Motorola Talkabout Radio MH230R - 2024 report by Whydis

Motorola Talkabout Radio MH230R

Radio, mh230r, rechargeable, Mini

Reviews by Features

Size

(24 reviews)
Price

(30 reviews)
Buy

(28 reviews)
Work

(39 reviews)
Product

(127 reviews)
Battery life

(34 reviews)
Kid

(32 reviews)
Quality

(99 reviews)
Distance

(38 reviews)
Range

(162 reviews)
Radio

(130 reviews)
Sound

(47 reviews)
Reception

(51 reviews)
User manual

(17 reviews)
Area

(14 reviews)
Metal dust

(10 reviews)
Apartment complex

(16 reviews)
Plastic

(8 reviews)
Contact

(15 reviews)
Connection

(11 reviews)
Clip

(17 reviews)
Symbol

(8 reviews)
Icon

(5 reviews)

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Reviews around size (4.74 of 5)

  • I recommend this one as sounds pretty clear, just right size, and price is very good.
  • Really clear signal for a good distance and a great size for kids
  • The compact size and light weight is really nice to slip right in a pocket, the sound is clear, very little static at all if any
  • Just the right size for big hands and little child hands
  • Smaller than I thought they would be, but my mistake for not checking the size
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Reviews around price (4.60 of 5)

  • The main issue is the price, so shop, shop, shop!
  • The price was right, and these guys are a decent solution for family comms around the homestead.
  • I bought these because the price was right, and I thought the range would be perfect for our two car move from Oklahoma to Virginia
  • My only issue now, as of August 2018, is the price!!
  • I recommend this one as sounds pretty clear, just right size, and price is very good.
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Reviews around buy (4.57 of 5)

  • My husband and our grandson play police with these and they are a great buy
  • These were a great buy, and worked great most of the time (that's why I gave an A-).
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
  • If you're in need of a short-distance means of staying in touch, these walkie talkies are the best buy you'll find.
  • My worst buy ever
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Reviews around work (4.40 of 5)

  • Used it during a trip with friends to communicate between two cars - worked well
  • These work wonderfully well, and they are easy to operate too
  • Work horrible in a normal environment, they say works for 23 miles in ideal environment
  • This worked extremely well for keeping in contact with my friends during a convention split over two hotels.
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
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Reviews around product (4.35 of 5)

  • This is a really great product for what I needed it for
  • The price is an amazing value too when you get such a great product
  • It's been an excellent product great for safety, easy for him to use and I understand
  • Great little product for price, recreation is clear, would reccommend
  • Poor product don't bother with it only has a range of around half a mile in the real world
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Reviews around battery life (4.32 of 5)

  • tech recommended resetting them, by pulling out the battery and letting them sit for over an hour... as silly as that was, it worked and the units haven't had an issues since!i've locked the buttons so my kids don't accidentally mess around with the units.
  • Battery life is good if you use the battery pack that is supplied
  • Battery life is great so far and audio quality is clear and crisp
  • Audio is fairly clear and the battery life was excellent
  • They worked well & the battery life was quite exceptional for standby use
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Reviews around kid (4.11 of 5)

  • Instead of buying terrible, cheap kids walkie-talkies, "Santa" got these for two brothers, age 11 and 7, and they were worth every penny
  • All the kids in our neighborhood use these and we all love them.
  • Coverage all over the mountain, clear audio, small, easy to push and kids can use to radio if lost.
  • My kids love these - and it's great for me too (no more screaming from the kitchen when dinner is ready).
  • The kids are getting the hang of the coordination to use (push, hold, talk, release), but need some occasional reminders as they get pretty excited using them.
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Reviews around quality (4.10 of 5)

  • They have a handy clip, a page/call feature, and really good sound quality
  • Poor quality, one of the radios has an issue with the frequency selection, another bad experience with Motorola Radios...
  • The audio quality and performance has been good so far, too - these are working great in our neighborhood and when we camp.
  • I have purchased approximately 15 of these radios for my small preschool, and I order new ones all the time because of the poor quality
  • Even at closer range, the sound quality and volume are poor.
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Reviews around distance (4.09 of 5)

  • I haven't used them at a great distance, but they have worked fine on small camping trips with Cub Scouts.
  • Really clear signal for a good distance and a great size for kids
  • Work pretty good have not tried them long distance yet just a mile or so.
  • tech recommended resetting them, by pulling out the battery and letting them sit for over an hour... as silly as that was, it worked and the units haven't had an issues since!i've locked the buttons so my kids don't accidentally mess around with the units.
  • Staff love them - easy to use , setup and have a great distance
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Reviews around range (4.02 of 5)

  • Range is limited, not to powerful to transmit, but sensitive enough to receive
  • The range was pretty poor, so I returned these quickly.
  • The range is also only good for about one mile when near any building or wooded area.
  • Seems in the city, your range is really limited to a couple of miles.
  • They hold a charge for a long time and they have a good range.
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Reviews around radio (3.83 of 5)

  • I will be buying cheaper radios so I can replace them more frequently.
  • The radios work very well, but the plug for the charger falls out of the socker.
  • The radios themselves work great and arrived in a timely
  • Ill admit, I was hopeful to get better range than that, thinking the 23 mile range radios would work at least a little better than the cheaper 5 mile range radios we already have, but it doesn't.
  • The radios work very well, but the plug for the charger falls out of the socker.
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Reviews around sound (3.77 of 5)

  • These radios have good clear sound and very good volume
  • I recommend this one as sounds pretty clear, just right size, and price is very good.
  • The other walkie talkie had a scratchy sound to it when I turned it on (like the speaker was popped)
  • I have only tested this at close range, but the sound is clear.
  • These sound clear enough to make using them fun, a very good purchase.
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Reviews around reception (3.69 of 5)

  • He has gone at least 1 mile from the house and we still get really good reception.
  • These radios worked for maybe a couple of hundred yards before the reception was so bad we could not understand each other
  • I bought them for a festival because of really bad reception and they came in handy.
  • They only worked for about two years and then died not very good reception.
  • We got about a mile away in two separate cars before we lost reception
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Reviews around user manual (2.38 of 5)

  • tech recommended resetting them, by pulling out the battery and letting them sit for over an hour... as silly as that was, it worked and the units haven't had an issues since!i've locked the buttons so my kids don't accidentally mess around with the units.
  • But user manual was missing the actual icons throughout the entire document to know what to actually press to use it and therefore not usable (as you can see in the attached photo).
  • They hold charges for a couple hours, clip on clothes easily and work as far as we need them (a few blocks radius).
  • Got it for our family camping trip and it worked just as far as it said it would.
  • User manual is missing the symbol of the button that need to be pushed, held
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Reviews around area (2.28 of 5)

  • tech recommended resetting them, by pulling out the battery and letting them sit for over an hour... as silly as that was, it worked and the units haven't had an issues since!i've locked the buttons so my kids don't accidentally mess around with the units.
  • Got it for our family camping trip and it worked just as far as it said it would.
  • They hold charges for a couple hours, clip on clothes easily and work as far as we need them (a few blocks radius).
  • Not recommended as it was a complete waste of money from the start.
  • Got it for our family camping trip and it worked just as far as it said it would.
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Reviews around metal dust (2.11 of 5)

  • Since they were not purchased with the intention of using them a a distance greater than a mile or two this is not a problem.
  • Got it for our family camping trip and it worked just as far as it said it would.
  • They hold charges for a couple hours, clip on clothes easily and work as far as we need them (a few blocks radius).
  • tech recommended resetting them, by pulling out the battery and letting them sit for over an hour... as silly as that was, it worked and the units haven't had an issues since!i've locked the buttons so my kids don't accidentally mess around with the units.
  • There are a lot of holes on the outside of the radio for the sound to travel out of - which I believe have let the metal dust to gather around the speaker cone thus keeping it from functioning correctly.
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Reviews around apartment complex (2.09 of 5)

  • We live in an apartment complex and she lives in the building behind me, these are fricken great for just regular day to day communication!
  • Got it for our family camping trip and it worked just as far as it said it would.
  • They hold charges for a couple hours, clip on clothes easily and work as far as we need them (a few blocks radius).
  • My boyfriend and I got these in hopes that we would have a fun, easy way to communicate because we live in the same apartment complex but in different buildings and also go to the same nearby college
  • They hold charges for a couple hours, clip on clothes easily and work as far as we need them (a few blocks radius).
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Reviews around plastic (2.09 of 5)

  • Although I am satisfied with the radio, the belt clip is made of cheap plastic which broke within the first 7 days of use
  • Since they were not purchased with the intention of using them a a distance greater than a mile or two this is not a problem.
  • And ... as a reviewer stated it comes in that hard molded plastic that must be cut off making a return less than ideal.
  • Not recommended as it was a complete waste of money from the start.
  • Got it for our family camping trip and it worked just as far as it said it would.
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Reviews around contact (1.95 of 5)

  • Since they were not purchased with the intention of using them a a distance greater than a mile or two this is not a problem.
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
  • Not recommended as it was a complete waste of money from the start.
  • They hold charges for a couple hours, clip on clothes easily and work as far as we need them (a few blocks radius).
  • The recharge lights come on sometimes, sometimes they do not, as if the contacts are dirty
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Reviews around connection (1.76 of 5)

  • We used this on vacation on a cruise ship to communicate easily without having the need to purchase expensive wifi connection onboard to call/message using our mobile device.
  • Mom says they work great and the connection is very clear
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
  • I don't know whether the 23-mile range is accurate, since the connection wasn't that good after a few blocks, but then, there were buildings in the way
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Reviews around clip (1.63 of 5)

  • They come with a handy belt clip or most of us wore them on lanyards around our necks to be "hands free".
  • Good but clips are very fragile and range is less then a mile
  • They have a handy clip, a page/call feature, and really good sound quality
  • The clips are broken already, but I can't blame that on the product, but rather the child.
  • They have handy belt-clips included, which makes it simple to clip one onto a back-pack or purse strap
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Reviews around symbol (1.33 of 5)

  • The folded paper manual that came with these is missing all symbols!
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
  • The user guide is a misprint - important words and symbols are omitted
  • User manual is missing the symbol of the button that need to be pushed, held
  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
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Reviews around icon (1.00 of 5)

  • my 8 y/o son complained the ptt button is a little hard to push.
  • At the present time here is what is wrong with this purchase:1: The instructions were missing the icons of what button you pressed for what ever option you were trying to accomplish with blank spaces.2: The walkie talkie part does not work on any channel and all settings are the same on both Radios
  • Instructions are missing EVERY SINGLE ICON, and unfortunately, only uses icons to give instructions.
  • But user manual was missing the actual icons throughout the entire document to know what to actually press to use it and therefore not usable (as you can see in the attached photo).
  • User manual is missing the icons so you have no idea what button they want you to press...it seems this problem has been going on for at least a year based on old reviews stating the same problem.

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  • Radio, mh230r, rechargeable, Mini