Title: are there any alternatives?
Product review: Have a dozen of these in use at a busy restaurant. Some are going on 5 years + and the batteries have never been changed. The range and clarity are AWESOME. They are simple to use. Three times they've been completely submerged in water and after drying have worked like new.If you get the 6 unit multi charger just make sure to get Radio Shack's "Precision Electronics Cleaner" and clean the base and walkie contacts occasionally.Weakest link are the earpieces which work for only about 2 years, maybe more.Only bad thing about the walkies is a lag of about one second after you push the talk button so the first second of a transmission is always cut off. Solution is to just hold the button for one second and then talk.March 2012: About 4 of my 12 walkies are now 6 1/2 years old and still going strong! Had to buy some new batteries of course.
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