SAMCOM 2 Way Radio Long Range, 20 Channel Walkie Talkie Up to 5 Miles, Rechargable Hand-held Radio for Outdoor Hiking Hunting Travel,License-Free (Pack of 2

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I am in charge of radios for my church safety team. I worked fire/ems & law enforcement for a total of 42 years. During that time I used Motorola, GE & Johnson radios. Our safety team has Blackbox, Baofeng & Retivis radios. We're looking to get new radios, so I bought a pair of these Samcom FPCN30A to try. I must say I am really impressed, especially for the price. I purchased the programing cable & downloaded the software. It was easy to program the Samcom's to the frequencies of the other radios. They have a nice heft to them. The sound is really clear. I haven't tried to see how far I can reach, but they worked well on our campus in both buildings. I had no problem talking to the other brands of radios. The quality of the supplied headset is good. I've definitely used worse. The only problem I had was the wireless headset we use doesn't shut off the external speaker for some reason. We have 3 brands for wired headsets & they all worked fine. I looked & the plugs of the wired sets are a little thicker then the wireless. I have a Samcom wireless coming & I'll review that when it comes. I really like the GROUP Call Function. When you push the GROUP OK button, the other Samcom radios will pick up the transmission, no matter what channel they are on. The other non-Samcom radios wouldn't receive the call, if on a different channel. However, I did find if I programmed the Group call for example, channel 15, they would receive the call on channel 15, no matter what channel the Samcom is on. I like the belt clip on the radio, it seems sturdy. On our old radios, I have bent & broken the flimsy belt clips. The antenna's on the Samcom is the same length as the radios I used as a first responder. Some of the guys complained they were too long. Samcom has other lengths available. The antennas from our other radios fit & seemed to work fine. My only real complaint is that if you use the scan function, you have to scan all 20 channels. There's no way to lock out channels, even when using the programing. The radios are simple to use. You don't have to use any buttons on the front for basic functions. Even using the buttons on the front is simple. You can use the lock function to lock not only the buttons, but also the channel, so no accidentally changing channels, which happens to some people. All in all, I really like these radios. I highly recommend them. They are excellent radios for the money.

Purchased a set and have used it during camping and hunting trips. No issues with range, audio quality and battery life. It works well in the woods at long distances (tested it with up to ~1.5 miles). Battery was at ~75% after 5 hours of active usage. Had an issue with a one of headsets (it was always broadcasting, even if the talk button was not pressed). But contacted support, has received two of them as a replacement.

I’m part of a photography adventure group. As such we tend to go off on our own in remote areas to find the best shots. But we still want to stay connected. That’s where our SAMCOM FPCN30A come in to play. It has features like the Group Call button that regardless of what different channels your group might be on, they’ll all hear a call from a Group Call. That’s amazingly helpful. The units are solid, and so easy to use. It also has a scramble function that helps keep your conversations limited to your intended recipient(s). This is a feature found only on radios that often cost many more hundreds of dollars. Clarity is very good for extended distances, depending on your terrain. Other easy functions include low or high power, sub-audible or digital code and more. These radios work well for large groups like ours where we have adventurers off on their own or on a team where everyone has their own channel (up to 19 channels). This looking for a well made, strong signal, 2 way radios that perform under tough conditions at a very affordable price should feel comfortable purchasing these radios.

I bought these radios to test and the more I used them the more I find them adequate for general GMRS use compared to more complicated brands. The user manual isn't great, but this is typical when the assumption is that the end user will program them. You can talk right out of the box though if you don't have need to do any special programming. There is no included option to charge other than the charging cradles, but you can order car chargers for them or use an inverter for your car or truck and use the included charging cradles. Overall a good, solid radio for those that don't want or need super complex radios for hiking, camping, etc. The radios do what they're supposed to and deliver very close to the advertised TX power. They are also repeater compatible if this is needed.

Great value radios. Definitely get 5W of power out of them, battery life is solid and user Interface is great. The only negative things are that they don’t handle drops very well. I would love to see some silicone sleeves or something similar to help keep them alive beyond a drop but for the price, if one or two take a beating it’s not the end of the world. When using a headset or shoulder mic so the K2 jack on the radio is open, I have experienced issues in operation in the rain, it did not break the radio, but it caused problems while it was wet inside. But once it dried out it was good as new. On that note when I say rain, I mean massive down pour, and standing in it for 6+hrs. I use the radio with an antenna reroute kit so it sits higher up on my shoulder and that has also helped to improve performance. Pound for pound the best radio for business use I’ve come across within this price bracket. I highly recommend them and will continue to use them until SAMCOM makes a digital radio capable of interfacing with ATAK, then I’ll use that radio.