Just an update for anyone who might be interested, our group recently ordered the Rapid radios. We got 18 of them and the rate went down to $150 a radio. They are currently set up in a group called "coyote" so all radios will talk to each other at the same time. Some of the guys that bought 2 have a separate group so their 2 radios can talk separate from the group. It also looks like you can select a single radio from a group and just communicate with that one if you want. I just picked mine up yesterday afternoon. I've left it on since then and it still has at least half battery life left (not sure if it was fully charged when I got it, but close). I think it will last several days continuously for sure. The clarity is amazing so far. Have only stretched it out to 9.5 miles as the crow flies so far, but I believe these radios are "as advertised". These are going to work great for our group and a huge upgrade over the Baofeng 2-way radios.