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Great for outdoor activities

Advantages: Easy to use, inexpensive, very useful, great for emergencies
Disadvantages: Better battery life would be welcome, as would improved range in hilly environments

I just spent a week using Talkr T5s whilst on a skiing holiday in France. They were used to stay in contact with my friends on the mountain, and also carried in case of emergency. Handset range is very much dependant on conditions. Whilst the 6km m ...

Vmanc 02.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Motorola TLKR T5 8-channel PMR

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Walk and talk whilst you motorola along

Advantages: Easy to use, good size, sturdy and nice looking
Disadvantages: The LCD is a little old fashioned

When I pay the odd visit to the company I do a lot of work for I sometimes have to spend several days, sometimes weeks, sorting out the many errors that some amateurs have created, (all because they chose to try and save money). Anyway, the grounds of the ...

blissman70 05.04.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Motorola XTR446 8-channel PMR

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Roger and out

Advantages: Useful littles devices
Disadvantages: none as of yet

I'm a gadget freak, it's taken me a while to realise but yep that would definitely be the category to place me in, and as such I just like to try the odd little gadget that really isn't that much use to me but does cause me to have a little bit of fun. ...

donf18 21.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Binatone Latitude 100 8-channel PMR

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I expected better from Kenwood

Advantages: well-built, easy-to-handle, good for children, has a voice-scrambling feature for some privacy
Disadvantages: hard to set up, no LCD display, sound-quality not the best

This is a ruggedly-built set from a reputable manufacturer. It comes with all the stuff you need to get started immediately, including a charger pod and a decent-capacity Lithium-Ion battery, which takes three hours to fully charge. However, the unit i ...

jasonford 10.03.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Kenwood TK-3301

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