18 responses so far ↓

• 1 Urey

  This CB is a very good buy. For the quality of it, the price is the best I’ve seen. I used it with the Cobra A1500 antenna. I found about 5 miles. Also, it is compact and fit in the console. The only problem was getting use to the squelch and RF Gain. This is my first CB and I am very happy with it.

• 2 Tchen

  Small in size but does a good job boardcasting.I added a good ant.Wilson Little Wil.I have a 03 Nissan Altima,it fit in the storage bin on console,great fit.The speaker does a good job.Good CB radio.

• 3 Recabaren

  The editorial product review is incorrect.

• 4 Larner

  I had bought this radio at a Radio Shack store in town when we went to visit my dad in Indiana last Christmas. I had only bought it because my old Radio Shack cb I have had for about 8 1/2 years had died on me on the way there. I Bought the 520Xl and hooked it up to my SWR meter with my 3 ft Firestik antenna with magnet mount I had on the back, and right off, i never had to make an adjustment at all, because I had a SWR reading between 1:0 and 1:5. I used this radio on the way back, and was able to reach people up to 5 miles away, which was great! unfortunatly on the way back, I had to take my antenna off because everytime a semi passed us on the road, it would blow my antenna off the truck. When I got home, I took my CB to a cb shop near by and had it peaked and tuned, so now it gets 14 watts out instead of 7, and I can talk over 15-20 miles on a clear day. I did however switch antennas to a K40 3 ft antenna with adjustable sleeve that I had for years, and it works about the same. Get the radio, get you a good quality antenna like Firestik, K40, Wilson, or another good name brand. If you know somebody who can do it, get it peaked and tune, or take it to a cb shop and have them do it, and you will get somebody surely everytime you talk. Well worth the money, sorry about rambling on, but I felt if I shared experiences, it would help.

  One more thing is that I know 4 truck drivers that have this CB in their trucks over a big Cobra, and they love the size and availability of the radio.

  Get the Uniden 520xl, get a quality antenna, get a peak and tune if availble, and get talking!! You won’t regret it.

  I hope to talk to some of you soon. If you are ever on I-24 between Exit 110-121, give me a call and see if my radio is on. My handle is Hoosier in the South.

• 5 Greenberg

  The Pro520XL has been mounted in my Jeep now for several years. It has been exposed the elements and has taken a beating off road and has never had a problem.

• 6 Quach

  This radio was good when it worked. the speaker would work when it wanted to and the display stopped working in less than 30 days. the range was more than expected it could hear real well. returned the radio for a refund and decided to go with a more higher end radio Galaxy DX-979.

• 7 Tate

  I searched and reviewed a dozen different CB radios before selecting this one. It has everything I need and is definitely within my budget. The front facing speaker is excellent for projecting sound and since it faces front you won’t get it muffled by the way it is mounted. It has a push button for channel 9 and of course a PA/CB/Weather selector switch. It has 3 weather channels available and on my cross country trip from the East coast to the West coast I almost always had a weather channel available. I have a magnetic mount antenna (Lil something) which I also bought from Amazon and it rocks with this radio. For the cost and features this is one of the best (if not THE best) CB radio available. You can’t go wrong with this one!

• 8 Moorhart

  I received this before the weekend, and was able to install it over the weekend. I had tough time finding a spot in my New Beetle but I am glad that I was able to mounted without taking up too much space. I mounted it next and right below the headlight switch and it is pretty convenience location for it. I can reach all the controls without looking down on the unit. I used Firestik FW 3′ antenna with it, and it gets very good signal. Nice thing about the unit is the front firing speaker and the weather channels - it sounds very crisp and clear.

  Now one Con: size, it is fairly large like a DIN radio, so plan your space on your dashboard accordingly.

• 9 Hackney

  I’m running this CB with a Wilson “Little Wil” antenna, perfectly tuned, and it works great. I haven’t peaked it or anything, but it seems to have plenty of power as is. About 2-3 miles in town loud and clear. The only thing I don’t like about it is the squelch range is wrong. I have to turn the squelch almost all the way up to get silence and it’s very touchy up at that end. My XM radio that I have mounted below the CB does generate some noise, but even with that turned off, it still has to be turned almost all the way up. It could just be a manufacturing defect; I might have to change a resistor or something.

• 10 Underhill

  Not as good as my old radio shack model which is 10 years old. This unit isn’t as strong on receiving,even with a new antenna.It also picked up ignition noise.The squelch had to be set to low noise just to get any reception at all. The weather alert was also weak. I sent it back and am using the old radio shack model.

• 11 Thorp

  Doesn’t perform as good as a new battery….. after about 40 - 60 min of use my phone starts beeping again.

• 12 Hudson

  Although MUCH cheaper than buying Uniden batteries, the old saying, “You get what you pay for” held true. Shortly after use, these batteries also did not hold a charge. Ended up buying new Uniden phones, which was just about as cheap as buying new Uniden batteries. As an aside, I am very pleased with Uniden phones and have used them for years. But when the batteries go, may as well buy new phones.

• 13 Evans

  These batteries were a waste of time and money. I bought 2 in December of 2007 and put them in the phones to charge and went on a one week cruise. When I came back only one phone had charged. The other battery would not hold a charge. I contacted the seller and he sent a replacement. Now 7 months later both phones have to charge overnight to make a 5 minute call and then they die again! I think they are used batteries. My brother has the same phones also and I told him about these batteries when I first bought them and he bought them too. Same problem. He bought new batteries by Uniden and loves them.

• 14 McInnis

  False advertising!! This replacement phone battery was advertised as 3.6v, 900mAh. What was delivered was 3.6v, 800mAh. The manufacturer’s OEM battery was 900mAh and I was looking for a 100% equivalent replacement. Lower amperage batteries don’t last as long between charges as higher amperage batteries, are of cheaper chemical construction and therefore less expensive. This explains the budget price. Not worth the hassle to get a refund. Avoid this seller!!.

• 15 Campbell

  I recently bought a pair of ultralast UL 003 batteries for unident BT-003 cordless phone and for me they work perfectly,I leaved the batteries charging for ten hours the first time and after that, I use them normally and they work excellent the battery last enough (I talked to a friend for about 1 1/2 hr and the battery still showed full charge)

• 16 Cisneros

  This product was priced well and works well. We have been using them for 2 months and they hold a good charge. They were cheaper than everyone else even with there shipping costs. Great if you need one but they charged shipping on each battery even though they came in the same package. The shipping was fast however and on three batteries it was still the cheapest solution.

• 17 Brock

  This battery is supposed to be a replacement for the BT-0003, but it does not fit in y CLX485 phone, which takes the BT-0003.

  This battery is shorter and wider than the BT-0003, and is also missing a slot in the bottom which fits in a ridge in the battery compartment.

• 18 Kennedy

  I recently ordered some rechargeable batteries from Batteries_4cheap that wouldn’t hold a charge. Batteries_4cheap promptly issued me a refund and a Postage Paid return label for returning the batteries. I will definitely do business with them again as they are awesome. Thank you Aidy!

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