All of us that go to France have got these. UHF Model then Program the 8 PMR Frequencies into it they have more TX Power than the cheap ones.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PUXING-PX-2R-UHF-Plus-400-470MHz-TX-RX-VHF-136-174MHz-RX-Only-Dual-receive/274419477655?hash=item3fe4acec97:g:bbkAAOSwEHpfB-tB
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PUXING-PX-2R-UHF-Plus-400-470MHz-TX-RX-VHF-136-174MHz-RX-Only-Dual-receive/274419477655?hash=item3fe4acec97:g:bbkAAOSwEHpfB-tB
Anything by Motorola and you wont go wrong. Thats all we ever used on site in the chemical plants ive worked at and they take one hell of a beating and never miss a beat.
I personally don't like Motorolas at all cause you have to charge/change the batteries very often. Plus, the majority of them are not waterproof. Tytera has got some good ones, and the prices are pretty affordable. Cobra is, I would say, a better alternative since the range is bigger (around 40 miles). I, for instance, bought mine from Choicecommunications.ie like three years ago, and it's still working perfectly. Just make sure you get one that doesn't need to be charged too often, and it's waterproof. Good luck and have fun fishing!
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I wanted a set earlier this year to chat with my mate knowing we would be in different swims, and just walking around Decathlon, I picked up these cheapies for £29.99.
I have to say, the quality of the voice and range is spot on, but a set of Duracell AAA (3) last 24 hours tops, so over the course of 5 days for a pair I nearly spent as much on batteries as the walkies cost me.
That said they did the job well but for a price.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/pair-of-battery-powered-walkie-talkies-onchannel-110-5km/_/R-p-13350
I wanted a set earlier this year to chat with my mate knowing we would be in different swims, and just walking around Decathlon, I picked up these cheapies for £29.99.
I have to say, the quality of the voice and range is spot on, but a set of Duracell AAA (3) last 24 hours tops, so over the course of 5 days for a pair I nearly spent as much on batteries as the walkies cost me.
That said they did the job well but for a price.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/pair-of-battery-powered-walkie-talkies-onchannel-110-5km/_/R-p-13350
In reply to Post #20
Depends on how much you chat, transmitting uses far more power than receiving but the battery life on the cheapo Binatones we use last at least 3 days.
I can't see them on sale anymore but no guarantees these might be similar?
LINK
Depends on how much you chat, transmitting uses far more power than receiving but the battery life on the cheapo Binatones we use last at least 3 days.
I can't see them on sale anymore but no guarantees these might be similar?
LINK
In reply to Post #21
To be fair that was turned on at 7am and off by 10pm and if you added up the chat through the day, tops 1-2 hours. I'll keep them and look out for 4 sets (3) USB rechargeable AAA which I'll hook up to a decent battery pack and have one on the go and one in recharge.
I do like these cheap ones but not really viable with normal batteries, certainly in my experience.
To be fair that was turned on at 7am and off by 10pm and if you added up the chat through the day, tops 1-2 hours. I'll keep them and look out for 4 sets (3) USB rechargeable AAA which I'll hook up to a decent battery pack and have one on the go and one in recharge.
I do like these cheap ones but not really viable with normal batteries, certainly in my experience.
In reply to Post #22
The ikea rechargeable batteries are cheap and excellent
The ikea rechargeable batteries are cheap and excellent
In reply to Post #22
Maybe I'm lucky and the cheapy Binatones are just particularly good on batteries?
I think you are right to go down the rechargeable route
@Duggs yes I've heard the Ikea are really good for the money, next time I'm in there I'm going to get some
Maybe I'm lucky and the cheapy Binatones are just particularly good on batteries?
I think you are right to go down the rechargeable route
@Duggs yes I've heard the Ikea are really good for the money, next time I'm in there I'm going to get some
@Duggs
They are indeed. Think it's yet to be definitively proven but there's lots of speculation they're rebranded eneloop pros
They are indeed. Think it's yet to be definitively proven but there's lots of speculation they're rebranded eneloop pros
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I've got a few enerloops pro and loads of ikea ones now, I don't notice a Difference, the ikea charger was also identical to the enerloop one bar the led colour
They do a lower grade aa battery now too, and just to confuse me used the same colour for the cheap ones and changed the colour for the higher grade ones
I've got a few enerloops pro and loads of ikea ones now, I don't notice a Difference, the ikea charger was also identical to the enerloop one bar the led colour
They do a lower grade aa battery now too, and just to confuse me used the same colour for the cheap ones and changed the colour for the higher grade ones
In reply to Post #26
I've not got any rechargeable AAA's yet but I bought this for my AA's It can actually measure the capacity of each battery
LINK
I've not got any rechargeable AAA's yet but I bought this for my AA's It can actually measure the capacity of each battery
LINK
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Tight git.
To be honest it was a bit out of character for me to buy that, but it was lockdown and it kept me amused.
Somehow I acquired loads of AA's so I tested the capacity of all of them.
Numbered them and placed them in a league table, the bottom ones got relegated to the bin.
As I say it was lockdown
Tight git.
To be honest it was a bit out of character for me to buy that, but it was lockdown and it kept me amused.
Somehow I acquired loads of AA's so I tested the capacity of all of them.
Numbered them and placed them in a league table, the bottom ones got relegated to the bin.
As I say it was lockdown
Use to have a scanner many moons ago and the filth I had to endure for hours upon hours a month during phone sex was downright disgusting.....