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: Best cordless phone I've had so far
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had the AT&T phone for a little more than a month now and it's definitely the best cordless phone I've had so far in terms of range and sound quality. I got the model with 4 handsets and I'm going to get a 5th. I bought this one based on the postive rating by Consumer Reports; it's rated as the one with the best range for DECT 6.0. I've got the base on the first floor and have had the handset working 500ft into the woods. For comparison I've got a 5.8 MHz that starts fading out at 20FT from the house and an older 2.4 that would only go about 200FT from the house. The digital technology provides for crystal clear sound with no background noise or static; it's corded sounds quality without the cord. The speaker phone works well and the built in intercom is a nice feature. The intercom allows any handset to call any other handset and have a conversation just like any other phone call.Digital camera Review: Best so far...
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently donated a fairly large box of old telephones, hard-wired and wireless, to the Salvation Army. My quest for the perfect phone has ended - for the moment. This AT&T model seems to have what I need - answering machine, audible message alert, speaker phone, memory etc. However, you have to read the manual to even make the first call. I hate reading manuals so most of the features, such as memory, have not been used. I still have a hard-wired phone as backup.
Oh well.
Digital camera Review: Best we ever owned
Summary: 5 Stars
All extensions work extremely well in a fairly large old home with very thick walls, few open areas, WiFi, single line telephone/fax set up and other potential problems. Answering machine works well in conjunction with telco voice mail (used when line in use) and has different signals for where to retrieve the message. Clarity of the phone is superior. Exceeds all expectations.Digital camera Review: Best wireless telephone I have ever used!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This set of 3 wireless telephones by AT&T are the best in quality and service that I have ever used. The features and ease in set up is great! I highly recommend this set and it may be expanded to have up to 12 phones. The price is very competitive and you have a real quality system. The system is labeled DECT 6.0. Purchase one, you will never be sorry.Digital camera Review: Big bang for the money
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, we are not spending hundreds of dollars here on this phone. Given that, the phone is almost perfect. I read up consumer reports, read review did all the research for over a week before settling on this one. The Panasonic KX-TG1033S was my other choice, but this had more negative reviews.
The two most negative comments I read about the AT&T phone was that the voice was very low and that the battery went dead suddenly for at least one customer.
I found the voice loudness to be fine. Agreed, at the loudest setting you want to hear something that hurts the ear, but not for me. The battery, of course, I can't comment. It is a replaceable battery and buying one shouldn't be a big deal if the inevitable happens.
Some things I like very much about the phone is the keypad back-lighted. I have used some phone that miss this simple feature. The number buttons and fairly big for a small phone. I love the fact that the directory is common to all the handsets. My earlier V-tech was a pain in this regard as I had separate directory listings to maintain. I found the menu prompts fairly easy to follow. Again, my V-Tech was a pain when it came to setting up the clock time. Dect 6.0 has advantages over the regular 5.8 GHz range in that it has no interfernce from home wireless networks or microwave waves. Each handset has a speakerphone. You can combine directory listings - i.e., you can dial a number from the directory, and to enter the next number - a pin for example, you scroll through the directory and select the second number. Some phones have a pause that you can store with the numbers, which makes it a bit more convenient and frees up a address space. Setup was easy - it took all of 2 minutes to put in the battery and setup the time.
What is missing is a battery charge indicator. No wonder, some people found out that there was no battery in the middle of a call. This is not a big deal as I usually replace the phone in the charger. The phone is energy star compliant, if that matters. So far, I find the range is adequate for our fairly big home. The materials used in the construction are plasticy, the result when every manufacturer wants to makes a 30% profit but still provide many features at a price the consumer can afford - I am not hung up by this drawback. Also wish there was a audible beep for voice mails, need to walk up to the base to check it out.
The handsets look great - there are slim and light. I would have liked it to be a bit heavier, but that's just me. The directory can hold only 50 names, a bit small for today's connected individual. The handset's seat in the charger isn't deep enough, you can easily knock the handset off the charger, but if you are not clumsy :) you won't. It has only one mailbox - today's teenagers prefer their own, but each one has their own cell phone, don't they?
If you plan to return it for any reason that doesn't satisfy you, keep note of the way the individual items are packed. There is a lot of repackaging for a phone.
For the price I paid, I am not complaining. I plan to buy another handset though I would have saved some money buying a four handset phone.