Motorola FR60 2-Way Radio

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Summary: Motorola FR60 FRS radio
Review: This is a great basic unit to introduce your technophobe friends & family to the fun & convenience of the Family Radio Service. Here in suburban Los Angeles, I've had no problems finding a clear channel without using the 38 "privacy codes" (sub-audible tones inserted onto the outgoing signal to be recognized by the receiving radio set to the same "code" tone) Signals are crystal clear w/great sound quality through all 19 floors of my work hi-rise and hilltop range 'line-of-sight' is well in excess of the advertized 2 miles. Fortunately, the transmit button is ergonomically correct, on the left SIDE, unlike the incredibly awkward face-center ones on the SLKs. The heavy duty construction makes for a solid, substantial though still compact radio, much more impressive than the toy-like feel of most other FRS units. My only complaint about the FR60 is the overly loud beep that accompanies every button push (except transmit). Overall - GREAT RADIO !

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Summary: Excellent Product - I'd purchase one for everybody I know
Review: This is the best two way radio I've ever seem. It is impressive in terms of usage range. It is funny to use, and even my parents understood how to use it with a short explanation. I'd recommend you to purchase one if you are the kind of guy that wants to be communicated all the time or wants to make an expedition with a group of friends in different cars. An excellent purchase.

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Summary: OK for the price
Review: This radio is an ok product for its cost, but no where near as good as the radios with a slightly higher price tag. I bought these radios for a summer trip to WDW and had little to no luck finding a free channel to communicate on. Spending a little more cash to get a radio with 40 channels would have been worth it in order to have good communication between our parties.

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Summary: My kids use them as great walkie talkies
Review: We purchased these for our older children (8,7,4) as a set of walkie talkies that would last for a long time. So far so good. In our neighborhood, we get about 1/2 mile range (solid suburbia, lots of trees). I find them execptionally useful for when they go to friends houses, I can contact them directly and ask them to come home - or they can ask if they can go inside, without me calling the neighbor and bothering them, or my kids running back across our street to get permission to go inside. The call beeps are very annoying, although our children love to use the different beeps (5 of them) for whatever reason children like to make lots of noise. I purchased a set of rechargable NiMH AA's and am very glad I did. I hate to throw batteries away, and this way, I don't mind them using them constantly. Bottom line, tough usable, would recommend highly