Marine Radios

[octico]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

I just bought the Standard Horizon HX290, its $130 and there is currently a $20 rebate on this radio through Standard Horizon. I could be wrong but I believe most if not all of the handheld radios are 5watts max so spending any extra money may only get you bells and whistles that you may not need.

One of the main reasons, wait, three of the main reasons I bought the HX290:

1. I am receiving a $25 customer loyalty coupon from Standard Horizon

2. I am receiving a $20 rebate from Standard Horizon

3. The radio has a speaker/mic connector, if you've never used one of these speaker/mics you're missing out.

It is a little bulkier than the HX 471 that I had but not by much. Most of my radios were/are used for basic two way communication so a the extra bells and whistles like DSC, gps, etc. are more than I need.

+1 Standard Horizon HX290 I got it too. nice radio with rebate even better!