Review on 📞 Retevis Rechargeable Flashlight with Talkies Charging Capability by Josh Parson

I'm not a reviewer so I'll try to make it as simple as possible. We drive Mustangs and bought them for our cruises so we can keep in touch with each other which is crucial on cruises as you never know when something will happen to the car behind you and it can either get lost or break down. When I received the radio (10) they were well packaged and everything appeared brand new. The order came in 3 different boxes, I don't know why. At first I thought I had a radio short. Customer service was great at communicating with me, making me feel very safe. I was playing around with the programming and found that the software that came with the radios didn't work, but had downloaded and had access to CHIRP. Unless you're a radio fanatic, which I am, it's a little confusing and requires a lot of learning, so I haven't messed around to change things up. After receiving the radios I charged them up and decided to test them out in our area before our next cruise in 2 days. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed as radios could only reach 1/4 mile in a normal range. Cruise: The radio seemed to work far better away from home and in more open areas. We had a problem with one of the 16 cars in the back and were able to communicate and pull over. We arranged a detour and contacted each end which was about 1 mile apart. On the same cruise when we were in a wide open area with no obstructions a car got very lost and was about 2.5-3 miles away and we were able to contact them. Pros: Yes the radio works and did its job. Batteries lasted all day. with lots of chatter Batteries lasted 1 week on standby before dying Channels are programmable (if you know what you're doing) Wide open area decent range Voice that's mostly loud and clear 2.5-3 miles range (completely open area with no obstructions) Voice was a bit raspy but understandable Cons: Not FRS FCC compliant I doubt these are 5 watt radios but I don't have a meter to check, I'm assuming 2 watts. Frequency channels 1-8 are GRMS and FRS, technically GRMS frequencies, you need a license. Channels 9-16 frequencies are PAR frequencies destined for the UK. In a town/area with houses, the range was seriously insufficient. CONCLUSION: These radios are not FCC compliant here in the US because the antennas are not removable per FRS rules, which is removable. Also, you can't have more than 1/2 watt of output power at FRS frequencies. Under GMRS there can't be more than 5 watts of output power and you can have a detachable antenna, but you need a license. If I had to do it again I would buy a radio that has both UHF and VHF or at least programmable VHF channels and has a real minimum output power of 2W as there are 5 channels working under MURS and one Over low frequency setting have (number ) 151-154 MHz. The spectral range, the lower the better, and they can work much better in the city / in the mountains / in the open country. Another nice feature of MURS is that you have a detachable antenna and can use an external antenna without fear of violating FCC rules. According to MURS, you don't need licenses, they're open to everyone. I hope this review helps, in short they work, they did their job, but if you don't have a GMRS license and don't use the GRMS frequency, you're breaking the rules for using these radios no matter what you do do. IUHF FM radio stations do not work well in cities/areas (found after research)