Dewalt DXFRS300 Rechargeable 2-Way Radios For the Job Site

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We recently took the Heavy Duty Dewalt Walkie-Talkie to one of our crew members commercial job site to see how they worked. The site is the home of the Boston Pipefitters Local 537 Training facility and is a 5-story steel and concrete building on a 70,000 sq. ft. site.
In years past 2-way radios, and Nextels were popular, and now it seems that everyone has a smart cellphone, so group texts and calls seem to be the norm.

I think we can all agree that failure to communicate properly could result in jobsite accidents and project rework. Effective peer to peer communication is critical for collaborative work.

Dewalt 2-way Radio Testing

We decided, ahead of time, there were several features needed to a be a viable job-site solution; they were:

Ease of Use
Range
Audio Quality
Ergonomics
Functionality
Runtime
Sufficient Volume
We then signed out 8 radios to specific team members and asked them to start using the radios.

Dewalt 2-Way Radio Ease of Use

It was clear to us that these radios were easy to use and intuitive. All of the team members assigned a radio turned them on, and started using them immediately. Day 1, channel 1; we turned these radios on, and hit the ground running.

Dewalt 2-Way Radio Range

Dewalt claims that their 2 watt radios have a range of 25 floors or 300,000 ft2

We used these radios for 2 weeks and were surprised at how well they worked. Our testing showed that these radios worked flawlessly up to 4/10s of a mile. [The exact distance to our local off site coffee shop] That distance includes additional buildings as obstacles and bending around corners.

Additionally, we tested these radios inside a mechanical room, full of pumps, machines and lots of concrete and steel. This room is on the 5th floor of the building and we were able to speak flawlessly to all four-corners of the job-site.