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2 Pack BaoFeng UV-5R 8W High Power Tri-Power 1W/4W/8W Portable Dual Band Two-Way Radio 3800mAh...

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Ruggedness

Customers highly praise the ruggedness and durability of these portable radios, considering them essential tools for survival situations or emergencies. They are also impressed by their power and features, making them a valuable addition to one's EDC bag or gear.

Build Quality

Customers are generally pleased with the build quality of the radio, mentioning its sound quality, durability, and value for money. However, some customers have expressed uncertainty regarding the power output compared to other models.

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Connectivity

Customers have generally positive feedback regarding the connectivity of the BaoFeng UV-5R 8W Portable Dual Band Two-Way Radio, with many reporting clear reception and long distance communication. However, some users encountered challenges with programming the radios and had issues with static or inability to hear each other while in motion.

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Quality

The long antennas are really nice and extended batteries are great.

Worked well and kept us able to locate each other.

One charger base was defective and not outputting any power.

It only transmits and receives vhf, and has an fm radio receive.

Price

Very pleased with what they could do for the price

I got a lot of value for the money i spent.

I bought this set for less than $60.

That works out to about $26 a radio.

Shipping

Contacted seller right away, within a week, and they said they would send one but it would take awhile.

I contacted baofeng and they said since it was not ordered directly from them and direct on amazon from them.

I got just about a mile of clear transmit receive in the suburbs with low density housing, flat florida area.

Packaging/appearance

Make sure to lift the plastic tray in the packaging out of the box.

Opening the box i was suprised, even though i knew what was in the box, at the contents.

Competitiveness

I have a lot of baofengs and this is the best deal yet.

I couldn’t find anywhere that showed the power output comparison between the uv-5r and the 5r8w.

The smaller walkie talkies in the photo were just cheapo toy walkie talkies that actually performed equally well up to about ha... Read More

Overview

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radio, great, good, nice and still.

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Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 333.

Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 2,213 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 5 2025.