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Title: Minimal performance enhancement
Review: Bought AudioVox 7001's (3 watt/7 mile) to communicate with my father during hurricanes in South Florida. He lives less than a mile away; and we are in a flat suburban area. Got marginal reception if we both stood in the front yard (basically line-of-sight). If either of us went inside the house--nothing.The five watts of the Midland radios provides only minimally enhanced performance over what I got with the Audiovox. If we both stand at the front windows of our houses we get OK reception. If either of us goes to another part of the house the reception is completely dropped. And forget about them working inside if the hurricane shutters are up.I agree with the majority of the reviewers. Stepping up to these 5 watters will probably only net you a 10% increase in range over the cheaper GMRS walkie-talkies. These are still glorified toys with a max range of 1-2 miles under the conditions most folks would want to use them.
