[Hectic]

I can attest to the battery life. I borrowed a radio (was a puxing im prety sure a 777) lasted the whole 24 hours and still showed half battery. I didnt transmit like crazy but there was a good ammount of incoming.
And yes when we needed to link up to another squad it was a simple twist of a knob to get on the alternate channel. On my moto radios i gotta hold a lock button for 3secconds then a gotta press a button a few times to get to channels then change the chanel then press the other button again to change subs then cycle through the rest of the settings to the start then lock it. Takes a full minut of more to change.