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I was immediately disappointed with the sound quality of these radios. It was frequently very difficult/impossible to understand what the other person was saying (confirmed in both directions). This wasn't an issue of being out of range or choppiness or such. Simply, it sounds like the voice is digitized and degraded. I have an FCC license and have owned numerous Motorola radios over the years. This set was a real disappointment. A radio that can "ideally" communicate over such a great distance is useless if you can't understand what the other person is saying -- even from a very short distance away.
Furthermore, the housing of these radios lacks durability. The rugged rubberized bumpers that served to protect the former models is gone -- just cheap-feeling plastic now.
Furthermore, the housing of these radios lacks durability. The rugged rubberized bumpers that served to protect the former models is gone -- just cheap-feeling plastic now.
Product Review:
Terrible Sound Quality, Cheap Housing
Posted on Nov 7, 2009 12:44 pm
Posted on Nov 7, 2009 12:44 pm
The company that I work for is using these radios at a construction site where it is very noisy. Allot of the workers are complaining about the poor sound quality and the poor range. These are toy radios and are not suitable for industrial construction sites.
Allot of time is being lost by having to ask for a repeat in the message sent, misunderstanding the message or having to actually walk all the way over to the worker that you want to talk to.We have complained to upper management about these radios but they don't want to do anything about it. Meanwhile, the upper management is complaining about the lack of production.
Allot of time is being lost by having to ask for a repeat in the message sent, misunderstanding the message or having to actually walk all the way over to the worker that you want to talk to.We have complained to upper management about these radios but they don't want to do anything about it. Meanwhile, the upper management is complaining about the lack of production.
