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Summary: Great Phone!
Review: I've had the phone now 5 months or so. Its base speakerphone is very clear and strong, as is the speakerphone on the handset. Programming #'s to save is easy. Programming #'s to save from caller I/D, however, is somewhat tricky until you master the learning curve. I'm glad I took my business associate's advice and paid more to get this model, it has been worth it.
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Summary: The Energizer battery makes a big difference!
Review: I've had this phone for a couple of years now. The feature are decent and I like the handset speakerphone.
We had a lot of trouble with the battery at first. It eventually got so bad that we started using the base to make calls. We finally got the Energizer ER-P511 battery and it made a huge improvement! I hardly ever hear that annoying beep anymore!
I'm satisfied with the phone overall. Some of my complaints is that the expansion handsets seem a little pricey. Also the 2.4Ghz seems to interfere with the wireless video kit that I just got, so I'm thinking of moving to a 5.8Ghz system with an extra handset. However, there does not seem to be too much interference with my 2.4ghz DLINK DI-514.
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Summary: I Don't Think So...
Review: I've had this phone for about 3 months, and it's now going back to the store. I really tried to give it a go, but the poor quality is unbearable.I like the multi-featured factor of the phone, but the most important features that NEED to operate properly (Caller ID/Waiting Display, battery life) don't seem too work well. Caller ID/Call Waiting ID's come through only intermittenly. It also takes about 4 rings for the ID to register, if at all. It only registers ID #'s every 4th/5th call, even if it's the same # that had previously registered on the ID screen or pre-programmed into your phone address book. Battery life is extremely poor. After an hour of conversation, the phone beeps mercilessly in your ear, and the battery runs out within 5 minutes. You have to leave it on the base/charger for well over 15 hours, and at best, you still only get one-one and a half hour of talk time out of it, if you're lucky. Customer service is nil. Their line is either busy or you're put on hold for over 30 minutes. I've yet to speak to a representative. Mine's going back to the store. Unfortunatley, finding a caller ID/waiting phone with decent battery life seems to be a huge ordeal these days. You'd think with all the technology available to date, it'd be a cinch. Some of the ones I'm considering are: Uniden TRU58602 and V-Tech VT5831. Neither has perfect rating, so I'll have to find out the hard way. I'll post reviews on those once I've tried them out.
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Summary: Nice feature set but poor implementation
Review: I've owned Panasonic phones pretty much for the last 10 years and they've all been great. When I saw the verbose feature list on this phone plus the 2.4Ghz range, I jumped.
I liked the cell phone like approach to storing numbers, though the interface is quite clunky. Sometimes it's hard to figure out your way back to the main menu.
Anyway, the main beef I have with this phone is battery life and construction quality. I've had the phone for less than a year and the battery has reached the point where it starts beeping after having one conversation on the phone. This is unacceptable. For some reason, the LCD panel has gotten so faded that I can barely read it without extreme darkness. I tried to adjust the contrast but nothing happened.
Luckily I bought this phone with a 2yr replacement warranty at Best Buy and I'm returning it and its accessory phone to get a better system.
I was very happy with the features but the promise was greater than the execution.
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Summary: Buyer beware
Review: If you purchase this product, I hope you are completely satisfied. It is my opinion that the reliability of Panasonic products has slipped in recent years, and this was confirmed to me when a product I purchased quickly failed. The reason I'm posting this is to warn you that the warranty that accompanies Panasonic products only has value if the company chooses to stand behind it. In my case, they weaseled out of it, leaving me with a total loss and no further recourse. Good luck with your decision.
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Summary: I wasted money on this
Review: My biggest gripes. The batteries don't last worth @##$@!@!. The meter always reads that it's low. And, you slightly bump the handset it comes on, preventing anyone from reaching you and draining the battery. You can't carry this thing anywhere... your guaranteed to hit one of the buttons indiscriminately. One of my handsets refuses to work... no matter how many times I reprogram (reset) it fails to recognize the base. I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS THING!!!
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Summary: Caution!! - DON'T WAIST YER MONEY!!
Review: My biggest gripes. The batteries don't last worth @##$@!@!. The meter always reads that it's low. And, you slightly bump the handset it comes on, preventing anyone from reaching you and draining the battery. You can't carry this thing anywhere... your guaranteed to hit one of the buttons indiscriminately. One of my handsets refuses to work... no matter how many times I reprogram (reset) it fails to recognize the base. I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS THING!!!
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Summary: We absolutely hate this phone system (Really 0 stars)
Review: Oh, let us count the ways:
1) The battery life, as everyone mentions, is horrible. I suspect their recharging unit is not very smart, and thus they kill the batteries thanks to overcharging due to the so-called battery 'memory effort,' but I do not know this fer sure. The battery in one phone has now died on us, one is now so faint you can barely hear it, and the last one doesn't recharge much, and dies within the span of a 10 minute conversation when 'fully' charged.
2) There is also a short in the system, possibly related to the bad battery life, that results in the LCD screen blanking out when the phone is on the charger, and it only sometimes comes back alive. This makes the nice Caller ID LCD feature often useless.
3) They are NOT at all cheap for this level of crappiness. We decided to spring for what we thought were 'high-end' phones and got a terrible phone instead.
We will probably try to find the Energizer ER-P511 batteries to see if that solves our problems. But I'm tempted to go back to old but far more reliable phones. Alas, if only our cell phones worked in the house. (DON'T get me started on that one...)
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Summary: I wasted money on this
Review: Phone looks cool. But, you can talk only for 10 minutes using speakerphone and battery gets exchausted completely and 90% of the time caller id is not displayed. So, please don't waste money on this!!
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Summary: Believe the bad reviews
Review: The battery is worthless. I've had the phone for about 9 months, and the battery cannot hold a charge and continues to get worse, and I'm about to buy a new phone to replace my new phone. As the price on this baby already has fallen steeply, I guess panasonic has realized its a dud and you should avoid it all costs.
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