Recommendations for Best Cordless phone (merged)

etch_2

Can anyone recommend a good telephone.
We need a telephone with an answer machine pref wired one plus one other cordless needed
Purchased one from argos but the sound quality on the answermachine was very poor,
Is there anywhere you can try out the telephones before you buy ?
this is the one i got from argos
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5521120/Trail/searchtext%3ETELEPHONES.htm
can anyone do any better as with this telephone you dont know if you have a message on the answer machine as it doesnt bleep and you cant hear the message that is being left which i like to hear, cos i might decide to pick up the telephone if its someone important or who i know.
Anyway thankyou for recommendations price not too important thanks in advance:beer:

BritBrat

No recomendation, but if I was buying new phones I would make sure battery life is long.

We have a Phillps set, very good on battery.

We also have Panasonic set and well, battery life sucks.

Next I would look for ease of use.

etch_2

The battery life i know why thats important as there is nothing worse than picking up an important call and the battery run out half way through a call
:eek:
It can be a blessing in disguise as it cuts down your phone bill:rotfl:

Anyway thats one of the reasons i would like the base unit to have a wired handset and a seperate cordless one also,

We do have a fax machine which we sometimes use so if it had one of them as well would be ok

I thought all the panasonic telephones were the best at the moment,

as with all the BT telephones i have noticed a special button to ring there services and im with virgin so a waste of time for me and it would confuse the kids.:rolleyes:

Any thoughts

burnsguitarman

I am looking for a set of (2 or 3) cordless telephones, an integrated answephone would be useful, but not essential. They are to be a present for my husbands parents, so not too complicated if possible, and obviously, in true ms fashion, as cheap as poss.

djohn2002uk

burnsguitarman wrote: »

I am looking for a set of (2 or 3) cordless telephones, an integrated answephone would be useful, but not essential. They are to be a present for my husbands parents, so not too complicated if possible, and obviously, in true ms fashion, as cheap as poss.

Depends how old they are. BT Freestyle 6300 isn't cheap but it has a base and 2 cordless handsets and one extra charger. Large buttons and quite large displays on the handsets and really large on the base. Also works totally hands free. Just bought one and it's brilliant.
See here

burnsguitarman

Thanks have looked at those, they look good , but didn't want to pay that much. My in-laws are in their seventies, As long as the basic functions on the phones are striaght forward they will be ok.

gnvqsos

I have just paid £30 for two phones from Argos;BT Studio 1500.Got them in sale 50% off-seem fine and have adjustable volume if parents hard of hearing.Good luck John

PS Built in answering machine!

BexTech

http://www.telephonesonline.co.uk/

burnsguitarman

I have tried all the argos stores around for these BT 1500 twin and they are out of stock everywhere. Pity! They seem ideal.

KeithP

The BT Studio 1500 Triple Pack DECT Phone is available from Tesco Direct if thats any use. Don't know if the price is ok though.