Vtech DECT 6.0 Expandable 2-Handset Cordless Phone System with Digital Answering Device and Caller ID (CS6229-2)

Comment: We bouught this pohone to replace a panasonic (dont rememeber the model) that had really bad sound quality and the batery life was not good.
This phone system (2 headsets and built in answering machine) was a great upgrade with good sound quality, the design is much nicer and the batery life is very god.
The price was excelent compared to its features, easy to set up and esy to use.

Comment: As basic phone this a good choice, but I found it is missing a couple of features that I'm used to so I would be sure that you review the tech specs carefully before you buy. I haven't found any features that are stoppers but you might so just be sure to check. Fow example the ring control does have a good match with me Verizon voice mail so half the time messages go to voice mail and half the time they go to phone. Also, we haven't figured out how to make message play on the phone whille a person is leaving a message. You can play them back after, but you can't screen call unless you are near the base station.

Comment: Just what I was looking for. Two handsets, n o phone plug-in required for second set. Speaker phone,caller id, answering system everything that I need.

Comment: The phone does what it is supposed to do and the battery life will be great for about a year. Our previous 6219 model now has to sit on the charger all the time. Talk time on the 2-year old model has diminished to about 30-45 minutes and standby time off the base is about 8 hours if you don't touch it. But when they are new, they last a long time. I am disappointed by the lack of a headphone jack and by the lack of a keypad lock. 22-month old children who love to talk to grandmothers on the phone have this nasty habit of pressing the buttons in the exact correct order to make return phone calls to business clients. The redial and talk buttons are a favorite of my youngest daughter, in that order, and that's why this phone base is now nailed to the wall five feet above the floor.

These vtech phones do work fine and you won't be disappointed in them until the batteries lose their mojo. Then you will find, as I did, that it is cheaper to buy a new system than to get replacement batteries for all the handsets. Now I have a primary phone with 3 handsets (one from the previous 6219 set and two from this 6229 set) and a secondary phone I keep by my desk (the old 6219 with the least usable battery). Perfect. And in another year or two we'll buy another primary set and get rid of the oldest. The one we got rid of to use this DECT was the 5.8GHz vtech that looks almost exactly like it but has an inch long antenna sticking out of the top. We owned 2.4GHZ vtech cordless phones before that. Every one seems to last between a year and two years. For the money, it's a good deal. I would rather not spend $140 for a set of phones that might not last much longer than these $40 vtechs.

Comment: These cordless phones work very well and have lots of features. The only issue I had was trying to figure out the features. The manual instructions are not that great and it takes a while to get used to working the phones. Other than that, we like them quite a bit.