📻 BaoFeng BF-888S Two Way Radio - Pack of 4 with LED Flashlight & USB Programming Cable Review

I have bought these several times over the years and the last two pairs were very poor quality. My old ones (exactly the same model) still work, but this one doesn't. The battery life is excellent, but the reception and antenna are not worth it. They turn off/on randomly. I won't buy them again.

Decent radios with good range. I bought these for my kids and programmed them to the same frequencies as my UV-5R5 radios. Robust and reliable construction. UPDATE: One of the radio's channel knobs has shorted out and it keeps calling the selected channel. This device is basically useless.

Bought for my son to play Airsoft with friends. They all loved them and they worked great. The batteries lasted all day with no problems. I even bought a couple of other headphones because the reviews said the ones that came with the radios broke easily, but all held up to the rigors of an airsoft game. I can honestly recommend these radios for their price and quality.

They work great and are easy to use. It requires some setup and some technical assembly (belt clip and USB are optional), but overall it was pretty easy for me. It would be nice to have more detailed instructions on how to learn more about the FM radio, how to undo the rear belt clip screw and how to take advantage of the USB software. But as for the walkie talkies, they work great and I really like the charging stations!

When searching for these radios I really couldn't find any reviews for use in concrete buildings so I wasn't sure if they would work as advertised. Well these little things really surprised me and they work fantastic. We sell groceries at the main entrance to the mall and we have a kitchen inside the mall which is about 100 yards inside which is not a property line and probably has 8 cement block walls and some concrete pillars in between. With these radios we can easily communicate with each…

What can I say. It's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the workplace communications system. Inexpensive, easy to use/set up, customizable and good bang for the buck. Around 10:00 am over the air we typically get 6 minutes of operation from the unit in a highly impact resistant, dirty outdoor work environment. The range is as expected for a low output (actually around 1-2 watts max. Some reviewers say less than 1 watt), but they work great in a 1 city block radius. If you use it for work…

This is a fake. I could not program with Baofeng 888S or CHIRP OEM software, in fact Baofeng software blocked the radios. I fixed them by reading out one of the unlocked radios and writing the original program into it. After several hours of research, the Zastone ZT-V8 software worked perfectly. I gave them 3 stars because they worked well after spending several hours trying to figure out which program would work. I have previously programmed 100 original BF-888S radios purchased from a…

They seem pretty light, which is good, but even so. That creates confidence in the quality. They have more metal than you think for the weight as I watched the videos on YouTube and most of the guts are metal. The range for me was about 0.5 miles in heavily wooded areas. I have no doubt they would do more with open space/and line of sight. It is good that you can replace the antenna that I ordered, just wait for them to come and I will test again. in general they cope with their task. Only 3…