I took him with a grain of salt. He is entitled to his opinion. However, if he would have kept hijacking my thread with posts about how much he hates the HP-1, I would have not been as nice.
All in all, I am happy with it. Being that this is my first digital scanner, it is taking some getting used to the "tinny" sound of the digital transmissions.
Also, I think I decided on a mounting location in my vehicle. I am going to be using a RAM ball mount with diamond head with the Homepatrol mounting bracket. The base of the RAM mount will be on the front of the shifter console. I did some test fitting on lunch. Being as adjustable as the RAM mount is, I am confident that it will working there and not interfere with either the shifter or the emergency brake. I am attaching a doctored image of a rough mounting location. Forgive my poor attempt at "photoshopping". It would definitely qualify as a Photoshop FAIL. LOL.
It must really bother you that so many people like this radio. Coming in here for no other reason than to rain on this guy's parade was just childish, and frankly, sort of weird.