I bought some cheap Chinese 2-way radios. The packaging has a big American flag and a “Designed in U.S.A.” claim, which I suspect is bullshit given the company involved. Also, there are two Bible verses referenced. This smacks of pandering to a particular slice of conservative Americans. All I want is cheap radios for skiing with my kids next winter, not a reminder of my country’s socio-political bullshit.

This bullshit is not from the well-known Chinese radio maker Baofeng (baofengradio.com) but rather from a US company called "BTech" which has the deceptive URL BaoFengTech.com.

I can't believe this wasn't a satire project by some artist.

Should've used "Make in PRC", conservatives would be too dumb to know what that means 🤣

not American. Explain why black and white strips are politically charged ?

The bible verses are so dumb lol

LMAO, this immediately made me think of a George Carlin bit, "That’s the reality; angry men in combat fatigues talking to God on a two-way radio and muttering incoherent slogans about freedom are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of entertainment, especially after your stupid fcking economy collapses all around you and the terrorists come out of the woodwork and you’ll have anthrax in your water supply, and saran gas in your air conditioner, there’ll be chemical and biological suitcase bombs in every city and I say enjoy it, relax, enjoy the show, take a fcking chance, put a little fun in your life.”

Something not to order as a European.

Weird, because baofeng is such an American name. Definitely designed in USA.

Ah wait. They mention package designed in USA. Yes that is totally believable. And then a unique color theme for the American version.

We're seeing this in Canada now too. Murcan products with a big maple leaf on them. Some stores are also slapping maple leafs on obviously Murcan products. We're calling it Maple-washing.

I wonder what Murcans should call this OP example. Star-washing?

I love when this happens so I know who to stop giving business.

You bought it from the US distributor.

https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingDetail.aspx?CN=198011242117207117138223098088044218180167017157

They buy the Chinese product and package it in their own package.

Pretty sure coating the whole thing with black ink to make it look 'manly' makes recycling more difficult to.

As if conservative Americans have read the bible. They'd be the ones crucifying Jesus for being too "woke" if they knew what it was all about.

you gotta hand it to the chinese, they know how to play americans like a guqin.

Did you get a knockoff? www.baofengradio.com is the legit url that I've bought baofeng radios from, and I just checked the boxes; no flags or bible verses.

Chinese OEM resellers will print anything on the product and the packaging. It's just another sale for them. Same guy probably sells it with ten different brandings and flags and quotes and slogans for different markets.