Review of the Cobra Micro Talk CXT 145
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- This Is a review of the Cobra Micro Talk CXT 145. This radio features durability and reliability at a cheap price, but will the limited range, features, and accessories give it the disapproval? Watch the video and stay tuned to find out!
A great little radio, with NOAA weather channels built in. You can also use regular AAA batteries if the rechargeable ones run out.
or get two wall chargers charge up extra batteries like I do for my all-day events
thanks for the tip, I got these for my daughter to walk around the neighborhood and keep in touch with me at home. Coincidentally we're planning a cruise in a year and I had no idea we can't use cellphones on the cruise!
Karen Powell I did the same thing, I hope you are enjoying your radios!
just plugged them in and was trying to figure out how long to charge them and stumbled on this video. I'll charge overnight I guess since I can't find any recommendations online
it depends on your USB charging outlet/brick, I'd leave it for a solid 12 hours if the charger says 800-1200 mAh if it's between 1500-3000mAh then you should get a full charge within 6-8 hours. I hope that helps
mine came with a usb cable and is plugged into my laptop. thanks so much for all of your help by the way! very nice of you to go out of your way and do this!
Do you have an old power brick of some sort from an old phone or electronic device?
eh thanks so much the vod was very helpful would you still recommend? and ur the only person to show the top lol thank you needed to view the aux port
that radio transmet at a half a watt gmrs requires a fcc license and batterys last about 3 hr.s your range is less then 1 mile
I owen three of them and I also have a fcc license too use gmrs
OK, so which rechargeable? Great batteries did you use?
The cruise crew were probably using UHF radios, not gmrs
Jonas LaFonte the radios still operate on UVF or VHF depending on the brand, the cruise crew radios were most likely using a different frequency under licence to avoid any innerferance.
The radios in this video use UHF and VHF
Hi Aaron, can you clarify how the recharging works? Do I simply plug the mini-USB in to a USB phone charger and the batteries will recharge inside the walkie talkie? thanks
Hi Amanda, good question. Yes, you can charge via a standard micro USB cable. I'd recommend a standard brick not a fast charger brick. I'd also recommend upgrading the AAA rechargable batteries, this can dramatically improve the battery life. I hope this helps 😊
I bought the pack of 2 for about $30 2 years ago and lost one of them lol
Maybe you can grab some cheap off eBay
I got a pack of 3 and lost two but I've got a friend who has a different models and they're cross compatible strange enough
@@The123Now Dude they are pretty cheap
All 2 way radios should have a emergency tone button.
Agreed. Would be more handy if the radio population grew enough. Sadly to many people depend on their cell phones. My motto is better safe than sorry.
Not all radio due!
cool
Thanks! I'm glad you liked the video!
How did you get your fingernail so short?
Zack Ellis I work with tools and build alot so long nails are not really a thing for me, they are short from getting torn up while I work on things a lot.
Probably as big as his pecker...his little wee wee
We bought a 3 pack for $35
That's a great deal, I think you will be very satisfied!
yeah that is a good deal. I just got 2 for $24 at walmart (actually, that's about the same, about $12 each).
Can you connect a microphone to it?
1CATMAN1 yes u can
how do u use it it’s not working
Could you tell me what exactly isn't working?
how about for work? 52,000 SqF. Which, it really doesn't seem that big as i go through the whole building about 200 hundred times in one night (8 hour shift). Anyways, how about for work? using it only about 3 to 4 times every hour and maybe quite frequently with in the last hour of our shift. My supervisor and I, as well as one other coworker, bought four of these tonight because our huge bricks of walkie talkies are out of date and complete crap (battery doesn't hold, and the walkie talkie itself is falling apart). Did we make the wrong choice or do you think we'd be okay. Because communication is key, and we depend on these walkie talkies, we just didn't want to spend 60 dollars on one walkie talkie when at least four of us have to have one.
Dax Parham I think this radio in particular isn't best suited for that, they are plenty rugged yes, but don't have the battery nor signal output to support the space. I'd look at the baofeng 888s radio, I have a video on TH-cam about it. just remember to program it with FRS gmrs frequencies, you can find out how on Google.
@@The123Now They might just have to try the range
You still here, what if you connect to a different people walky or is just a private walky
To connect to other radios it shouldn't be an issue as long as they are not commerical radios. Basically all walkies sold in retailers should be compatible. I hope this helps!
Aaron Hargett I mean is this a private walky, like connecting some random guy radio
@@n1nZenTo answer your question, is yes and no, most radios if you read the manual will include a section called CTCSS codes, these individual codes will allow you to communicate directly with a radio that has the same Code. However, this can still allow the possibility of somebody else to hear your conversations but with the CTCSS code the other person would have to have the same code to talk to you on your radio. Without the same code they wouldn't be able to interfere with your conversations.
No it works with other FRS and GRMS radios
Can these be on when charging? I need to communications. Thx
Yes they should charge plenty fast while staying on. Apologies for the late reply. The standby/receive power usage would allow for plenty of charging speed. I recommend a 2.0 - 2.5A power brick/USB charger. Good balance of charge speed and longevity of the batteries. I hope this helps.
What batteries did you buy? Thanks!
I bought Amazon Basics brand rechargable AAA NiMh cells, these radios require minimum of 6 AAA BATTERIES. I apologize for the late reply.
@@The123Now 6 batteries for each device?
@@jonathankr No 3 batteries for each radio
what batteries did you replace them with?
Alex Levy I bought the Amazon Basics high capacity NiMh high capacity rechargable AAA batteries, they quadrupled the battery life.
thanks, as I just picked these up from my local Aldi food store. Great review. Thanks again.
Your very welcome! I hope you enjoy them!
44€ Greece
This needs any licence
These radios do not require any license for the u.s. It operates on GMRS and FRS frequencies. These are public domain frequencies listed by the FCC which do not require licensing for citizens to use
Thumbs down because the thumb nail is not the same radio
I'm not sure I followed that, I just looked at the thumbnail and it's identical to this radio.
If you Google microtalk cxt145 the exact same model I'm reviewing pops up. Cobra CXT-145 g.co/kgs/T17jMh
Porque carajo no hacen un tutorial hablado en castellano (español) ? Espero que cuando lo hagan lo difundan y sea lo suficientemente explicativo y no se la pasen manipulando estupidamente el aparato manoseando el equipo sin siquiera explicar para que sirve cada uno de los botones o teclas. No puede ser que pongan a cualquier tarado que no sepa de lo que habla.No todo el mundo habla ingles.
Es posible que pueda agregar subtítulos en español para mi video. Déjame saber si eso ayuda. Aplico mucho por la tardía respuesta. Gracias por ver.
@@The123Now le agregué los subtítulos y estaban pero en inglés así que no sirvió de mucho... Mi duda es cuánto tiempo hay que cargar el microtalk?