Cobra HG A1000 Highgear CB Antenna Reviews

• Shipping packaging needs improvement

  
  By A3LV62CAS9DULG on 2004-12-17
  I recently ordered two of these antennas and have not yet had the opportunity to set them up on my CB radios for a test run. However, I did want to comment about the packaging for the products which I purchased from Amazon.com. The antennas arrived inside their original Mgf display packs which had been placed inside a narrow rectangular cardboard box with a strip of plastic air bags on either side for packing material. However, this did not prevent the cardboard box from collapsing & bending during shipping, which in turn bent the stainless steel antennas inside their packaging about 20+ degrees. I have spent the last couple of hours trying to straighten the antennas - the stainless steel material is not easy to straighten by hand, and I still am not done working with one of the antennas. It would have been nice if the packaging had been better (and/or the boxes marked as fragile) so this would not have happened. I am confident that these units will preform very well, but am not happy with the shipping - thus the 2 star rating.
  
  
  

• No problems with the shipping packaging

  
  By A2GILUNI597OM1 on 2005-03-21
  Amazon must have sorted out the shipping packaging since the last reviewers commented. I received my antenna in a large box with plenty of padding. The antenna wasn't bent. However, the dimensions of the antenna are wrong... It's much longer than 21 inches, and so I wasn't able to install the antenna on the roof of my truck. Hence I'm giving it 4 stars, rather than 5. I've installed it on my pickup, but at the front of the truck.
  
  

• They send the wrong antenna

  
  By A2X17RJPP34IF on 2006-02-21
  I ordered the Cobra HG A1500 High Gear CB Antenna. They keep sending the Cobra HG A1000. Now I'm stuck with a antenna I did not order nor do I want.
  
  

• Shipping ok, antenna perfect

  
  By A1RHGGP6SK9UID on 2005-08-25
  Package was full of padding, thank's Amazon. Antenna was perfect, works great.
  
  

• wrong item twice

  
  By A2QUL34XUEP8MS on 2006-01-17
  Ordered an antenna the middle of Nov, 05. Received wrong item with in 10 days. I let them aware of problem then I mailed back wrong item. Within 14 days I received duplicate of wrong item. After I emailed them to let them know of problem, I heard nothing. I had to send an ugly email, stating "what's up?". They cancelled my order, then refunded original amount charged to credit card, plus .11 cents. Still fighting for them to reimburse me for my cost to send back 2 wrong items.
  
  
• Antenna not as ordered
  By A33Z5OYL74JE1C on 2007-01-18
  I read the reviews and everyone had received the 1000 instead of the
  ordered 1500 and I thought surely that problem had been fixed by now.
  Bad guess----I received my 1000 instead of the ordered 1500 today 17 Jan.
  So it seems that Amazon is making no effort to correct the problem. It
  didn't even matter that the shipping order indicated a 1500 and the order
  a 1000 was shipped. Don't know yet what to do with it as others have
  received the wrong item more than once. This is unlike Amazon.
  
  
• Inventory Number Problem!!!
  By A2E5TWTB2LO0NO on 2007-02-10
  Cobra HG A1500 High Gear CB Antenna has an Item model number: HG A1000 and the Cobra HG A1000 High Gear CB Antenna has an Item model number: HG A1500.
  
  So clearly it seems the inventory numbers are erroneously swapped-
  
  Called two weeks ago- no fix and called today. Hopefully it's corrected since I can't settle with the lower wattage rated antenna.
  
  
• Don't expect the A1500
  By A1RJD4SXNX302N on 2006-12-19
  I ordered the A1500 and received the A1000. I opted not to send it back when I read the other feedback on this page. I didn't want to lose shipping costs and not get reimbursed (as the other fellow did below). Amazon is usually pretty good, not this time, and not on this product.
  If you want, you can call them at:
  1.800.201.7575 (Toll free, US and Canada)
  1.206.346.2992 or 1.206.266.2992 (Outside US and Canada)
  1.877.586.3230 (Canada only)
  UK customer service: +44.208.636.9200
  
  
  
• Excellent product
  By A35RBH5B6S93CQ on 2006-11-06
  I recommend to everyone this product since you can use your radio without any signal interference. Great quality and good price.
  
  
• Cobra CBAntenna
  By A2HMF8ZR67BNZS on 2008-05-31
  Portable CB antennas just don't perform like those installed on your vehicle and this one is no exception. We get good reception from about a mile away from the vehisle but not much over that distance. The antenna is the one recommnded by Cobra for the portable CB that we have. It holds great to the roof even in high speeds. Very easy to take down and install.
  
  

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