Panasonic Dect 6.0 Black Metallic Cordless Phone with Answering Machine (KX-TG6444T)

I bought this phone for one reason and one reason only: call blocking. I was excited when I found Panasonic offered a phone with this feature as our previous Panasonic phone worked quite well (but no call blocking feature). This phone absolutely has call blocking. What Panasonic doesn't tell you upfront is that the phone will ring once before being blocked. That significant detail is buried in the specifics of the manual. Not so bad you might think? Not so. The blocking feature sends a busy signal back to the automated dialing system. The automated dialing system doing the calling instantly thinks "Ah-hah, someone home". It promptly schedules another call in 5 minutes. And so on every 5 minutes for about 40 minutes before finally giving up! I can't believe Panasonic is unaware of this. And if, as my wife noted, the phone needs time to process the caller ID information, I'd far rather it blocked the first ring of every call vs. this.

We are very pleased with our DECT 6.0 Pansonic Phones. The range is great. It works well with the Pansonic headset. I LOVE being able to block calls that I do not want to receive. (You know the 1-800-000-000 numbers. That you know are going to be tele marketing.) I like that the phone can be an alarm clock. The storage for phone numbers is nice to have. I am sure that as I use this phone I will begin to use even more of its features. The instructions are great.

No complaints with this phone. Reception is good, features are worth it and build is solid. I have no "white" noise issues that others are talking about. This phone is built stronger than the uniden we had. The talking caller ID is what makes this phone. The phone book feature only requires you to enter name and number on one handset and it automatically transfers information to other sets. The talking feature will speak what ever name you store in the phone book or it will speaker telco information. We also like the fact that it uses "AAA" rechargeable batteries. This allows you to always have a spare charged set of batteries....we have another battery charger. My only complaint is that we wish it had a battery backup for the base and if you could monitor messages as they were being left via the handset. Uniden has that feature. Otherwise, we likey !!