FRS-Two-Way-Radio Reviews

I bought this radio on the bases it said it was usable with GMRS repeaters and had all of the ctcss codes. While this might be true, you can only use these features if the factory or a Midland Tech programmed it to do so. For the user who is used to doing his or her own programming and being able to change their radio as needed, this is not the radio for you, or me...

These radios seemed to be an attractive purchase given the rugged construction, their re-chargeable nature, and that they support both GMRS and FRS frequencies.

The fact is that there are no FRS compatible channels on these radios, that are evident. There is no mention of this capability in the owners manual that comes with each radio, which in itself is very poorly crafted.

Finally, each of the radios comes with a seperate charger. I ordered two radios with chargers. One didn't work at all.

Needless to say the were returned....

Opon recieving this radio I have found that all of the sale litterateur fails to mention one thing; that all of the radios features, channel spacing, busy cannel lockout, scan attack, scan resume times, transmit time out timer, power save cycle time, and most of all the ctcss/dcs codes are NON-USER PROGRAMABLE. So I say what's the point of having a radio with repeater capabilities if the end user can not even program the ctcss/dcs codes without having to go find a Midland Tech. to program the radio becouse he's the only one who has the software and computer interface to do it. What happens the next time you want to change the codes? Or any of the other radio features? Buyer Beware.

I coulnt even get 1 mile. Plain and Simple Dont waste your money. I have gotten farther range on cheap FRS Radios. The GMRS doesnt get any more range.

Love the features, but the range is not as advertised. In my test I used channel 22 on high power. 1/2 mile was about the best it could do. I bought to use playing paintball, so it should be okay for that, but I was also hoping to use it at places like large malls and theme parks to coordinate with the wife in kids. Oh well.

Disappointing, thats about all I can say. I wasn't expecting to get the claimed 7 miles on land (who knows, it may get 5-7 on the water), but I have trouble just getting 1 mile on the land. Seems a small hill can even ruin the range. When I do get through the sound is clear, little to no squaks or breaks, and the privacy channels work well. Vibrating alert is very nice. It's just so very lacking in the range. I even took the time to register with the FDA so I could use the GMRS range legaly. Oh well.

The pair I bought doesn't work at all. The units turn on, and you can go through the setup procedure specified in the manual -- but then just try and use them to communicate with each other. They're a joke.

I bought a pair of these less than a year ago and haven't used them much at all. On a skiing trip last month, one of them just quit working. It hadn't been abused or mis-treated in any way.

To add insult to injury, I've emailed Memorex 4-5 times about the problem and they haven't responded at all.

Definitely NOT RECOMMENDED!!!

My wife and I rely on two way radios to contact each other prior to our ride home from work everyday. These units are suppose to have a five mile range. They don't have a three block range. The other audiovox walkies (which stopped working after almost three years) had double the range (and were rated @ two miles). Also the power on/off button is also a channel scanner. With the leather carring case on, the power off button if not pressed hard enough starts to scan the channels instead of turning off the unit. Very annoying. The manufacture didn't do their homework in designing these. I thought new generation walkies would continue to improve, not get worse. I'm taking these back to the store. Anyone knowing a better unit out there with a charging base, please recommend it.