Cobra RX680 Walkie Talkies (2-Pack), IP54 Water Resistant Design

This is my third pair of FRS radios in about three months. I use these daily to set up K9 Search & Rescue problems for my dog in the Rocky Mountain region. It isn’t practical to use radios that require a license for training because I’m always using different ‘subjects’ so that the dog learns to discriminate between the scent of different people. For those who don’t know, the FCC limits the power on FRS channels to 2-watts which isn’t much. In certain terrain, the usable range of these radios can be less than a mile but that’s the downfall of all FRS radios - regardless of the range manufacturers put on the box. These radios can also access GMRS channels and will automatically transmit with 5-watts of power on GMRS channels. This does help extend the range slightly over FRS. We have tried Midland and Motorola radios; they all perform similarly on the respective 2-W and 5-W channels. The difference between Cobra and others is volume, durability, and the user interface. The radio models I have tried that use buttons for volume adjustment are not practical to use. You have to be in the right mode to adjust volume and some have such weak speakers that you can’t hear the radio unless you hold it to your ear. The two main functions of any radio are on/off and volume. Because those two functions are on a dial, the buttons on the front of the radio can remain locked once the radio is set up. This is huge! With other radios, you are constantly fiddling with the buttons to lock and unlock the buttons each time you use them. Lastly, the Lithium ion batteries perform better than expected. I was hesitant to purchase these because it’s really easy to swap out AA batteries in the field. The lithium ion batteries have good life and the indicator gives you plenty of notice when the battery starts to fade. These radios are about as good as they get for non-licensed use.

These were IMPRESSIVE. so when i first turned it on it defaulted to channel 1. it kept picking up a lot of chatter from other people and so i was a little meh about it. THEN i got the bright idea there is more channels for a reason.... so flipped it to one that was silent and this thing worked FARRRRRRRRRR. i am in love with these radios.

My kids love it and I feel calm that they go outside with the neighbors and I can called them at any time. Channel selection is easy, you just choose the same to the other walkie talkie you have and don’t have to change it, if for example you use it only with your family. Weight is like like a normal phone, so its ok. Suitable for kids, my youngest is 7yo and he use it pretty well. The quality is excellent and never have a problem with battery life.

I live in a small town, but none the less have a lot of power lines and some hills. By no means area we getting the 38 mile range. We get about a 1.5 mile range. They may do better out in some plains or desert with no buildings, powerlines or hills. Very easy to use, durable, reliable, but make sure you know that 38 mile promise is under perfect conditions , at best.

Completely false information these don’t work for hiking or even urban areas. 38miles is lies 3 miles is lies. Waste of money can’t use for my camping trip now cause there

We live on a 15 acre highly wooded and very mountainous property. These walkies do the job we need em to do, keep connected when out for a walk with the dog. Daughter of 7 loves them cause she can reach me in my office/garage/shop, my wife on her walks and we all know what eachother are up to. Way better than a cell phone for our needs and well, more fun. No problems with use so far after a few weeks of use and some rather long distance / clear comms from everywhere on our property and even a bit beyond. Really good walkies for the money and perfect for family use. Very easy to use the basics. The advanced features are a bit more tricky (and not needed generally) but nothing a small bit of tinkering wont figure out. We leave them on for days at a time and so far ive yet to see one drop below 4 out of 5 bars of battery life. Charger is decent. wish it came with more than a USB plug. An outlet with normal ac adapter would have been preffered by me at least but not a deal breaker. Overall... great product and i bought again as they worked so well for us. Good job cobra. Nice to see some companies are still reputable enough to trust.

We live and travel in an RV about half the year. We got these so we can communicate with our kids at campgrounds. We usually use them about 1/4 mile apart, up to about 1 mile apart. They've worked great! We like all the different settings, the sounds quality is great, and the battery life is amazing. You can't hold it close like a phone...you need it out away from your mouth. As long as you do that, you will hear everything super clear! Ours last 4+ days, even on travel days when we are communication between vehicles and leave them on all day long. We used to use CB and Ham radios but constantly had issues, and you're supposed to be certified. These radios are a much better value and easier to use!

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

Ótima qualidade e funciona muito bem

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 ♡

son muy bonitos, son buenos radios solonqiebeso de las 38 millas es una mentira total almenos en ciudad no pasan más allá de 500metros, tal vez en mar abierto donde no hay nada que los interfiera podría ser esa distancia