Some of you guys really need to get off your high horses. Are Baofeng radios cheap? Yes. Do they work? Yes. Will they work in adverse conditions? Yes to a point. As long as they aren't dropped from very high distances and seriously abused or dropped in pools of water. Will they work if used by a dispatcher or a supervisor from a car or office? Yes. Absolutely.
I work in a train yard. I've used a Baofeng Uv82 for a few years now banging cars around, jumping up and down flats and hoppers, putting on handbrakes, throwing hand throw switches, ect all while occasionally banging it up against equipment. I've used it in downpour rain, extreme cold in the single digits and below, and in summer heat. It's got some dings on the plastic housing and it still works. It works just as good as far as range and clarity goes as my issued radio but we use it so that we can communicate with the yard master and also amongst ourselves with the dual transmit that our Vertex radios lack so we don't have to keep switching frequencies over constantly.
It's not the best radio as far as durability but it works and can take a beating. I'm willing to bet that my little Uv82 has seen more combat per se than any of your American made or Japanese made radios used in a den or garage. I don't mean this as an insult or anything or tooting my own horn. Just stating fact. They aren't fragile toys like they are constantly made out to be.