Motorola T9500XLR 25-Mile 2-Way Radio Pair
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Customer Review: Great radios !
Summary: 5 Stars
The T9500 radios are great radios and are the best I have used in the GMRS/FRS consumer family of radios for under $100. These radios have a great quick release belt clip and seem to be well built. The weather channels are a plus and sound clear through the T9500's speaker. I like the way the transmit button works. It has two switches built in. Press the button on the bottom and your radio transmits on low power (.5 watt). Press it on the top and your radio will transmit high power (2 watts on GMRS frequencies only).
Ok power, yes the T9500 transmits at 2 watts max power. It was hard for me to find this little known fact as this site and Motorola's own site conveniently neglect this info. I had to search the web and finally found it advertised on REI's web site. I am assuming the Motorola marketing folks thought this was a smart move as most consumers falsely believe more watts equates to longer transmission range.
I used to think watts were like horse power, the more the better. If you took two identical handheld radios one radio putting out 2 watts and the other radio putting out 5 watts you would get about a ¼ mile increase in transmission range under real world conditions with the 5 watt unit, all things being equal. But things are not equal from brand to brand and thank goodness for Motorola that this fact holds true. I have discovered over the years after using many different handhelds that what matters more is the quality of the electronic components, good circuit design, antenna elevation and electromagnetic conditions. Mostly what people will find with those other company's 5 watt units is they will use their battery up faster. If you think by getting an FCC license ($85) and a nice fancy new 2 - 5 watt high power GMRS radio you are going to see some massive improvement over your old .5 watt FRS radios think again. You will be lucky to get double the range of a FRS radio all other conditions being equal. I had the 5 watt Midland radios and took them back to get these and could not be happier with my decision. I don't see any difference in transmission range between the two sets and the Motorola's sound better and have better features.
Customer Review: Worked better than the other radios I own.
Summary: 5 Stars
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This is my second pair of two-way radios. The first set picked up quite a bit of extraneous noise--wind, static, etc--but this pair worked much better and was clearer.
We used them for two days (my son and I) to try them out at the beach, at home and at a big park. Once we found the right channels, they worked perfectly all places. I did try to test the distances (difficult while walking), but we did try them at least 2 miles apart and they worked fine. There was a bit a static at the beach, but not too much.
They are not as clear as your cell phone, but if you are out and about at a amusement park or park with your child, they'll work fine.
Customer Review: Cut down cell phone Bill
Summary: 5 Stars
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It's great to see a package complete with charger/adapter, rechargeable batteries (if the recargeable batteries die out one day, you can also use AA rechargeable batteries), changeable face plates and belt clip. I can talk to my wife while next block for free. Reception and voice is clear. The minus side is the size and mass, less comfortable for females. The antenna is rather big.
Will update when I got my results on long range communication.
Customer Review: Necessary for noisy environment
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't buy the Motorola handled radios without this or the ear phone based product if you plan to use the radio in a noisy environment (particularly if they are required to wear hearing protection). Even with the vibrate alarm, our employees were often missing talk requests. With the clip on speaker and microphone, the sound is placed closer to the ears and is heard much easier. The radio also need not be removed from the worn position to talk back...Customer Review: good product service
Summary: 5 Stars
The original units would not work right, I called morotola and they said those? were the deffective ones? They sent me new ones that work just fine, I sent the old ones back so they could experiment on them, motorola provided post paid return envelope....a good final experience....it pays to go with a name brand that has service department and cares about their customers