We don't have that model - just a couple of (positive) comments about handheld CBs.

We have a pair of "walkie-talkie" style that have been very useful. When afoot, we use an earbud and mike. When in the vehicles, we use 12v power, attach a regular CB handset, and attach a magnetic mount external antenna. Both configurations work extremely well for our intended purposes.

A SWR meter (Radio Shack is where I bought mine years ago) is extremely useful for tweaking the external antenna length. I check each vehicle setup before every major trip.

When using CBs to communicate between vehicles on trips, we have found it very useful to pre-arrange one primary and two alternate channels (usually one up and one down from primary).

Based on our usage of portable CBs over the last 9 years, I give the idea two thumbs up. I see little advantage to putting in a conventional vehicle mount CB vs the handhelds - certainly none for us. And I prefer the CBs to FRS radios.

HAM would be nice, but I don't need another hobby/tech these days <grin>

Tom