{"id":13206,"date":"2024-11-03T15:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13206"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:20:48","slug":"rocky-talkie-mountain-radio-review-expensive-but-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13206","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Talkie Mountain Radio Review: Expensive, but Worth It"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you have<\/span> a family and you like to be outside, you should have walkie-talkies. In a lot of places where cell coverage is spotty, you need a better way of keeping track of each other than running back and forth and yelling. Kids love<\/em> walkie-talkies. There\u2019s nothing that my 9-year-old likes better than signaling back to base camp, \u201cCome in, come in, make me cinnamon toast, over,\u201d when she\u2019s halfway through her hike.<\/p>\n

I know this is not necessarily the intended use case for the Rocky Talkie, the super-popular and super-rugged backcountry radio that my friends use for backcountry skiing and ascending multi-pitch climbs. But kids are a lot harder on gear than many adults. We\u2019ve been testing the Rocky Talkies on weekend trips all summer, dropping them while clipped to my backpack and running around in the rain.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve tried walkie-talkies from several other brands, including cheap ones from Amazon<\/a> and the standard Midland walkies<\/a>, but the Rocky Talkies are my favorite, even if\u2014and probably because\u2014they are much more expensive than other options.<\/p>\n

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The Rocky Talkie comes in two different configurations. The Mountain Radio that we tested uses the FRS, or Family Radio Service band that the Federal Communications Commission reserves for most recreational walkie-talkie users. This is why you don\u2019t usually pick up radio stations or big rig CB conversations on your walkie-talkie (although I have found that you still can if you try)<\/p>\n

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