On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:36:43 -0500, JustWait wrote:

A friend is looking at these:

http://www.buytwowayradios.com/produ...la-mr355r.aspx

Any of you guys use this or similar system, know anybody who does or
have any input as to their usefulness? TIA.

Her use would probably hiking, biking, skiing etc. in or around the Pac
North West...

We used to use almost the same Motorolas (a little older series) when we went to Disneyland, Kings
Dominion, etc. The biggest problem was interference from other folks on the same channels. For the
past few years we've used cell phones to accomplish the same purpose. The Motorola's were given to
Goodwill.