Consumer ratings: Motorola FR60
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Brand: Motorola
Model: FR60
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Motorola FR60 Review by K. Stulp (Southern California)
We purchased these for our older children (8,7,4) as a set of walkie talkies that would last for a long time. So far so good. In our neighborhood, we get about 1/2 mile range (solid suburbia, lots of trees). I find them execptionally useful for when they go to friends houses, I can contact them directly and ask them to come home - or they can ask if they can go inside, without me calling the neighbor and bothering them, or my kids running back across our street to get permission to go inside. The call beeps are very annoying, although our children love to use the different beeps (5 of them) for whatever reason children like to make lots of noise. I purchased a set of rechargable NiMH AA's and am very glad I did. I hate to throw batteries away, and this way, I don't mind them using them constantly. Bottom line, tough usable, would recommend highly
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I recently purchased two radios before going on vacation to the beach. I wasn't quite sure how I would use them. My husband and our girls soon learned we couldn't do without them. While some of us were at the beach, we could radio back to the beach house for anything we had forgotten. While bike riding as the four of us got separated, we radioed our position. We even felt comfortable leaving our girls in the house, ages 6 and 10 in the beach house while we went for walks on the beach. The reception was perfect, totally more conveinent than cell phones. We will definitely bring them along for our hiking trip to Colorado in the fall.
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I bought a pair of the FR60 radios as a birthday present to myself, after much debate. I wanted Motorola because of their stellar reputation, but I couldn't afford to go all out. This radio is an excellent choice for people who want Motorola without breaking the bank. I think the quality of the radio can be summed up with one anecdote...my 6-year-old son and I ran for dinner one night and brought a radio, leaving the other with my wife and 4-year-old daughter. If you've seen the latest McDonald's commercial, you'll know what's coming...my son held the radio up to the counter, and my daughter was able to place her order from home. Now, at four years old, it can be difficult to decipher what she's saying in person, but the cashier had a crystal-clear conversation with my daughter, who was 1.5 miles away, sitting in our kitchen. That's clarity! We take the radios everywhere now...little league games, the beach, the mall, name it. Sure, it's a gadget, and I could lead a hapy life without it, but it sure is fun to use and an incredible convenience! Buy this radio...or buy many for everyone in your family!
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Motorola FR60:: Description
Motorola is famous for its great FRS radios, and its Talkabout FR-60 offers perhaps the best combination of price and performance we've seen. The FR-60 communicates on all 14 FRS channels and also has 38 sub-codes (also known as privacy codes) per channel, so it usually isn't too tough to find an open channel in a crowded place. It also offers great sound clarity and a range that met or exceeded that of any other FRS radio we've tested.
The dark blue device is solidly constructed, and although it isn't the smallest FRS radio on the market, it is very comfortable to hold. The large transmit button on the side is rubber-coated and easy to press when you need to talk, but difficult to press by accident. A small red LED lights up on the top when you are transmitting, so you can always tell if the device is working. A bullet-shaped knob on the top is used to turn the radio on and adjust the volume, and the small rubber antenna bends a bit and therefore is unlikely to snap off if you drop the radio. There's a menu key that's used in conjunction with up/down arrows to select channels and choose a call tone. The FR-60 has five of these tones, which can be used to call other people on your same channel by transmitting a short series of beeps and chirps that alert the other people in your party that you are about to speak.
The FR-60 was a joy to use, providing great sound quality throughout the volume range. We never achieved the two-mile maximum range Motorola advertises, but then again, no FRS radio will unless you are using it on a large body of water or across an enormous empty field. Suffice it to say the FR-60's real-world performance was right up there with the best of them, and even though two of the radios are fairly costly, it's still a great value if you need the features it offers. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Supports all 14 FRS channels and 38 sub-codes per channel
- Excellent range and sound quality
- Quality construction
Cons:
- Bulkier than some FRS radios we've tested
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