Good set of features for a low-end 1-watt radio

Supports both (0.5 watt) FRS and 1-watt GMRS.

Interference eliminator codes are a nice feature. With 38 per channel, pick one combo and you're unlikely to hear anyone else's conversation (though they may hear yours).

Noise filter worked much better than it did on our old units, which blast bursts of static at random intervals.

If you can't take advantage of the eliminator codes (e.g., you need to talk to a radio that doesn't support them), the choice of different call signals is a good feature.

The talk confirmation tone is louder than it needs to be, so we were grateful to have the option of turning it off when the toddler was asleep in the car seat.

Belt clip is well designed. Clip installed and stayed on easily. Unit snapped in and released easily.

Menu lock prevents accidental channel change, but doesn't prevent accidental activation of call signal or channel scanner, which happened many times.

Control of often-used features is thoughtful, intuitive, or at least easy to remember once learned, so I seldom needed to reference the manual (which was well- written by a native English speaker!). Two exceptions are the talk confirmation tone toggle and the menu exit button (something like "press-and-hold the menu button" would have been more intuitive than pressing the PTT button, which otherwise has nothing to do with menu actions).

Appears to be rugged enough. Dropped it several times on hard surfaces, and it still works.

As with all GMRS/FRS radios, don't expect to get anything near the range advertized on the box. The longest range we got was a little under 2 miles between two cars on I-5 in California's flat central valley. My impression from reading several reviews and overviews about 2-way radios is that terrain, obstructions, and antenna position are a greater factor in determining range than any features that separate one model from another -- even power.