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Pros & Cons
Pros
I love that these are slim and no-brainer to use. Even at the unexpectedly inflated price. These seem more than adequately robust for recreational use.
Would definitely recommend buying from this seller radioddity. For the price, these analog - rechargeable - 2 way radios are great! Solid basic frs radio performance. I'm a licensed extra-class ham with several baofeng uv-5r and gt-5r radios that i've... Read More
One charge suffices for the entire day. A minor nuisance, but worth it for this price and lithium battery.
These come programmed with ham channels. Unless you hold a fcc license, this product is * for you to use. Re-programming the radios for the legal frs frequencies in the usa is not a difficult task.
Used these for communication between a 24-foot uhaul and another vehicle while moving across the country. There are a lot of buildings to interfere with the signal but they get the job done. Similar performance around the neighborhood and campground.
Cons
One cable costs more than one walkie-talkie. When using the accessory port with a remote microphone, there is almost a full 1 second delay between pressing the remote ptt button. Poor battery life.
Highlights
Quality
Once programmed, these radios blew my mind with their quality.
Good sound quality and decent range as well.
The battery panel pops off with a spudger or flat screwdriver but isn't water-resistant at all, nor held on with screws.
The channel-select buttons are easy to press accidentally and get off-channel.
Price
For the price these radios work great.
Wow, nice set of radios for ~$20.
At about $10 a pop, if we lose one or break one no big deal.
Solid deal at less than $12 per radio.
Shipping
I entered gmrs 1-7 and 15-22 and left channel 16 blank.
Packaging/appearance
I led in the packed uhaul and could communicate clearly up to about 1 mile behind me through the full truck!
I've used chirp before for my ham radio, so i wasn't worried about having to do so, but upon opening them, i realized that they... Read More
Competitiveness
I like this much better than the baofengs bf-888s, smaller, cleaner, better clip, short and already part of the body antenna.
She will clip hers on and use the fbi-type, acoustic earpiece and i will usually carry a larger dual band handheld with an earp... Read More
What i did not like is that i own other radios of another brand and it only receive signal voices but couldn't talk back.
Compared to motorola radios purchased from walmart they are a much better buy.
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- This product had a total of 633 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 17 2024.
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Had glitch with one radio and replacement cames asap
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First up i have had the retivis r22 version same radio for a few years now
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Lets get the channel locking complaint out of the way upfront
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You can lock the channel you are on by pressing the up and down channel buttons at the same time until you hear two beeps
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To unlock do the same until you hear one beep
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I have a general ham license and a gmrs license
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However we have a little group and i needed to be able to set them up with simple and not cumbersome radios licensefree and at low costs
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Until youve used the radio with earpiece out shopping you dont appreciate how much handier they are than a cell phone in that environment
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