Highlights
Quality
Same here, plugged in, windows immediately added the com port and i programmed the radios, no additional drivers needed and for... Read More
More expensive than the other cables but it worked first time, has drivers on windows update and is well made, it's worth the e... Read More
This lead, with the ftdi chipset, is plug and play and windows 10 should automatically install the driver, if not then simply a... Read More
It was supplied with the first radio i bought and obviously had a cloned prolific chipset - it did, however, work provided that... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Great cable pricey but worth it after buying a cheap 3 pound odd cable somewhere else and having no luck whatsoever opted to tr... Read More
Competitiveness
This is a genuine ftdi chipped lead, and is recognised as such.
I had previously purchased a much cheaper (about half price) programming cable.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
radio, first, great, cheap and worth. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 369 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 8 2021.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After wasting time ordering a cheap cable only to find out it didnt work with my baofeng uv5r radios i got this one and it worked first time on windows 10 with zero config
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Save yourself the hassle and buy this one first
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This worked first time on a win 10 machine
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This lead with the ftdi chipset is plug and play and windows 10 should automatically install the driver if not then simply ask device manager to auomatically update the driver
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hi guysplease buy this it will save you so much hassle trying to find the usb drivers online
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Spent the extra money and get the real deal
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It wasnt even detected by the pc either faulty or so fake that there was nothing in it