Hi;
I'm certain if you call your favorite radio store they can give you lots 
of choices for foldable quarter waves.  Lots will disagree but if you 
plan on operating from your favorite chair rather than operating on the 
move you can find foldable half wave antennas that have more gain.  The 
connector is very breakable so the longer antenna is only a good choice 
if there is no chance of hitting something.  The other issue even with a 
foldable metal quarter wave is that they don't bend as a rubber duck 
would.  Thus I suspect if it hits something all the stress is on the 
connector.
Now that you have more questions than you started with:

richard

On 9/9/2013 10:43 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> Hello to all. I'm looking for a quarter wave antena for my Baofeng UV5R radi=
> o. My bag cannot fit the full aprox 16 inches. I'm wondering if there is a t=
> ype of antena that folds or teliscopes or what not so I can fit it in my bag=
> . I'm not good with connecter types but this one you screw it in to a hole i=
> n the radio. If anyone can advise that woudl be good. I'm on a budjet of aro=
> und $30-40 so nothing to fancy or expensive. lol!
>
> Tc all and be blessed.
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