Review on BTECH MURS-V1 License-Free Two-Way Radio – Ideal for Manufacturing, Retail, Personal, and Business Use by Greg Baker

I've only had it for about a month or so but so far it's been pretty decent. I work the night shift at a large retail store and wanted to bring my own transceiver so I can keep up with what's happening in the store. Works perfectly. I haven't done any scientific measurements, but the RX (reception) on the BTECH compared to the Motorola they offer in the store is about the same. Although I replaced the stock antenna with an NA-701C and then a Smiley Slim Duck 5/8 155MHz version I don't know how much worse/better the stock antenna is. I had no problem complaining about it. Truck drivers coming to unload seem to hear me as well as I can hear them from inside the building. One star off for the belt clip. The screws come out very easily. As the day progresses, they writhe more and more until they completely disappear. I managed to catch it before it happened, but if I didn't it would probably just fall off my belt. Over tightening the bolts can lead to loosening due to the cheapness of the bolts themselves. However, I added some CA to the pins AROUND the screws and that held them in place. However, I wouldn't recommend gluing the CAM screws (e.g. with Loctite) as the belt clip may need e.g. B. could break and you would have to loosen these screws without worrying about removing them in the field. So again, I suggest just gluing the belt clip pins to the radio. The battery lasted about one and a half full shifts for me. So you have to charge it every night. I bought an extended capacity BL-8L battery that lasted two full 8 hour shifts and another half shift on a single charge. Note that I didn't turn on the battery saver option, so my battery life is "almost worst case". I might try some of the power saving options to see how long it lasts. The only reason I didn't enable the battery saver options is that I noticed that the opening parts of some gears get cut off when this option is enabled. Half a second at most. However, nothing is skipped when the energy saving option is disabled. A nice feature is that it can receive FM radio and then switch back to MURS when it detects an incoming signal. Then, after a few seconds, return to the broadcast FM radio station without touching the radio itself. Pretty nice if you want to listen to soft music while stocking shelves or renovating something but still want to keep an eye on the store. The speaker sounds decently loud, although I wish it was louder without distorting the sound. I'd say it's a good buy at around fifty dollars. I would NOT recommend buying another antenna like mine, or an extended battery pack or anything like that. Adding all the accessories costs about the same as a used RDM2070d around the apartment, and these aren't bad radios either (probably the external interface is much better). They are used and come with few accessories. But if you're a nutcase like me and want to use BYOD for some reason, then this is for you.