Motorola offers a lot of products and I can't really tell you which ones are best. Generally, when I worked more production, I'd just get handed a radio.

Here are things I liked in a radio:

--Light weight. You've usually got enough to carry already.
--capable of using an earpiece and mic. When someone's saying something inappropriate you don't want it blasted out to the world.
--multiple channels. Different departments need different channels
--removable and rechargeable battery packs. you want to have some spare batteries ready during the day.

Personally, I bought my own chest holster and earpiece. The chest holster kept the radio up where it was easy to reach and adjust, and out of the way of my tool belt. you also get nice radio waves through your chest cavity that way. It was easy to key the radio from that position.

People rent these things out so you might try that route or at least see if you can find web pages listing just what radio they're renting.

For my own use I found that the talkabouts worked pretty well. They're kind of low end but they did the job and there were some reasonably good accessories available.

Rob Mack