Cheap CB hand held Radios

I mean windy kangaroo island ....

Pretty cheap, I think, and you'll get what you pay for.

We have an Oricom set of 4 cordless phones. The keypads on the phones are ordinary to say the least, with keys sometimes requiring multiple presses to register. Hopeless when trying to respond to telephone menu systems.

If that's an indication of Oricom's general quality control then shop carefully.

Cheers

Have an Oricom mounted under the dash with all controls on the mic, one of the best radios I have owned, easily up there with all the GME's and Uniden, have the mic mounted beside the stereo and can easily here the speaker loud and clear.

luca_ki
Oriental Communications = China. I know lots of things are made there and some under licence.

Despite them working OK, I wouldn't regard them as up there with Uniden or GME.
As mentioned you get what you pay for and while normal comms is OK, now there is another 40 channels stuffed in between the old 40 to make 80 channel units now.

If the frequency separation isn't accurate n both transmit and receive you may get some hearing of other frequencies mixed in. I haven't experienced that but many others have reported such happenings.
Just for simple talk you may be happy, if scanning and relying on scan ability and performance then it may be a different story, as the scan rates are slow on an Oricom when compared with other makes.

A radio has to have a basic ability but it is the aerial which determines the real performance.
Handhelds are different to in car systems and can't easily be compared.

We have a set of Oricom 2 watt handhelds and have found them to fantastic. They have a great 3 year warranty and we cannot fault them, they are great value for money and we couldn't justify spending quite a lot more of our hard earned on either GME or Uniden.

Hi Luca_ki

They are a cheap unit to purchase, and there are far better radios on the market to spend your money on.

Off subject, but what part of the Island are you from? We love the place and it is always a great place to visit.


Cheers



Stephen

Instead of Oricrumbs, maybe a couple of tin cans joined by a bit if string between the vehicles would be more reliable. Also by keeping the string taut between the vehicles also doubles in keeping the convoy together.

Cheap...... and your a tour operator who needs them for a commercial venture.

There is a big difference in quality when using a radio a few times a year to using it every day or week.

I would look at GME or Icom as support and availability of replacement parts would be a lot quicker and more readily available.

There is nothing worse for a paying guest to be let down by tour operators who skimps and use failing equipment. it can ruin a whole trip.

Luca this is you livelihood and a wise person only pays once.

If you look at it short term then yes there is a big difference in price, but if you look at the long term the difference in price may be $20 per year for something that will last longer and be more reliable.

Too many look at the short term monitory gains and forget the long term monitory gains.

Not going to comment re brand but on our last trip one of the convoy vehicles vehicle radio was playing up so he switched over to his handheld which he had two different brands of, one a well known the other a cheapy
We found him very hard to interpret with one of the radios as it was not a clear transmission, he was right behind me and signal was not a problem but speaker and microphone quality made it difficult and I was constantly asking him to repeat his transmission