Uniden or GME

Uniden better price

GME better quality

Just decide what is more important to you

Rolande

I have been using the GME for about 4 troublefree years, before this unit I also had a GME in my prior truck and tend to stick with what has worked for me, I am wondering if you will get much use of the extra channels as I had mine programmed to the autority channels and now they have changed frequencies so can't listen to them any more. Guess you can still listen to cfa and some emergency services for a little while longer. I think it boils down to how much you want to spend as both will work and how long are you going to hold onto the unit you buy as technology seems to be forever updating.
Cheers

I have a TX3400 and its been fine, but I would have a Uniden tomorrow as I have had them in the past and theyve been reliable and brilliant.

I have the GME as it has select calling and works with my GME 5w handheld, I also have a Uniden 0.5w handheld which I think is equal the GME maybe better.

You'll be happy either way, one thing I have found us that the other users of UHF (Police etc) are dropping off and going to Statewide Trunked Mobile Radio so the value of the extra channels is reduced and I also found that scanning the extras put more time between hitting on a conversation on the 2 way channels. i.e. use it for 40 channels and be done with it I reckon.

Hi Cruiser
A couple of points to think about. Both are great units, but I would go for GME for the following:

GME Aussie made, Uniden made in China.

only 40 channels available legally in Australia, so what is the point of being able to scan an extra 20 channels to hear nothing.

Cheers

Stephen

GME all the way for me.On about my 7 th unit (still got 4,rest went in sold cars) and have never had a problem.

G'day Cruiser, have you seen the new remote head unit from GME? The head unit is actually the whole thing! No second unit to hide away or excess wiring to play with. Have a look on the GME site. The model is a 4600. Also same unit available in 27meg. Just for the record, have GME in my truck and my 80. Wouldn't change. Luck.

I've just finished installing a GME TX3200 into the Chev-Nissan, together with a single DIN CD/radio. Mate of mine is a cabinet-maker and he also has a GU with same radios set-up. Magic job he has done of setting the 2 radios into the slot where the big double DIN unit used to be.
My previous UHFs have all been Uniden and I've had no issues with them at all. This new GME seems like a great bit of gear too.
I don't think there's much between them. I went for the GME this time, cos I thought the equivalent Uniden "half-size" sounded a bit too finniky to use (reading the instructions on the web-sites etc). That is the main thing to consider in my opinion.......features (and whether you'll use them enough to warrant having them) and user-bility!!! (nothing worse than having something that needs you to have a science degree to operate ....

Check Prestige Communications in Perth for a price - you will find it hard to beat. and their service, you wont beat

Happy with the purchase of my Uniden UH015sx.

Works well, no problems with it.

Hey go the GME, we have them fitted to 2 of our underground utes that we also use on the surface.

They live in the mud, the blood and the beer. Our summer daytime temps are between teh high 30's and mid 40's, winter down around zero. Utes sit in the sun and I don't know what the inside temp is but hell it burns your bum. The radios are subject to alot of condensation where the aircon is on and you hit high temps underground with close to 100 percent humidity.

They have never missed a beat and really they should have failed with the amount of foul language they have been subject to.

A couple of years back a test was done on uhf's (can't remember the mag) but the gme came out on top.

Have a good one
Rockape

Hi Cruiser.
One point with the GME 3400 unit is that it does not have adjustable squelch. You can turn it on/off, but not adjust the threshold level. This can become annoying on a long trip where you receive a lot of background noise from distant users while you really only want to hear the other vehicle(s) in your party. Adjustable (variable) squelch overcomes this. I think the new 4600 GME overcomes this problem, but it's not remote head.
My personal experience is the the GME radios seem to be better units, especially with regard to sound quality - important on a long trip.

The majority of radio's in our car club are uniden.
I run the older UH-013, and have so for almost 4 trouble free years and 200,000kms.
I mostly lead the runs we go on, and my transmissions have always been clear (so I'm told).
Recently I also bought a Uniden 5watt hand held, and that has worked well on events when coupled with my external aerial.

I recommend Uniden cause I know it works for my purposes, I haven't had the need to try any other brand.
Having said that, one day I'll get myself one of those 25w Icom's :)

Thank you to everyone for your answers and advice.

At the end of the day, I think that it it was about a 50/50 split between the 2 brands and their various features, and the decision has come down to $$$ with the RRP on one is $399 and the other $499.

The decision has been made and as I said it came down to $ rather than features. That decision was made last night when I jagged a brand new GME TX3400 including freight for $355 from Ebay.