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 Great phone system January 27, 2008
Dennis W. Slater (Sun City West, AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this product to replace a old Motorola 5.8 system that had lots of problems. The best feature of the system is the clarity of the calls. The keypad is big, well laid out, and easy to use. The phones uses regular batteries instead of expensive battery packs. A feature most people will love is the ability to send phone numbers in the phone book to other handsets. There is a LED on the top of the phone to make the phone easy to find in the dark. We use our phones with Vonage VoIP and haven't had a problem. Our phone's range is around 200 feet with one wall between the base station and the phone. I can take it across the street and still talk on it. I would recommend this phone highly to anyone.
 A Fairly Decent Phone October 14, 2008
Cato the Elder (San Jose, Costa Rica)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've owned the Panasonic Dect 6.0 expandable cordless phone system for about 8 months now. One of my handsets was stolen off of my porch one evening, so I needed a replacement. I can tell you the clarity is excellent, if you don't have too many walls or appliances between you and the base unit. There are nice features included: the speaker phone option on the handset is topnotch. You can flick it on, whenever you're placed on hold, listening to muzak, waiting for your call to go through. Most people will never know you're on a speakerphone if the handset is placed on a desktop in front of you.
If you experience call drops--sudden cutoffs in the middle of a call, you're probably too far from the base unit. If you have concrete walls or the base unit is parked two floors upstairs, this may happen more frequently. Unobstructed, the range is quite good, about 200+ feet. Just remember, this is only a cordless phone, not a walkie talkie.
I like the fact that regular rechargeable AAA batteries can be used. The factory originals are just adequate at 550 mAh. They will last all day with moderate to heavy use. But if you're prone to leaving your phone off the recharger for days and then having lengthy conversations, you'll want to upgrade to high capacity rechargeable AAAs @ 700 to 1000+ mAh. Even so, you should recharge the units nightly with moderate use. The battery indicator does not kid you at all: it's 3 bars when you're topped off. And at one bar, you should make your calls short and sweet or reach for the other handset--which should be on the recharger ready to go. When you do hear the low battery beep, you only have a couple of minutes left, at best. So, don't say I didn't warn you.
The handset locator is your best friend. These handsets are small and easily misplaced or buried under a cushion or papers.
The punch keys are large and easily read. So too, the view screen is very readable. You can adjust the contrast on the screen to suit. Other nice features include: easy retrievel of answering machine messages from the handset, a programable alarm clock, a built-in phonebook, caller ID, and a memory that stores your last 50 calls. Helpful if you forget to jot down an important phone number.
All in all, the phone does what I expect it to do. The one criticism is the quirky nature of occassional dropped calls. Again, proper base unit placement is essential. If you have a 3 floor house, the base unit should be on the second floor. You may need to experiment to get the best range out of this phone. However, I live in a concrete building with multiple floors--so I don't expect much from any cordless phone. There it is in a nutshell; this phone does the job if you don't expect too much from it: like stand too close to multiple active appliances or talk under high tension electricity lines across the street.
I do recommend this phone. The only reason it didn't get a 5 star rating is the lack of a battery back-up on the base unit to keep the phones working during a power outage. Panasonic used to build cordless phones with that very feature. So, they do have the technology but they chose not to employ it in this model. A small point, I'll concede, but it cost them one star in my rating.
What a great phone system! November 2, 2007
J. Kiegel (Georgia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Panasonic Model: KX-TG1033S DECT 6.0 Expandable Phone System is such a great system that we went and ordered another extension. The KX-TGA101s to go with it. We now have 4 of these phones in the house and they are great. We had a 7 or 8 year old Uniden cordless phone that we thought was great, so we bought Uniden again and it was no where near as good as the old phone. Then we bought another model of Uniden. Again, it was no good. Next, we tried GE. Disapointment again. I searched the internet for reviews and saw that the Panasonic DECT phones were good. Wow! It is better than the old Uniden in range. My wife walked out to the road while talking to me on my cell phone. She was able to walk about 150 feet before we started loosing signal. The old Uniden was good for about 60 or 70 feet. The speaker phone function is the best I've ever heard. The phone also has plenty of storage in the address book and caller ID. Battery life is real good and it uses ordinary NI-MH AAA batteries. The intercom function is why we bought another handset. A real intercom system would cost $500.00. This set fills the bill! The negatives: only a couple. There is no speed dial buttons and the buttons do not light up. These are minor inconveniences for a really great phone system! I am totally pleased with this purchase and highly recommend the Panasonic DECT Cordless phones!
Leoglue review December 7, 2007
Lee J. Glueckstein (Sheboygan, WI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Panasonic KX-TGA101S DECT 6.0 Expandable Digital Cordless Handset (Silver)
Panasonic KX-TGA101S DECT 6.0 Expandable Digital Cordless Handset (Silver)
We had an older version that needed replacement. This version has more features and is easier to use. We are very pleased.
Great Phones, nice features December 13, 2007
Gary J. Thompson (Stow, OH)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have six of these phones. Lots of nice features but the best one is that you can copy the address book from one to the others.
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