HT Reviews

Looking for the right handheld radio? Tired of reviews that give you a lot of “I bought this so it is the best” and very little objective information? Want comparisons of radios between $20 and $400 all at the same place so you can see the real differences? Then you came to the right place!

Rarely do I get a chance to review a radio that claims to do as much as the Abbree AR-518.
This Abbree AR-730 comes just days after my review of the Abbree AR-518, which won the award for lowest scores
The Alinco DJ-G7T is a very sexy looking tri-band waterproof semi-rugged radio with some good specs, but is it nothing
The Alinco DJ-MD5 is a dual-band (2m/70cm) DMR radio with probably the nicest color LCD screen I have seen on
The Arcshell AR-6 is an upgraded version of their AR-5, itself a close of the Baofeng BF-888s. It is also
The Baofeng 5RH Pro is one of a new platform of radios. That is, a set of radios that share
The Baofeng BF-888s is an inexpensive 70cm radio which is one of the most popular cheap handheld radios in the
The cheapest FRS radios Motorola has been their T100, which go for about $29 a pair and sell like hotcakes.
The Baofeng BF-E90 is a small, pocket-sized, 73cm 440MHz radio just starting to appear online (as of this writing it
The Baofeng BF-F8 Plus a probably the best UV-5R variant I have ever tested. Is it a fluke or has
The Baofeng BF-F8HP is a newer, upgraded, and more powerful version of Baofeng's famous UV-5R radio. Or is it?
The Baofeng BF-F9V2 Plus a probably the second-best UV-5R variant I have ever tested, coming in just a tad behind
The Baofeng BF-T1 is an ultralight 70cm radio meant to throw in your pocket, purse, or bag without weighing you
The Baofeng BF-X3 plus is another model in the UV-9x and BF-A58 family, with two big differences: a claimed significantly
The Baofeng DM-5R Plus is a dual-band (2m/70cm) DMR radio based on the venerable UV-5R. It is also, as of
The Baofeng DM-V1 is one of, if not the cheapest DMR radios made. Is it also the worst? Spoiler alert,
The Baofeng GT-3TP was a purchase that I thought for sure would be my new daily carry radio, and wound
The Baofeng GT-5TP is, at least in my opinion, what the UV-82 should have been all along, but never was.
The Baofeng K68 is one of a new group of radios that are all very similar looking with a large
The Baofeng NA-K6 is the second radio in this design to be reviewed here and sports the same bright orange