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 "CLEAR"LY superior signal - when it works October 19, 2007
Roger A. Knopf (Menlo Park, CA United States)
48 out of 52 found this review helpful
This is now my fourth expandable wireless phone system for my home. Every one suffered from inability to provide me a clear signal everywhere on my property, and particularly one wing of my home where my wife has a workroom for her business. This is the first phone that gave us a clear signal everywhere, through all the walls and as far away from the base as I could get.
I also very much like the use of a standard size (AAA) NiMH battery - the proprietary batteries in all the other phones were very expensive to replace once they failed (and fail they will if you use the phone actively long enough).
UPDATE: after a couple months, all is not as good as it seemed. Some days I have good range, other days some of the handsets cannot even connect to the base. Unlike the analog 5.8MHz phones it replaced instead of deteriorating signal, when the signal is not strong enough it just drops the connection to the base. Once about 2 weeks ago my wife was sitting 3 feet from the base station and had 3 calls dropped in the space of a half hour. I am beginning to wonder if this base is defective, as I have a second base with two handsets and have not experienced any of the problems the first base is having (but then I don't range quite as far with those phones). I will also experiment with alternate placements of the base to see if there is interference (for example my wife often sets her laptop right in front of it).
So we had a promising start but now there is question as to whether I can keep this or not. I will update again after some experimentation.
 Nice phone but disappointing range July 8, 2007
Pam (NE PA)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
From the description and other reviews, I thought the range would be greater. I have a big yard and I don't expect the phone to reach all of it but I was hoping for a bit more, front and back. Moving the base from upstairs to downstairs didn't help. I did better with my defunct 900MHZ phone. I also wish there was a button for the ringer (on/off) and a volume control for the handsets. If I cannot hear well, I use the speakerphone function and that does make it louder but it's not a great solution.
All of that said, I like the phone. It is small but still a good size for your hand & for dialing. The display lights up quite well & I like the selection of ringtones. The intercom feature is nice & the instruction manual is easily understood. The phone is intuitive to use & is the first phone we've had that uses a phonebook instead of memory - much like a cell phone contacts list. I have not tried the answerer features yet.
I like the multiple handsets & will probably buy another for one more room. Altogether, it is a good phone so far & aside from the range complaint, I would probably buy it again.
Update 6/2008: Still working as well as when I bought it. I have adjusted mentally for the range "problem" so I don't think about it anymore. LOVE the caller id function & voice mail functions, never did set up the answerer.
Top of the line phone system, great battery life. September 27, 2007
J. Salce (NY, USA)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I got this phone system to change a 5.8GHz phone that was causing issues with a 5.8GHz WiFi router and a 2.4GHz WiFi printer.
Panasonic DECT 6.0 has a great range with not interference issues with other electronics.
I like the compact base, the belt clip and headset jack. Also the buttons have a nice size and the numbers are big compared to other similar units.
The battery life is great and voice quality is clear on both ends.
This unit is Energy Star compliant, for those of us concerned about the environment.
There is a voice mail indicator but no counter.
I would have liked a lighted keypad.
Be careful not to accidentally erase unplayed messages, since the erase button is close to the play button.
Overall it is the best phone system I have seen when it comes to price, features and performance.
 Didn't work- returning to panasonic October 7, 2007
Rose Baker (eugene, OR, USA)
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
Liked everything about the phone except for an important flaw. The voice volume would fad out- when I increased the volume using the control it would go up but quickly go back down again. Panasonic will honor a one year warranty and agreed to replace it since my 15 days to return to the seller was up.
 It's ok, but the sound quality isn't great, and it's not 100% comfy on your ear November 22, 2007
HalfGeek (Washington, DC USA)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
I read the reviews for this on Consumer Reports and they raved about it. I'm going to rave a bit less. I've looked at cordless phones for a while and had the growing sense that they're all kind of cheap. This phone hasn't changed that impression by much. The sound quality is okay. Not stellar. Not bad. But I'd give it a B. It just isn't as good as my old cordless that finally died. Also, it's not terribly comfortable on my ear, it's as if the earpiece is too small or something. Again, the old phone was more comfy. I suspect they made this smaller to look cooler and sleeker. I don't need cool and sleak, I need a cordless that works well and feels good. So, in retrospect, would I buy this again? No. Yes it works, and yes it's not terribly expensive. I haven't had any other problems with it, but hey, if the sound isn't perfect and it doesn't feel 100% great on my ear, then those are big negatives in my book for a phone. So I can live with this phone fine - but love it? Not so much.
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