A little bit of a silly question :) What walkie talkie do you recommend for traveling (traveling over 2000 miles) on the road? Maybe the $30-40 price range??? My hubby will be driving the moving truck, and I will be in the car with my babies and MIL. I DO NOT want to use our cell phones since we could get fined for it, and I think walkie talkies will be a much more quicker and efficient way of communicating.
ETA: Some states haven't implemented the "no cell phones while driving" or " no texting while driving" laws, but I think that it is dangerous and don't do it at all.
From a safety standpoint I don't see the difference between a cell phone and a walkie talkie. You still need to pick it up and press a button, right?
Why not just pull over at predetermined times to check in?
Midland X-TRA TALK GXT1000VP4 FRS/GMRS 50-channel Two-way radio - pack of 2, but they are $50
I have heard some states like Ohio don't let kids under 17 talk or text on the phone while driving, but I didn't think adults couldn't. I see people on the phone all the time when they drive.
You do more hand commitment on a walkie talkie. I guess I just don't understand. A phone you can get a plug in like an earbud and talk hands-free.. they are literally $10-$15, I used to have one... it looks like a one sided headphones that you would see with mp3 players. A walkie talkie you have to hold and press down a button. Hands-free is safer than holding a walkie talkie.
I think walkie-talkies would be more dangerous because someone would have to actually pick the device up in your hand and push down a button to talk. Alternatively, with a cell phone, at least you could purchase a sticky holder to attach to your dash and a Bluetooth-type unit to talk with thus making it virtually hands-free.
My parents use the Cobra brand...they were about $50 and they use them
for their motor home and pull car...they are good for about 17 miles between the two - should you two get separated...
You are better off using a headset or bluetooth to use the cell phone hands free. Many states have hands free laws, and they won't distinguish between cell phones, iPods, Walkie Talkies, etc. So you could still be breaking the law without realizing it.
Cellphones usually come with the microphone/ear piece, or using the speaker of the cellphone would work. As long as you have both hands on the wheels (though talking on the phone could be distracting), I think it's legal. Most of walkie talkie you need to hold a button to talk into it, I don't think it would work while you are driving.
I have never used them in a car in the situation that you describe, but we bought some Motorola ones, to use when we went to the state fair in Minnesota several years ago. I think back then they were less than $50, and were so much better than the cheapy ones that the kids had been using. We thought we'd let the kids use them when we were done with them. We all have had a lot of use out of them over the years, and they still work good, even though we don't use them much anymore. They were great at the fair, with all the other interference things going on there, concerts, cell phones, rides, and lots and lots of trees and buildings. I would recommend them. Oh, and the ones we have use batteries if that matters.
