[Da Coyote]

My fellow hams who have these types say, “it works...for a while”.

[srmanuel]

It’s cheap but so are the Baofeng that I own, if I get what I pay for, I’m okay with that, it will be fun to see what kind of modifications I can make to the device to see what it can do.

[normbal]

Yep, like pretty much ALL Chicom electronics from watches to HiFi amplifiers.

Ever look into the stuff sold on Aliexpress? Scary what the Chicoms copy and sell as OEM, the off-label stuff even shoddier.

[DYngbld]

I have two, they work ok. For the price they are fine, but I don't believe they are FCC type approved for the ham bands.
I find the xmit to be weak, it does receive well, I have one in the car as a backup 2M rig. I spend 99% of radio time on HF, so I have little use for a 2m HT. I bought the cheap ones because I don't use 2m that often and really couldn't justify the price of a Icom HT. All said, for a new ham it is nice first radio, and cheap enough I would buy it for a younger ham just getting into the hobby.

73 de KE4HTS