OffRoaderX

Yup.. I got 38W IIRC, then 5 minutes later, it died.
.....save the box...

Using a radio like yours is not complicated nor difficult - if you can read, you can use the radio and honestly everything you need to learn is right here in this forum, on other websites, and in Youtube videos..   Using a GMRS radio is not like becoming an amateur-radio operator - you basically turn it on, pick a channel, tell the person you want to talk with to put their radio on the same channel, press the button, and talk..  using a repeater is only slightly more difficult.
 

Using a radio like yours is not complicated nor difficult - if you can read, you can use the radio and honestly everything you need to learn is right here in this forum, on other websites, and in Youtube videos..   Using a GMRS radio is not like becoming an amateur-radio operator - you basically turn it on, pick a channel, tell the person you want to talk with to put their radio on the same channel, press the button, and talk..  using a repeater is only slightly more difficult.
 

Using a radio like yours is not complicated nor difficult - if you can read, you can use the radio and honestly everything you need to learn is right here in this forum, on other websites, and in Youtube videos..   Using a GMRS radio is not like becoming an amateur-radio operator - you basically turn it on, pick a channel, tell the person you want to talk with to put their radio on the same channel, press the button, and talk..  using a repeater is only slightly more difficult.
 

You configure your radio to use the repeater, then from nearby, transmit on/to the repeater.

Put the radios near your keyboard so we can get a feel for what we’re taking about…..

Geezus...

Because "some people" are very, very stupid.

Poppycock! I for one think that more threads with links to those videos are what society and the world needs! Think of the children!

Because "some people" are very, very stupid.

It is likely that they are on a repeater, which is probably high-atop a mountain, transmitting at 50Watts from a giant, and perfectly tuned antenna.
You could probably talk to them if you configured your radio to use that repeater.

Because "some people" are very, very stupid.

Because "some people" are very, very stupid.

Based on all your multiple previous comments about how EVERY person you know dumps EVERY radio (Midland, Retevis, TidRadio, Wouxun) unless that radio happens to be the same brand of radios that you use, it is becoming clear that you don't actually know anyone.  
... Or, you are just F.O.S.
But either way, your mythomaniac comments are great for pointing at and laughing so keep up the good work!

If only someone would make a very simple to understand youtube video explaining this all in very simple terms that anyone could understand, while at the same time using very easy-to-understand hand-gestures..
Whoever could achieve that would literally become the queen of all that is GMRS!

The NotARubicon Institute Research Staff is digging deeper and there IS something to this story - and the results may shock you...
Stay tooned for the upcoming video.

Agreed.. I dont leave home without it.

In a truly remote area (like the kind of places I go every weekend) there will not be any difference between a $18 Baofeng and a $300 50-Watt GMRS radio because neither will do any good.

Poppycock! I for one think that more threads with links to those videos are what society and the world needs! Think of the children!

Obviously "the best" is the UV-5R because it cost only $18.
as you can see, it depends on how you define "best" and what is important to you in a radio - so only you can answer the question.

In a truly remote area (like the kind of places I go every weekend) there will not be any difference between a $18 Baofeng and a $300 50-Watt GMRS radio because neither will do any good.

Agreed.. I dont leave home without it.

In a truly remote area (like the kind of places I go every weekend) there will not be any difference between a $18 Baofeng and a $300 50-Watt GMRS radio because neither will do any good.

For those that may have missed it, and because someone was asking for more threads about it:
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In a truly remote area (like the kind of places I go every weekend) there will not be any difference between a $18 Baofeng and a $300 50-Watt GMRS radio because neither will do any good.