Motorola’s top-line model has an ­emergency-​alert function, eight repeater channels, and a built-in flashlight. A mini-USB port adds a charging option, and it also operates on three AAs.

Though much more expensive than the other radios tested, we chose the 110 because it was the Garmin unit that came closest to our price range.

Buck's X-Tract can be used entirely with one hand. It has only the essentials...

Smaller than most folders, with a sleek "open-curve" design, the Ripstop...