I got one (BTECH GMRS-V1) about a month ago, so far, so good. I will definitely buy a few more. I am enjoying all the extra channels I could scan. The only con I found using this radio so far is not being able to transmit on channels 23 to 127. To get around this, I have been programming repeater names, freq and pl codes in the none transmit channels. While scanning I could see the name of the repeater that's active, then put the pl code into the REPEATER pair down on 15 - 22. Thanks for all the info. I also have a few Tera TR-505's, which are good radios, just not programmable unless connected to the computer. Now there are being locked to one channel and given to the wife and kids. .