Uniden GMR1235-2 12-Mile 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio (Pair) by Uniden
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Digital camera reviews of Uniden GMR1235-2 12-Mile 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio (Pair)
Digital camera Review: Not a 12 mile radius
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought these for my son for his birthday. I bought 2 packs of these so all 4 boys could talk while doing whatever it is that little boys do with walkie-talkies. I thought with a 12 mile radius they would be great! I was wrong. We tried them one day while my husband took the boys to the park (about 3.5 miles from home). They made it just past the end of our street (less than a quarter of a mile) before we lost contact.
I tried replacing all the batteries to see if that was the problem, but it didn't change anything.
On the plus side, they are very sturdy and look real cool. If you are using them for "just around the house," then you'll be quite happy with them.
Digital camera Review: Not even a 1-mile range
Summary: 1 Stars
I really didn't expect to get a 12 mile range, but at least one mile! C'mon....these things shouldn't be advertised to do this if they are not even close. I bought it for a really long road trip so we wouldn't have to use the cell phones while following each other. The only time they worked was when we were within ten car lengths of each other!Digital camera Review: One works One doesn't
Summary: 2 Stars
Bought the a pair of the radios in early Oct. For the first 10-20 uses they worked fine. Then one started having battery life of 1-2 hrs. A day later it doesn't work at all. Bad quality control.Digital camera Review: Perfect for around the house communication. Get rechargebles though.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought these essentially for in-home communication between floors of a home. For this use they work flawlessly. I have experimented a couple times using a unit indoors and the other unit outdoors and really only get about a half mile range in a level wooded rural area.
They are primarily used for the 'call' alert button but the voice transmission works quite well, very clear.
Cons: For older users with not so steady hands, the channel can easily be changed while attempting to use the Call button. This was a bit of an annoyance at first as any slip-up which changes the channel makes communication impossible because the channel of one unit has changed. It would be nice to have a 'Lock' mode but there isn't. My remedy was to tape a trimmed off q-tip shaft vertically next to the channel buttons which makes them more difficult to accidentally press down.
As someone else has stated, you really need rechargables to use these. After much searching of reviews and prices I ended up getting 4 four packs of the Rayovac 4.0's and have been very happy with their length of charge. I already had a very modest quality 4 battery Rayovac charger (Model 33 I think) which charges them fine in about 3 hours. The batteries were very reasonable (I used Bedford Power). You'd be crazy not to buy them on-line from the prices I've seen in the discount stores.
The size is really small which makes them easy to carry around and for older people with small/weak hands to use.
(update)
I have found that by activating the 'receiving' unit's monitoring of ALL channels allows the pick up of channels which may have been changed inadvertently by the 'sending' unit. This probably eats up more battery power though.
Digital camera Review: Perfect size but be careful
Summary: 4 Stars
This product is the perfect size but if you want to use the GMRS channels (over half of them available) you have to obtain a license from the FCC which will cost about $85 for my use I'm sticking with the FCR channels but it would have been nice if I would have understood what I was purchasing to begin with.