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Pros

Well built radios that transmit and receive just as well as the more expensive btech gmrs v-1. You can key in the noaa freqs out of the box.

Good range (as much as you'd expect from a 5w handheld), sounds very clear and loud (better than many other radios i've used) battery life is really good too. Will be purchasing more.

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Quality


But there is a lot more to this radio that you can do and some discovery learning by simply playing with the radio i found a wa...  Read More


But the customer support rep (angela) sent these to me with the firmware (pc only mac is not supported) and their(retevis's) co...  Read More


So the jury is out on the quality.

Price


These are really good radios and supper great price.


Great radios at a good price, i got great reception at a mile while in heavy brush on a hunting trip.

Packaging/appearance


It is simple if you want something to turn on, rotate a knob to a channel and more than likely not hear anyone on the gmrs.


While this ht is capable of receiving noaa channels (i think it's a locked-down 2-way dual band that is fcc gmrs compliant), it...  Read More


I went to the retevis website and downloaded the programming software and firmware.


I have found that the noaa channels are not on the radios out of the box nor does retevis provide them to the consumer within t...  Read More

Competitiveness


But being able to key in the noaa freqs out of the box is a huge plus for non-pc users.


There's a lot to like about this radio, compared to other gmrs radio brandsi think this is the most advanced gmrs radio yet.

Overview

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  • This product had a total of 69 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 18 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have to constantly be aware of it or i accidentally transmit


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If the button were a bit more firm it would help


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Theres a youtube video where this radio was tested more like tortured and it still performed beyond expectation


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Check it out to see what you can expect


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The transmit distance is excellent actually even farther than my ham radio hts


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But reading asks for a password again but it you hit ok the software crashes


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Waiting to hear back from support for a solution


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have not run the battery all the way down im hoping it does not have the annoying “charge battery reminder every 2 minutes in most radios

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