We farm in east central Kansas and needed portable radios we could use for a variety of activities sometimes miles apart. These radios fit the need well. One radio with the hand microphone moves from whatever the main equipment is that day or week(s) and the other stays at home or if we are shuttling equipment around. Using RAM mounts to easily move one from tractor to tractor.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] They advertise these to reach 36 miles. I got outside and started walking down the road. There were no curves and no obstruction, it was as straight and clear as it could be. I walked almost a thousand feet and that’s as far as they will work. I would have been tickled if they would have just made a mile, but these walkie talkies just can’t do it. I definitely do not recommend, go with another brand..

I'm an elementary school teacher who is in charge of 1st & 2nd PM bus duty at my school so these walkie talkies have been an amazing addition to my ability to communicate with the teacher who is charge of kinder PM bus duty. We are able to relay information in real time to each other.

I was able to take these handheld radios with me on an off road 4X4 trail last weekend. Some folks in my group had some super cheap radios that they picked up at a local big box store, and these Midlands showed them up. Our group got seperated, and when they were calling us we were out of their low output range. I then gave them one of mine to use, and the conversations were much clearer. We could get three times as far, and did not lose them again. The bonus was that after a full day of wheeling the Midland battery level did not drop one bar, but 3 out of their 4 radios had died.

Bought two pairs (4 total) to use on a large cruise ship. They worked as expected - not too well from one end to the other, but fairly well about half-way through the ship. Also worked fairly well in port during excursions. Lots of features which we didn't use. Not simple to set up but not real complicated either.

I bought these radios as a means of reliable communications while camping, hiking, and for potential emergency situations. They are great quality with plenty of features at a better price. Easy to set-up and hand one off to the spouse and kids for use. Sound quality is great and range is decent. I'd give it five stars if it came with li-ion batteries instead of high maintenance, short life NiCad batteries, but at least I can throw in some AAs in a pinch. Highly recommend if you need a durable, quality, mid-priced comms for your family.

I’m returning them. They’re worse than my 20yr old 2ways. They have a high pitched noise that comes in when they are more than 10ft apart, and it doesn’t matter what channel or settings…. It won’t go away. My old radios get clearer reception from farther away than these do.

The appearance of the product was really nice--now if something could be done about the complications of trying to actually use the thing for what it was made for--then I would probably give it more stars. Called in to customer service/tech support and was sent to the website. Finally got hold of a person to ask a question and she was very helpful--until I turned the radios off--then it started doing the same thing over again. It was stuck with one of the radios stuck in the VOX mode and couldn't get it turned off again. I wouldn't buy this again if it only cost a penny.

These radios have every feature I could possibly want and more. I’m surprised that they were so affordable and included so many useful accessories. My only complaint is their advertised range. Even at full charges, they barely connected at twenty miles. Thankfully I don’t really need them any further than that.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Midland GXT1000VP4 50 channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio works fine over short distances. I have not had any luck with 36-mile range. The range is a few miles under good conditions, but that is all I need. The good things about the pair of radios is that you have 50 channels and encoding to select the radios that will receive the signal. You can add more radios and make this a good radio system with parents on one channel and others on other channels. It is very useful. The radio also has 3 power levels to select from to conserve the included rechargeable battery backs. A charger that operates on a 120 VAC wall wart or a 12 VDC using a cigarette lighter receptacle. The charger will charge both radios at the same time. The battery packs are also designed to use non-rechargeable batteries if desired. Accessories include belt clips, a headset/mics and for each radio. The Midland GTX1000VP4 FMS/GMRS Two-Way Radio is an excellent to use or as a present for anyone needing one. One additional feature I should mention is the CALL button which causes the radio you are calling to Ring alerting the radio called to respond to the caller.