Clarity 5.8 GHz Professional Amplified Cordless Phone with DCP and Digital Answering Machine (C4230)

Comment: Bought this for my mom who has a hearing problem. It wasn't the phone I expected it to be since it was CLARION. We bought a cheaper Clarion phone at Target and it beats this one hands down.

Comment: We can't leave the room the base is in or we lose contact. Our voice breaks up to anyone on the other end. We are very disappointed especially when it is an expensive phone. We replaced it with our old $80 phone we used prior.

Comment: I purchased this phone because of the features of an answering machine, speaker phone and wireless handset. The clarity is terrible, and it sounds as though people are talking in a tunnel. Even members of my family with excellent hearing say the clarity is terrible. I'm returning the phone because it's useless.

Comment: The phone is well constructed, has lots of features but unfortunately we could not get rid of the static on the line. I called Clarity to find out if we were doing something wrong and they thought it might be the phone itself but the tech support person said that maybe we had too many electronics in the room. I don't think we do but then he said with the amplification, you can hear more static than you might be able to hear on other phones. I've had plenty of cordless phones installed in my house and none had this static problem so I ended up having to return it. My 85 year old mother who would be one of the main people using the phone didn't like the display. I think if you had an area where static isn't a problem it would be a great phone. I wouldn't NOT recommend it, but beware, static could be a problem. Because of Amazon's return policy, I was able to return the phone with no hassles.

Comment: Bought this for my Mother-In-Law, who has problems hearing (she's 87). Everything works great, with one exception. The message delete function isn't straight forward. For old folks, everything should be straight forward! The message has to be playing to delete it. That's not straight forward!