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Summary: good value, but terrible on the slopes
Review: For the money, these radios are great. good sound, range and form factor. However, everyone on the east coast must have been waiting for these cheaper radios to come out. I was riding at Sunday River this weekend, and there were some many other skiiers with this version, that every one of the 14 channels had a dozen people on it - with so many people asking where each other was, the radios were next to useless. if you're going to use these radios skiing, save up and buy the ones with private channels.
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Summary: PERFECT
Review: I bough 3 pair of radios for travelling with my family, we went in acruise to south america and we were always in contact. The radios are perfect the transmission is clear, it is very easy to use for childrens.
The price is great for what you get.
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Summary: Do Not Take Them to Walt Disney
Review: I bought these, ostensibly, for my brother-in-law to use while hunting in Florida. However, my sister and I found a better use for them. Flashback to when Brian was a mere child. The entire family went shopping in a VERY LARGE department store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My mother proceeded to separate herself from us and we lost her for a period of 2 hours in the store. During that time I heard my father swear more than I ever heard him since. Flash forward to the day after Thanksgiving where Brian and sister are taking Mom to the mall. We handed her one of these things and said, "Go wherever you want, just keep this on you..." AND IT WORKED....no searching for 2 hours....we had Mom in 5 seconds.
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Summary: Never lose your spouse/mother/sister/anyone while shopping!
Review: I bought these, ostensibly, for my brother-in-law to use while hunting in Florida. However, my sister and I found a better use for them. Flashback to when Brian was a mere child. The entire family went shopping in a VERY LARGE department store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My mother proceeded to separate herself from us and we lost her for a period of 2 hours in the store. During that time I heard my father swear more than I ever heard him since. Flash forward to the day after Thanksgiving where Brian and sister are taking Mom to the mall. We handed her one of these things and said, "Go wherever you want, just keep this on you..." AND IT WORKED....no searching for 2 hours....we had Mom in 5 seconds.
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Summary: Worked better than I expected!
Review: I bought this pair for a road trip, so that I could communicate with the car in back of me. The reception was great even when the person behind me was a mile or more back. There weren't any problems with communicating between two, moving cars. I dropped the unit twice and even (accidentally) submerged the ENTIRE unit in water. The drops did zero damage and I just had to wait several hours for the unit to dry out, after submerged! No permanent damage whatsoever! Now for the bad parts.... There are no real privacy control features on this unit. Many times I was able to hear and communicate with random people and they were also able to do the same. NOTHING that you say on these units is private. As such, there is a great deal of interference from other people with radios and even truck drivers. Occasionally, there will just be static blasting in your ear. Also, if you buy these, you'd better have LOTS of batteries on hand. These units eat through batteries like nothing that i've ever seen! Lastly, the rubber cover for the jack where you put the ear bud in never stays on. However, it is little more than an annoyance. All things considered, I am happy with my purchase!
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Summary: Serves it purpose
Review: I do like these radios, I am a parent and not one to let my children wander off, this way I can let them go a little farther (within a 2 mile radius) and keep pretty good track of where they are, I am going to order another set for the rest of my family.
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Summary: Not quite perfect.
Review: I have owned 1 motorola Talkabout Distance for about a month and a half. Two weeks ago I recieved my Talkabout 5100's. I brought all three radios on vacation to Sandestin, Florida with me last week. It is a huge place, and a lot of people were using FRS there. My channel choices were limited, but interference was a problem only 2 or 3 times. The choices were limted by both the Distance radio, which does have the 38 interference eliminator codes but only channels 1-7. And the choices were limted by the 5100's which have all 14 available channels, but no interference eliminator codes. Therefore, I had only 7 channels to chose from. My point is that interference elimator codes would have been appreciated by me on this trip. On the other hand, there have been a couple of times I got to communicate with parties not originally intended to be in my talkgroup. Had I had Interfernce codes available to me and in use, I would not have been able to communicate with other people who I just happened upon, and sometimes it is fun to do so. So, I think that the codes can be a nice feature but definately are not necessary, even in places where FRS is in moderate to heavy use by others. The range of the 5100's is noticably shorter than that of the Distance radios. These are the only two models of FRS radios I have ever used, so I cannot compare the 5100 to other radios very much. But I will say that if you're contemplating on getting some radios with extra features, I say, for what? Who needs a compass, or a thermometer or barometer on a radio. There was no instance in which I thought, "Man, I really wish that my two way radio had an altimeter." If you pay more for a two-mile range FRS radio (Unless you are getting a rechargeable battery), that is probably all you are paying for--useless features. If you want to know what time it is, look at your watch. The only feature that some of the more expensive radios may have that I can imagine using would be the FM radio to allow you to listen to music. But what is that going to do but undermind your original intension of having effective two-way radio communications by running down the battery in your communications device. Stick to the basics. Spend more money on a two way radio only for two reasons. Number one--a rechargable battery. Rechargeable batteries for two-way radios are almost necessary. I use standard AA rechargeable batteries and a battery charger from Radio Shack for my Talkabout 5100's. Reason number 2 to spend more, for a radio--for a longer range. For example, the Motorola Talkabout Distance.
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Summary: Quality?
Review: I just received it yesterday. Overall, we like this product. For some reason, one unit has more noise than the other one. I tried it both inside and outside of the house. Motorola needs to do much better about the quality control.
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Summary: This is great!
Review: I love these walkie talkies. My family has a set of 4. We have the old one's which are discontinued and we just got these ones. My friend and I take them on the slopes with us while we are snowboarding so we can talk to our parents while we're out on different runs. Before we had them we would always have to meet somewhere at a certain time, which was a big hassle. Once we got the talkabouts we didn't have to meet as often. It's funny to hear the other peoples code names and hear them talk. Theres enough channels to have a private talk with your parents. The only problem is you don't know if another person is on the channel with you. Unless they are talking.
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Summary: Fun!
Review: I purchased this so me and my gf can talk when we go to some event. She's a little embarrassed to be talking on it, but definitely does help. Never had one before so can't compare to anything else. I can easily talk about 2 blocks away. Sometimes fun to start sending out messages and talking to someone random. I don't think that's what it's suppose to be used for, but oh well.
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