Midland GXT710VP3 26-Mile 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio (Pair)
by Midland
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Customer Review: Works but you can't change the batteries without breaking it.
Summary: 2 Stars
As far as RF goes the handsets work well. However, I bought them as a saftey measure as I crawled under the house to do repairs while spouse remained outside monitoring the frequency.
The buttons are located so that as you press up against things (almost impossible not to do in a crawlspace) you can change channel or turn it off (both of which I did) inadvertantly. Also if you grab it the wrong way, you can change settings without intending to. It works great as long as you are very careful handling it.
I decided to store the radios since I do not have frequent use for them. I thought it would be a good idea to take the batteries out. I looked at the owner's manual that told me to push down on the release lock and push up on the belt clip. Pushing down on the release lock did not release the belt clip. So after my wife and I spent about an hour each trying to figure it out, I tool a screwdriver and pried the blet clips off. After that removing the batteries took a matter of seconds.
It's good to see that Chinese engineering is up to its usual high quality.
Customer Review: Huge size turned us off
Summary: 2 Stars
I ordered these radios based on other great reviews, and to replace a set of Motorola radios we felt didn't last as long as they should.
Upon opening the Amazon box, I was astonished to see how large these Midland radios are. Remember those old two-way radios you had as a kid? These are about the same size, and look just about as clunky!
Our old Motorola units, although a bit larger than a cell phone, could easily be slipped in a pocket - there's no way in the world this Midland would fit in any pocket easily.
Since we use these while working around the house, we need something small enough to easily carry.
I'm returning these and looking for something a bit less bulky.
Although Amazon is great, I do wish they would give dimensions on items like this - instead of just box dimensions. If I'd known the size before ordering, I definitely would have kept looking!
Customer Review: It's not all it says it is.
Summary: 2 Stars
I assumed the walkie talkies would work well after seeing good reviews.
I just used these on a cruise with 6 other people and 26 miles is not even close to what we got, the farthest we could use these were at most 1 mile over open water, fully charged.
Many times I couldnt even hear the others while on the same boat.
Only at about 300 feet or less you can hear the other person pretty good, anything beyond 300 feet it gets very staticy or you can't hear them at all.
Besides they are very bulky.
A few times after charging it for 6 hours the battery would die out right away.
The chargers are preety cool but they dont let you know when the walkie talkies are fully charged, you have to guess or look at the battery icon which is not the best indicator, considering it can show full and die an hour later.
Customer Review: Midland GXT710VP3 Two Way Radios With26 Mile Range
Summary: 2 Stars
Be very careful of what you are buying. It says up to 26 mile range under best conditions, what it doesn't tell you is if you are on a FRS Channel that you need to be on, because the other channels are restricted by the FCC. You can not set your levels to low, medium, High. High gets max miles and low gets least miles. Your Two way radio goes to low and the most distance we have gotten from our radios is less then 2 miles. This has been very disaponting to us. We weren't expecting 26 miles but we thought 8 to 10 would be good as our daughter lives about 7 miles away from us and she and her mother were going to use them instead of their cell phones all the time.Not to much use to us with that range.Customer Review: Hyperbole
Summary: 2 Stars
It is my opinion that this product is much over-hyped. In order for this product to work for anything over one mile, one should expect SUPER optimum conditions; i.e. only flat land with no obstructions (trees, buildings, etc.). We've not been any place where we could even try something approaching a 26-mile range.
Shipping costs, speed of delivery, care in packaging, etc. were all excellent.