Verizon V500AM-2 Cordless Phone with Two Lines and Extension Handset (Silver)

I bought the V500AM-2 from Amazon and an extra headset at another site. I already had a 2-line phone system (gigaset 8825), but was getting a lot of complaints about noise from WiFi and microwave. I tested the V500AM phone by making a call on one handset using line 2 to the other handset using line 1. Standing next to the microwave: no noise. This phone is so quiet that if the other person stops talking you think the phone has gone dead. I tested distance across the street and down the block. Great distance! When you go too far it gives a beeping warning in the handset. Who needs to go further than inside the neighbors house?

Update on phone distance: One reason it worked so well going across the street is that my base unit is on the second floor at the front of the house. Using the phone at ground level in the backyard I can go out of range if at the opposite corner of the house and more than 50 feet back. I had hoped to get my whole yard, and if I had my phone centrally...Read more

I have owned this product for about a month now and it continues to disappoint me.

Here's what I don't like:
1 - you can't return a call from the call log - 1+ before the area code is missing from the number
2 - you can name the handsets but you have to page them by number
3 - the range really isn't that good - I can get out of range in a NYC apt
4 - support is terrible - Verizon doesn't support it, Siemens doesn't - I called the support number they took my number "in case we got cut off" we got cut off and they never returned my call.
5 - if I want to put a call on hold and pick it up on another handset, it doesn't work - at least I think so - that's what my support call was for
6 - periodically, I have to remove the battery from a handset and have it re-find the base. That's very annoying when I go to pick up a call and the handset has "lost" the base.
7 - this may be petty, but I don't want "Verizon" in big letters on my...Read more

Pros - Good functional product. No interference with other wireless devices in the house

Cons - no color display, better selection of ring tones