(3rd Gen) TIDRADIO TD-H8 10w Ham Radio, Wireless Programming Walkie Talkies, ...

I’ve bought two TDH8’s. They’re excellent quality. I’d thoroughly recommend them to anyone wanting to buy HAM radio

Ready to use out of the box, fantastic battery life, easy functionality, great for starters or experienced users, i was listening to the airport in 5 minutes, great product

It's not a bad radio. Worth looking on YouTube to see how to fully unlock it. It only does FM an nothing else. For the price there is other radios that do better and it doesn't do 10 watts its 8 watts maximum so the description is a lie. However it seems like a fairly good radio for the price. It does have Bluetooth connectivity but your better using your programming cable. It also doesn't have any official programming software. The website takes you to the chirp webpage also finally the battery isnt crystal only the radio.

Initially, the radio was pretty good, 10 watts, Blue tooth and ODmaster software.. It stopped recieving on VHF within a few weeks.. The option to return it for refund, Amazon UK, did not work very well. From Ireland, The Post Office or DPD, will not carry the battery - DHL may carry it? but charge €50 .. as much as the cost of the radio or indeed the refund available on return.. Cheapest option... put it in the bin.. I am taking a chance and ordered one directly from TIDradio.. 24 hours later, I got a tracking number and it is airfreight from China.. See how that goes !!

Radio arrived quickly via Amazon. Thought I would treat myself to a new handset to play with and consume my time. This one is a Tidradio TDH8 from Amazon on special at @ £39.99. Not DMR but analogue with VHF and UHF. This radio features BT programming or the usual USB. Most of the programming so far has been by USB and is really fast at reading and writing. Comes with a desktop charger which it and the battery has a USB-C charging socket. Pretty solid radio.

Unit 1: The Tidradio mentions offline programming then segways into the app which requires an active Internet connection (see pic) which I won't be using. Ammendment: i have been playing with it abit more over 2 days, The supplier contacted me and mentioned that the app didn't require a log in so I gave it a go. After playing about with the app for about 30 minutes its not too bad does exactly what ya would expect and is a bit easier to set up multiple frequencies in bulk then upload them. Sound quality is good and the range and is about as good as any other small radio and I like the addition of the FM Radio function its a nice touch that and the transparent shell. Summery 1: If ya want fancy, cool looking tech, with an inbuilt FM radio this one is for you ^_^ Unit 2: I have the BAOFENG which does the same job without the fancy online bluetooth programming which in my opinion is built abit more solid (yes, I may have dropped it a few times). Summery 2: if want basic and ya don't want or find the Bluetooth setup or FM radio, id recommend the BAOFENG its alot cheaper and more of a solid build.

Whilst the radio was good to look at, hold and configure very easily. Unfortunately, during use it overheated badly and literally became to uncomfortable to hold. I even used it on low power but it still became hot. I'm an experienced amateur radio operator and have used many hand held radios and never had one do this to that degree of heat. Shame really, as I liked a lot of things about it. I returned it to Amazon and have received a refund.

experience is good so far, completed a software and firmware update before programming using updates from tidradio. works well on vhf high band after unlocking with good quality audio and range is ok using stock aerials supplied, changed to a tuned aerials and noise / distance was immediately improved