inputs.text: worth money significant limitations - two puxing px777 radios also chinese hts like im not radio snob biased cheap handheld radios way wish spent extra money got puxing px888k insteadi see nothing different new model compared older model loan firmware revision level no difference features operation performance uv5rb two weeks speaker mic jack already intermittent use speaker mic not ever take spring contact jack not go back place not work right material used spring contact poori quite dismayed find output uhf mere two watts specified 4w yes used meter appropriate frequency vhf actually slightly 5w bought primarily vhf simplex still diminished uhf capacity major reason look puxing imhoas earlier models no real squelch control sure change numbers squelch setting nothinglong term im concerned baofeng stop making lion batteries change form factor radio useless batteries wear permanently faster nimh nimh battery packs rebuilt battery stores go lion cells handle many charge cycles otherwise look carbon pot volume control get dirty intermittent within two years longevity antenna jack dubious well concerns equally valid puxing units