Need new cordless phone suggestions

[LethalWolfe]

My current phone, a month old Panasonic KX-TG2247S (has digital answering machine, but not speaker phone on base), is getting returned (for the 2nd and final time). Although I like the phone the battery life (on both phones) has been horrible (bad batch maybe?). After letting the phone charge up for 15 hours, per the manuel, I get less than 3 days of "stand by" battery life (11 advertised), and the phone takes almost 20hrs to charge (going from flashing batt indicator to a full charge).

I really like the phone, but I can't deal w/such a crappy battery.

Lethal

 

[bmacd]

despite your troubles, i'd recommend anything by Panasonic. Stay away from V-Shi..er..V-Tech

-=bmacd=-

 

[iamme]

Have you thought about buying a new battery for it?

Most cordless phones i've seen come w/ cruddy Ni-Cad batteries. They sell NiMH batteries for cell phones at Radio Shack and Best Buy.

That is, if you really like the phone itself.

 

[RossMAN]

I have had no problems with my Panasonic 900MHz cordless phone although I have been quite weary of their 2.4GHz phones.

Uniden and Toshiba (hard to find for a reasonable price) are excellent cordless phones.

CostCo sells a pretty sweet Uniden setup, with 2 cordless phones, base unit, dual keypad, for a very nice price.

 

[manly]

Last weekend, Fry's L.A. sold the Uniden TRU 3485 for $50.

It's a 2.4 GHz (previous gen AFAIK) phone with digital answerer, caller ID and speakerphone in the base. A while back, I bought the TRU 3465 (without digital answerer) for $50 at Fry's. The handset is a bit larger than the current models I see these days but the weight is good. Reception is good, standby time is a week and talk time is great (manual says 6 hours). Charge time is probably 12 hours or so (no battery or charge time indicators on this model). The thing I like about the battery life is I leave the phone out of the base for the full week, even though most phones recommend otherwise.

The only two beefs with this phone are that it's not wall-mountable (speakerphone in the base afterall) and it sometimes interferes with 802.11b WiFi. The base for the 3485 does look a bit confusing (many buttons) at a glance, with the extra functionality.

Overall, highly recommended but it only has a NiCD battery like all cordless phones I've seen.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: manly
Last weekend, Fry's L.A. sold the Uniden TRU 3485 for $50.

It's a 2.4 GHz (previous gen AFAIK) phone with digital answerer, caller ID and speakerphone in the base. A while back, I bought the TRU 3465 (without digital answerer) for $50 at Fry's. The handset is a bit larger than the current models I see these days but the weight is good. Reception is good, standby time is a week and talk time is great (manual says 6 hours). Charge time is probably 12 hours or so (no battery or charge time indicators on this model). The thing I like about the battery life is I leave the phone out of the base for the full week, even though most phones recommend otherwise.

The only two beefs with this phone are that it's not wall-mountable (speakerphone in the base afterall) and it sometimes interferes with 802.11b WiFi. The base for the 3485 does look a bit confusing (many buttons) at a glance, with the extra functionality.

Overall, highly recommended but it only has a NiCD battery like all cordless phones I've seen.

That's a great price.

 

[Supahfreak]

I got a 2.4 Ghz Motorola phone and it's pretty cool, the battery life is GREAT. The only complain is when you dial it doesnt beep loud enough, or if it can I havent figured out how to do it yet... I got it for like $30.00 after OM 20 off 50 rebate.

FreAk

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

That's a great price.

Yeah when my old phone broke down (turns out I simply busted the new battery), I found the Uniden on sale at Fry's and the price sold itself.

Granted it's the previous generation model, but for the feature set and quality, I don't think you could get anything better for around $50. Good 2.4 GHz models w/o speakerphone or answerer usually go for around there (I'm purposely excluding the cheap $20 after MIR POS analog phones that are ubiquitous nowadays).

 

[ontoyouAgain]

Originally posted by: bmacd
despite your troubles, i'd recommend anything by Panasonic. Stay away from V-Shi..er..V-Tech

-=bmacd=-

Hey, my VTech works great, my son put it in the dishwasher, and the dishwasher was ran and everything. It still works like a charm. Guess I got a good one. Has been the only phone I can hear anyone on while talking to them too.

 

[woodie1]

I just bought a VTech 9151 for $23 and it works great. Lot o' features, little money.

 

[kantonburg]

I've had wonderful luck with several V-Tech phones I bought. Still use them.

 

[Luden]

I've always perfered Panasonic, but I bought this Vtec a few months ago and its the best phone I've owned.