The tourist season is here,many people choose to go to the beach or have a cruises party. In order to keeping in touch with friends and family,is there any good way to communication except mobile phone?

Why not direcetly use mobile phone ? My answ is : yes, you can use the mobile phone, but you’ll pay dearly for it. For example, it is about USD20 per day , and it is only the Internet cost.

So compare with mobile phone, people will choose another cheap way for communication—-Walkie Talkie / Two Way Radio.

The budget for using the walkie-talkie is about $50/pc, and it can be used for a long time in different occasions.

How to choose a good walkie talkie and it must good for cruises ?

Here are some tips for you :

1. The Walkie Talkie Types:

Generally speaking, most of handheld radio is suitble, but if you go to some countries need license, we suggest you choose unlicensed radio. In US, you need choose FRS (Family Radio Service) radio, and PMR446 radio for Europe.

These unlicense radio won’t have trouble to using.

2. Walkie Talkie Talk Range:

Normally, for 2 Watts radio, it is about 1-3km in optimal conditions, 5 Watts radio about 3-5km, 10 Watts radio about 8-15km.

If you search online for these radios you’ll see them advertising ranges of 25km,30km,50 km——this is an absolute lie.

Our suggestion is,There is no need to pursue a long distance, as long as it is enough, and it also a good walkie talkie.

3. Walkie Talkie Function :

For cruises use, the most importance is waterproof function.The highest waterproof level of the walkie-talkie is IP68 waterproof, it can float.  But for travel use, it not necessarily required professional IP68 waterproof function, it is OK for IP67 waterproof function.

About IP67 definition:after soaking in a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes, it can still be used normally. So it is a good choice for cruises use.

Beside it, If you are worried about mixing with other passengers and crew members using the same channel,you can use the radio encryption function to protect your private call.Using this function keeps your use from interfering with anyone else.

This article briefly introduces the walkie talkies used on the cruises. If you have more doubts or corrections, please feel free to leave a message or contact us.