cordless phones

Posted by: scottyhammer on 10 March 2008

hi guys,

i want to buy a set of new cordless phones for the home to replace the current set we have which is BT SYNERGY which quite frankly been disappointing....thinking of 2 upstairs and 2 downstairs. any recommendations ? they must have LOUD ringtones and maybe an answermachine base would be good.
regards, scotty

Posted on: 10 March 2008 by djftw

Have some iDect ones, not sure where they're from, a supermarket I think, but they work fine, have an answering machine and you can buy the additional handsets.

Regards

Dom

Posted on: 11 March 2008 by scottyhammer

hi dom,
never heard of idect ?
scotty

p.s. any more recommendations lads ?

Posted on: 12 March 2008 by manicatel

Hi mate,
I've never found any digital/cordless phones with a decent & loud ring tone. I got around this problem by getting an old bakelite antique phone, with a real bell type ring on it, & plugged it into a spare phone socket in the lounge. Its on the lounge window sill if you can remember my room. Most of the time, I can hear the phone ringing!
From our experience, steer clear of cheap brand phones, binatone,etc, & go for a name brand. Panasonic ones look OK, & the look/style may be important to you & the missus.
Fingers crossed we can get one over Sparky's lot on the weekend, but it'll be tough, I think.
Cheers,
Matt.

Posted on: 12 March 2008 by scottyhammer

thanks for that matt, hope to see you soon.
best not to mention the hammers at present!
dave

Posted on: 12 March 2008 by Roy Donaldson

Hi there,

Had some old Siemens DECT ones, black and white small LCD and they broke, so bought some of the Philips colour DECT ones. Sound quality was awful one them.

Thinking of going for some of the new Siemens Gigasets, which look very nice.

Roy.

Posted on: 12 March 2008 by jcs_smith

Got a Wharfedale set. OK but I don't think i would get them again

Posted on: 12 March 2008 by Guido Fawkes

I use a Panasonic - took a long time to find one not made in China, but it was worth the search; definitely the best cordless I've used.

Posted on: 14 March 2008 by Sir Crispin Cupcake

Yes we've just bought Panasonic too, cost around £80 for two. They look good, are plenty loud enough, have an answering machine base and are dead easy to set up. They are excellent, but I've no idea whether or not they're Chinese!

Rich

Posted on: 14 March 2008 by scottyhammer

THANKS BOYS,
IVE NOT LONG BOUGHT A PANNY CAMERA AND AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT SO I MAY INVEST IN THE PHONES.
PANASONIC ARE MAKING GOOD STUFF NOWADAYS.

SCOTTY

Posted on: 14 March 2008 by markah

We had a duo pack of Panny cordless phones before and they were very good. We got rid as we needed a quad pack (ended up with BT ones) but would definitely use them again.

Mark

Posted on: 14 March 2008 by scottyhammer

panny phones ordered will be with me in a few days,will let you know how i get on with them soon.
scotty