Baofeng UV-82 Black Two-Way Radio

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Baofeng UV-82 Black Two-Way Radio

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

There is no more affordable option for a dual band radio that i can find that is as easy to use, program and have multiples of than this lineup. The uv-82 is a little larger frame and fills the hand, less like a toy and more like a tool. As much as i ... Read More

I like the layout of the keypad. Comes with belt clip, wrist lanyard and earpiece/mic for each. Lable shows baofeng.

Are they perfect? Are they perfect at $23? Definitely would recommend it for starting out. Not bad for $28. Would definitely recommend.

Cons

For 22 bucks each i paid for these they're ok, but not reliable. There is nowhere in the item description that says product was previously owned. These radios pick up nothing at about 1 mile in the air line of sight.

Only way to keep is on is to hold the knob down hard. The battery holding clip was broken. Keep having speaker issues.

Even after resetting. And even tried leaving the chnl 0 and 127 along with my programmed chnls. It is cumbersome to do if you work simplex on a channel, then have to do this to switch to frequency mode. Lastly, the manual is written in particularly ba... Read More

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Quality

Build quality seems more sturdy as well

I will tell others about this great deal on this product

I cannot get over the price here being so reasonable and the quality being so good

Of course the build quality is not as good as radios cost hundreds

Shipping

Definitely a inexpensive way to enter ham radio and seems durable for the price and shipping was quick

I though it might be defective but after some research online i learned that baofeng is struggling to get their hands on the ch... Read More

Competitiveness

Works great a little tricky to use and add frequencies but its a great product for the price

It also arrived with a 2800mah battery

I have two of these radios and will certainly own more in the future especially given the low price point

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radio, great, good, easy and quality.

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This product had a total of 2,216 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 30 2022.