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The reception is very good, I used in big mountains while skiing to talk to my wife and had no problem. Even using it in "LOW" power it worked very well. That's one thing you need to be careful, using it in "HIGH" power consumes the battery really fast, making it necesseray to recharge everyday of use. Otherwise it lasts around 5 days.

I live in the desert in New Mexico, and I have tried these radios in many different areas, from flat to mild hills terrain and high hills. These radios claim to go up to 20 miles (yes, the title of the item says 18 miles, but the product box it says 20 miles). After the extensive testing this my conclusion; the maximum distance I got in an almost flat area was around 5 miles, not even close to the claimed 20 miles, in a an area where there were some small hills the reception got lost almost immediately as you loose sight of the other person, the same for high hills. For you to get good reception you have to be within sight of the other person, in conclusion for one to get the claimed 20 mile range, the circumstances must be perfect, which in most cases where the radios are going to be used for, are almost impossible.

On the Midland LXT44D 22 Channel 20 mile GMRS 2 way radio, it works really great, except that we've only been able to talk about 3 miles apart. I think perhaps if you were in the salt flats of Utah, or the flat land of Kansas, that you would probably get closer to the 20 mile talk range. Where we live it is a combination of flat and hills. There is excellent voice clarity.

bought this for my family to use on a Disney cruise. worked great all over the ship and from inside the stateroom to about 1/2 mile off the boat. security channels worked great even though a lot of two way radios were in use. Compact & durable, I like the rechargeable NiCd or four AAA optionm,lasted all day on a single charge. Battery gauge is bogus, shows full charge up the second it runs empty. Charging system is not intelligent so you have to monitor charge time to preserve battery life and peak charge capacity. Estimate the range in urban areas is about 1 mile, what more do you expect for $40. bought it here from Beach Audio, got it surprisingly fast. good volume and clarity. a bit more complicated to set up than I expected so you need to take the time to understand and teach others how to operate it.

I bought these with a pair of Midland AVPH2 mic/headphone sets to use for motorcycle-to-motorcycle communications. High-end motorcycle units can cost $250+ per motorcycle; my complete purchase for two bikes was far less than one of those high-end sets.

I'm satisfied with how the setup works. With transmit power on low we still never lost each other's signal. Batteries lasted for a couple days of on/off use and still hadn't died. Clarity was good. My only complaint is I could have asked for a little more headphone volume, but I don't know whether to blame radio or the headset for that.