Hola!

Just bought a pair of Midland LXT310 radios at Circuit City...

Specs here

They are GMRS/FRS radios yielding 3 Watts of power. They came with NiMH rechargeable packs but you can also use them with 4 AAs (wanted that, rather than AAAs). I also like the NOAA/Weather Radio feature and I admit that i've been listening to the weather forecast pretty much every morning and evening since I bought them. This should wear off soon, I guess...

In my area, there doesn't seem to be a lot of traffic on the air... I heard someone talking while scanning channels the other night, but nothing since. I bought them "just in case", for hiking trips or other occasions... Is there any value in carrying the pair of radios in the car all the time? Does someone EDC a two-way radio?

Can't really think of anything that could warrant that... Can you? Is a GMRS/FRS radio a good "survival" purchase?