Recommend car to car radios for a road trip

[E-numbers]

How do people do this? Is there a relatively affordable option for two old idiots to keep in touch on a road trip? Thanks in advance!

[JohnnyUK]

E-numbers said:

How do people do this? Is there a relatively affordable option for two old idiots to keep in touch on a road trip? Thanks in advance!

I bought these for a road trip to Switzerland - worked very well for the price!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C37W5DZ?ref_=ppx_hz...

[E-numbers]

Cheers Johnny! That’s what I’m after.

By the way, love the range of your garage- a proper petrolhead (including the ami!)

[cliffords]

Holding those handsets and using them whilst driving will be a motoring offence in many countries.
There are good kits used often by motorcycle users, that people adapt for car use. A simple in ear device with a wire to a unit that you clip on to your shirt .

[E-numbers]

Thanks Clifford’s, I was expecting to use them with a hands free headset plugged in- like an old iPhone headphones- is that ok?

[300sl-24]

CB Radio can be used without breaking the law as they are exempt from the mobile phone laws. They are pretty cheap to buy now

[wyson]

Um whats wrong with using your mobile phones?

[Byker28i]

Just seen this. Mitex General, as used by many car clubs, because they have a really good range, handy if you are separated in traffic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MITEX-GENERAL-LICENSED-HA...

On a motorway you've got around 2 miles, although I was on a hilltop in France and picked up others around 6 miles away.

[eliot]

E-numbers said:

How do people do this? Is there a relatively affordable option for two old idiots to keep in touch on a road trip? Thanks in advance!

you could use a push to talk app such as Zello which turns your phone into a digital walkie talkie and will use you car's mic & speaker - but it does require all parties to have roaming data availability.

[eliot]

JohnnyUK said:

I bought these for a road trip to Switzerland - worked very well for the price!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C37W5DZ?ref_=ppx_hz...

yeh pmr is probably the best bet - licence free. The claims for range are direct line of sight though and will drop dramaticly otherwise.
You can get chinese radios that run far more (illegal) power and attach external (also illegal) antennas that you can run on the pmr frequencies - if you are that way inclined - they can only put out a maximum of 5w anyway (ignore the wild claims on the ebay listings).

[eliot]

Byker28i said:

Just seen this. Mitex General, as used by many car clubs, because they have a really good range, handy if you are separated in traffic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MITEX-GENERAL-LICENSED-HA...

On a motorway you've got around 2 miles, although I was on a hilltop in France and picked up others around 6 miles away.

They require a licence for UK use, which if i recall is specific to the area you want to use them - not sure you are supposed to use them abroad.

[Raptor7000r]

We used the RT45 Walkie Talkie bought from amazon: (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Retevis-License-Professional-Rechargeable-Channels-Silver/dp/B0175ZJ6UM/ref=sr_1_3?sr=8-3) for a recent europe trip we had 3 cars and found the range pretty good, worked well within short distance and a clear motorway upto 2-3 miles