Pros: I convinced myself to upgrade to this new model of Uniden scanner to replace my old & outdated Uniden BC350C Fifty Channel Scanner last summer in 2012. I bought this scanner because I needed more programmable channel space for my specific frequencies other than just 50 channels which was all that my old scanner had or would let me program. When I received this scanner I was exited to set it up & receive 250 more programmable channels & space for frequencies than my old, outdated Uniden scanner. It is 250 more programmable channels than my old scanner but in a ghetto way that I did not expect when I finally convinced myself to buy this scanner as an upgrade for more frequency storage channels...

Cons: Once I got it set up & started programming my frequencies into this scanner, I ran into a downgraded issue that I was not aware of when I purchased it. This scanner will let you program up to 300 frequencies into it as described although, the catch is that you can only program up to 100 channels/frequencies into the (Private) Bank but not 300 like I was expecting to be able to program into the (Private) Bank. The other 200 programmable channels are only available in the following Banks: PD/FD/EMG & AIR/MRN.

What this means is that if you need to program more than 100 channels/frequencies onto this scanner, you'll have to program the rest of them into these other two Bank categories which then means that you cannot just listen to the private frequencies that you have programmed in these banks... You will have to hear & listen to everything else that is going on under these Bank categories too which to me is nothing but a terrible annoyance. If you are like me, you may only want to hear & listen to your chosen programmed frequencies & not everything else too like, when the scanner gets stuck on a blank frequency with pure Black noise in the PD/FD/EMG or AIR/MRN Banks & won't stop until you come & lock it out on the scanner. This means that you may not even hear anything that is going on with your important programmed frequencies in these other two Banks because there will be too much other noise & things going on under these Banks/categories for you to hear anything that is going on with your important programmed frequencies that you needed or wanted to program.

Other Thoughts: I expected for this scanner to let me program all of my important frequencies into the one Bank that is most important & the most useful on this scanner which again is the (Private) Bank which I thought would let me program 300 channels/frequencies into that specific Bank. That was not the case but instead only holds 100 channels/frequencies in this useful Bank. Bummer this was to me to find this out!! (:-(