Uniden TRU-5860-2 5.8 GHz DSS Cordless Speakerphone with Dual Handsets

Rating:
Summary: Excellent phone
Review: The other reviewer that claims to be from Chicago must have some kind of bad electrical installation at home. He posted reviews for at least two cordless phones that didn't work well for him.
I got this phone last week and it works like a charm. No background noise, no voice distortion.
This phone has the sleekiest deisign around and almost all the features I wanted.
The reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because I miss the intercom feature, to talk from handset to handset.
A common problem among cordless, multi-handset phone systems is that they store all the phone settings on each handset. So you have to configure each one individually (think about configuring the phonebook).

Rating:
Summary: Poor Sound Quality
Review: The phone looks great and has lots of nice features that are all very easy to set up and use, but the sound quality is awful. When talking on the phone, I can hear the person I am talking to perfectly, but there is also a high pitched background noise that both I and the person to whom I am talking can hear. The people I am talking to also say that they cannot hear me very well and that it sounds like I am talking in a can. I tried all the trouble shooting techniques listed in the handbook including moving the base unit around, turning off everything else electrical in my house (except the refrigerator which was far away), changing channels, changing my DSL filters, and a few other things which I forget. Finally I called Uniden, went through some trouble shooting with them, and was told to exchange the phone because they thought it might be defective. So I went to a local store, purchased another phone, tested it, and had the same problems. So both phones went back. I really wanted to get the phone to work properly because I really liked the way it looked, but I couldn't and the sound problems were too annoying to live with. I ended up purchasing the VTech 5831 5.8 GHz phone instead. The looks aren't as nice, but the sound quality on the VTech is excellent, even on the speaker phone. Some of the VTech features are also nicer. For instance, the memory locations on the Uniden are not big enough to hold my calling card number and pin in one location, while the Vtech memory locations can hold my calling card number and pin with lots of room to spare.

Rating:
Summary: Range Problem
Review: These phones provide clear reception and a good set of features. The second handset does not require a connection to a wall jack which is handy. There is a flashing light if you get a voice mail (using v-mail from the phone company) and a good variety of ring tones so you will probably find one to suit you. The handsets are well lit and have a solid feel. But the main thing for me is that the phones have good clear reception,

Rating:
Summary: Two Excellent Phones at a Fair Price
Review: These phones provide clear reception and a good set of features. The second handset does not require a connection to a wall jack which is handy. There is a flashing light if you get a voice mail (using v-mail from the phone company) and a good variety of ring tones so you will probably find one to suit you. The handsets are well lit and have a solid feel. But the main thing for me is that the phones have good clear reception,