can properly match to the radio for the best performance. **If you have found our review helpful, please vote it as helpful below so we know. This helps us to provide quality feedback in the future.

This radio is a very good radio but the modulation is next to nothing. There is no power mic Or a adapter cord for 4 Pin mic.

Ive got several BIG Cobra radios sitting on the shelf that used to live in my big SUVs... but I miss the access to information on road trips that CB provides when driving my car. This is the perfect solution. Its tiny and when its time to road trip- I simply stick it in the little ash tray area in my car and slap a magnetic mount antenna on the trunk lid. I had to add a cig lighter plug to it- and I really think Cobra missed the chance to make this perfect by not including one. Sure, its best to hard-wire, but many people will be buying this for portability as well. It works well, simple controls and a good price. Too bad all those big chrome Cobra radios with dozens of features are retired now- but small and simple wins in this case, without giving up any range.

No useful hardware is given. Tried putting this in a small space ( the entire reason I got the unit was to put it in a tight spot and this one is very compact ) and was given 4 screws, some plastic washers, and 2 thumb screws. The thumb screws were far too wide to use in the space, so I had to source my own. The 4 screws were not marked, so I had no idea where to use them or on what, and they didnt have any way of securing the other end of the bracket. Ended up ruining most of my center console trying to put this in. No instructions are provided on the mounting of the radio, simply on its use. Very bad experience.

This CB is great for a jeep extremely compact. I’d doesnt come with a Cigarette lighter adapter but you shouldn’t plug a CB into that in the first place.

Broke after 2mo from internal. No response on exchange when I asked for 1

Cobra has always been a good name in car electronics. You will need to use an antenna with this, and it can be plugged into the cigarette lighter, although I think its not recommended. To hook it up that way. I recommend my friend, breaker, breaker 19. Thank you. God bless you. May the rest of your life be the best of your life. OZ