I'm looking for a new CB antenna, and I was originally going to get a Firestik II because it seems this is the more common FS that people run. While looking around I noticed a Firestik "FireFly." The only difference between the two that I could tell is: 1. The Firefly is 60% lighter. 2. The FireFly is only rated at ~200 watts (the II's are appx 600watts).
The wattage wouldn't matter to me since I'm just running a Cobra 75wxst. No amplifier or anything of that sort. The fact the FireFly is 60% lighter does interest me though. It seems like this would put less stress on the mount, and mounting point, when the antenna is flowing in the wind.
Does anyone on here have any experience with the FireFly, or both.
I had a four foot Wilson prior. It was nice because it would flex 90degrees without breaking. That came in handy when bending it out of the way when opening the rear hatch on my 2000 4Runner. It ended up getting snapped in half when someone else closed the rear hatch on it. I figured I'd try something new this round.. (Also thinking of moving to a hood/trunk channel mount, and mounting on the front pass side hood area instead of the current area on the rear drivers side hatch.)
Thanks for any input
-Cody-