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walkie talkies
« on: September 10, 2008, 03:04:03 PM »
Work is looking for a good set for carpool duty.  Something that can be used for 30 minutes or so every day (rain or shine) and take some abuse.  Nothing too fancy because they'll often be used by technophobes.  Anyone have a particular set they've had a lot of success with?

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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2008, 03:05:45 PM »
Quote from: kermi3 on September 10, 2008, 03:04:03 PM
Nothing too fancy because they'll often be used by technophobes.

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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2008, 03:09:39 PM »
Seriously though...Amazon do a few of them for pretty cheap. Might be worth buying some cheap ones and see how they work out
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2008, 03:18:49 PM »
hehe

We've already got a couple pairs which are getting ready to go (apparently 1 set is now only 1 way).  Anything where we can set the channels and forget it will work, I'm scouting amazon now...
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2008, 03:24:13 PM »
iCOM hands down. We used them for recoveries and the security detail, u cant kill them fucking things and they arent that pricey.
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2008, 03:41:51 PM »
Look nice, but those are a bit pricier than what we're looking for.   Think family vacation in the $25-75 range...
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2008, 03:49:39 PM »
I hear the barbie funtime pack is great for those long rides in the family minivan.
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2008, 04:02:57 PM »
I had the GI-Joe set when I was a kid.  Had a Morse code legend on it too.
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2008, 04:25:29 PM »
Quote from: micah on September 10, 2008, 04:02:57 PM
I had the GI-Joe set when I was a kid.  Had a Morse code legend on it too.

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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2008, 04:43:46 PM »
Motorola TalkAbouts.  Durable great and battery life.
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2008, 04:51:06 PM »
Quote from: Perspective on September 10, 2008, 04:25:29 PM
Quote from: micah on September 10, 2008, 04:02:57 PM
I had the GI-Joe set when I was a kid.  Had a Morse code legend on it too.

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Those were awesome.
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2008, 05:17:21 PM »
Quote from: KnuckleBuckett on September 10, 2008, 04:43:46 PM
Motorola TalkAbouts.  Durable great and battery life.

Eh we sold those at radiosmack and they seemed to come back alot. Might it was isolated most MOTO stuff is top notch, specially radio's
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2008, 05:50:27 PM »
I'm so going for the GI Joes.

I recommended the talkabouts or the fv-700rs
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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2008, 06:38:29 PM »
There are several sets of  MWAs around work and they get treated pretty poorly and are often in high heat.  I know that the are at least four years old now and short of a few missing (lost) belt clips, they work perfectly.  They really do well for all of the electrical and mechanical interference at our plant.  Clear too.

I am not sure what series we have.

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Re: walkie talkies
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2010, 10:34:38 AM »
So we have the talkabouts...and they're already breaking - after 5-10 minuts of continueous outdoor use they're automatically reseting whenever you push the talk buttons...I can't find a pattern.  Any ideas as to why/how to fix?
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