I ended up winning this radio during a park cleanup day with our Jeep group, the Forest service, and the Department of Conservation. I also had a radio already in the Jeep from a different manufacturer, so it made for a neat comparison. These radios have good, clear audio and a better than average squelch response. I like the analog volume control and the fact that all the extraneous beeping can be turned off. Their range is comparable to the other radios in our group. We will likely be using them on our motorcycles since you have a helmet kit as an accessory. Would like to see USB charging as a feature or a dongle accessory that would adapt the charging port to a USB cable and it would be cool if you had a suction cup mount that would click into the belt clip mount for use in a vehicle. All in all, great radios with no real cons to speak of.

I bought a pair of these two years ago and primarily use them when we are offroading with friends. I'll be honest, I'm not impressed and am looking for an alternative. Setting them up is easy enough, no issues there. On High power setting they get decent reception. But on Medium or Low I feel like we have to be super close to each other, like a few hundred feet at most. And if I put it on high, there's no way I can go a day on the battery. Next gripe: The batteries take forever to charge. They aren't lithium either, so of course they don't last long. One of my biggest gripes is if you leave the radio in the charger with the charger unplugged, it will discharge the battery!!! So let's say i'm driving along charging the radio in the charger connected to the cigarette lighter plug. Then we stop to have lunch and I forget to pull the radio out of the charger, it is now more dead that when you started charging it! This exact scenario happened during our last trip to Moab. We spent the last day without radios because of the poor battery life and idiosyncrasies of charging them. No USB charge! It's 2024! I think Midlands is just milking this cow as long as they can. No improvements, no developments for many years on this radio.

The normal consumer can only use 28 of the 50 channels the first 22 channels you must obtain a FCC license in order to talk on these channels , with that being said the range was week over a just a few miles with line of sight and no obstructions to hinder transmission. I found these radios were not much better than low end walkie talkies. The price point you pay is for all the options of bells and whistle not actual distance of radio contact. I would like to see if some one could test these over a flat area such as water for the advertised 36 miles range.

I recently purchased a 3 pack of these radios and had a minor issue with one of the units. Cheryl Hawkins from Midland Support was especially helpful and truly exceeded my expectations in resolving my issue. While I've been pleased with each of the previous copies of GXT1000 in my possession, it's amazing to have attentive support staff and good policies available when issues like mine arise. Gives me great confidence in the Midland brand! Thanks Midland and thanks again Cheryl! -AW

We bought these to talk to each other while driving in 2 separate vehicles, but that didn't work for long, because the charger has to have both radios together! I looked online to find separate chargers, but they are connected together as well! I guess the only way to get around that, is to buy 2 chargers and just use 1 of the chargers per radio!

Having problems with charging the battery

Complete system, lightweight, will compliment my MX275

Good range, not to bulky, easy to operate, and seem well made like most midland radios

My grandson loves using the radio and I use them for comm during emergencies.

I like the size if the device and am impressed with its range and long lasting battery.