RT22 Channel lock FRS Business Radio

We purchased two pairs for our local school event coordination and have been using them almost a year. Sound quality is good and customer service is great. Since I have not tested over long distance, I cannot give helpful information for that purpose, but for normal indoor/outdoor usage, we are completely satisfied by the product.

These were rugged, easy to charge and have a great range. Good for on a road trip or camping!

Not bad for an inexpensive "toy" which we used to keep track of each other at a three day conference that attracted over a thousand people.

Very reliable and good for warehouse in environment.

I bought 10 of these for our office. They were very easy to program and deploy, and are a hit with everyone using them. Definitely getting some more. Battery life is good, and the clarity is impressive

Easy to use. Small, simple and durable. Not long range, but good at ~100 yards. Shared on an extended family adventure and worked well.

Whether for the serious professional or amateur, these radios are without question an outstanding value. The reason why I used the adjective "serious" is because unless they are re-programmed with legal frequencies, the sixteen pre-programmed frequencies are useless in the United States. The programming cable is not supplied, so must be sourced separately. Fortunately, any FDTI USB cable to "Kenwood dual plug" will work, such as the one for the RT5R and its assorted clone cousins. The simple programming software is likewise freely available with a bit of Google-Fu. PROS: 1. Small form-factor makes it a very comfortable 'shirt-pocket' unit, and fits well in the hand. 2. Clean emissions on transmit with both 2nd and 3rd order harmonics >65db down. 3. Excellent receive sensitivity with clear and crisp audio and plenty of volume. 4. Li-ion battery when fully charged provides >18 hours of continuous use even when tuned to a very busy frequency, such as the Chicago PD's south-eastern district dispatch channel. 5. Units are solidly engineered with great attention to detail, and the injection-molded case has no 'sharp corners' at all. 6. With no front-panel programming ability, they are excellent and very inexpensive HTs that may be safely provided to non-technical people who only need to know how to turn them on, set the volume and press the PTT button to talk. CONS: 1. The "manual" is essentially useless, providing only a very brief illustrated overview of the controls with no mention of the need to re-program with legal frequencies, nor of any license requirements for use. 2. No base charger is included in this package, although the included wall-wart's mini-USB connector will plug directly into the radio's charging port. SUMMARY: This pair of shirt-pocket sized radios provide an excellent value for use with SAR, CERT, and RACES teams, groups of GMRS operators, or amateur radio licensees.

I have purchased these from several sellers and despite the fact that they have different names on the radios, they all work well. They are a well built pocket size programmable radio. I would have given them a 5 star rating but unlike my other purchases, these did not come with a charging cradle (charges by a USB cable). My only warning is that they only seem to program with Windows 7 and these did not come with a charging cable or software. The WLN brand cable and software works well, but only in windows 7

While these radios where gifts, after I programed them and did radio checks, they seem to work very well for their size. The radios are well built and I particularly like the USB charging.

This 20 unit pack was purchased for use in the warehouse where I work. 130,000 sf of space for tire wholesale distribution. We are wall to wall and floor to ceiling with inventory at all times and these radios have worked great for us. We have used a different model in the past that did not perform the way these radios have. Very good product for our needs and I will purchase again as needed!