4 Pack Radioddity GA-2S Long Range Walkie Talkies for Adults UHF Two Way Radio Rechargeable with Micro USB Charging + USB Desktop Charger + Air Acoustic Earpiece with Mic, for School Retail Business

Tested these with my brother. We were almost exactly a mile apart on level ground, but with quite a few trees and houses as obstructions, yet I was still able to easily hear him. There was a little static at that distance, but the voice was still clear and easy to understand. A led on top indicates when the radio is transmitting or receiving.The antennas mount solid and so far the batteries have held their charge when not in use. Feels solid in your hand and the inputs are solid with covers that fit snug. Love that these can be charged either by micro USB or with the included charging stands. Batteries and clip snap in solid, although the clip seems a bit thin. Each radio came packed well in it's own box with all the advertised accessories included. Seems to be a good little set of radios.[Update - 2/3/2019] So I wanted to update my review to include some helpful hints for Windows users. Mac Users can skip down to the 'Chirp' section. If you are having trouble reprogramming these you may want to read on. Out of the box the radios work great, but I wanted to make them fully compatible with my Midland radios. Since the Radioddity's are programmable, I decided to alter their profile to fit the Midlands.Fixing the Missing DriverSo I plugged in the cable to the radio, then plugged it into the computer via the USB. The information balloon in the lower right popped up indicating it was installing the drives for the radio. However, the installation failed. Checking the Device Manager it was showing under "Other Devices" that a USB-Serial Controller was having an issue. I first thought it was a motherboard issue and I would need specific drivers from the manufacturer, however I later determined that it was missing a USB driver that was not part of the motherboard set, but missing from Windows itself.What you'll want to locate is the "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port driver". Provided your system is 64 bit you want to find the PL2303_64bit_Installer.exe file. You can try ifamilysoftware dot com or you can find it on prolific dot com.tw with some digging.Installing this will add a port under the "Ports (COM & LPT)" in the Device Manager called "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM3)", but could be any COM other than 1. Mine was COM4 so make note of this as it will be important later. This should resolve the missing driver issue, but you can check to see if it appears under "Ports" in the Device Manager to be sure.ChirpNow that you have that installed and working, you'll need a program called Chirp. Chirp is how you will access the radio's currently programmed frequencies. It can be found on danplanet dot com in their download section. Download it for your platform. In my case Windows. It will highlight the installer file, so just download and install.Once that is done you can open Chirp, but there won't be much to see for now. Next connect the programming cable to the computer and then connect the other end to the radio.Programming the RadioOnce it's connected to the computer, you must then turn the radio on to obtain it's profile or upload one to it. Volume level does not matter, but I kept it low.Now click on the menu item labeled "Radio" inside the Chirp program, then "Download from Radio". You'll need to choose the COM port number I mentioned earlier, then select the radio make, then the radio model and click "OK". This will load the current channel profile programmed into the radio and display it in Chirp. This will not alter the pre-programmed frequencies. I suggest you make a copy of it in 2 ways though. One, go to "File" and "Save as" which becomes a '.img' file. Call it what you like. Maybe tag on the word "original" on the end so you know it's the radio's given profile. Next I would also export it as a csv. This way if you decide you want to manipulate it you can. I will go into that in a bit.Building a ProfileSo now you have access to the radio and it's up to you about what kind of profile you wish to build. As I mentioned before I wanted to match these with my Midland radios. If you search Google for a file named FRS-GMRS_channels.pdf, it will breakdown what can and can't be used. Please note that you can create a profile with the frequencies in any order you wish, but the radio will refer to them in numerical order.With FRS frequencies you do not need a license. If you use GMRS over 0.5 Watts, then you'll need a license to use any of those channels. Since these radios are 2 Watts, the GMRS channels would be considered illegal to use. So I just programmed my radios with the FRS Channels so I didn't have to worry about any of that.If you want to view a prebuilt profile of FRS and GMRS frequencies you can go to "File -> Open stock config -> US FRS and GMRS Channels". You could do a "Save as" and build your radio profile from there if you wanted. Just open the program in notepad or csv program and simply manipulate the data to your liking.If you like a tone that chirps at the end of your transmissions, you can go down the "Tone Mode" column and double click the word "None" and choose "Tone" there.Once you have your profile built, you can choose "Radio->Upload to Radio" and you will see it clone the data to it. That's it, your radio is reprogrammed. Unplug the cable and turn the radio off. Now programming the second radio is easy, just connect the cable, turn the radio on, choose "Radio->Upload to radio" and that's it. Now unplug that radio, turn it off then back on. Turn on the first radio and test. If you did everything right you should have a matched set.Don't worry if you don't get the frequencies right the first time, you can always update the profile and upload any needed changes as many times as you need to.Well I hope that helps anyone who might have been stuck or had questions on just how to program the radios. I am not a Chirp expert so I don't know much about it, but there is some great documentation on their site if you want to dig into it more.

I purchased the 6 pack of Radioddity GA-2S radios to replace some well worn BF-888s . They are used by adults and teenagers during camping, fishing, and scouting events. Here is a summary of how they tested.I set all six transceivers , chargers, cables, and headsets on my bench. After unpacking I had one antenna missing from one of the boxes. I replaced that antenna with one from my Anytone 3318A dual band HT just for testing purposes.The batterys measured 3.8vdc out of the box about 80% charged so I pressed on.I downloaded and installed the cable driver and programming software from the Radioddity website successfully with no issues on a WIN 10 laptop. A programming cable was provided with radios. The radios work out of the box but you MUST program them for use to your application as the 16 factory channels frequencies are not legal for use in N. America.For testing I programmed in two local 70cm Ham repeaters ,2 Ham simplex channels and 12 GMRS channels.All six radios talked to both local Ham repeaters 8 and10 miles away with good audio and signal reports.All six radios communicated with each other on the two Ham simplex channels at both high and low power well at 1.5 miles.All six radios communicated with each other well on the 12 GMRS channels at low power at one mile.All six radios functioned well and all controls, indicator lights, and voice channel annunciation worked fine.Comments from field testers (2 GMRS licensed scouts,2 Hams, and two GMRS licensed adults):1. Pros: Good audio loud and crisp, good feel in hand, nicer antenna than older BF-888s, scan function actually works. Excited about the ability to charge in car with new Micro USB port and provided cable included with each radio.2. Cons: Not a spring loaded belt clip so though functional a bit harder to remove from belt.Bench tester comments( myself):All charger bases and USB to MicroUSB cables worked.All headsets worked.All batterys charged in their bases in 2-3 hours to a total voltage of 4.2vdc. Will be longer with dead battery.I charged one unit in car with micro cable and it charged in 2.5 hours similar to the base units.Unlike alot of budget radio import BF-888 similar models out there the GA-2S actually puts out 2 watts in high power mode and drops to about 800 milliwatts - 1 watt in low power mode on my test bench. Nice.Note : The Radio charged fine in the MicroUSB port but did not give indicators as described in manual.( YES I read it.)When you plug cable into radio MicroUSB port and then into the USB 5v source the light on radio goes red. After charge complete the light just goes off.In the manual its says there is a green , orange , yellow transition for the indicator light...negative as of this radio firmware version. Radioddity to do list..!!In closing : Great deal for the money. Has clean signal and clear audio for its class of radio. Programs with CHIRP. Can charge without stand if mobile.Only negative but not a failure...MicroUSB port indicators should act as manual states.Only issue: Missing one antenna but since I have owned two GD-77s for a year and know how well this vendor supports its users I did not subtract from review score knowing they will make it right .RegardsPaulKB3YXSMaryland

I'm going 4 stars on these. The radios are good little radios for what they are but the programming cable that came in the set did not work. The serial chip shows up in the computer when connected but there's some disconnect between the USB and the rest of the cable. Luckily I already have another cable that works so I know it's a cable problem not the radios which all work fine.I bought these to support a business conference in a hotel and they work great for that. USB-C charging is a great addition for the six pack charging edition since there's only one multi charger.