Customer Reviews

Midland 18-258 40-Channel Glass-Mount CB Antenna

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I have had this items before, in fact this is a replacement for one that was mounted on my motor home. the windshield had to be replaced and a new antenna was needed. Works fine, just like the one before. A very eash purchase and fast delivery.

This is kind of a follow-up on my review of the cb radio I bought with this. Again, this was more of an installation hassle than I expected. If you buy this you just need to realize it means permanently gluing an antenna to your window. . .

I have installed numerous antennas and they are all a hassle to snake through the vehicle. Glue has its disadvantages but magnetics on fiberglass doesn't work. Performance is about what I expected, short range, but then most of the time I'm looking at the vehicle I want to communicate with and it works just fine.

This through the glass unit performed well enough for my needs as I am only looking for local traffic tie-up information of close-by autos....the problem is that it will not stay on the windshield....I am on my third unit in an attempt to get it to stay on permanently instead of a few weeks....the first one was put on by professional installers of all my 3rd party electronics ... have dealt with them for years as they do excellent work...it fell off and was lost after about 10 days....the second one I put on myself...and followed the directions to an exact degree....including the heating of the glue with a hair dryer for 4 minutes....cleaning the windshield as directed etc etc....using silicon to seal the unit further...this one stayed on for more than a month and then fell off and was lost....the third one was supplied to me directly by Midland at no charge, much to their credit....I havent tried putting on the third one yet because of the weather...I have my fingers crossed....would I buy this again....definitely not.....probably no through the glass units from anyone else either...............

I've installed this antenna per manufacturer specs and tuned using my SWR meter.

Performance of this antenna is worse than bad. It looks nice, the hardware quality is poor. The performance is even worse.

In open-highway tests, I was able to to QSO about a eighth of a mile--no more.

This antenna works OK, but only if you need short range communications.

My main complaint is with the company that resells this product. Because they have no idea what radio antennas are, I was shipped the incorrect antenna. After a few emails explaining my problem, I was assured I would be refunded my shipping costs of the wrong product back to the company. I was never credited with that cost.

I would suggest you find another company that is more ethical in their business practices.

Poor quality, cheap materials, cheap stuff, and poor performance, stay away from this and spend the extra bucks for something better.

Installation was easy. Had to mount on windshield due to minimum space required from metal frame and window heaters. Tuning was painless and reception is great. Still trying to get good range estimates. Currently at 1.4 miles.

I purchased this antenna for the ease of installation But i should have spent more and got a better product. This antenna went on my back window of my pickup with ease
and stays there but it just doesn't work.I sit in a truck stop with trucks talking all around and it sounds all garbled .I can't transmit at all! For me it was a mistake!

which isn't too long. In fact, only about 200 miles or so. After 36 hours of setting up the adhesive (and I am in the adhesives business!) it should have been ready to use. Driving down the hiway I heard a clatter and clunk and, poof, gone.

I see it went from $[...] bucks at Amazon to $[...] thru a market place seller. But even for a saw buck it is expensive if it flies off the car.

To Amazon's credit, they of course took it (the remaining parts) back. But strike against Midland, who wasn't there for 3100 miles of my trip due to poor engineering and design.