I bought two of them shortly after they came out and I’m not happy with them at all. The squelch function doesn’t work well at all, but I think it has something to do with the rubber antenna. My hope is that if I ever get a real antenna installed in my house and my hangar, the problem will disappear. I bought them and put them on a shelf for quite a while before I finally tried to use one of them. I was far beyond the satisfaction guaranteed promise, so I wasn’t able to return them.
The best handheld I’ve ever owned is an icom I bought in the 90’s!