We bought two of these units, one for our chopper and one for a silage truck. They have been able to communicate over three miles while driving and four miles sitting still in heavily wooded hilly terrain.
This has been one of the best purchases that we have made recently. The radios are more convenient than cellphones. The radios are clear and reach farther than expected.
I have 3 of the mobile units in trucks and several walkie-talkies. Mobile units have reached 9 miles with use so far at one of our fields. You might want to add an external speaker cause the one built in isn’t that great. Other was I’m happy so far.
Been a CB guy for close to 20 years with my Jeep groups. GMRS blows CB away, and I've been really impressed with the Midland products so far. I purchased a couple of the handheld units and was blown away at their range and clarity so I stepped my game up with this unit. We've got some land up in the mountains where cell phone service is entirely non-existent, and the Midland GMRS radios allows us to communicate with ease from just about anywhere we need to. I have this particular unit mounted in my 5th wheel, with the antenna mounted on top of the ladder to the roof. Was surprised with the "heft" of the unit as well. Was expecting some cheap plastic case, not here, nice metal (assuming aluminum?) case tells me this will stand up to years of use. I'll be ordering 3 more (probably the 275 model) to go in my Jeep, my wife's Jeep, and the tow rig. Also will be pleading with my wheeling buddies to get their GMRS license as well as these are WAY better than CB. I look at it as a good compromise between CB and Ham. Has some of the performance of Ham, without having to pass a test (I know it's not that hard) but the units themselves are much simpler and easier to get your buddies to switch over to. And did I mention how much better these are than CB? Just this weekend my wife and I were in the mountains and were too far out of range for our CB's to work from my truck to her Jeep, but our Midland handhelds worked great. Looking forward to having these in all my rigs and camper (plus the handhelds when we're out of the vehicles).
I bought two micro mobile packages and will be getting more for all of my farm equipment. The size is perfect for installation in tight areas and is very affordable.