BAOFENG UV-5RTP 8/4/1W Two-Way Radio, High Power Dual Band Long Range for Adults, Tri-Power Handheld Ham Radio with Speaker Mic, Programming Cable (2 Pack)

Perfect...Works as it should.

Great deal. First, both of the radios and all the accessories arrived -plus. Although not pictured or described, a pair of charging bases and wall-wart power adaptors were include (from reading the reviews I was pretty sure this would be the case) Note to the seller, I suggest you add them to the description. I will check out the programing cable later but do read other reviews and info. Apparently the CHIPS (sp?) software may not work with this cable (and maybe radios) , you can apparently download a program from Baofeng. I am a one star review reader and a number of them were complaining that some component9s0 were missing. I worried about that but in my case all was well. It is apparent that this "deal" (assortment of components) are not shipped from the factory with this collection. Somewhere in the supply line someone is taking single radios in their factory boxes and adding to them the "deal" components. That means some of the factory packing (molded forms) etc. are rearranged or removed to get the extra stuff in them. In my case one box had more components than the other but once opened and laid out on the table, it was all there. I just just imagine that late in a day (or at 3 in the morning) an order might not get all it should. I'm not complaining- I appreciate the seller and the deal he is offering. I'm very happy and looking forward to exploring these awesome pieces of technology.

I rated my stars on the sturdy ness of this radio , I’ve had it for awhile now , still can’t figure it out , but because I can’t figure it out , doesn’t mean this is not a 5 star gadget . I hate when people rate items , and because they can’t read directions or have a difficult time putting it together , doesn’t mean it’s a bad item , lol 😂. I buy according to reviews ! Thank goodness I ignore the bad reviews on people judging something on what there uncapable of figure out . This looks to be a nice radio , but I can’t 5 star it due to not knowing if it works well . Cuz I haven’t put it to the test . Or even how long the charge stays on , I’m thinking due to the looks and sturdiness. This is a 5 star gadget. So I’m hoping my 4 star don’t affect any review . That this could deserve .

this is a pretty well made and functional hand held device. I've used it all of the time and I've had not difficulties with it at all.

I bought this because they advertise FM broadcast is possible but apparently they ran out of chips so they quietly omitted that feature the the radio will still go into that mode but have no sound. Go with the older UV5R 5watt model if this is important to you. Aside from that these are great little radios for when the SHTF.

This is my second set of UV5RTP radios. The first set I have no issue with, great little radios and with modded antennas and BL5 battery packs they work very well in the hills and valleys of central KY.THIS set on the other hand, well let's just start with opening the two SEALED boxes:Radio one missing the handheld mic, one of the parts trays was missing and some of the smaller stuff was simply thrown in the box.Radio two everything is as it should be all parts accounted for and properly packed.Mind you, I know what the unboxing should look like as I myself already have a set of these radios as well as a few friends and fellow hunters.On to programming. After following the suggestion of doing a factory reset and going through the menu options to align everything with my other set, I began trying to program the radios. Neither radio will transmit except on certain channels in the mid 140 range. Radio one (the problem child) will not go to wide band transmit, stays stuck on narrow band and defaults back to narrow band everytime. I have tried several times but this thing refuses. (Menu-5-Menu-Wide-Menu-Exit) Even tried the whole reset thing twice but it still refuses.Am having a HAM buddy take a look and see if it is a general programming issues on B-techs part, I don't have the software or patience to trouble shoot beyond what I have done. VERY DISAPPOINTED in this set.

The Baofeng UV-5RTP us a superb Handie-Talkie (HT) for such a low price. It's not fair to compare this HT with expensive high-end HTs from the Japanese name-brand leaders. Those HTs sell for 10 times the price of the Baofeng UV-5RTP!For the price here on Amazon, the Baofeng UV-5RTP is an incredible value.I'm only going to mention things that I did not like...- Stock rubber-duck antenna is very poor- Sometimes HT will make noises (like squelch breaks), but this only happens rarely- External MIC has terrible sound quality (when you talk into it and listen to yourself with another radio)- Baofeng programming software is hard to useOther than those issues, this HT is excellent.I purchased separately 2 battery-eliminators + 2 external Mag-mount antennas. Then I took both radio packages with me on a family trip to the Canadian Rockies. I installed these in our 2 rental cars.We drove through the Rockies in BC and AB, and as long as we were no more that 5-mikes apart, we would communicate easily.We used our US FCC Amateur Radio callsigns on the 146.520 simplex calling frequency. No problem.I also programmed-in 20 BC and AB repeater memories using the free CHIRP application. Sadly the provided USB cable failed to be recognized by my Windows 7 OS, but I already owned a Wouxun USB cable which worked perfectly, allowing me to easily program both HTs.I am very happy with the Baofeng UV-5RTP.

I purchased this radio because I already have 2 and need one more for my family. This was a bad choice because the power that is advertised in the description is not what you get. See my pictures you can see it is 2 full watts under the promised power. Also, even though the menu has FM station the radio, it does not work on the units being shipped. I did contact the seller and they said sorry for the inconvenience. My other uv-5’s have no problem with advertised power and they also receive FM radio with no problems.