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(More customer reviews)I purchased 3 sets of these.They are the most powerful units I was able to find in the "for general public consumption" category.What I mean by that is these are not commercial or military grade units, and so their reception will not be quite as powerful as those, but as far as commercially available, relatively low-cost units go, these are probably the best out there.
The radios are excellent in just about every way.I've owned them now for over 9 months, and my children use them daily to keep in touch with us in the home.The children are 8 and 10 years old, and radios are our way of knowing where they are, and staying in touch with them as they play in the neighborhood.When we need them to come home we can call them home.If there is trouble, or a "stranger" nearby, my children can call home to tell us about it.In such a way, we keep tabs on our kids and we gain enormous peace of mind from knowing they can reach us with the push of a button.We live in Central Florida (which is basically flat land) and we can get about 1 to 1.5 miles out of them in suburban areas.In one case, I was able to get a signal out to about 2 miles in a clear cut area.The key to remember is these radios are "line of sight", which means if there are trees between you and the receiver, it degrades the signal strength substantially.My neighborhood has many trees, so the reception is limited to 1 to 1.5 miles.In open areas, you can get substantially longer range (for example in a desert area, or from a mountain top.Also, weather plays with the range.Heavy rain will degrade the reception.
My advice is don't look at the published range on the box.I doubt 30 miles (or whatever) will ever be do-able, except on a perfectly clear, calm day on the Bonneville Salt Flats from an elevated platform.We thoroughly tested these radios under all kinds of circumstances.You get 2 miles out in a regular suburban middle class neighborhood, and you hear nothing.If your area is filled with hills, peaks and valleys, then this will also limit reception.When my kids dip down a small hill, and there are land formations between the reciever and the sender, the signal goes to zero.Around houses and trees on otherwise relatively flat terrain, the signal still reaches out to 1.5 miles.In one part of our neighborhood, there is a cul-de-sac that drops down 50 or 80 feet down (a lower part of the neighborhood) and the signal back there is zero.So just keep in mind this is LINE OF SIGHT.If you can draw a straight line between the sender and the reciever without any physical land mass or giant building obstructing your view, you can get several miles range out of it.If there are buildings and trees, the range is inside of 1 mile.Just trees, about 1.5 miles.The other thing I love about these radios is the NOAA Weather Alert Service.At any time, if there is a weather alert in your area, the radio goes right to the NOAA radio station, and transmits the relevant data, no matter what you are doing, even if you are on a different station.As long as the radio has the power "on", the weather will interrupt and announce the alert.Even while we are at home during our normal routines, on nights when we are expecting bad weather, we keep the radio turned on by our bed, and if a tornado or other alert is being issued, the radio comes to life and wakes us up.Living in Central Florida, we get tornadoes from time to time, and the radio has woken us up to get informed about the situation.We get up turn on the news, and find out where the tornadoes are to see if we need to prepare.This NOAA radio feature is fantastic.I would have given the radio a "5" star, but we lost a volume cap for one of our radios, and after a phone call to Motorola we discovered NO SPARE PARTS are being sold or shipped out to support these.The staff answering these calls were not professional, and poorly trained, generally disinterested, detached, and obviously bored with their careers as phone attendants/inbound customer service representatives.For such an otherwise respectable company, I was disappointed with the phone support on this product.The good thing is Motorola will replace the radio no questions asked through their warranty program.It is interesting to note the radio is made in China, and the poorly trained phone support people make a point to tell you about it repeatedly when they talk to you.
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Motorola Talkabout MR350 is the ultimate Communication tool for the serious outdoor enthusiast. With a range of up to 35 miles and loaded with every possible radio feature, you know that with the MR350, you are ready for the extreme outdoors. Lightweight and rugged, with extra large buttons to help you operate even with gloves on, the MR350 is built to handle any challenge without weighing you down.
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