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Several members here have done so. Search the forums for reports. There seem to be three issues that are commonly reported and which may, or may not, be important to you.

1. The Midland radios operate on narrow-band FM while most repeaters operate on wide-band FM. This tends to result in the Midland's broadcasts being heard at a lower volume by listeners.
2. The Midland radios must use the same tone or digital squelch on transmit and receive. So, if you have a repeater that uses different schema on transmit and receive, you will not be able to easily use the repeater.
3. The Midland is missing a small number of PL tones. If a repeater requires one of those tones, you will not be able to access it.

Again, I suggest you search the forum for reports and to determine if these issues are significant for your planned usage. And, note also, the built-in search feature tends to miss things. I'd suggest doing a google search for something like:

site:forums.mygmrs.com midland review repeater

Thanks! That's very helpful information. I'll search the threads.

 

Hopefully Midland can address some of those inadequacies in future versions.

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I have.  They're ... adequate.  When I have coverage, it'll take the radio from one end of the island to the other, where simplex is completely out of the question.

Thanks for the feedback Ian!

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Has anyone used any of the Midland repeater capable gmrs radios with a repeater?  If so, how do they perform?

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All preference. I have both. I use the HHCH in my Jeep and the other radio in my Motorhome.

Thanks for the feedback.  I just bought a couple of mxt275s

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I'm somewhat of a newbie, and I'm considering getting either the mxt115 or mxt275 and I can see the advantage that the 275 has with the integrated controls on the handset. Why would anyone choose the 115? It costs the same and has pretty much the same specs except that all the controls are on the base unit. Am I missing something? Can anyone who's had experience with both, tell me what advantage that the 115 has over the 275?