Fwd: Radio Advice – gear heads

WOW! I was in Wal-Mart last night looking at FRS radios and noticed a big change in the units displayed. Most of them were about 30% smaller than the smallest one I’d ever seen before. And…cheap! The most expensive setup was $39.00 (for a pair – not just one) and included rechargeable battery packs and a nice “drop in” desktop charger. I think it even had earbuds, but can’t remember. There was one for $8.88 and even a pair of Motorolas for $16.00 a pair (that’s right). Wonder what happened?

hank

— In Yahoo Canyons Group, neil wilkinson wrote: I have been tasked to select a set of FRS radios for a club I belong to. My natural instinct is to stay with the Motorola Talkabout line just because they fit the budget and seem to be well built. the T5820’s cost about $100 for the pair and look like really nice feature rich radios that will do FRS @ .5 and 1 watt channels as well as GMRS channels. They will be used for basic communications while on outings to help coordinate our groups.

Does anyone have any thoughts, advice? Are these $99 dollar radios over kill for what I need?