Hey Lemmings. I’m looking for a decent budget walkie talkie.
My use case is pretty casual. Nothing crazy like survival situations or long-distance missions. Mainly for small hikes and some work communication where my phone isn’t ideal.
Criteria: • Budget: up to ~50€ (ideally a set of 2 or more) • Region: Europe (putting this here for shopping options.) • License-free frequency
I’ve been eyeing a few options: • Motorola 42. The blue kiddie vibe kinda puts me off lol • Retevis models seem to have decent reviews for the price • Jucjet 4-set for around 44€ looks tempting for the pack deal
Has anyone used these or got other recommendations? Rockie Talkie keeps popping up but it’s expensive and way above my use case. Cheers
Throwaway thoughts: I’m trying to decentralize my tech life away from my phone. Radio comms feel like a step in the right direction. Meshtastic is also on the todo list. Might even look into pagers soon.
I recently bought the Motorola t605 h20. The sound quality and range are fantastic. The button layout UI is the stupidest, most unintuitive, mystifying garbage I’ve ever seen. So, unless you’re willing to thoroughly read their poorly written manual, remember all the secret little symbols and codes and what they mean in the sequence you’re supposed to apply them in, then you won’t like it either.
Hahahah damn, sry for your bad purchase. I hope this post makes a future purchase a bit better. Thanks for shortening the list :p