📞 Stay Connected, Stay Ahead!
The Arcshell AR-5 Rechargeable Long Range Two-Way Radios come in a convenient 3-pack, featuring a robust 1500mAh Li-ion battery for extended use, a frequency range of 406.1-470 MHz, and a compact design that fits comfortably in your hand. With a range of up to 5 miles and hands-free VOX functionality, these radios are perfect for a variety of settings, from construction sites to family outings.
Item Weight | 2.16 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 4.53 x 2.36 x 1.3 inches |
Item model number | AR-5 |
Batteries | 3 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
Display Type | LED |
D**R
Worked perfectly!!!
I bought them to keep in touch with my grandson when he got home from school. He loves them and I have peace of mind!!! The range is great! Battery life is wonderful! I can hear him loud and clear!! Great choice!!!!
A**R
Great two-way radios with lots of features
The media could not be loaded. These are excellent compact two-way radios. They have lost of features not found in other models. I purchased them for our home, my wife has mobility issues and stay in our master most of the day. Having these radios allows me be anywhere in the house including the yard or garage and still be able to communicate with out my cell. The radios are simple to use and easy to assembly, everything you need is include. Also the price is very reasonable for the quality and features. I highly recommend the Arcshell Two-Way Radios with UHF Transceivers.
T**S
Great
I just got these two days ago and couldn’t believe how well they worked, I went 3 blocks away and they worked perfect even with all the houses and buildings that were in between my house and where I was at.
T**S
Great little radio.
Working with a large siteworks crew (30) and these radios were inexpensive enough to give one to everyone to use so communication is easy. Several people also bought the attachable hand mics and they seem to work well. We're on a 20 acre lot and the range seems fine.
K**R
THESE ARE NOT FOR BEGINNERS!!!
For my purposes, these radios are exactly what I needed, which is why I gave them 5 stars. However, if you want a radio you can pull out of the box and start using, this is not what you're looking for. Yes, you can do that, but you will be in violation of FCC regulations. More importantly, you may interfere with public service or business radios. These radios are intended for use by businesses which have a comm person who knows how to program them. They come from the factory with frequencies programmed in (apparently it's not good to leave radios unprogrammed) but unless you know how to program them, you won't even know what those frequencies are nor what the power setting is. They can be programmed to either 2 watts or 0.5 watts and yours may be set to low power, which is probably why some people get poor performance at longer distances. Most of the programmed frequencies are in the "business band" which is a license-only band by FCC regulation. If you interfere with a business which paid to use that frequency, they will probably report you. If you interfere with police, fire, ambulance, etc. operations, they will definitely report you. Some of the channels have "privacy codes" which ignore anything that doesn't have the same code. That's why they won't interface with radios you already own. They can be made to do that, but they won't do it out of the box.If you want to pull something out of the box and immediately use it, you really are looking for an FRS radio. Amazon has a bunch of them. They have 22 license-free channels and operate at 2 watts except channels 8-14 which are 0.5 watts. Just type "FRS radio" into the search bar. They are more expensive, but they won't give you a headache because they don't do what you want, and they won't get you a hefty fine from the FCC. The probability of being caught is very low, but it's not zero.If you're knowledgeable or just brave, you can reprogram the radio yourself, but you will need a Baofeng programming cable (also available on Amazon) and a free downloadable program called CHIRP. You also have to know which frequencies you want to program in. As I said, not for beginners. If you're hell-bent to do it, I recommend you keep to the license-free FRS frequencies so you don't attract unwanted attention. You can look them up online. There are many excellent videos about how to do this on YouTube and if you're even a little tech-savvy, you can probably learn to do it.Again, if you're looking for an out-of-the-box solution, this isn't it. However, they're excellent little radios if you know how to program them.
B**T
Great walkie talkies
This is a great product. These walkie talkies are used in a rural area where mobile phone service is spotty. We've distributed these to our farm neighbors within a 3 mile area so we can stay in touch. The high customer reviews, the A rating on fakespot and the very reasonable price helped me make the decision to buy these walkie talkies. I am so satisfied with this product, I just bought 3 more.
B**B
Inexpensive, easy to program, use on repeater
We recently installed a repeater for the neighborhood to use. I bought these to give each household two. Took me 20 minutes to program all 10 radios. Got download from Chirp. Great little radios, easy to use, fast shipping. Better than description.
N**N
Highly Disappointed
We are a non-profit organization that received a donation, which included an older set of the Arcshell AR-5 walkie-talkies. We had a large event, so we purchased an even larger set of additional Walkie-talkies (same manufacturer and same model AR-5) to ensure they were compatible. We didn't receive them just before the event, but we felt comfortable with our order because of your advertised, 24/7 customer service guarantee on your website. Unfortunately for our 130 volunteers, the old Arcshell AR-5 Walkie-talkies and the new Arcshell AR-5 Walkie-talkies were not compatible. In addition, the 24/7 customer service number [(356) 924-3576] didn't work and our email to Arcshell’s customer service came back as “undeliverable.”We are very disappointed.
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