Review on Tenq Battery Baofeng Uv 5R Radio by James Jenkins

Ordered two just in case. Of course I tried them to make sure they work. They work fine. But you must use a dead battery if you use 5 regular AA batteries (1.5 volt) when you want to transmit. Batteries with 6 AA (1.2 volts) are suitable for transmission. Dummy batteries can be bought online for about $1 each. The housings are made of high quality and durable hard plastic, very similar to the housing of a radio receiver. After the batteries are installed, the two halves of the case separate easily at the bottom connection point, where the case falls apart for battery installation. The batteries appear to extend the case by about 1/32 inch, and this results in the bottom tab that you have to press to open the case not fitting snugly against the other half of the case, so an easy tug or bumping the case may occur slightly open. Since both of my cases appear to be made this way, it looks like the battery extension will cause one half of the case to curve slightly inward to the right where the bottom open latch is. I think it's a small piece of wood that is inserted into the case behind a latch. When the wood is 5/16" x 1.25" it prevents the plastic from flexing and keeps the case closed tightly with no issues. Otherwise, I recommend keeping Velcro or rubber bands handy. This is done so that the case does not suddenly open due to batteries scattered everywhere. As for that single issue, I don't see this case as a daily wear/consumer item. Another point to note: I don't recommend attaching and detaching the case from the radio enough times to hack it. I didn't do it with the first one and almost risk destroying it and the radio to even remove it with a flathead screwdriver on the battery locking tab at the top of the radio. After I finally took it off - after 30 minutes - and then quickly took it on and off several times, it wasn't a problem. I did this first with the second and it worked. All in all this is a good article in case there is no electricity or they stop making radios or batteries. While the bottom latch is a problem, you'll be fine if the tree idea solves the problem. Otherwise, using velcro, masking tape, or elastic will surely do a good job of keeping it closed. Updated to add that using sandpaper to lightly sand the hook on the case for the top latch makes it easier to attach and detach. I found instructions on how to do this on the miklor dot com website which has great info on these radios.