Range is pretty good for its size.

more range is useless since you have to match other person's channel if other person use the old version.

Planning to get a NA-701 antenna to improve range

Works nicely, haven't tried it outside Amateur freqs yet, but range, and power, with stock antenna is better than other HT's I have had in past

I have used other Baofeng radios as walkie-talkies and the range was much better than the Motorola talk-a-bouts we had

And He Discovered That It Has A Excellent Range On Simplex And Accessing The Repeaters.

I have Yeasu FT-60R that I use and the range and reception and filtering on the Baofengs are almost indistinguishable

The range is excellent.

Has good range, but you need either an electrical or computer degree to program it as the instruction are confusing at best.

If your require greater ranges upgrade your antenna purchase the High Power (UV-82 HP) version.

Good range and fits my hand well

When paired with the extended antenna the range is great for a 5w handheld

Awesome battery life and range

Willl probably need longer antenna for better range, but over all a very good radio

The range is absolutely spectacular with the other antenna I bought

There is a cheaper model, the BF-888, which are OK, but the UV-82 has so much more, including a better range.

Cons: not field programmable, no option to power it issuing regular batteries (although you can get an adapter to run it directly from a 12 volt source)Pros: decent range, reception and filtering on par with most big brand HT; can't beat this price

Useful for the greater range it provides

far, I've found the audio to be perfect, the range to be good, and user interface to be "friendly".I strongly recommend you get the programming cable and download the "CHIRP" programming software

The 10" BaoFeng Antenna is an added bonus to already impressive range.

Plan on adding a higher gain antenna for reliable range, the factory one is good, but typical of HT antenna's.

The optimal range is hard to narrow in on as the knob is stiff right in this range for some reason.

Great little radio for the price (spent more on accessories), pretty good range for a portable.

Good range, clear voice reception but low volume.

Good range, good quality for the price.

Long range capability, at least 4 miles

The optimal range is hard to narrow in on as the knob is stiff right in this range for some reason.

Great radio great range

Just picked up this radio to replace a Wouxon radio that has known factory defects that they wont fix as well as to replace my Anytone mobile radio that was stolen when my car was broken into and i must i a pleasantly surprised by the quality and function

Programs weird a and software is flakey but the hardware is rock solid and (as a ham

It just /works/, it works as you'd expect, it feels GREAT, it sounds GREAT, audio reports are GREAT, battery life is /insanely great/ in comparison to the UV-5R, its subtle operating changes to be more efficient than the 5R are

Programming the radio is just as easy as the 5R as it uses the same operating system

They are a little longer than the Bao Feng UV5R, which I like as it fits my hand better.

I'm guessing the radio has increased in popularity as it has suffered from price creep, now at $49 here on Amazon