Rating: 
Summary: A great phone for the price.
Review: I recently purchased two Gigaset 4000 2.4 GHz handsets and the appropriate base unit. My previous Uniden EXS9960 cordless phone had died, and I liked the expandable features and intercom ability of the Gigaset. Keep in mind that I loved my Uniden phone. It was crystal clear at over 650 feet away from the base unit. I could actually be below the horizon with it and it still sounded fantastic. Never any clicks or other interference....just clear, crisp sound. So I held the Siemens phone to a high standard. What a let down! The Gigaset won't even make it 500 feet, and performace degrades every step away from the base unit you take. I get all kinds of annoying clicks and buzzes, even if I'm in the same room as the base unit. I had hoped the 2.4GHz technology would be at least equal to the 900 MHz Uniden I'd had. I'm truly sorry I made the purchase. I'll list the few "good" features quickly, but overall I'd say the poor performance of the phone should be enough to prevent you from purchasing it. The shape is nice and comfortable to hold in your hand. There is no external antenna, which is a nice feature. My main reason for buying the phone was that it runs on normal, everyday, buy-them-at-any-gas-station AA batteries. Each handset comes with two Ni-Cad AA rechargables, or you can use NiMH batteries if you like...the charger will take both. Don't know why other manufacturers haven't taken to this...sure wish they would. The expandable feature is cool. You can have up to four handsets per base unit. The intercom feature is nice, especially if you move around outside and someone inside can talk to you easily. Too bad the Gigaset 4000 is so limited on range or it might be a great feature.
Rating: 
Summary: Neat features but poor performance
Review: I recently purchased two Gigaset 4000 2.4 GHz handsets and the appropriate base unit. My previous Uniden EXS9960 cordless phone had died, and I liked the expandable features and intercom ability of the Gigaset. Keep in mind that I loved my Uniden phone. It was crystal clear at over 650 feet away from the base unit. I could actually be below the horizon with it and it still sounded fantastic. Never any clicks or other interference....just clear, crisp sound. So I held the Siemens phone to a high standard. What a let down! The Gigaset won't even make it 500 feet, and performace degrades every step away from the base unit you take. I get all kinds of annoying clicks and buzzes, even if I'm in the same room as the base unit. I had hoped the 2.4GHz technology would be at least equal to the 900 MHz Uniden I'd had. I'm truly sorry I made the purchase. I'll list the few "good" features quickly, but overall I'd say the poor performance of the phone should be enough to prevent you from purchasing it. The shape is nice and comfortable to hold in your hand. There is no external antenna, which is a nice feature. My main reason for buying the phone was that it runs on normal, everyday, buy-them-at-any-gas-station AA batteries. Each handset comes with two Ni-Cad AA rechargables, or you can use NiMH batteries if you like...the charger will take both. Don't know why other manufacturers haven't taken to this...sure wish they would. The expandable feature is cool. You can have up to four handsets per base unit. The intercom feature is nice, especially if you move around outside and someone inside can talk to you easily. Too bad the Gigaset 4000 is so limited on range or it might be a great feature.
Rating: 
Summary: Pleasantly Surprised
Review: I searched for months for a phone that offered more than 7 hours talk time. I was thrilled when I found one that offered 10. The display screen is mediocre at best, and the 4010 doesn't have a mute button. Otherwise, a nice phone for the price.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent phone
Review: Was looking for an easy solution to phone quality and ease of use with an integrated answering system. Persistence in reading the documentation thoroughly was key in setting the phones up properly. The quality is really far and away much better than any other phones I've used. I love quality stuff so this fit me to a T. Price was good. So far, after about 6 months we've had no problems. I am a very satisfied customer.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Phone System - Excellent range, and features
Review: Well, first to the reviewer "m_night2" from Savannah, who said you can use "regular" AA batteries in this phone... that is NOT true. The manual explicitly says that you CANNOT do that, and that the batteries must be NiCD or NiMH rechargeables. This is probably the reason he had trouble with his phone, because regular AA alkaline batteries are different voltage and milliamps than NiMH rechargeables. Use the right batteries and these phones work great. The features are well thought out - everything is controllable from the handset. One nice thing is that you can pick up your messages from ANY handset. And you can set options from any handset. One of the dissapointments is that the phones do not replicate the directory from handset to handset, so you have to reenter all the names and numbers in every handset. (I really didn't expect that to work, but I was hoping.) Great buy overall.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Phone System - Excellent range, and features
Review: Well, first to the reviewer "m_night2" from Savannah, who said you can use "regular" AA batteries in this phone... that is NOT true. The manual explicitly says that you CANNOT do that, and that the batteries must be NiCD or NiMH rechargeables. This is probably the reason he had trouble with his phone, because regular AA alkaline batteries are different voltage and milliamps than NiMH rechargeables. Use the right batteries and these phones work great. The features are well thought out - everything is controllable from the handset. One nice thing is that you can pick up your messages from ANY handset. And you can set options from any handset. One of the dissapointments is that the phones do not replicate the directory from handset to handset, so you have to reenter all the names and numbers in every handset. (I really didn't expect that to work, but I was hoping.) Great buy overall.
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