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Midland - GXT1050VP4 2-Way Radios for Outdoors, 50 Channels, 142 Codes, Long Range 2-Pack - Black
Average customer rating
4.8
(39 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 39 reviews
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95%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Midland - GXT1050VP4 2-Way Radios for Outdoors, 50 Channels, 142 Codes, Long Range 2-Pack - Black
Posted by: NickP
from Pennsylvania
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I purchased the GXT Pro series for hunting in deep woods and brush in Pennsylvania. Was very skeptical at first but now, a believer of this product. Works great for what we needed no problem (loud and clear) in the most thick terrain at 600 yards. Like so much buying another set for hunting and 4 more for our construction company.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting midlandusa.com
Customer Rating
3
Volume
on July 30, 2021
Posted by: What did you say?
Gender:Male
I had purchased GTX 2050 series long ago, I needed additional radios and found that the GTX 2000 series was no longer available. I have purchased several GTX 1050 and found out that the flaw to the "New and Improved" GTX 1050 is that my Speaker/Mic AVPH10 has a much lower volume output than the older model GTX 2050. I am sorry to say that in loud environments it is almost useless. If you use these for hunting volume may not be an issue but that is why you have a volume knob to give you more when you need it. Sad to say the volume issue was by design according to Midland.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Posted by: Bginpa
from Washington
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
So far so good. Haven't been able to test them in the field yet. But with wife in the house I got in the car and drove for about a mile up the road. Trees all around. Didn't start to fade till I hit a mile. I expect it will do better in the field since we will be outside.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Prepper/Camper Girl
from The South
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
We just bought this and already am very pleased with the purchase. The camouflage design makes it unique and great for being out in the woods, no shiny buttons to catch a glare. The radios works great and we especially love the weather channels. We bought ours for camping as well as emergencies, and this meets & exceeds our needs. Requesting a license from the FCC is a bit of a pain (they are slow moving), but otherwise everything about this radio set is all thumbs up. Our set came with headset, charger base that plugs in wall or with an adapter for 12v DC receptacle (cigarette lighter) batteries and belt clips.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting midlandusa.com
Customer Rating
3
4 of these locked up completely
on December 26, 2021
Posted by: Savage223
from Central PA
Gender:Male
I bought 4 of these at the same time. ALL radios have less than 4 hours use- TOTAL power on time. All battery packs have been replaced within the last two months because of their natural life cycle.
They suddenly locked up for no reason. All packs have been charged appropriately, and all settings have retained themselves without pack batteries installed, making me believe the onboard memory batteries are still ok. Given the fact that all four of these locked up within a month of each other- if not on the exact same date and time- I believe this to be a planned obsolescence feature built in to the radios themselves. I have tried all available low level troubleshooting I found online.
They suddenly locked up for no reason. All packs have been charged appropriately, and all settings have retained themselves without pack batteries installed, making me believe the onboard memory batteries are still ok. Given the fact that all four of these locked up within a month of each other- if not on the exact same date and time- I believe this to be a planned obsolescence feature built in to the radios themselves. I have tried all available low level troubleshooting I found online.
Outside of this issue, menu navigation is painful, the open key has a miserably long swell time before transmit, making it difficult to hand these off to a novice user. They get frustrated and despite repeated reminders, tend to start talking before the 1-1 5 second delay in transmit, making the whole usability far worse than expected. A well oriented hunting or other group may not have this issue, but be aware that there is some learning that should take place.
The included earpieces are next to worthless. A specially bought, better made earpiece or headset works FAR better, especially in VOX mode, which is all but unusable with the stock earpieces. The radios themselves are of appropriate levels of value for the price, at least until this lockup tool place. Given that the most used unit may have transmitted less than 20 short messages and been powered on for something on the order of four hours total- and that they have been kept dry, 99.5% of the time used indoors... this issue is supremely irritating, disappointing, and, it rendered these unusable, completely unacceptable and worthy of sourcing from another company. I am ticked right now.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Posted by: Dew South
from Charlotte NC
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
work as described on mountainous terrain and around the house
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Donald
from Aurora, NC
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I live on a small ranch. These radios are a must to stay in touch with my wife in the house. It is so much more convenient that trying to constantly texting and quicker. And the range I obtain is great. I am very pleased with my purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: schoo
from Central, CA.
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Upgraded my vehicles to Midland GMRS two radios and this was a great addition as now we can stay in touch out of the vehicle also!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting midlandusa.com