The thing I love best is the range. At a two mile range I can go boating on my sailbaot and stay in contact with my motor going dad.I love to go adventure riding on my friend's quad since there is so much space where I live and my parents often worry about me and now I can say that I'll be back late.My dad and I also love to hike and go off trail and again I can give a radio to my mom and stay in touch.The one main reason why I origonally bought this item is because my mom and sister hate looking at electronics with my dad and I. So of course they go to a department store and they can be in almost any outlet and it takes hours to find them in the two story store.