DEWALT DXFRS800 2W 22 Channels Two-Way Radios, 2pk
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Condition: New
Size: 2 Watt
Model: DXFRS800
Style: 2 Pack
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Updated review 2023. See all info below.
By Tommy Jordan on Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2019
UPDATE TO REVIEW OCTOBER 2023 I got an amazing email from DeWalt along with a phone number for a lady to call about the issue. Today, I came home to find a package on my front porch I wasn't expecting. See video.... They went above and beyond in troubleshooting my issue and asked for me to send the radios back on their FedEx account so they can send them back to the manufacturing plant for diagnosis. You really can't ask much better than that level of customer support! Thanks again for being Awesome Dewalt! UPDATE TO REVIEW AUGUST 2023 The new version of these radios has a USB-C charging connector. That's pretty awesome. Unfortunately they also come with a new glitch. After 9 months, three of the four units are having the same issue (see video above). After 9 months of intermittent use, we're using these on a job site daily. We're low voltage engineers - not masonry contractors, so they're not being beaten up or abused. Three of the four we purchased (75%) are having a problem where the speaker just sounds so incredibly "tinny" and weak that the guy on the other end can't hear them. I had to go up 5 floors today and find a guy and ask if his radio was turned on. Turns out it was... just not well. Three out of four failing is WAY too high a failure rate for the investment these require. I've reached out to DeWalt and we'll see what they can do about them. ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW: I purchased these after seeing another contractor using them on the job site. The primary thing I liked about them was the small amount of buttons and the placement of the call button. Too often on the job, our more professional radios have too many options for the novice user. Even worse, the buttons often get pressed while in their tool belt or tool pouch. This radio has a large call button that's hard to press and not likely to get pressed by accident. That, I really like! The radio itself is great. The 2Watts of power work great for penetrating 35 floors of a highrise that the other cheaper radios won't do. I see other guys try and fail every day, but these penetrate pretty well with the extra power. The Micro USB charging port is awesome and one of the main reasons I picked up these radios. Rather than having to return them to the office and put 'em in the dock at night, the guys can charge them in their trucks, at home, or even on a portable battery pack, so that's been great. They charge quickly and they work well. As far as the belt clip goes - I'm not very impressed. In fact I'm a little mad that I spent so much and they've not lasted a month. So far out of four radios, we've used them a total of about six days on job sites. Three of the four have busted belt clips. The clips are really cheaply made and the radio can fall out of them. One of them fell three feet from a tool pouch and the antenna shroud just snapped off. I found it later and put it back on, but it shouldn't snap off that easy. Worse, the plastic that houses the belt clip contains so little material that the clips simply snap off. There's about 1/16th inch of plastic holding that together. Overall - GREAT radio - just plan to either be careful with it, or you'll find yourself fashioning a zip-tie clip for it when the belt clip breaks.
Top critical review
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It's not a heavy duty Item (average life spam 6 months max)
By Ocampo's on Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
We leave in a farm close to the ocean (1.5 mile), so we have tough conditions. All units are used every other day to allow charging. Likes: Good range, crisp & clarity sound. It is a strong product if the intention is not for heavy duty Dislike: $$$, but again nothing to compare to at this price range. After buying 6 of these radios (different times) since 2018, I can summarized my experience saying that if this is the top imagine the rest (we used Motorola as well, even worse). The plastic on / off button come off easily after a couple months (careful). It comes with a horrible swivel holder (belt clip) design which soon will break but regardless if it doesn't, it will let the radio come off when you have to run or actively move. In addition, it cannot be charged with the belt clip on. The chargers work fine for a short while thereafter, it's a pain to charge a radio. for some reason the contacts at the charger stop working properly so you will have to play every time with each radio moving it very slow and carefully until eventually a connection is stablished to start charging. Regardless of the charger, we cannot charge more that one walkie talkie at a time in the same double charger. As manufacturing defect, the battery cover in the back comes with 3 screws which are not rust protected so expect these screws get totally rusted quite soon. The real problem it's that these screws fit in a metal female bolt inserted, glued in the body (plastic) of the unit which eventually will break the case so the battery cover will be lose allowing moist & debris inside so there it goes its water resistant. The batteries itself are already going down in its performance after few months (4 approx.). The charging cicle went down significantly so each unit need to stay charging for more than 4 hours. Good luck trying to find batteries replacements, I haven't been able to locate them. The antena breaks quite easy so after the holder is broken don't put the unit in your back pocket or any pocket, antena gone.
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