What cordless phone setup should I go with?

bluetech · 10 Oct 2007 at 19:48

I am looking to buy a new cordless phone setup (two phones, one base unit with answering machine). I would love to hear some opinions on what's hot and whats not in this area.

Keeping below £100 I have found the Panasonic KX-TG8222EB.

A little reading has lead me to beleive that panasonic are very good, and the above looks like a good choice.

(I thought I would post in this area where phone savvy people hang around)

Fr0dders · 10 Oct 2007 at 20:55

only 1 piece of advice

stay clear of the BT ones. ive had a few and they've all been a pain. I've had a panasonic set and a philips set. both of which where ultra reliable

the above sounds a good buy as the panasonic are normally more expensive than philips, and we paid £80 for the philips twinset with answerphone.

bluetech · 10 Oct 2007 at 21:14

Thanks for the reply. I too agree with the BT thing. We have been using the BT Synergy 2150 twin set and after about a year the phone has started to answer itself occaisionally after one ring. This is one of the main reasons for changing.

Other replys are more then welcome

JIM_BOB7813 · 10 Oct 2007 at 23:01

Panasonic are apparently the best, the ones i've tried are Philips (Cheap-o, and horrible). Poor range, quiet ringer, quiet earpiece.

Tried Binatone too, had a terrible screen (couldn't fit a whole phone number on one line). Poor range.

Finally got the Panasonic KXTG7122ES, which i have no problems with. It has much better range than the other two, loud ringer.

bluetech · 11 Oct 2007 at 00:07

JIM_BOB7813 said:
Panasonic are apparently the best, the ones i've tried are Philips (Cheap-o, and horrible). Poor range, quiet ringer, quiet earpiece.

Tried Binatone too, had a terrible screen (couldn't fit a whole phone number on one line). Poor range.

Finally got the Panasonic KXTG7122ES, which i have no problems with. It has much better range than the other two, loud ringer.

Ah, another thumbs up for Panasonic. Thats good to hear. Thanks for the reply!

Brum Man · 11 Oct 2007 at 00:12

I have the Panasonic KX-TG 8122 and they are excellent. Not sure on reliability as I've only had them for a couple of months, but so far so good.

bluetech · 11 Oct 2007 at 00:49

Brum Man said:
I have the Panasonic KX-TG 8122 and they are excellent. Not sure on reliability as I've only had them for a couple of months, but so far so good.

Ah, good, good. How are the ringtones on the Panasonic's? 2 nice features I am looking out for is that the ring emits from the handsets at a good audiable level, and the ability to listen to messages on the handset rather then having to go to the base unit. Any comments on these and Panasonic?

EDIT: I have just reviewed the pdf manual for the phone and it looks as though it supports ringing on handsets and listening to massages on the handsets.

Further reply's are still welcome, even if they are reviewing a totally different make.

Brum Man · 11 Oct 2007 at 13:31

That's the only one slight let down, I'm not that keen on the ringtones! Although I'm quite boring and just like a normal ring ring, which it doesn't have.

Yep, the ring emits very loudly from the handset, and you can even turn it off at the base if you want to. And secondly you can listen to messages from the handset without having to touch the base (I just tried to make sure!).

hethers · 12 Oct 2007 at 01:57

Panasonic cordless phones were the top two phones in a recent Which survey. Unfortunately I can't remember the model numbers!

firewallblocked · 12 Oct 2007 at 01:59

Set up my brothers panasonic cordless phone, it rocks! Very nice to use and easy setup that makes sense. Once I had installed all the phone contacts on one phone I was able to send these numbers to the other two phones saving loads of time.

bluetech · 12 Oct 2007 at 02:11

Thanks for the reply's. I think I shall be going with the Panasonic's described at the start, I am sure they carry the mentioned features through onto newer models. Cheers Brum Man for actually physically checking those bit's out. Much abliged!

Thanks all!

bluetech · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:33

Just a little question. I noticed that these phones support the SMS service. My question is this:

How can I activate it and will it cost more money then just sending messages (i.e receiving them and / or a monthly ammout)?

Those with this service and BT, please explain...

Thanks

Brum Man · 15 Oct 2007 at 13:44

You don't need to activate it. When I took option 2 with BT it includes 100 free texts a month, although I have no idea how much it is after that as I never use it for texting!

bluetech · 15 Oct 2007 at 18:48

Well I am with Be* broadband. I have BT for the phones though. Thanks for the reply though.

Brum Man · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:37

Do you have your phone package with BT of Be*? I have my broadband with Plus.net and my phone with BT. Who you're with for BB shouldn't have any effect on you the texting function.

bluetech · 16 Oct 2007 at 13:48

Brum Man said:
Do you have your phone package with BT of Be*? I have my broadband with Plus.net and my phone with BT. Who you're with for BB shouldn't have any effect on you the texting function.

Phone package is with BT. I know the ISP wouldent have an impact at all. Just wondering what I have got to go through with BT to have the SMS function available on my line and what it will cost.

Thanks for the reply