Extreme durability tests NOW on video!
Posted on July 01, 2008
Entel makes sure that each individual radio meets the exacting standards of construction we have set for ourselves, not just meeting statutory requirements, but often exceeding them. Each portable has to pass a rigorous Quality Control procedure on our factory production line, but exactly how robust are Entel’s radios? Controlled factory tests are one thing, but what about the rigours they might face in the “real world”?
Dealers and consumers are right to be sceptical about the claims some radio manufacturers make for their products. That is why Entel took its new Series 2.0 portables and subjected them to extreme trials of endurance “in the field” (and even in a flooded quarry!). These trials were videoed and – by way of reassurance – can be viewed by our dealers and their customers alike.
So confident was Entel’s Research & Development team that our radios would stand up to the rigours of shock impact, we took a hammer to the weakest part of the case construction, the accessory connector. Applying increasing impact, the securing bolt eventually snapped (as it is designed to do), leaving the connector intact and reusable. See the video:
(duration: 45 secs) www.entel.co.uk/videos/robust_connector.wmv
So uniquely waterproof are the IP68 HT Series 2.0 portables (designed to withstand total submersion at a depth of 5 metres for 1 hour), that we dropped one in 5 metres of quarry water next to a depth gauge and some curious fish! See the video:
(duration: 55 secs) www.entel.co.uk/videos/radio_underwater.wmv
So robust and water resistant is the Mil-Std 810C/D/E/F commercial grade construction, that we asked a fire crew to turn a high pressure hose on one of our HT Series 2.0 radios after tying it to a fire hydrant. See the video:
(duration: 1m 20 secs) www.entel.co.uk/videos/fireman_spray.wmv
All of these videos were filmed in one take and are shown unedited in real time. No Entel radio was harmed in the shooting of these videos and all continued to work perfectly.