Motorola - Talkabout 22-Channel FRS/GMRS 2-Way Radios (Pair) - Silver

great for communicating from car to car or house to the back 402 to three miles is not a problem, have not tested it beyond that range.

Great item. My father requested this as a present. He uses these on his mountain tours.

I used these on vacation recently with family and they worked really well. We used them on a six hour road trip with pretty regular chatter and the sound quality was very good. Only lost 1 of 3 bars on the battery life as well. Has plenty of features. I recommend getting the FCC license to use the GMRS channels if you need more range, otherwise the FRS channels will work fine in shorter distances. As always, you will never achieve the theoretical rated distance capability of any radio. I have not tried this radio over a half mile range on the FRS channel but I had no issues using these radios within these conditions. Got my FCC GMRS license but have not tried GMRS channels yet for testing.

I purchased these last fall for use at work. We have a three story concrete building. My other radios of various manufacturers can barely make it from the first floor to the basement. These can broadcast clearly through two floors of concrete. I have tested them from indoors to my car while traveling and have been able to transmit 1 mile. I am not crazy enough to believe that I would get 27 miles. Remember that the max range is measured from a mountain top to a point somewhere in a clear valley (Seriously thats how it is done on all radios.) But for my purposes these radios work geat. I have Unidens, Midlands, and Cobra's, and Motorola is by far the best. Having said this, the 10 Mile Motorolas may be nice for kids in the backyard to call into the house but these are much better. Don't waste your money on anything below twenty miles; you'll be glad you spent the extra dollars.

I purchased 2 sets of these ( total of 4 radios ) for our business. They are nice looking have have many features that our old units don't have. The good : - Units are nice looking. - Clear voice - Great range - Comes with desktop charger and belt clip. - Built in flash light. The bad : -Maybe I got a bad batch but all of our units stop transmitting radio by themselves ( They turn off while in use ) It is not the battery and I know this because when the radio cuts off the screens turns off as well but if you press the flashlight button the light turns on. You'd have to turn the volume dial all the way to turn it off and back on again to get radio signal and to get the screen to display. I purchased the extended plan so I will be going back to BestBuy to exchange these and hopefully I can come here and change the " bad " section of this review.

In relatively open terrain with fully charged batteries I was unable to get more than 1.8 miles as the crow flies (using Google maps distance calculator). This might be fine for a ski area or similar use where separation might be 1 mile, but not for communicating between bicycles on a road ride where separation between riders could easily be 5 miles (15-20 minutes of riding).

Got these for my sons to use when they play airsoft. They love them! They work great and are very easy to use.

Overall it served it's purpose for us. The range was clear when used, but after 6 hours needs to be charged, so be sure to charge if you are going to use each day. It's a bit pricey for what you get.