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I have been using this puppy since April 2003 and it is literally the happiest I have ever been with a retail cordless phone system. Despite 5+ hours a day of talk time, these phones never seem to lose their charge or their clarity. The only problem I have with clarity is when running the microwave oven, otherwise the connection is always crisp. The separate stored numbers allow me to have one phone with all my private business information on it, and my living room to remain vanilla for when guests are visiting. Another perk is that both phones cannot be on at the same time., so when I am on a business call there are no unprofessional interruptions made by someone in another part of the house accidentally picking up the phone to make a call while I am speaking on the other handset. The additional handset charger plugs into a regular outlet - so it provides a great way to have a phone in a room where there isn't a phone jack. There are only two flaws with the system:
A. Sometimes the connection with my clients are low-volume. The loudest setting of this phone is what is closer to the medium setting of most other phones. I would like to see a future model offer one or two more amplified levels of volume. The clarity of this phone, however, lets it get away with this much more than the average phone could, and if you have a headset that amplified volume, you’re set.
B. I have not, as of yet, found a headset that works well with this phone. Playtronics headsets work okay, but it's not a stellar match-up.
Overall I am very happy with this little system and have not encountered any concerns in performance or usability over the course of a year. Some of the buttons are small, but in a month or so of using the phone, your hands will instinctively find the right spots, and it's worth it to have an overall compact phone that maintains clarity and keeps its charge.
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