Realistically these will have at most a Km range. In built up areas it may be as low as a few hundred meters.

It won't make any difference using another brand. These PMR446 radios only have 16 frequencies they can use and you cannot t change the frequency. At this level they are basic analog radios and different makes and models will still work on the same frequencies. There is a "sub channel" mode on some but that only hides the signal from other radios not set to the same sub channel. If two radios on the same frequency but different sub channels transmit there will still be interference.

Easiest legal way around it is to look at a uk simple licenced set of radios they can still suffer from no free channels but the people who use there professional frequencies tend to be less in number and the radios can be a more expensive. The licence is £75 for five years.
If you camp outside the UK forget using other frequencies. Radio laws differ widely in Europe but the PMR446s are pretty much the only EU wide licence free option and you should stick to them to avoid issues.

There are other ways such as using the cheaper end China ham radios and setting them to frequencies assigned to other users. Chances of being caught are low but if you are the fines are high and you may end up interfering with the emergency services.

Thanks, but which Asda? West or orbital?

Hw can we Chk whether it's national or not

probably is as I know the Asda in kings hill had these reduced to £6 a few weeks back (all gone now), so they probably reduced them further to get rid of them.

Beware if you want to use these in areas where other people may be using them all the channels an get crowded. We have the Terrain 750 model and its normally impossible to get a clear channel with nobody else on it on a lot of the campsites we go to.

I'm thinking of looking into another not so common model.

bought this about a week ago in a different Asda for £2. Was last one

Hot but probably store specific

Realistically these will have at most a Km range. In built up areas it may be as low as a few hundred meters.

It won't make any difference using another brand. These PMR446 radios only have 16 frequencies they can use and you cannot t change the frequency. At this level they are basic analog radios and different makes and models will still work on the same frequencies. There is a "sub channel" mode on some but that only hides the signal from other radios not set to the same sub channel. If two radios on the same frequency but different sub channels transmit there will still be interference.

Easiest legal way around it is to look at a uk simple licenced set of radios they can still suffer from no free channels but the people who use there professional frequencies tend to be less in number and the radios can be a more expensive. The licence is £75 for five years.
If you camp outside the UK forget using other frequencies. Radio laws differ widely in Europe but the PMR446s are pretty much the only EU wide licence free option and you should stick to them to avoid issues.

There are other ways such as using the cheaper end China ham radios and setting them to frequencies assigned to other users. Chances of being caught are low but if you are the fines are high and you may end up interfering with the emergency services.

Thanks for the advise - I thought maybe getting a slightly less common model may use different frequencies. :disappointed:

We will prob just put up with these ones as did not really want to spend hundreds as they are only really for when the children go to the play area/toilet on their own as we are letting them have a little more freedom round the campsite.

Thanks.