45 FROM TOPSHOP, WITH LOVE...

I've woken up a bit fuzzy after a brilliant night with old friends and a few too many Guinness.  Still trying to get my bearings, I received a message from Mitch:

"Just reading the blog post about walkie-talkies!  I've got 4 of these bad boys, and we've taken them to Scotland for the kids to use.  Top-of-the-range stuff.  They're just sitting here doing nothing.  Happy to donate them to the cause!   We used them between us and our mate's cars on the way to Scotland, so the range is decent".

The bad boys Mitch is talking about are a set of high-quality Motorola XT420 walkie-talkies that Hayley's sister' 'acquired' after the store she worked in, TopShop, closed down.

YAAAS!!!  There is a hundred quid saved right there!  It definitely goes with our ethos of saving money wherever we can.  It is an absolute bonus that the walkie-talkies are not only really good but have been tested in the real world, so we don't have to worry about them.

I did some digging to see the specs, man alive this is some decent kit!

“The Motorola XT420 is regarded as a high-end walkie-talkie aimed at professional use. It is built to withstand the harshest environments, meeting military standards 810 C, D, E, F, and G. It is also dust and waterproof, with an IP55 Rating enabling the radios to go much further than just the traditional walkie-talkie. 

“With an outstanding battery life of around 20 hours and having an antimicrobial coating, these radios are built to last, having been tested by Motorola to have an average life cycle of 5 years of continual use.” - Blimey!

Looking forward to getting them charged and running around the fields doing our Max & Paddy impression, "Can you hear me now?", "Hear ya, I can see ya yer dick!"

Big thanks to Mitch and Hayley for lending us these bad boys and dropping them off at ours, too