Cobra Electronics PR190-2VP 10 Mile Range 2 Way Radio

While they are really nice walkie talkies for very short distances, like between cars on a road trip, like i use them for, their range is absolutely terrible. They stop working completely at under a mile in an average suburb, let alone a city. Possibly I got defective ones but i bought six of them and they all function the same...so not likely. They are very nice and cheap, and I love the size and simplicity and that they come with a charger and rechargable batteries, but the distance is like i said, terrible.

We live in the hills of TN, where my husband & sons traverse & hunt regularly, these little babies do what they say, no problems getting a clear signal over/under hills, hollows & ridges! They work just fine!
As a matter of fact, I believe this is the same set my husband had me re-order for a monthly give away for the kids youngsportsman.com website for the month of August '08 see then here: http://www.youngsportsman.com/

I haven't tested this for range yet, but wanted to add comments about the battery charging. The Low Battery Icon does NOT measure the amount of charge left on the battery. After charging the batteries, this icon will appear, and it looks like it didn't take a full charge. It's only when the Low Battery Icon FLASHES does it mean that the batteries are low. I called Cobra to ask about this because I didn't think the batteries were charging. The instructions don't tell you this. Will add more comments later after I've used it more.

What I especially liked about these two-way radios is that you can use alkaline batteries if the rechargeable batteries are too low to use. That's a real plus.