ALDI UHF CB & Recovery tracks

Currently these and several other items are on sale - guess for fathers day presents.

I got the CB & brother got the Maxtrax equivalents.

The recovery tracks are a little bit shorter at 1100, have very wide ramp at one end and are blunt at the other.

Seem as substantial as other products and can be easily clipped together to make a single 2.2m track. Probably ok if you have nothing and have room to store them.
(I always carry a set of snow chains or 800mm Tred recovery mats partly because of small size)



The UHF CB is certainly a well priced 1/2 din size item, and has all the features you would expect but its all a bit dicky.
Scanning & slow up/down buttons point towards slow internal processors and basic internal bits.
Got the impression it used a standard internal chip which usually means the real sensitivity is down on what top line units can deliver.
Still if your after a basic unit and don't care much its ok at $99.

Mine actually failed to receive after I selected a CTCSS code and manual is very skimpy.
Only had it 2 hrs before I returned it, and didn't have confidence in product to swap for another.
I guess this is one thing about these types of stores.
Its often hard to check an item out properly first - but usually they take them back without any fuss.

I note in the warranty it says "Warranty void unless installed by a professional Technican" this is a dumb statement and ultimately not enforceable - but could give you heartache if the checkout operator was having a bad day.

P.S. I didn't like the tyre repair kit because of the plastic handled plug insertion tools
(you need really good tools for inserting plugs) but the rest of the kit is worth it for the price.