AT&T SL82318 DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone, Silver/Gray, 3 Handsets by Vtech
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Digital camera reviews of AT&T SL82318 DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone, Silver/Gray, 3 Handsets
Digital camera Review: A GOOD phone
Summary: 5 Stars
This phone does what it says..GREAT distance,features and clarity. Very nice phone for the money.Digital camera Review: A headset tip for the best cordless landline I have owned
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned several cordless land-line phones: 5.8GHz, 2.4 GHz, 900 MHz, and earlier models. This is my first DECT 6, and this AT&T SL82318 works very well - the best yet. This particular phone was top rated by Consumer Reports. The sound is very clear, and the usable distance from the base is very good. I have tested it over 75 ft away and a story away from the base in my home. Some reviewers have complained that the volume could be louder, but I do not find that to be a problem. I can hear well and I am heard well. The handsets are light weight and they have speakers if you want even more volume. I used two handsets at once in the house, and they work fine with no interference. A nice feature is that telephone numbers entered into the memory of any handset are available to all handsets. I don't need the intercom feature, but I am using the headset feature.
I am using a Plantronics M210C headset that works well. I can hear clearly and with reasonable volume, and I can be heard very well. The headset is comfortable to wear. I read a review that said that the Plantronics M214C headset works well with AT&T phones, and I tried this model. I also tried an AT&T EH500 headset with this phone, and it did NOT work well. I could barely hear or be heard. AT&T says that all of their headsets work with all of their phones, but that is not the case. Note that there is a newer model of this phone (CL82309) that is very similar but has no headset jacks.
Digital camera Review: A little disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
As one that retired from AT&T, after 33 years, I am disappointed in this product. I have no complaints whatsoever with Amazon,as they delivered sooner than expected, and at the cheapest price I could find for this telephone system.
Unfortunately, these phones are now made in CHINA, unfortunate as far as quality,and unfortunate that so many american citizens lost their jobs because of the overseas movement. I worked as an inspector for several years, and there is absolutely no way the quality of this telephone would pass the tests.
First off, even though it has ring tones you can choose, these are only for "ALL" incoming calles. With our older Uniden, we can have a particular ring for different people, and that way we know without even looking at the Caller ID that this is a call we want to answer. Disappointed with this.
My main complaint(and I called customer service at AT&T about this),is the battery used in these telephones. I spend a good amount of time on the phone during certain times of the year(I run and Adult Hockey League)and I always use "speaker phone" or my headset.
I was using one of the 3 phones and it suddenly quit working. Didn't have a clue what this was all about. I then realized a blinking light in the "display window", and lo and behold, the batter was dead. No bars to count, so you can see how much of a charge you have remaining. It just either works or it quits.
When the Tech told me it "was the battery", and asked "are you using the speaker phone",I of course said "yes I am." He then says,"oh you can't do that for very long or the battery will give out." WHAT?????? Our Uniden phones I've used for days and days without a battery problem, and with these new "high tech" phones I can't even make it through the day?(I put all the phones on their chargers overnight, every night).
I guess they must use some inferior batteries in this phone system. Had I known I could not use the speaker phone, except for short times on phone, I probably would have looked elsewhere, and would also probably stuck with a Uniden brand.
Amazon gets a 5 Star from me.
My old employer(and the one who pays my pension), AT&T gets a very low 3 Stars from me.
Digital camera Review: A very Satisfied purchaser
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this phone system to replace another similar priced system that I was very dissatisfied with. The primary issue was sound - over the phone and listening to the recorded messages. After reading all of the reviews for systems I decided to go for the AT&T because it seemed like it was good for anyone who just wanted a simple system that just did the basics, and did those well, with a short learning curve. This system lived up to those requirements. While overall it is not a simple system and has many options that I am not interested in, for what I wanted it for it was just insert the batteries in each handset, plug them all in, set the time and date on the answering machine, record your message, and we were up and running in less then 20 minutes. I really like the handset size - long enough that it feels like we are actually speaking into the mouthpiece rather then into the space below the handset. The sound over both the handsets and the recorder is excellent - even satisfied my wife who is a very tough customer when it comes to sound quality. I have not tried to see how far we can get from the base to still use the phone, but I have not found any where in my house that is outside the range. The main requirement of a phone is that the sound is clear and it does not take weeks to learn the basics; for those points it is one of the best phones available. I'll leave the more esoteric attributes to other reviewers to review.Digital camera Review: AT & T Phones SL82318
Summary: 5 Stars
This cordless phone set was easier to program than my previous set. Voice quality is also better. The price was good.