This item is totally unusable. They're flimsy, have a range of about 5 feet - meaning you can hear each other better talking face-to-face! I got this as a joke so I could, for example, tell my boyfriend to make me a cup of coffee when he's downstairs and I'm upstairs - no such luck! They don't work with door/wall/ceiling separating the 2 Walkie talkies... I didn't expect them to pick up the likes of E.T., NASA, the local radio stations or even a neighbouring walkie talkie, however, I expected them to work within the perimeters/range of a house, at least between 2 rooms... Buy these for someone you don't really care about - they look really neat so you'll get brownie points for that. If they're for personal use or meant to be a gift for someone you actually like, get 2 pints for both of you and the communication will be way more fun :)!!