The unidens seem pretty good but the ones i have seen did sound a little quiet probably not all models but. I own a GME TRX4400 Pretty good in range and very clear. Also it has an extra 20 channels you can program in yourself to say, ambulance channels or police if you know their frequency only to listen in though you can't talk on those extra channels. Depends on what price range you are looking at It was a little dearer than most.