Cordless phones

[UffDa]

Whine! Cordless phones suck. Are any of them any good?

For about 3 years we have had a set of VTech phones. They have never been great, but they work. The batteries are going south and replacements cost as much as new phones. After much research, I bought a set of Panasonic phones at Costco yesterday. (The $99 set) Dang! Tin cans on a string are louder and have better sound. I think that I will be taking these back.

I have been looking at Siemens phones. They are a lot more expensive, but if the quality is better, they may be worth it. Any ideas?

 

[xbxb]

Oh Jeeze I hate those cordless phones. I dumped my home phone so sorry I cant help. They all kept breaking and people complained. So I'm all mobile now. Good luck someone will have an answer for you.

 

[JatMat]

Make your own battery pack from rechargeable batteries, I just soldered the terminals together then used black electrician tape to wrap similar to what is supplied from phone. Rechargeable batteries are not that bad in cost. A whole lot cheaper than a replacement for your phones. At least with your old phones you know what you will have.
Just my .02
Jim

 

[Old CW4]

I"ve had an AT&T sold by Sears for several years. It works great and has speaker button on the front panel which is really handy. I can set it on the work bench, table, or whatever and keep right on working while talking. Also has memory, a large LCD screen, etc. No complaints and for about $20.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I feel ya. My place of business has a very large showroom/sales floor. Generally speaking, I'm a one man show most of the time, so I really need a cordless phone to field the calls coming in as I do my other work. We are using Vtech at the moment.

The main gripe I have is that not only do I have to go with a cordless phone, said phone MUST also have a second line for incoming calls/faxes. That really cuts down on my choices.

I think I paid $79 for this one at Office Depot.