Rating: Summary: nice features, mediocre sound Review: These radios have some great features like the automatic shut-off, but ultimately the sound quality is not that much better than the lower-end Motorola models. The voice scrambler is useless, it ends up making your voice sound like a robot. I got mine from Office Depot for about the same price as the lower end T5300 series using a combination of store and manufacturer coupons. Otherwise, I'm not sure they'd be worth the extra money.
Rating: Summary: Worth the money Review: Yes you need a FCC license, but if you are buying [the] radio you can afford [the]...month[ly fee] for the license. It is a five year license and when you are somewhere in the middle of the woods crashed your mountain bike and break a leg you'd wish you had spent the extra money for the 5 mile range GMRS band radio.Let me tell you it happened to me!!!!!!
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