Cord/cordless Phn 5 Wrls Hndsts

by Uniden

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 21 x 15 x 5.5 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002CK46P6
• Item model number: DECT2188-5PT
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

Voice mail waiting light on handsetHandset speakerphoneLast 10-number redial7-day standbyWiFi friendlyExpandable up to 6-handsets to 1 baseCopy phonebook from handsetsTri-lingual language support - English, Spanish, French

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good phone, but missing a few key features, October 24, 2009

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Paul M. "Paul" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cord/cordless Phn 5 Wrls Hndsts (Personal Computers)

All in all, this is a decent package. I like having the corded base for two reasons: First, no matter how many handsets you have, invariably you will occasionally not be near one when the phone rings, and the base doesn't move! Second, it will work during a power outage. The voice quality is very good, and we have experienced no interference. It has a nice, big phonebook (70 entries), but the battery life is so-so.

What I don't understand about this phone (we replaced an aging Uniden phone) is that there is no speed dial feature, which made up about 70% of our calls on our old phone. Also, although we wouldn't miss it if we never had it, our old phone had about 15 personalized ring tones, this one has less than half that many. Dont understand why they would go backwards on that feature. Also, the handsets on the old phone had clips, which allowed you to hold the phone on your shoulder hands-free, this doesn't have that (very minor issue, since we never used the clip to "clip"). We've had this phone about 3 weeks, and I think I'm going to return it, provided I can find something closer to what we had. It probably won't be a Uniden, because they (seemingly intentionally) keep their tech specs very vague.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Phone System, Amazing Value, August 12, 2009

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D. Hobby "dhobby" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cord/cordless Phn 5 Wrls Hndsts (Personal Computers)

I have found nothing not to like about this system -- I love it.

Voice quality and reception is perfect, all of the bells and whistles you could want, and everything just plain works. The intercom between handsets is a nice bonus, and works great. Great battery life (2-AAA packs) on the handsets.

All of the handsets have built-in speaker phones, too. We run several wi-fi items in our house and there is no interference. Ditto with the microwave, which can be a problem with 2.4Ghz phones. (This one is 1.9Ghz.)

I would recommend it without reservation.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good phone, a few quirks, August 27, 2009

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Bugsy123 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cord/cordless Phn 5 Wrls Hndsts (Personal Computers)

All in all a good product. Solid, durable, no major flaws.

The call block feature is better than several other phones, other phones ring once then block the call. This one suppresses the first ring, so no sound until caller id is shown. So blocked calls are just silent. Nice.

The base will work with a power outage! +++

Speaker phone good.

Some of the reasons for 4 rather than 5 stars:

Quirk 1. When you page a handset from a handset (the "find it under the couch function") the handset you are holding rings (LOUD) as well. I have to stick the #*&*^!! thing under my arm so I can locate the missing handset. No reason to have the one your holding screaming!

Quirk 2. When you are using speaker phone on a handset, if you press talk (most phones you go to non-speaker phone handset) you just activated call waiting or hung up on your party. The base works like "normal" phones.

There are a few other quirks, all livable, all a pain. But the competition I checked had their own bugs.