Customer Reviews

Panasonic KX-TG2584S 2.4 GHz Corded/Cordless Phone System

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I purchased this phone on December 4th, 2002, and immediately had trouble with the "cordless" phone. I charged it for 26 hours before using it and on my first call - during the first 1 1/2 minutes - the battery died. I followed the manual instructions carefully, but continued to experience the same problem. I bought a new battery on the 11th and still had the same problem. I emailed Panasonic on Dec. 13th and received an automated reply, but as of January 8, 2003, no real reply. It's now too late to return the phone, so I'm just going to junk it and buy a similar - non-Panasonic - product.

While Panasonic is consistently the most highly recommended cordless phone by electronics salespeople, this is my THIRD failure with Panasonic. While I have few problems with the corded wall mount unit, the handset has not held a charge for more than a 10 minute conversation after approximately 3 months old (after the store warrantee expired) and I am unable to say more than 'hello' on it now, before it dies out now. I have returned the phone once within the store warrantee and I have replaced the batteries twice in 2 years, which are hard to find and costly. Panasonic customer service has been neither helpful nor sympathetic to my problem. I am now researching a variety of less 'recommended' cordless phones...

True this phone has lots of bells and whistles, but there are some glaring problems.

First, the outgoing message recording quality leaves a lot to be desired. It is so weak and tinny, callers don't recognize my voice. They think it's a wrong number. Next, the display brightness and contrast are too limited, making it difficult to read at an angle. You must be staring at it head on. Third, when dialing in from the outside and entering your code, there are no prompts for the system, other than playing messages. Not even one for deleting a message, going back one, skipping ahead, etc.. Unless you carry the 95 page instruction booklet around with you, you're helpless. And last, but not least, there are occasional bursts of low volume, high frequency noise on the line. Not enough to disrupt a conversation, but enough to be a nuisance.

Even though you get a lot with this system, given its relatively high price, it leaves too much to be desired.

I'm buying this phone to replace my Sony SPP-A2480 (GREAT PHONE!! NO PROBLEMS! Just broke it) Well I bought this phone today and I plan on returning it tomarrow! It does sound GREAT!! But there are things that bother me about it to much to keep.

1. You can't add numbers to the Directory from the base you have to use the cordless.

2. BAD menu layout kind of confusing at first.

3. Time it takes for the cordless to access the CID and the directory. Not real long just annyoing.

4. You can't scan a call from the cordless.

5.It has features nothing that makes it stand out from others! not worth the price. Most of them are kind of useless (turning off the speaker on the answering machine or setting up how many numbers the caller ID displays) or not something the average person would use (setting Thee flash length or setting the line mode..anyone know what that means?)

In all I'm VERY disapointed in this phone So I'll be out to find another one tomarrow! Make sure you keep your reciept if you buy this phone. Looks good on the outside but it's kind of rotten when you bite into it.

I recently bought this phone to replace a similar Sony corded/cordless answering machine combination. While the two look very similar, the Panasonic's sound quality is much higher -- on the corded phone, on the cordless and on the answering machine.

The feature set is good -- it has most of the features I need in a phone. The 50-number memory is adequate, although 100 numbers would have been better. I miss the sony "wheel" for going through the directory, but the Panasonic menus are easy enough for my wife and 10-year old son to us.

Bonus features: can pick up messages from the cordless; can use both corded and cordless together to talk.

I bought this phone this past spring and never was able talk on the cordless part of this phone for over a minute without it going dead. It is a piece of junk. My review is identical to the review Biff Dyches wrote. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought I purchased his phone. Save your money, you can definately find something better.

This is a very nice base unit coupled with a worthless handset. I have returned the whole system once to Panasonic and replaced the battery three times in one year. It has always been charged according to directions. Apparently, this model is the victim of short sighted engineering. Stay away unless you have a garage full of expensive batteries for the handset!

It is not convinient to work with direct dialing through cordless set. There are only 3 direct dialing numbers available - should be at least 10 for our days. THE WORST THING of this phone battery in the cordless set are dying within 5 minutes. In the begining Battery was holing the charge for abt half an our. After about 6 month of using I can not make a call - battery dies as soon as I am starting to dial the number.

I thought I was getting a bargain by purchasing this, because it included the cordless handset as well as the base unit. Boy, was I wrong. I've had this phone for about a year, and I've replaced the battery twice already. Even with a brand-new battery, the handset is only good for about 45 minutes before it needs to be recharged. A big waste of money.

I have had good experience with Panasonic phones in the past, so I decided to splurge and get this phone. BIG MISTAKE!!!!

All the reviews highlighting the cons of this phone are dead-on. And, to add insult to injury, my unit (not even a year old) will not allow us to talk for more than 45 minutes on the cordless handset. Manual says 3 hours, we get 45 minutes. Panasonic replaced the battery once and now want us to send in the unit for replacement - of course, you have to re-enter all the information in the new unit.

Folks, save your money and DO NOT buy this model.