Panasonic DECT 6.0-Series Dual-Handset Cordless Phone System with Answering System (KX-TG1032S)

Comment: The cordless phone I bought is fine. It was a problem at first because it came with a greeting already on the answering device, a greeting with attitude, and no manual. It took me a while to find out how to change it; you use the handset, whereas my old one had the controls for that on the base. Meanwhile, some callers may have gotten a bad impression of me.

Comment: I have had my phone about 2 years and am happy with my purchase. I like that the extra handset has all the features of the main headset like speaker phone. I had a Panasonic before for several years and stuck with the brand again. I miss the voicemail counter. It is easy to accidently erase messages not intended to be erased. Be careful. Buttons on the phone are a nice size. Wish the keypad was backlit. Overall a solid phone.

Comment: Title said it all...Best portables phones we have owned. Hold a charge (and my better half can talk for hours lol), has nice ringers to choose from, great range, light, easy to see buttons and easy to use menu.

Comment: This is my second Panasonic phone, the last one I loved but it wore out in due time, so I bought this one to replace it and it wore out TOO SOON. I think it's a year later and just like my first one the sound cuts out at random points in a conversation--I can hear them but they can't hear me for about 15 seconds and in that time they usually hang up. But I've had problems with this phone since I bought it. For starters no shoulder rest clip was included like my previous Panasonic (LOVED the clip). Technical problems such as being in the middle of a conversation and the phone randomly "freaking out": call drops, phone turns off and the screen blacks out until you re-link it to the cradle(happened standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF base, so it's not a distance issue). The biggest thing that gets on my nerves is if you talk too loud (and I'm not taking screaming, I mean even so much as a higher pitched laugh) the earpiece volume SHUTS OFF so you can't hear your own voice until about 15 seconds later. I'll never buy another Panasonic again.

Comment: This was a great buy for the price, given that there are two handsets as well as an answering machine. One convenient feature is that the second handset has a blinking light indicating messages left on the answering machine. (With our earlier phone, we'd have messages without realizing it until much later, sometimes too late to respond promptly) Best of all, we no longer have to race from one end of the house to the other to answer our landline; That comic routine provided exercise, but often we'd miss calls!