Rating: 
Summary: Excellent Choice - Good Price
Review: After trying more than half a dozen new cordless phones which I returned for various reasons, I believe that I have found the right one.This new VTech has just about any feature you would want, and the sound quality is, so far, second to none. Truly great, and I think better than I get on a corded phone, as you don't have the feedback of your own voice. Very natural sounding, which was impossible to find in a non 5.8 cordless phone. My only suggestion to Vtech would be to add music on hold, expand the phone directory from 50 to 100 entries, and allow the user to shorten the length of time a caller can leave a message from 4 minutes to a lower number. Don't know why other makers have not been able to follow the Siemens lead - Siemens has had music on hold for years on all their phones. Have had this new phone about a week, and really like it so far. Have not discovered any big surprises. Those who want to purchase an additional battery for power failure protection for the base which seem to be always unavailable from Vtech, can perhaps do as I did and buy a Sanyo battery ...for about 14 dollars - the one for the VTech 2420 works so far. I think it would be very difficult to find a better buy on such a fully featured phone, and would certainly be hard to find a phone, cordless or corded, which had better sound quality.
Rating:
Summary: Very good
Review: Crystal sound. Build in equalizer. Excellent reception. Good range. High capacity battery. Shock resistant.
Rating: 
Summary: Save the box and receipt
Review: I bought this telephone at Sam's and felt like this would be the end of all my phone worries. This telephone system worked great for one month, and then the reception went to the dogs. Unless I am within five feet of the answering device, I get only static on the handhelds. Unfortunately I didn't keep the receipt and box and cannot return it. I'm looking at going back to corded telephones.
Rating: 
Summary: it's okay, but it's not true 5.8GHz
Review: I got the new version set (with color handset)
it claims it runs at 5.8GHz, but actually handset to base is still running on 2.4GHz, only base to handset is running 5.8GHz, the reason I get 5.8GHz model is I run wireless LAN and bluetooth, the old 2.4GHz phone often kills the connection
the mailbox is not that clear, and the setup is not that easy as well, and the mailbox can be monitored ONLY on base, not any handset
the call voice is fine, speakerphone on handset is okay, not too loud, but the speakerphone on base is pretty loud if I set the volume to max
it has no hold function, you have to use mute instead
you can use walkie-talkie between handsets, and transfer calls between base and handsets
the battery is easily removable, and you can buy an extra battery for the base, that you can keep using the WHOLE system during power outage, this is very handy feature for un-interruptted use
if you're running wireless LAN at home, think twice before buying this set
Rating:
Summary: This is the best cordless I've own
Review: I have never had luck with cordless phones. AT&T phones have been awful, as have Southwestern Bell, and Uniden. These V-Tech phones have excellent reception. I'm very impressed with the battery as well. They are worth every penny. I also have the previous model for my other home. They have taken a lot of abuse and still keep going. The features are simple to use. I've never had to look at the handbook. Some of the other reviews shocked me. It seems some people are overly picky, and should spend $200+ to get what they are wanting. I will never purchase any other phone.
Rating: 
Summary: Not bad but could use a bit of improvement
Review: I once had the expensive Siemens cordless system, but ditched those on Ebay b/c of the horrible ergonomics. If you picked up a phone call for another person, you couldn't just yell, 'pick up the phone' b/c the other units couldn't barge into an existing call. You'd have to remember the cumbersome process of call-forwarding. Anyhow, the VTech system doesn't have such problems, so right off the bat I was encouraged. Out of all the great features this system offers, you cannot custom name each station. You are stuck w/ the default numbering. Thus if you want to transfer to, or page, another handset, you have to recall which phone is which number. What is more surpising is that older VTech system allowed custom-naming, according to tech support. Contrary to a previous review, I didn't find the answering machine quality horribly poor, but it isn't stellar either. I can certainly live with it. What I think isn't so hot is the general sound quality when on the phone. I would have thought that 5.8GHz would be the best I've ever had. On the other hand, phone lines only transmit a very poor quality sound; something like the equivalent to 11kHz mono (vs 44kHz stereo for compact disc music). My only other complaint is the general crappy belt clips that snap onto cordless phones, including these. If you bend over & the phone is too far towards the front of your belt, the clip snaps off & the phone tumbles. Better design would be appreciated.
Rating:
Summary: Not bad but could use a bit of improvement
Review: I once had the expensive Siemens cordless system, but ditched those on Ebay b/c of the horrible ergonomics. If you picked up a phone call for another person, you couldn't just yell, 'pick up the phone' b/c the other units couldn't barge into an existing call. You'd have to remember the cumbersome process of call-forwarding. Anyhow, the VTech system doesn't have such problems, so right off the bat I was encouraged. Out of all the great features this system offers, you cannot custom name each station. You are stuck w/ the default numbering. Thus if you want to transfer to, or page, another handset, you have to recall which phone is which number. What is more surpising is that older VTech system allowed custom-naming, according to tech support. Contrary to a previous review, I didn't find the answering machine quality horribly poor, but it isn't stellar either. I can certainly live with it. What I think isn't so hot is the general sound quality when on the phone. I would have thought that 5.8GHz would be the best I've ever had. On the other hand, phone lines only transmit a very poor quality sound; something like the equivalent to 11kHz mono (vs 44kHz stereo for compact disc music). My only other complaint is the general crappy belt clips that snap onto cordless phones, including these. If you bend over & the phone is too far towards the front of your belt, the clip snaps off & the phone tumbles. Better design would be appreciated.
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Summary: Poor Quality
Review: I purchased this phone and kept it for 28 days. I was very un-happy with the quality of the phone and returned it for another brand. The main reason for this was the extremely poor quality of the answering machine. I would have to play the message 2 to 3 times to make sure I understood the person talking. The digital recording was very poor and slurred peoples words together. It also tended to cut messages off at the last second, so when someone ended a message by leaving their phone number, I would miss the last digit. Also, the phone quality was poor. If you speak at the same time as the other party, the volume for them would get very low....much like a half duplex system. I also had a good deal of static on the line. I am now trying out the Panasonic telephone and hope for better results.
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Summary: Vtech answering machine problems
Review: I've been burned by Vtech like a lot of people. The answering machine part is awful. The volume is way too low and the recording quality is terrible. But if someone is leaving a message and you are screening and try to turn up the volume, wham, the caller is disconnected and there is no message. That happened on my last Vtech phone. Consistently. I called them twice and they had trouble accepting that it might be defective (or just bad design) but said they could replace it if I sent it back (and waited without a phone for who knows how long). No more terrible Vtech products for us!! Be warned!
Rating:
Summary: Good value.
Review: Pros:
Base is a fully functional speakerphone with keypad.
Handset not physically tied to the base.
Excellent voice quality.
Loud and clear speakerphone on handsets.
Expandable and has point to point intercom among handsets and the base.
Call transferrable to a specific handset if needed.
Clear display.
5.8 GHz does not interfere with 802.11b/g Cons:
Caller id not displayed while playing back messages recorded on the answering machine.
Rather tiny keypad buttons.
Wish it had talking caller id.
Recalling numbers from memory while in the middle of a call is not easy.
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