Toys for 3-12 Year Old Boys Walkie Talkies for Kids 22 Channels 2 Way Radio Gifts Toys with Backlit LCD Flashlight 3 KMs Range Gift Toys for Age 3 up Boy and Girls to Outside, Hiking, Camping

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I must admit I was a bit hesitant buying these after reading the reviews. The negative feedback regarding battery installation and “broke right away” was steering me away but I took a shot. I figured it was a small price to pay in comparison to the possible fun it would bring my kids during the shelter in place orders here in California. My kids are ages 2/5/8 for reference.Immediately when this things arrived my kids were eager to test them out. The testing however had to take a back seat until we bought TWELVE AAA batteries. Yes you read that right. If you didn’t see the detailed info each radio takes 4x AAA batteries. I’m considering the rechargeable battery investment but I will hold off until I can confirm they will last longer than a month. My biggest “concern” being the kids will drop them and render them useless. So far the kids have been climbing the play set outside with these and they’ve been solid. They’ve lasted a few hours of hide and seek, indoor/outdoor play and a few walks. While we haven’t tested these too much to see how far they will truly work when is use, we’ve been able to chat back and forth from here to the community mailbox which is about 4 houses away. Still a solid signal and I cools hear the kids clearly.One call out on this, and any radio for that matter, is the location of the mic. It’s inevitable the kids will cover it with their hands but it’s right in front on the left side so if you have a lefty in the family like I do and holds the radio with their right hand it MIGHT block the microphone. Some quick training and muscle memory broke that quickly.To respond to the complaints that the batteries were a pain to install or snap in place I felt this wasn’t an issue and just needed a minor amount of force to push the batteries in place. Maybe people aren’t installing one side at a time and simply trying to lay the battery flat and push down? Just make sure to set in the side negative side of the battery first (flat side) then push the positive end in with a little force and they’ll snap in snug. I mean...that’s how you normally insert a battery isn’t it?? Just thought I would call that out in response to the negative feedback on this minor “issue”.All in all you’ll get what you pay for. These aren’t meant to last forever at this price. If they will last at least thru this current madness it will be totally worth the cost.

These walkie talkies were a big hit with my kids (ages 6-14). My kids went out to the street corner (about 6 houses away) while I talked to them from a back room on the 3rd floor of our condo. There was enough static at that range that we had to move closer to each other. For perspective, that's about 1.5 football fields away through buildings. I've not tried using them in an open field, but from the initial test, I believe they would work even better in a park. The kids seem to like the color combinations and the small size. They were actually smaller than I expected, but they are perfect for their little hands. They have a belt clip to attach them to a waistline and also have a small hole on the top of the belt clip in order to use a lanyard. The radios use 4 AAA batteries and can't say how long they last since we've only had them for 2 days. The instructions are clear and it's easy to figure out how to use them and control the settings. They do have a lock option that prevents little ones from accidentally changing the channel or performing a scan for channels. The radios have 22 channels with 99 subchannels. Although this is a great feature, you wont really need to use it unless there are other radios in your area using up the channels.There were a few down sides, but nothing that would make me return them. The VOX option does not work. Well, it does if you're willing to talk with your mouth an inch from the radio, which defeated the hands-free option. Also, you have to begin talking to activate the VOX feature and when the display lights up 5 seconds later to signify it's transmitting, you can then begin to say what you intended to transmit. The radios have a rubber plug that can be pulled out to connect a headset, except my set didn't have the audio input. It was just a hole and I can see down into the electronics of the radio. I'll be contacting the vendor about this. Based on reviews and questions, it seems the audio input (when present), supports the smaller 2.5mm jack for old phone headsets, not the 3.5mm standard headphones (earphones) connector. I would think the VOX option would work a little better if used in conjunction with a headset, but I can't test that theory at the moment nor do I want to purchase old phone headsets to do so.Another downside is that you can't turn down the volume of the radio itself, such as the tone beeping, the calling tone, or the squelch. You can turn some of them off, but can't control the volume. This can be really loud and even annoying if being used in close proximity to an adult conversation or inside the house. Although you can control the volume of the transmission or person talking, the range from high to low is trivial and it doesn't matter that you can control it. A specification states there's a battery save feature, not sure what that is because I left the radio on and untouched for over 30 minutes and it didn't shut off.I'll update my review after contacting the vendor, using them long range, and getting an idea of battery life.

My kiddo loves them. Easy instructions to follow for changing settings. Seem durable

I bought these for my nieces/nephew for Christmas and they seemed to work great out of the box (batteries not included), and they told me they spent the entire day the next day playing with them and loved them. They felt and sounded nice from what I could tell before they took them home, so I'm satisfied! There are 3 of them so this set was perfect and I love the different colors. Very cute