Posted: 4/30/2003 2:29:35 PM EDT
| Anybody bought one lately? Was it good or bad? Are there any brands or models you'd recommend? I don't want an answering machine, but I need caller ID. |
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I bought a G.E. 2.4 Ghz w/ caller ID and digital answering machine. The phone itself sucks as it oftens has a very bad echo when you are listening to the person on the other and the volume of the ear piece is often very low even when the volume button is turned all the way up. I get better reception and sound from my cell phone. Also, the on/off button is very touchy and in a very bad position. If I even rest the phone against my face/cheek the on/off button is easily pressed and the phone hangs up. Time to admit to myself that I made a bad purchase, throw it away and get a different brand. [b]ArmaLiter[/b] |
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Quoted: Quoted: The Panasonic gigarange ones screw ya.....they advertise 2.4GHz Spread-Sprectrum but it is only ONE WAY, the downlink is 900MHz. That figures, I just bought one of those. Haven't had any issues with it yet. Mine Panasonic always loses sync with the Base since there is separate signal to either tune the handset VCO or coodinate the base and handset in some frequency hopping to add privacy. I have the phone at work and I am a u-wave engineer so the background RF noise could be messsing with it. Good luck with yours. |
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I bought this one about 9 mos ago and I am very happy with it. [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004R7OK/103-4335851-6077400?vi=glance[/url] Has decent range throughout and out of my house and no interference from any of the other gadgets in my home office. -934 |
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Quoted: Lots of what not to get, now, what DO I get? Buy anything that is cheap and has the features you like and feels good in your hand. Just make sure you buy from a store that will let you swap it for something else, if you don't like it. And definitely let it charge for 12 hours before using it or plugging it into the phone line; those batteries are expensive and charging them well the first time helps them to last. About the only thing I would suggest avoiding is the 2.4 gig band if you run a wireless network because sometmies they are on the same frequency. |
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I have an Uniden Tru346 2.4Ghz DSS (discontinued - new model Tru446) that I have had for 2 years and am very happy with it. I have never had a problem with range or interference in my house or the yard (at least 200 ft from the base unit). The battery lasts about 5 days (depending on talk time) without being charged. The new model comes with 2 handsets, 2 charging stations and a pair of headphones for $69 at Costco. And, if for any reason you don't like it Costco will refund your money. |
| When Kmart shut down here I scored on the Southwestern Bell freedom phones. It has 2.4Ghz, digital spread spectrum, two phones-one base and a charging cradle. You can expand up to four phones running off one base, and they can intercom each other, even while off hook (honey it's for you). Voicemail message waiting indicator, handset volume, changeable faceplate color and handset ID, adjustable volume, ring tone, caller ID, redial memory, belt clip, headphone jack etc. I never thought I'd like cordless phones this much. Full price $110 at Kmart for the first two if you still have one in your area. |
| I have had a couple of 2.4ghz phones but use 900MHZ, they just seem to work better for me. It maybe something I am running in the house but the 2.4ghz phones I have never have had as high quality signal as my old Toshiba 900MHZ that I bought years ago for next to nothing, I also has a crappy Uniden that worked well. I think my favorite phone is the Nortel 900MHZ set is nice but it is part of a digital PBX I have at home. If you are worried about security then what are you talking on any cordless for? If you want real security I think they have a civilian version of the STUIII out now. |