Cost breakdowns, buyer mistakes, and head-to-head comparisons — written from hands-on testing, not spec sheets.
Both skip the ham exam. Both cost real money to run right. Here's the actual decision tree — not "it depends," an actual answer for your situation.
The reviews all focus on specs. Almost nobody writes about the setup and expectation mistakes that actually cause returns and bad first impressions.
The radio price is the smallest number in the total. Here's what actually shows up on your bill over year one and year two, model by model.