I love Midland radios especially the mobil units, because i like the simplicity of the microphone being able to control everything easily and this is nice while driving and off roading. Plus I feel that my midland radios have way more range than other 50w radios. I can reach repeaters and handheld radios way further out then friends that have btech or the radioditty radios. I have never compared them to the KG1000.