Cobra RX680 Walkie Talkies (2-Pack) – Rugged & Splashproof Two Way Radios Long Range, IP54 Water Resistant Design, 60 Pre-Programmed Channels, Weather Alerts, Included Charging Dock (Black/Orange)

Works for Ren Faire
These worked REALLY WELL at the Texas Ren Faire in Houston. Even with all the buildings, bodies and trees in the way these walkie talkies picked up signal really well. Lots of channels to choose from which was nice. Only complaint- which someone else already mentioned- is the button to talk is difficult to press. Press the button and make sure you hear the radio noise BEFORE you start talking. A couple of times I thought I had sent info over the channel but I hadn’t. Batteries lasted all day (12 hours) but we didn’t use them that much.

Good quality.
lightweight. Good battery life. Good functionalities. In good use.

Don’t believe the hype 38 miles!?! Not 38 feet
We were very excited to have the Cobra Walkie Talkies in time for our Bike trip in Southport, NC. Charged up the radios night before and sat down with wife and reviewed the instructions so she knew how to use radio while we were riding (with optional headset and VOX). We were ready to go and decided to try the radio in our cottage which is not 40 feet long. We could hear each other while looking at each other so that’s thumbs up. As soon as she stepped into bedroom front of the house and I stepped in back bedroom-nada…so we tried not using the headsets and could hear better but not when using VOX! We wanted to use the VOX since riding bikes but not working when stepping in opposite rooms- in same house!! We tried different settings channels and no improvement. We decided to take anyway and off and on during day we tried calling each other in same building with no luck. Super frustrating as we thought we had the right tool for this trip. We will be returning this set including the optional hands free headset by Cobra as well. Wanted to like this but failed us. Battery life did seemed to be good as was on all day and only down one bar at 11:00 pm but hey, did not use any functions so no wonder…good radar detectors however

Performance is not what’s advertised
I bought this radio because my wife and I were relocating from California to Florida (making it a road trip) and I thought it would be nice to not have to use cell phone just to reach each other. We were both traveling with our girls, one in each vehicle, a great way to make the trip more fun for them. When I first received the device, it looks very rugged and slick looking like any other Cobra product and that is as good as it gets.On initial testing, the product sounded really good, as long as we were in close proximity and up to about 100 feet. At a range of 300 feet, audio clarity started to drop from good to more static/white noise. With a fairly good amount of tree in our neighborhood plus our metal woofing, we thought those elements were distorting the carrier signal thereby effecting the advertised range. Three weeks later we started our trip and ready to put the device to a real test. Fired the radio up, did a quick radio check at 30 feet, clear as day (love’n it. Did a radio check again at 800 feet, still clear as day (Wow, good bye neighborhood, hello open road) . After we’ve reached flat open terrain out of the mountain in California, mostly flat farming terrain with zero tall buildings in site, and clear skies, I decided to do one more test to see if the device’s reported range holds water. Sent my wife out 3/4 mile out from the cargo truck that I was driving, pressed the push-to-talk button and poke, she could not hear a thing. I could clearly see the vehicle ahead of me. In fact I could almost make out some detail of the vehicle, so it couldn’t have been too far out of range. At each button press/release and talk still nothing. She eventually dropped back to about 1/2 mile in order to regain audio. We eventually tried the long range several time with different settings just to have the same result plus a lot of static at each settings. In the end, we decided 1/2 mile is the best we can get out this model, accepted it and move on with our travel days. The girls were disappointed so they ended up using their phones instead, and leave the Cobra for discussion about breaking and refueling strategies.I don’t know how Cobra could advertise 38 miles or even 3.8 miles range on this device, where in reality it is way less than. Not very happy with the outcome, but it is now too late to return the device. I eventually gave them to my girls so they can play around on our 5 acres property.I won’t tell anyone not to buy this product. But I will say, do your homework and test it before you fully commit.

Muy buenos radios tienen un excelente alcance. Dentro de la ciudad dan aproximadamente 800m-1 km. A diferencia de unos midland que tengo que según son más potentes y no dan ese alcance. Otra cosa a destacar es la duración de la batería puede durar fácilmente 3 días de uso continuo sin ocupar recarga

AUNQUE NOS LOS HE USADO AÚN TIENE MUY BUENAS REFERENCIAS TANTO QUE ME VOY A COMPRAR OTRO PAR CON EL BENEFICIO DE LA DUDA LE DOY LAS 5 ESTRELLAS

Se sienten de buena calidad, resistentes y bonitos ♡