BAOFENG UV-28 Plus Ham Radio Handheld with GPS & APP...
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Last analyzed: March 2026
Total Reviews
87
On Amazon
Verified
82%
Good
Amazon Rating
4.2
Original rating
Savinoo Rating
4.0
Adjusted rating
Our Recommendation
SAFE TO TRUST - Reviews appear authentic and reliable for making purchase decisions.
Analysis Summary
- LOW RISK (Score: 100/100) BAOFENG UV-28 Plus Ham Radio Handheld with GPS & APP...'s reviews appear mostly authentic. Positive Indicators: 82% of reviews are from verified purchases, which is good. The rating pattern looks natural and balanced..
Customer Reviews from Amazon
Most Helpful Review
"I own several UV-82HP's. This new UV-28:- Is much larger. See photo. For me, this is a plus. I am not a small guy and when i've used the 82 in a radio harness it feels too small.- Has a better color display with more character spacesRadio Menu: a little clunky, but not too bad. I have not manually programmed anything yet...only used CHIRP.App: First, it's not called "Baofeng"...and it's probably not the one you find if you do a Google search. It's called "Walkie-Talkie Tool". It's ok. Works a lot like CHIRP in that you need to download the memories first before you can edit, etc. I could *maybe* see using this on-the-fly if someone gives you a frequency you want to use w/o having to fire up CHIRP, but not sure how often that might be.Charging: dock isn't aligning with battery, so that doesn't actually work...but...you can use USB-C, which is more convenient anyway.Overall, it feels solid and generally an "improvement" (I use that word lightly because at the end of the day, it still works the same way as other radios) over the UV-82's that I have. I have not tried it in the field yet, so no comments on battery life or performance. Ease of programming = dependent on how you do it. CHIRP is the easiest, then maybe the App, then manually."
jackal
Probably my new favorite hand held. The banking feature is my favorite so I can…
Probably my new favorite hand held. The banking feature is my favorite so I can have different frequency lists for different needs/situations. Wish you could buy the battery separately though to have extrasjennifer
Excellent multi function durable. Easy to set up
carl a roedell
Great handheld radio with GPS. Black LCD, upgraded menu system with sub menus, 10 memory…
Great handheld radio with GPS. Black LCD, upgraded menu system with sub menus, 10 memory banks of 100 memories each, 10 watt transmit. Tri-band TX/RX (2m, 1.24m, 70cm bands) GMRS and MURS TX capable. RX on NOAA weather channels, Aircraft band, and police band. Easily programmable on Chirp using Baofeng UV-21ProGPS setting.mmiii
First Baofeng I have owned that has a clean signal. No significan harmonics. Larger size,…
First Baofeng I have owned that has a clean signal. No significan harmonics. Larger size, but fits my hand well. I like it!john
I can't tell you how much I really like these radios I have a bunch…
I can't tell you how much I really like these radios I have a bunch of ham radios but these are nice they're nothing like the UV5 R's there have a modern look and feel to them and they punch through with a lot of power very nice radios actually if you pick these up you won't be disappointed!etcs b
Haven't had a chance to really get out and test them but I like everything…
Haven't had a chance to really get out and test them but I like everything about them (I got another one). For the price these are very good.What Customers Talk About
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