Best cordless phone system for office?

Question

Okay, so since I'm finding phones with good reviews in some places, not so good in others (basically a mix all across the board) I'm not sure quite what to get or where to find info and look. We need a 5.8 GHz cordless phone, multiple lines is NOT a necessity, with caller ID, and a good battery life (9 hours min) and good range. The one complaint from different people on different phones seems to be the range - for some reason I've come across two different reviews for phones that state something along the lines that the phone has only a 15 yard range (and mind you these reviews come from different people and are almost the only bad review to the good ones). Suggestions/thoughts/opinions?

Answer 1

Hi, Chris here from http://www.CompuTelCo.com/ the NEC DSX Telephone System source.

We don't sell these, but Hellodirect.com does and they have a great tutorial for this posted at:

http://telecom.hellodirect.com/docs/Tutorials/5.8GHzFrequency.1.031903.asp

5.8 GHz phones definately have more range than 15 yards! A lot of this will depend on what the walls are made of, etc. The tutorial posted above will help give you an idea of what you can expect. Make sure you check out the "Bottom Line" section.

A side note: You should definately avoid 2.4GHz phones especially if you have a wireless network. They can cause problems with eachother.

Our bottom line advice: If you can avoid the cordless phone, avoid it. If you cannot, you're going the right direction with 5.8GHz. If you spend more than $150 for it, you can be sure you're getting a good phone. Personally, we like Panasonic then Uniden. Vtech has some nice economy models too.

If you buy it from someplace with a return policy, you can't go wrong!

Answer 2

I reckon the best cordless telephones are Uniden. I'ver had three over the last 10-15 years. The first one an upright was dropped several times, accidentally. Then I got one with an answering machine I chose not to delete any more of the messages and just keep what was on there, a lot of family including my cute mum, who is no longer living. So I got another one, they don't miss a beat. Many varieties and colours etc.

Answer 3

Well my father-in-law rest his soul if he was alive would have told me to use a Southwestern Bell System. He did phone systems and he either went with southwestern bell or Uniden.

Answer 4

I have the Uniden system 5.8 with 10 extension, one of them blue-tooth ...I love it, and never had a problem ....I use it for 1 year now...

Answer 5

our office has this system...its the best price...

http://www.packet8.net/about/virtual_office.asp