Home > Consumer Reviews > Motorola TalkAbout T5420 (AA) Graphite Black 2-Way Radio (Single)

Have used this on two car vacations or work related trips, also use this as an intercom unit with the recharging base, because we live in a large house. We bought three and only use it within a half mile or less and have never had a problem. Purchased 4 years ago and the batteries still maintain a charge for a week with limited use. Very reliable.

The problem is the reception range, which is miserable. Clear reception is for only a couple of hundred feet, provided there are no obstacles. The signal disappears completely at about 1/2 of a mile. However, in the Magic Kingdom park of Disneyworld in Florida, we had difficulty maintaining any communication at all, probably due to a lot of buildings and steel structures around. Therefore, I consider these units as not a real communications devices, but rather just children's toys. Also, in this case, clearly, you get what you pay for: the item is cheap and it works like a cheap item.