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@Lscott... There is a Hobby lobby near my house that was/is using MURS channels. I can hear them at my house, 11+ miles away. No way are they running legit power or equipment. Many businesses are doing the same thing on the FRS/GMRS frequencies around me, too. It's mind-blowing that the mall has an ERP of 70 watts. What on earth could they need that kind of power for? Around here, I can talk 10+ miles, full quiet with 2 watts on a 50' mast.

I'll guess the usual suspects are about as light and cheap you'll find, GMRS-VI and the TR-505G. https://powerwerx.com/tera-tr505-gmrs-recreational-handheld-radio The BTECH you already have. I would suggest you just get anther one, they're fairly cheap. That way all the accessories are interchangeable, external speaker microphones, antennas, battery packs, mobile battery eliminators, programming cable etc. Then you only have to deal with one programming cable and software. You can make one code plug, radio memory file, and use it on both radios unchanged. Trying to keep two different radio's code plugs compatible is a bit of a pain. Been there done that many times. Finally you only need to learn one radio, not two, and the various menu items and settings. You also don't have to worry about which radio you grabbed and trying to remember how to use it later if that's not the usual one you carry around. On the last point I typically keep all my radio manuals in PDF format and loaded on the smart phone. If I need to use a feature I can't remember to access or setup the manual is right there.

Retevis RT76 is as close to that as you're going to get. You'll have to do all the programming up front (BaoFeng cable) but after that, it's just a knob with thirty channels, the last eight of which are repeater inputs.