Midland 75-822 40-Channels Handheld CB Radio

I bought this radio a few months ago. I tested it for a long time and I can tell you that it is a good option for the price it has.
One of the features I liked most was the car adapter with the external antenna adapter. Since with the original antenna it has a very restricted range once you place an external antenna to it it becomes a normal CB radio with the advantage that it can be taken with you anyware.
One of the disadvantages that make it get a 4 out of 5 score is that it has no Noise atenuation or Noise Blanker, wich in a mobile radio are very usefull.
You can modify this radio easy and get 120 chanels.
I would buy it again if I needed a handheld CB
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The performance of the unit has been very good. There are two things I think would make it better. !. The battery charge light is only Red. Needs to change to Green when the batteries are charged up. Could use a little more volume. If I hold it down at arms length I have a hard time hearing someone trying to talk to me (Or make a ear piece standard equipment when buying the unit). This is with background noise

I like the size of this radio! But the range of it is only about 1/4 of mile..
I bought it for my Road Capt. rides, It's good for small groups, but when you get about 40 to 50 bikes spread out, you can't hear tail gunner.

I love the fact that the Midland 75-822 40-Channel Handheld CB Radio can be used for about anything! Camping, hiking, hunting and at sporting events. It's cool feature is that it can be used to listen to NOAA weather forecast. It is a powerful little handheld that has features some big radios don't have such as the memory channels. The mobile hookup attachment to use in a vehicle with a mounted antenna is a slick feature. I'd recommend this radio to anyone that loves the outdoors and likes staying in touch with the group-family and friends while on a outing. For the reasonable prices these radios are selling at they are worth the money spent. Buy one or two it'll be worth it!

It is a great radio for use on a motorcycle, it ties in with our intercom system (ST-1 by Motocom), a bit of a hassel with the cables but the radio does work very will. The radio is tied into the bike via the 12v power and an antennas mounted on the sissybar.

It worked perfect. Used a roof mounted Mag antenna for a road trip. Radio has good range with external antenna. Drove 2,000 miles and used channel 19 and weather radio. It helped avoid problem areas. Small size alowed it to fit well in a cup holder where it was easy to get to. It is easy to transfer to other vehicles or a motel room at night. Some times I just tossed it under the seat out of sight during lunch. Now I use it for and emergency weather radio at home. 8^)

It does a great job. Works well for a motorcycle although it is a little hard to find a headset for your helmet that will work with it . I ended up getting an iMC motorcom HS-130 that works great with it.

Nice little hand-held. Good size.
Extra money for tuning seems to be worth it.
Added channels are nice to have in a busy environment.
Programming is a little limited.
Scanning options should be expanded.

I don't like it, it doesn't work in the area I go to school nor at home!!! DON'T BUY IT, IT SUCKS!!!

I bought Midland 75-822 40-Channels Handheld CB Radio
it becuse i need to contact my friends while we are motorcycling, i like the price it's a compact so you can hold it all the time,i use it in an open area it gives less than 3 km.

I have bought 3 of these all for my Bikes. With a helmet headset and wired into the bike with an external antenna they work great. They can also be clipped to your belt and with the little rubber antenna attached to it and an ear plug an extra rider and listen into the conversations or directions. We have used them durring our HOG chapter rides for the road captins to keep all the riders in the group safe. I would highly recomend them to all my friends. Remeber Motorcycles are on channel 1. Ride safe, Ride hard, Ride often.

I like this idem because it was the idem I was looking at to buy new and I saved money about one half. The idem worked great and was decribed well buy seller. j-f-sabc Johnny

As with any radio, the antenna needs to be good! Good little radio. Like all the creature features. Would only use as a travel CB vice a pro model though.

I brought this radio for use on a RV caravan to Cabo San Lucas. I traveled with a group of 15 other campers and the radio preformed well.

Like - It was easy to use right out of the box. The small size of the radio when plugged into cigar lighter allowed for easy storage in cup holder. It was easy to connect to exterior Wilson antenna. The sound and volume are good, I'm hard of hearing.

Dislike - The limited range of radio. This seems to be standard for handheld CB radios.

excellent value for the price. like the fact that you can use it as a hand held portable with the attached battery pack. I was looking for a small package cb with weather chanells available (10) this unit fills the bill for me.

The Midland units are user friendly and interchangable from mains to battery and in car charger, here in South Africa, hand held radio's are hard to get.
due to not being popular, I decided on this unit because of the above and range for open areas, especially in the bush.
I will definitely purchase another one

I love the power choices, and the size ot the unit, It feels solid and well built. The only thing I dislike about it is that for a mobil unit the speaker lacks volume, and is hard to understand voices when car is running. But as for the features, it has more then most of the more expensive CB units on the market. Great unit if limited to room and if needed for an emergency radio. Very easy to stow away.

I love the size of this unit, and the simplicity of the hook-up. Needs an external speaker. I wish it had an LCD that stays on, instead of the backlite push button that only allows the light to stay on for a few seconds. Overall it's a great unit.

i love the radio and supplies that came with it.it works wonderful for what i brought it for. i had on trouble with the radio or the supplies that came with it.

Item works great. Vvery fast shipping and has great comunication. I would recomend this seller to anyone.

I like the small size and not having to mount anything in my new vehicle. What I don't like is due to the size, it doesn't have the umph to push any power. I might be able to reach 1/4 to 1/2 miles. Probably due to the magnet mount though. Also, could have used better directions on operation of cb. Didn't say exactly how to get the battery pack off. I almost broke it trying to get it off.

I bought it because i wanted a portable CB radio, this radio is just what i was looking for. All is good with the purchase, no dislikes.

I needed a compact radio to move between vehicles for traveling. This filled the bill exactly. Coupled to a mag mount CB antenna from Radio Shack I get execellent reception. I am amazed at how much can be put in a small package.

For the money, these CB radios (Midlands 75-822 hand held) are a real value.
I installed one on my Kawasaki Nomad motorcycle, and on my Sons Nomad.
They work quite well.
We used the mobile hookup and installed 50 inch antena, and Motocom head sets.