Good Cordless Phone?

Question

Hi all,
I am looking for a good reliable cordless phone. One that lasts long and has good batteries, but most importantly one that has good reception over long distances. I live in a two-story home and my current phone has too much static, (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5871672)

Basically I need a phone that go long distances away from the base, I also have wifi router so I don't want it to interfere with that.

Thanks for any help or suggestions! :)

Answer 1

I recommend the Panasonic KX-TG1032S. I personally own this phone (the 1033 3 handset model) and it's great. I live in a 2 story 2000 sq ft home and there's no static and the reception is reliable in the whole house. In fact, I can walk down the road about 8 houses and around the block before it starts cutting out. The battery lasts for a week on standby or you could talk for about 17 hours straight. It also charges in a couple of hours. It's about time someone made a phone with a decent battery!! Oh, and it doesn't interfere with my router or vice versa. More on that in the next paragraph.

The TG1032 phones are DECT 6.0 phones. While my fellow answerer doesn't share my enthusiasm about DECT, I'll explain to you why it's better. First, some basic radio theory. The higher the frequency does not equal the better automatically. Higher frequency with all things equal means less range. The 6.0 is not a frequency but a revision number however it is cleverly marketed as many people are under the false impression that the higher the GHz the better. DECT 6.0 actually runs on 1.9GHz which propagates better than 2.4GHz and a lot better than 5.8GHz. 900MHz and 46/49MHz are better frequencies however both bands have lower power limitations than DECT has, and both bands have a plethora of analog users with cheap dollar store phones that don't check for a clear channel before trashing your call. It might choose what it thinks is the clearest channel when you start the call, but it doesn't stop someone elses' crappy phone from ruining it in the middle forcing you to hit the channel button if you can. The DECT 6.0 frequencies in the US are restricted to DECT users only. This means the only devices on these frequencies must meet the DECT standards -- all are digital, all coordinate with each other to protect all other devices from interference. Because of this the FCC allows DECT devices to transmit more power thus resulting in better coverage and reliability. 5.8GHz has analog users and there's another 802.11 spec that uses 5.8 so a couple years down the road you'll have the same wireless LAN interference that 2.4GHz has now. That'll never happen with DECT. DECT is truly cutting edge.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Panasonic has pretty good phones. However, the range of 5.8 Ghz. is NO BETTER than 2.4Ghz.!! If you read the fine print, these phones use 2.4 for the base station anyway!! In electronics, the higher the frequency, the lower the range. They run very low power, and I have personally run distance tests with 900, 2.4 and 5.8.. (900Mhz. won.) The so called 'Spread Spectrum' technology, is just a digital frequency-hopping mode. A 5.8 phone does NOT have a better distance than others. All these phones are capable of channel switching, in the case of interference. I have never had any interference problems with WiFi, Microwave, computer, TV, or whatever, with a good Panasonic 2.4Ghz. phone. 5.8 and 'DECT' are pure hype!! Most ANY cordless phone will have it's range decreased by walls, metal, buildings, anything between the base and the handset. In a window, ('line of sight'), my cordless will go a block. In the house, sometimes only a few rooms away. They all run very low power, 100 mw. or so.

Answer 4

I recommended a cordless phone that uses 5.8 digital (not analog) megahertz so that it doesn't interfer with your computer network Wi-Fi or router. It has a long distance range from the base to the handset and is static free. Panasonic brands seem to be a good choice when selecting cordless phones.

Answer 5

The best cordless phone is a cell phone.

Answer 6

I know ppl who had that problem, just call the phone tech. again, and have them fix it!! they know how!!