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post #1 of 6
8/20/09 at 7:36pm
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So I need three new cordless phones at home. I don't necessarily care if they are part of the same "system", meaning, a main unit plus two other base units versus three phones all on the same line.

But I'll be damned if I can find anything that's not a cheap piece of #$#^&$#&$^. The last go 'round were a pair from GE. terrible earpiece/volume control, awful battery and cheaply made.

And I won't be dropping a grand on three from B&O

Any recommendations?
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post #2 of 6
8/20/09 at 7:58pm
According to Consumer Reports latest rankings: Recommended systems w/answering machines AT&T SL82318 AT&T CL84209 Panasonic KX-TG1032S Uniden DECT 2080-2 Recommended systems w/out answering machines: AT&T EL51209 VTech LS6215-2 VTech LS6217 Uniden DECT 2060-2 Panasonic KX-TG6413T
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post #3 of 6
8/20/09 at 8:04pm
I'm with you, C.G. I thought I had found one via amazon... after months of looking. When I put it into use, part of the software in it actually had an error in it. Plus the thing felt like a piece of junk. Very cheap ass plastic garbage. The sound was cranked up to tinny levels (sounding like tin) - it was all around awful. I sent it back.

I don't really like the B&O phones, either. They are obviously priced at silly-high levels - but even if they were about 1/2 price I still wouldn't get one. They just aren't that good.

I long for the days when phones were made in a solid fashion so the phone company didn't have to come out and fix it ever.
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post #4 of 6
8/20/09 at 8:44pm
Hard to go wrong with Panasonic. Solid construction and performance.

Newegg.com > Electronics > Cordless Phones > Panasonic > Handsets : 3X

Take your pick.
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post #5 of 6
8/31/09 at 9:34pm
I have a Panasonic, have had them for years and never had a problem. I would highly recommend them.
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post #6 of 6
9/1/09 at 1:13am
Another vote for Panasonic. I've had two Panasonic cordless phones/answering machines over the past 15 years, and the current one is about a decade old and still going strong. The only reason I upgraded from the previous one is because I wanted a digital, rather than tape, answering machine. Unless they've gone downhill over the past decade, they are well made, with good features, and they don't break.
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