Customer Reviews

Clarity 2.4 GHz Professional Amplified Cordless Phone with Digital Clarity Power Technology, Call Waiting and Caller ID (C4210)

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Having been hearing impaired since childhood, I'm glad that technology has finally acknowledged the needs of the hearing impaired. The amplified phones of the past don't hold a candle to the Clarity C4210. After carefully reading the manual, I found that all the problems mentioned in the previous reviews are addressed... if only people would take the time to understand this phone's functions.

The phone *IS* easy to use, easy to program, interfaces well with my phone service's voice mail system (which is nice since this phone does not have a built-in answering machine). The phone flashes when I either have missed a call or have a voice message waiting. Great feature since my old phone's built in digital answering machine sounded horrible. It stores a whopping 50 numbers in its phone directory. And, most importantly, provides ample amplification, up to 50 dB, of the high frequencies needed to clearly understand speech. I highly recommend this phone.

I bought this phone for my Mother who is 86 and very hard of hearing... this is probably the worst phone we have ever tried for her... she could not hear my voice ...and she sounded like she was about a million miles way..the sound quality is absolutely terrible. I returned this phone immediately. Believe it or not... she went to the local CVS store and bought one of their phones for about 30 bucks...and it sounds much better than this Clarity one did. I will not consider Clarity products any time soon..very over rated and way too expensive

I purchased the phone for an elderly woman who is hard of hearing. She can hear very well with it. However, it is always a challenge for her to program anything. This phone is no different. There is a volume boost button that is very useful. It has to be turned on each time the phone is used. It would be nice to turn the volume on button "on" permanantly. It's just one less thing to do when you answer the phone. These issues are minor. I would purchase the phone again.

I would not buy any Clarity products after this phone. I bought it for my husband who is hard of hearing. But he can't use it and hates it because the sound echoes his voice, other voices are tinny (no matter how you adjust the settings).

The features on this phone are lacking. What you find on $15 phones, like memory dial, caller ID, are buried in the menus so it is very complex to get them out. This phone cannot dial a number from memory while you are on the phone, with our phone company voicemail you dial one number then are asked for a code which I typically program into memory and press the memory number. This phone does not have that capability and you must remember the number and dial it in yourself.

The LCD screen is hard to see and for caller ID, rather than the caller's number being displayed, you must enter into a separate "mode" and scroll through other modes to get to the caller ID section.

I paid $257 for this phone, now the price is much lower. The Clarity techs tried to tell me this was because it was on sale but their other phones did not go down in price. I think they know this phone is a loser although they did nothing to help me with a return or exchange and retained an arrogant attitude.

I will STAY AWAY FROM CLARITY PRODUCTS!

This was a replacement for a prevoius Clarity bought over 6 years ago. The 2400 hz transmission was touted to offer big improvement. Don't notice much. I had to return the new one because the transmission would break up. Tried different channels, to no avail. Replacement is better. Other end transmission is now OK. However, on Clarity receiver end I hear background hiss noise. And the volume level is not set to high. I don't have hearing problem, but my wife does. Bottom line - does offer good features, but it's not what I would have expected at the $130 price. Satisfaction perhaps 75%. Seems to have some quality control problems in manufacture (likely in China).

I have moderate hearing loss and use hearing aids. Just bought this phone thinking it would be an improvement over the external phone amplifiers that go between the phone and the handset. The thing is a joke. It is not very loud, in spite of the "warning" pasted on the side, and speech is absolutely unintelligible on all three tone settings. I can hear better with a regular phone without the external amplifier. Avoid this phone.

Bought this phone for it's amplification for a hard of hearing person. It is great in that respect but there is significant hiss in the background no matter where it's plugged in in the house. No other phone has this issue so I think it's the phone. My hearing is ok so I find it very annoying and don't use the phone. The tone change button does not appear to make any difference in tone that I can hear.

I am moderately hearing impaired and frequently have difficulty hearing on the telepone. This Clarity phone seemed perfect for me, especially since it was supposed to work well with hearing aid tele-coils. It's okay, but the sound isn't as clear as I'd hoped, particularly the sound "boost" button. It's loud enough, just not clear enough. However, everyon'e hearing loss is different, and what doesn't work for me may work well for someone else. It's worth giving it a try. (I kept the phone, because it's my best option at the present time.)