Uniden Big Button Caller ID Cordless Phone (EZi2996)

The mother-in-law cannot read the numbers on our regular phones and has trouble hearing the ring. I bought a Clarity model at Radio Shack last year assuming all big-button phones are about the same. It looked handsome but was pricy, and I later saw that it did not get good reviews. Its performance turned intermittent in less than a year, then dead, not a good situation for the phone she relies on. A new battery could not revive it.

An hour of searching online reviews turned up this model as the best choice, so it was the Christmas gift (in October, so we've had several months experience with it now).

It is not so pretty, but the numbers are lit and huge, it flashes and rings loud, and we are all content. Thanks for the comment that fixed a mistake in this review.

[4-25-11 - The phone remains working and in regular use and remains well appreciated.]

I have a particular issue unmentioned in the reviews either of this model (or the same phone with answering machine) that I believe would make many stay away from this purchase.

As one of the other reviewers noted you must push a button to use the boost function, each time you want to use it. That could be a deal breaker for some (say an elderly relative where you want to set this phone up for them and forget it), but I figured this phone on high volume (you can adjust the volume like most cordless phones) would be fine for my needs. Well on my phone the volume always reverts back to medium. You set the volume and for some period of time it will stay on high which I feel like I require (and I am not old or have hearing problems) but after some time it reverts back to medium so I have to turn up the volume every time I make/receive a call! I don't see a pattern to when it resets the volume, eg doesn't revert with incoming calls, or when placed back on the base, or after a...Read more

This is a nice phone with big buttons you can see but it has some control that are not helpful. I don't like the fact thatyou have to dial before you press talk. That is not the tradidional way these phones should work. Also you have to be careful when sitting it down to make sure that the charge engages. If you set it down to quickly and don't look it will lose its charge.