BF-888s family net

[WHB]

OK, I'm the only amateur that holds a licence in my immediate family and group of prepper friends.
I have a couple of UV-5R radios and a couple of amateur radios that I use for home base rigs.
My friend today reminded me of the Baofeng BF-888s and that answered a problem I have in my prepper/survivalist circle.
It just happens that all those I give a damn about live about a 2 mile radius from my home location and this radio will cater for that range with a 'slight' bending of the PMR power limitations.
If I program the radio to run 1 Watt then I can cover the distance needed.
Here's the sweetener, for £8. 10 a radio that can run up to 5 Watts in SHTF times it seems like the perfect option for a close non-licenced group. 1 Watt will hardly register as being over the permitted half Watt and such a difference could be written off as an efficient gain on the antenna.
The only down-side is that you will need a programming cable, circa £5, to change the pre-programmed frequencies on this radio to the PMR frequencies.
When speaking to my fellow amateur friend he suggested that, pre-SHTF I program the radio with PMR 1 to 8 channels with 1 Watt and for SHTF and after have radio channels 9 to 16 as the same RMR frequencies but with the full 5 Watts.
Well I just ordered one for my 7 year old grandson as he loves my amateur radios, the ulterior motive is to get radio preps in my daughters house and then the other members of my local family.
It really tickles me how some people are petrified of a 'radio' but will happily talk all day on one that is called a mobile phone

Anyway, if you are thinking of group coms for local nets or gatherings then the BF-888s might not be a bad choice.

73s WHB