What's the Favorite Mid-Level GMRS Radio?

I sold the Midland and got this one,
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It is very compact, 20 watts, and has all the features I wanted. Pleased with it so far.

I think Josh got this one,
https://www.radioddity.com/collections/consumer-radios-frs-gmrs-radios/products/radioddity-db20gIt's even smaller in size and very easy to find a home for.
 
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How’s the volume on those units? My biggest complaint about the Midland MXT-115 is even with the volume maxed out sometimes it’s still to low to hear.
 
@bobthetj03 @jjvw

How’s the volume on those units? My biggest complaint about the Midland MXT-115 is even with the volume maxed out sometimes it’s still to low to hear.

I can hear it ok while driving on the highway without doors. better than my CB.
 
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I have kicked that idea around. Just hate to add more clutter in my cab.

You using one?
Yeah, I was gifted one a while back I never used. I finally ran the wire up the sport bar and between the front seats (I’ll likely move it to just by the driver side ear for a cleaner cab look).
 
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Some of these radios have a speaker in the base unit and one in the mic as well. That is a nice feature for a Jeep envirnment.
On my Midland 275 I run a remote speaker mounted on the windshield frame just above the rear view mirror. It puts the sound right at ear level. I run the remote speaker and the mic speaker concurrently, and that does a good job even with the top off. I can even hear it over the screams of my passengers…
 
If you decide to access repeaters, you need to buy a GMRS licence to be legal, and buy a part 95E compliant radio for GMRS. As you likely know by now, having watched Randy's videos, a uv5r is a Ham radio, and not legal to transmit on GMRS frequencies.
GMRS License is FCC law regardless of whether repeaters are used. 10yr, $70, covers ENTIRE family; in laws, cousins, grandkids...
I'm not the FCC radio police but y'all should have the info.
 
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