TIDRADIO TD-V2 Long Range Walkie Talkies for Adults - 4 Pack Rechargeable Two Way Radios with Extra Battery & Air Acoustic Earpiece - Ideal for Hiking, Camping, Construction Sites and Outdoor Adventures

Le falta volumenI thought these were already set up for Family Radio Service. This is how I plan to use them, along with a bunch of other brand FRS radios I already own for use by our Citizen's Emergency Response Team (CERT).But, I fooled myself. I have to program these ones for that purpose, by first picking a ComPort, and then doing the spreadsheet programming software. I can do that -- but it will take a lot of time I hadn't planned on spending.This is ENTIRELY my own fault for not more carefully reading the Amazon information.HOWEVER!! This is not Bad News for me. I'm a licensed ham radio operator, and in addition to FRS, I also have some ham UHF repeater channels I can also use! This is a Very Good Deal -- accidentally.The build quality seems quite fine, and I'm sure they'll work for me just fine. The accessory pack is quite useful and appreciated, as is the extra batteries.UPDATE FEB 24, 2020--I found I had a Baofeng programing cable, and it turns out these radios are very similar to the Baofeng BF-88 and BF-888. I used "CHIRP." and they re-programmed to the FRS fairly easily. I also have a couple of amateur 440 repeaters in as well, (14 FRS channels and 2 UHF ham repeaters. Nice "tone" to the ear. These have joined a "mixed fleet" from three different HT makers for a CERT group, and all is happiness. -- 73 --Works greatI like the radios we use them for our church security team and they suit us pretty well. Only complaint I would have with them is they are said to be programmable and they are not. I got the cable and all the software to do it and even had a person from TID help me and they just wouldn’t Programm like it says they willSo I purchased these for work, and at $55 bucks for a set of four my expectations weren’t very high....... but ! I gotta tell ya ! Absolutely amazing! So far. Ready to go right out of the package. Clarity is clean. Battery life seems to be completely sufficient for 8-10 shifts and surprisingly the range is incredible!! I live about a quarter of a mile from work and it worked great from there, which I really wasn’t expecting so know I gotta take it a little further and check it out. I will repost after but again they’ve already exceeded my expectations. I mean really, for $55 and you get a extra battery and charger for each one! I’m now thinking of buying a second set for my other job ! Not to mention you also get a headset like law enforcement uses( which I haven’t tried yet but that will be a bonus if they work !! I definitely recommend these !!!They work for its purpose.This is our first purchase with this type of radio. I hope they are well made enough to be used for summer camp. I'll give an updated review once we use them this summer. I charged 2 radios to try them out. I like the sound quality of the radio, the distance seems good and the ear pieces are cool.We have owned these for a few weeks. Overall for the money, I think they suit our needs. However I’m not sure how reliable they are. I’m a bit confused by the 16 available channels... We have tried setting ourselves on multiple different channels, but still experience random static feedback. For instance, we have antenna TV and when you turn to a particular channel on the TV, the walkies give off static. We have picked up partial conversations of construction workers in our area. Gets me wondering who can hear us....