Uniden PRO510XL Pro Series 40-Channel CB Radio. Compact Design. Backlit LCD Display. Public Address. ANL Switch and 7 Watts of Audio Output. Unique PLL Circuit. S/RF LED Meter. , Black

It doesnt reach far enough. Cant even get two miles.

Bought this radio to set it up in a work van. Adjusted modulation and while the radio sounds great with the stock mic it would not work with any of the power or echo mics I have. they changed the board in the radio , While a great radio for the price and good to have spare. Not the big talker it used to be.4 Stars you cant beat the price..,.conect a ciggarette adapter to it and keep a spare antenna like a mag mount and slap on any vehicle or a friends car for a road trip.

Whats not to like? Radio works. Simple to use.

only puts out 2 watts, not the allowed 4 watts. the transmitted audio is very low. the size and build quality is good.

We have two of these we are running in our Armada and Jeep.....a very functional and easy to set up CB that has great/clear quality with loud speaker. If you are running an open top jeep you will need an external speaker though. After owning a couple Cobra CBs, this one is the best by far! My Cobra CBs include the Cobra 19 and Cobra 75...the cobra 19 was not very loud and had issues getting a good SWR with it, whereas the Cobra 75 was an all-in-one hand mic unit but wasnt loud enough to hear anything and when talking most everyone stated I was coming in garbled. For the comparable costs, I wouldnt buy a Cobra again and will stick with Uniden!

Item arrived on time in good condition was easy to install and works well.

I hate to write a bed review, but when the thing doesnt work right out of the box, what can I do. The 520 arrived with a bad mic. As soon as I plugged it in, the transmit light came on. I could wiggle the cable going into the mic and the light would go on and off. Now I have to box it up, take it to the post office and wait on a replacement. You would think Uniden would at least do a simple test on these radios before they send them out. I happened to have an old mic from a 510 and the radio worked fine with it. If the repair/warranty place in Texas send me a new (WORKING) mic in a timely manner, I will change my rating from one star.

Just purchased 2 of them-spent some time installing into a jeep YJ. With a Firestik 4 antenna-broadcasting (Cobra CB in another jeep for listening) the sending quality was great-crystal clear and no muffling. However, RECIEVING was terrible. Sound was low bass and very muffled. Tried both CBs in one jeep, swapped antennas, etc. to make sure it wasnt one or the other. Both units had the same cheap speaker quality, both sent perfectly. You could hear and understand what was recieved but very poorly. For offroading with the top down and engine revving, probably would be hard to hear. But...there is a built in jack for external speakers so we are going to wire it to the dash radio speakers. (there is no radio, so why not!) and that should take care of it. The second one is going in a 2003 jeep rubicon, and I will have a spare speaker for that. Probably $2.99 at Radio shack to get the jack plugs and it will be done!

Two came working one was completely broken

Hi I recently purchased for 4 Uniden 510XL CB radios for our 4WD Off-road Club as prizes for our summer raffle. My decision was based on my 4 year personal experience of owning a Pro510XL in my Jeep on Steroids and using it under real world off-road field conditions with no problems what so ever. My fellow club members also always comment how clear my radio transmissions sound to them. FYI I use a tuneable 1/4 wavelength antenna (i.e. firestick). We use CB radio to coomunicate between our vehicles while on the trail, often out of sight of each other and rely on them for safety reasons and emergency communication. With 55+ CB radio equipped off-road vehicles I can unequivocally say that Cobra radios are the worst and often dont last two years. We have about 11 vehicles equipped with various models of Uniden CB radios and I have never heard anyone complaining about theirs. They seem to work all of the time. In my opinion you cant go wrong with a Uniden 510ProXL.Its fool proof and easy to operate without taking your eyes off the trail.Its small size makes it easy to install. I also see that the Radioshack CBs seem to work ok too. Deadbear