Enjoy reliable communication over distances of up to 3 miles. Whether hunting, camping, or navigating urban environments, the GT-18 keeps you connected.
The GT-18 provides flexibility with dual PTT options. The side PTT design is a conventional choice, while the center PTT is a slightly less labor-intensive alternative, catering to your communication preferences.
Effortlessly scan through channels with the up and down key combination. This scanning feature simplifies the process of finding the right channel for your communication.
Both my 3 year old son and 7 year old daughter is following in my footprints on everything. Recently I got into ham radio and purchased a few handhelds. Of course my rugrats wanted their own, but I did not want to get something cheap or simply a walkie talkie. I wanted something that gives my kids a learning curve into frequencies and channels. These are just perfect. I got them and automatically installed the belt clip, lanyard and even downloaded the program to easily put the NOAA channels ( along with ctcs codes on the frequencies we will be using ). My son had a blast with it. Wife and her mother was impressed as well.For the NOAA programming, it is a bit confusing, do not follow Baofengs instructions.1) you need a Baofeng program cable ( i already had one, thats how easy and fast i was able to program ).2) download the official program under the GT-18 section - https://www.baofengradio.com/pages/download , extract and install.3) highly urge to backup the default firmware, once the radio is plugged in an on, on the program, go to settings and choose port of where the program cable is connected to. read from device and click file and save.4) when you open the GT18 program the NOAA channels are already showing. Simply write to device and that is it.NOAA channels did not work indoors since these radios are low watt but works perfect outdoors.
Will not work in the stated range. Audio is clear at times and sometimes bad. Workable for kids. Not for serious usage.
Been a user of Baofeng Amateur (2Meter, 440) walkie talkies for years.This is of course limited to one band (30 frequencies) and is lower power but had good range (at least quarter of mile) in suberb environment). Kids found then easy to use (just dial to same unused frequency).Battery life seemed good.Price was right and better than competitive units.