>>486946Boafeng is the standard for ham radio/emergency channels.
TBH, a good midland or samsung wouldn't hurt in place. I personally have a couple of Midands to go with my baofeng, because they are recharable by USB, (my solar charger can charge) or you can swap out the recharable battery for 3 AAAs. I use AAA for my universal. If it's not AAA, its not in my prep kit. I also found a 100 pack of Duracels on woot a while back for 14 bucks.
Unless you're talking about a radio like pic related (also AAA compatable, of course) These are pretty useful too, but you can't communicate with them.
