📶 Stay connected, stay ahead — the GM21 is your ultimate communication edge!
The BAOFENG GMRS Radio GM21 is a professional-grade walkie talkie featuring up to 999 memory channels, a powerful 1800mAh battery with USB-C charging, and a 21cm high-gain antenna for extended range. It includes NOAA weather alerts, VOX hands-free operation, and supports FM/UHF/220-260MHz/VHF reception, making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, ham radio users, and public safety personnel seeking reliable, versatile communication.
Item Weight | 1.37 pounds |
Package Dimensions | 8.19 x 5.28 x 4.41 inches |
Item model number | GM21 |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
Warranty | no |
S**H
AWESOME RADIOS! Crazy inexpensive for what you get.
A slight learning curve, nothing that you can't figure out or look up online. They are great radios with a very good distance (for line-of-sight radios). Apparently, you can use existing repeaters and have a greatly expanded range. We use them on the ranch and love them. It is built tough, has a charging cradle, or can plug into a USB. The are affected by topography and structures blocking the signal, but are still greatly effective com tools, especially as inexpensive as these radios are.
R**.
Great Radio
Good product. Easy to use. Works great. Feels good in my hand.
G**N
It's OK For Basic Use
The GM21 comes at a very low price, a surprisingly decent build quality for its low price, and it functions just fine on GMRS. In my opinion, it does not function exceptionally well, but it functions just fine for basic use which is perfectly acceptable for the price point. It does not receive weaker signals as well as my better radios, even using the same antenna, but when working in shorter ranges when signal strength isn't a major issue, it works great without issues. It feels good in the hand and the user interface works pretty well. I had no problems programming it using CHIRP once I discovered that you just need to select GM-5RH as the radio in CHIRP since GM21 is not listed. For someone that just wants a functional GMRS radio at a low price, this fits that bill.
C**G
Like everything else from Baofeng, an excellent radio at an excellent price.
The radio is easy to program either from the front panel or by Chirp. The radio is chargeable by way of the desk charger or USB-C. The display is easy to read in full sunlight.I bought this radio as a gift to a friend who has just gotten his GMRS license.Nice radio, nice price.
R**.
great price and lots of extras
This radio is easy to program. I use RT Systems for all my radios. It has good audio and the two antennas give you a choice. I really like the USB charging ability. It also has a charging cup.
M**B
Great little radio for the price!!!
Good radio for the price. Puts out right around 5w as advertised (4.77). Programming can be confusing, no software directly for this model radio, have to use Chirp under Baofeng GM-5RH. Works good once that was figured out.
J**H
Awesome GMRS radio for the price
The first thing I want to mention is the bigger antenna it comes with is great for GMRS 1.1 Vswr.And 1.5 Vswr on 144mhz.The radio is well built and love the USB C charge port as I do not like cradles.I also really like how the radio will prevent TX when battery is too low as this prevents damaging the battery by too low voltage> Battery does last a good while even with TX.Number one thing about this GMRS radio is the Spectrum purity of this radio. very clean on my Spectrum Analyzer.
G**E
Loved at first; Disappointed in the end
Final Update: A friend of mine who has been working with radios far longer than I agrees that this radio is far below standards. Returning to Amazon.Update: Updating after my initial review. I discovered a way to disable the 'voice prompts', plus I've reset my expectations of this radio, given that it's at such a low price. All in all, it's a fair radio, not great, but not bad.Out of the box, this looked like a really good radio for the price. After owning this radio for the past several days though, I've come to realize that in the end it really is a low-cost radio.Pros:* Solid rugged construction - It has a really well built case that feels good in your hands. The controls are all well designed and feel good to operate.* Accessories - The radio comes with two antenna, a charger, a USB charging cable, a belt clip and a ear piece/mic combo.* CHIRP programming ability - I would simply never buy a radio unless I could easily program it via my computer. It makes owning and managing radios so much easier. This radio is easily programmed with standard CHIRP application and cable.* Color screen - A nice touch for a low cost radio.Cons* The biggest con I have with this radio is that I could never get it to transmit more than 2 watts. GMRS radios should transmit at 5 watt. This one, in both low and high power mode, only transmits at 2 watts. This is really disappointing.* Outside, in the sun, the color screen is washed out to the point where it's hard to use the radio.I'm still working on deciding if I'll return it to Amazon or not. For such a low cost, it makes it easier to consider keeping it, but there's no way I'll be using it as a 'favorite' radio.
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