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.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F7opritxml8 This guy always does decent reviews of all sorts of products. This episode’s on walkie talkies. He doesn’t go super in-depth, nor does he ever do exhaustive selections, but I mean, there are too many product brands and knockoffs these days anyways. lol
I like his reviews because he just shows you the tests and results. No sales pitch while talking about tests, just results. You can just see what happens and come to your own conclusions on which option is best and why depending on needs.
Based on that episode, I’d say the people suggesting to get a ‘nice’ model that can do licensed frequencies (or at least models that contain hardware that ‘can’) and just use them on the open frequencies have the right of it.
With that description, I didn’t even need the thumbnail to know you were talking about Project Farm. I’ve always liked his presentation and the ways he comes up with to test products
Great video brother, thorough testing and no bs. Liked and subbed. The pxton performs very well for the price. I can’t find it on my amazon.region but I see a very similar model with a different brand slapped on… Baofeng, 2 for 30€… Very appealing.
As with many electronics these days, if you really need to make sure you’re getting something that should be good, look up exactly what chips/parts are in it and confirm their specs directly. If they’re not equal or greater than the complete product’s advertised specs, definitely run!