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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. - Our AI detects a high amount of irrelevant reviews for this listing. A number of the reviews included in this product may belong to other variations, editions or versions that may not be representative of the current product being sold.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 67.5% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 2,216 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 30 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Of course the build quality is not as good as radios cost hundreds
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Took me a while to figure this out so hopefully this will help anyone trying to understand the ui
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Turn onhit menutype 28hit menu this selects the channel number line belowhit menu again this deleted the currently selected channel memory
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Youll notice the ch will be gone and the arrow will be pointed back to the delch line
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hit menu selects same channel number that has no memory you just deletedup arrow select next channel to deleterepeat steps to delete all preprogrammed channelsturn offwait a sechold down menu buttonturn onyou have entered program mode since it only shows frequencies you can not browse the channels anymoreselect frequency you want to program i
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You can press the button and tune around but it doesnt hear anything
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