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Posted: 5/4/2016 9:43:45 PM EDT
I recently added a couple of UV-B5's to the two UV-5R's I have. One of the 5R's was getting a bit ragged and they are disposable, after all!

Pro's compared to the 5R's:

They are much nicer to hold than the 5R's. Even my XYL likes them better!
They will happily sit in the charger and receive all day, so can be used as a "base station".

Con's compared to the 5R's:

WAY too easy to accidentally delete a channel. Hold the "FM" key down for four seconds and bye bye channel!
Putting the radio in the charger will often hit the FM key!
The work-around is to lock the controls. This is an undocumented function (hold the Menu key) that I had to find on the interweb.

That is all...
Link Posted: 5/4/2016 10:39:38 PM EDT
[#1]
guessing you like it 'good enough'

they are pretty decent little radios...the only one I'll recommend :)
Link Posted: 5/5/2016 7:13:40 AM EDT
[#2]
Yep, good enough!
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