BAOFENG MP31 GMRS Radio Handheld Two Way Radio, Waterproof Rechargeable Walkie Talkies with NOAA Scanning & Receiving, GMRS Repeater Capable, 2-in-1 Type-C Charging Cable, Earpieces, 2 Pack

I was looking for walkie-talkies for a cross country road trip with elderly parents in separate vehicles, and found this. These did their job beautifully and I can't imagine how it would have gone with just cell phones.If you're going on a road trip, get yourself a GMRS license from the FCC (cheap) and a few of these - these are simple enough for non-tech people to learn and they have a very generous range to them as well as a nice battery life. Very grateful!

Like the ad says right out of the box select the channel and talk away great little product

Tested and they work but it seems to have low mic gain. Radio to Radio seems fine but This radio to another beofeng like uv5r or tigradio, I have to turn up the volume more to hear these radios.More testing is needed.If you buy a few of these for a large warehouse, you will or should be fine. They would right out of the box. 11$-14$ per radio as long as you use all these radios is far cheaper and better then the off the shelf ones.

I know I say this a lot but if you buy one of these and don’t like it I promise I’ll buy your set and I’ll give you all the money you have invested in it. My wife said I was crazy for buying all these Wilkie talkies until I shared my research with her I showed her when our communication infrastructure fails that these beast of walkie-talkies will shine brighter than the sun So bless the inventor of these modern marvels I don’t want to say too much but I will say if Americans aren’t ready for what’s about to happen I’m truly sorry that they don’t listen I have enough walkie-talkies to communicate with all my family and I have solar power to power my walkie-talkies and all my equipment that I will need when Armageddon hits us so I will say this one time only prepare for what’s about to hit us because communication will be the third most important thing behind food an water and food thanks for reading my post and if you buy these and don’t want them look me up on Facebook and I will buy them I’m not sponsored by them in any way but if they want to sponsor me I will accept it gratefully this is the best built walkie-talkie I’ve purchased and it seems to be sturdy and robust I know the battery life is very awesome and it went over and beyond what they said it would do I actually got two more than what they said also my 4 yr old son mistakenly dropped it into the tin and it not only kept working but it never activated the water dot on the walkie-talkies on the inside where the battery attaches great job baofeng your top w manufacturing shines brightly I really would like to add a repeater but don’t know how so if you can give me some suggestions I would be truly grateful thanks for making above grade products

Love the radios work great for off-roading and around camp. Both usbc charging plugs broke which is a bummer that o have to source new charging cables. Would have gone 5 stars if the cables held up.

I am a ham and the family has a gmrs license. Great long distance communication. Got it for the wife and the youngest, it is super simple to use even if your not a radio geek like me.

I've recently been bit hard by the GMRS bug and have bought a dozen or so radios from Baofeng, Tidradio, Motorola, Midland, Radioddity, B-Tech, etc. All these companies make good radios at various price points and features, but none really nail the "family radio" market.For the money and features, these BAOFENG MP31 radios are a steal in my opinion.What makes them the Goldilocks of GMRS radios for the family is as follows:Simple to use: Far too many radios force you into submenu hell and therefore if you don't have the manual handy (or incredible memory and recollection), you'll never figure out what to do. I love that these radios have no menus at all, and have only three buttons and a knob: push to talk, channel up, channel down, and knob for power and value.Waterproof or at least water-resistant: You'd be surprised how hard this is to come by in a low-cost GMRS radioUSB-C charging with a splitter for convenient dual radio charging. This is so simple and so handy.Lastly, detachable antenna in case you want to upgrade to a tuned antenna for better range and/or clarity.My son and I are loving these BAOFENG MP31s.

2-radio kit came with only one antenna. Tried contacting Baofeng support as directed by Amazon links, no reply. Would like them to simply send the missing antenna instead of doing a whole refund through Amazon, but that's prob where this is going. Otherwise, looks like a good product fer the price.