00:00Fix Baofong Battery Drain With These Car Chargers Video Script
00:04If your Baofong keeps dying at the worst possible moment, you're not alone.
00:08Nothing kills a road trip faster than a radio that's dead before you reach the edge of town.
00:14I went through the best-selling battery eliminators on the market, and honestly,
00:18a few of these cost less than a sandwich. So here's what actually works,
00:22the top 5 car chargers that fix Baofong battery drain for good.
00:27First up, the Quancheng UVK5 Battery Eliminator.
00:31This one's the king of the pile, nearly 5,000 sold and a perfect 5-star rating,
00:36which rarely happens. It runs on both 12 and 24 volts, so it works in a car, a truck,
00:42or even a semi without any fuss, and it fits the UVK5, the UVK5, 8, the UV5R Plus and the
00:48standard
00:48UV5R. At just $7.93, you're basically paying for a coffee, and you never touch a battery again.
00:57If you own any of those radios, this is the safest first pick.
01:01Next, the Baofong UV32 pack, and this one comes in 1, 2, or 5 pieces, so you can kit out
01:07the whole
01:07family or your entire vehicle. It takes 12 to 24 volts through the cigarette lighter,
01:13works with the DM32 and UV32, and it's also sitting at a full 5 stars. The price is $15.42,
01:21and if you grab the multi-pack, that works out cheap per radio. Worth it if you've got more than
01:27one handset in the house, you never leave home with a dead one again. Third, the classic UV5R car
01:33charger adapter, and this is the budget champion at $7.30. It fits the UV5R, the UV5RA, and the
01:41UR5RE, plugs into a standard 12-volt socket, and it's been picked up over 4,000 times with a 4
01:46.6
01:47rating. It's simple, it's cheap, it does exactly one job. If you own the most popular Baofong ever
01:54made, this is the no-brainer by grab two and keep one in each car. Fourth, if you're running a
02:00DM1701,
02:01this one's built specifically for you. The Baofong DM1701 battery eliminator plugs straight
02:07into your cigarette lighter and lets your DMR radio run off vehicle power instead of a battery
02:12that quits on you mid-conversation. It's $10.10, it's rated 4.9 out of 5, and nearly 4,000
02:19people
02:19bought it, so clearly it's doing something right. Digital radio users, this is your match.
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