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The Doro WT89 fulfills your secret agent fantasies

The Doro WT89 is a walkie-talkie. It does what any other two-way radio does–transmit signals to another radio within the range of a particular frequency, and receive similar signals.

So, what’s the fuss all about?

Well, the Doro WT89 is definitely not your ordinary walkie-talkie. Although it performs like one (with exceptionally clair audio, one must add) it doesn’t look like one. In fact, it looks rather like a rugged sports watch–the kind of watch one would wear while skiing or while doing some other similar outdoor activity. It doesn’t give any visual clues as to its real identity as a two-way radio until it starts crackling.

And that’s what hooks you into the WT89–the almost James Bond-like feeling you get when you wear it and use it, fulfilling all little boys’ (and for that matter, grown boys, too) fantasies of being a secret agent.

Don’t worry, though, after you get over the secret thrill, the Doro WT89 still delivers in the features department, with an advertised range of up to 3 kilometres, making it ideal for a variety of outdoor pursuits–running, skiing, hiking, sky diving, you name it.

On testing we managed to get 2km range out of the watches with a good reception, which is a lot more than we’ve seen in the past from similar models. Communication is free, and no licence is needed. The 8 selectable channels and 38 sub codes to each channel increases privacy through channel selection which gives over 300 different channel combinations. Definitely a piece of electronics good enough even for James Bond.