Motorola T9500XLR 25-Mile 2-Way Radio Pair by Motorola
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Digital camera reviews of Motorola T9500XLR 25-Mile 2-Way Radio Pair
Digital camera Review: Cut down cell phone Bill
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Digital camera Review: Sewer Pipe Audio Quality
Summary: 1 Stars
Though the radios had some good features, the bad sound quality trumped all of them. I had to frequently ask for repeats because the sound was so bad, even at close range. I don't know whether it is really cheap speakers or bad processing but it sounds like you are talking down a long length of plastic tubing.
There are other radios for under $100.00 that work much, much better.
I just returned the T9500XLRs.
Digital camera Review: the best so far
Summary: 5 Stars
these radios have worked well for what I use them for. and they keep there charge. not more buying batteries. They work well. Digital camera Review: Better than a cell phone for keeping track of young kids
Summary: 4 Stars
Got these so that we can tell our 9yo to come home. Works with other brands too (uniden for sure) so he can also communicate with his friends (who have other brands) while they're playing.Digital camera Review: radio bits are good, audio bits are bad
Summary: 2 Stars
For all of the features and capability they put into these radios, Motorola forgot one key element...sound quality. Other reviews that mention 'can't understand what someone is saying 1/2 mile away' aren't referencing range but the garbled noise that comes out of the speakers.
With only a passing knowledge of audio electronics, it would seem that Motorola is overdriving the amplifier or speaker, as the sound is very 'clipped' sounding and horribly distorted. They could also use a modest compressor on the input, as the quality is very sensitive to mic etiquette on the part of the speaker. For a radio that's marketed as a 'family' product, they should realize that many kids are going to think of these as phones and hold them right up to their face when they talk. After 20 minutes of coaching my five year old on how to use it, i still couldn't get anything more than a sentence or two of intelligible speech out.
These are getting returned, unfortunately, as they seem to have all the features i want. We'll try again with Midland i think.