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Xalon · September 22nd, 2005, 12:00

Greetings,

I've been reading up alot about airsoft lately, having 2 seperate group of friends who are into it, and I plan to buy my first AEG within the next 2 months. (most probably a TM G36C)

In the meantime i'll be participating in a few more painball events, and for an upcoming one me and a friend thought it might be a cool idea to buy walkie-talkies.

Basically since we play BF2/WoW over Skype (voice comm like rogerwilco etc), we figured we could hopefully translate that to paintball (and eventually airsoft).

So I mosy-on-over to Future Shop, and for 80$ I pick up a pair of Audiovox walkie-talkies. There were some Motorola pairs at the same price (which seem better quality), but the Audiovox actually came with 2 small headsets (earbud+mic) which saves us $$ and having to find small headsets.

So here is the question: Since I have'nt read any mention of walkie-talkies in the threads i've gone through; is there anyone that has tried it and has comments, or has reasons to not want to?

I've tested them, and so far so good.
-They apparently have a range of up to 9.6km (which gets dumbed down if you put on energy-saving-mode)
-They have a voice activation (called VOX, which works OK, but you always get the first word cut off, like there is a delay before it realizes you are talking) but the sound quality is actually suprisingly good.
-The mic is'nt sensitive enough (or maybe the voice activation is'nt) to pic up/activate upon whispers.
-Like most, it has a bunch of channels to choose from.
-Ear bud does'nt hold well in the ear, but I found wearing a bandana with part going over that ear to hold it in place works fine.

So, any suggestion for/against? Idea? Experiences? Comments? Questions?

I have'nt ben to one airsoft event yet, so i don't know how its usefulness could be different in an airsoft game vs a paintball match.

edit: oups i guess this does belong in "gear" more then "general" forum.

September 22nd, 2005, 12:00	#1
Xalon Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, PQ	Walkie-Talkies? Greetings, I've been reading up alot about airsoft lately, having 2 seperate group of friends who are into it, and I plan to buy my first AEG within the next 2 months. (most probably a TM G36C) In the meantime i'll be participating in a few more painball events, and for an upcoming one me and a friend thought it might be a cool idea to buy walkie-talkies. Basically since we play BF2/WoW over Skype (voice comm like rogerwilco etc), we figured we could hopefully translate that to paintball (and eventually airsoft). So I mosy-on-over to Future Shop, and for 80$ I pick up a pair of Audiovox walkie-talkies. There were some Motorola pairs at the same price (which seem better quality), but the Audiovox actually came with 2 small headsets (earbud+mic) which saves us $$ and having to find small headsets. So here is the question: Since I have'nt read any mention of walkie-talkies in the threads i've gone through; is there anyone that has tried it and has comments, or has reasons to not want to? I've tested them, and so far so good. -They apparently have a range of up to 9.6km (which gets dumbed down if you put on energy-saving-mode) -They have a voice activation (called VOX, which works OK, but you always get the first word cut off, like there is a delay before it realizes you are talking) but the sound quality is actually suprisingly good. -The mic is'nt sensitive enough (or maybe the voice activation is'nt) to pic up/activate upon whispers. -Like most, it has a bunch of channels to choose from. -Ear bud does'nt hold well in the ear, but I found wearing a bandana with part going over that ear to hold it in place works fine. So, any suggestion for/against? Idea? Experiences? Comments? Questions? I have'nt ben to one airsoft event yet, so i don't know how its usefulness could be different in an airsoft game vs a paintball match. edit: oups i guess this does belong in "gear" more then "general" forum.