Customer Reviews

Panasonic KX-TG5423M 5.8 GHz DSS Cordless Phone with Three Handsets

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Awesome phone! Let me first say that within this past year my husband and I bought every expandable and non expandable phone available. Yes we tried them all from Uniden to Motorolla to Vtech and this one blows them all out of the water!

Pro's
1. Very user friendly. I am not the type of person to read instructions and with this phone I didn't need to.

2. 5.8 GHz is awesome! I live in a large apartment and I can walk all the way down to my laundry room (about 100 yards away) and still have a crystal clear connection!

3. Phonebook holds up to 50 numbers plus the phonebook is transferable meaning you only have to program one phone and then you can send it to the other 2 handsets.

4. Great speaker phone. Loud and very clear.

5. Light-up indicator to let you know if you have a call coming in, a good feature if you have sleeping babes or loved ones who wake up when the phone rings and you constantly turn your ringer off. Also lets you know if you have a voicemail waiting.

6. Backlight is bright orange and makes the screen easy to read.

7. Great ringtones. You can download ringtones to this phone if you wish, but I choose not to.

8. You can assign different ringtones to different people in your phonebook and also different colors for the light-up indicator to different people. This way you know who is calling without having to run to the phone, whether the ringer is on or off.

9. Great battery life. I left my phone off the charger for 2 days once and still had battery life. I use a phone constantly throughout the day and this phone holds up better than any phone I have ever owned.

10. Very attractive and the perfect size. All of the other phones I owned were either to big and bulky or so small and flimsy.

11. Did I mention that this phone has crystal clear reception and is so easy to use!!

Con's
1. I was told that if you download a song to this phone, you can only download one song to one phone, so you would have to download up to 3 times to get one song on all your phones. Not a big deal to me cause I don't really care to download songs to my phone.

2. 3 handsets was a bit much even for my large 1200 sqft apartment. The store didn't have a 2 handset version though I do think Panasonic makes one. Not really a con nor Panasonics fault for that either.

3. As with most expandables you can only press the phone locator from the main base. This doesn't seem very logical to me since most people buy an expandable to put all over their house. With a 1 year old around, our phones get hidden all over the house, so to find them we have to run to the bedroom, press the locator, then run around the house to find the where the missing phones are. It's not really that big of a deal I guess, but it is kind of a pain!

That's about it for the con's. Not too many at all huh! This really is a great phone. It may not have the best ringtones or the coolest downloadable features like some phones do, but it has what is really important and then some.

I can't add to the glowing pros already bequeathed upon this phone by other reviewers. What I can say is that I can finally hear my callers. After a miserable run with various cordless phones (V-Tech, AT&T), I was frustrated because every caller sounded as if he was in a water-filled barrel going over Niagara Falls. But here, the sound is clear as a bell. And that's what it's all about.

Unlike other manufacturer's phones with this feature set, Panasonic is able to deliver on these three important qualities:
1) Clear incoming sound
2) Clear outgoing sound
3) Reliable cordless operation

Reminder: A telephone is a communication device. While I love extra bells and whistles as much as the next tech addict (downloadable ringtones, animated display, sleek, exciting, form factor), a phone has a these primary jobs to do -- allowing me to hear, letting others hear me, and doing both of these while performing reliably.

I have tried to get by for less money with three other 5.8 GHz, multi-handset phone systems from three other manufacturers, and one or more of the above qualities always seems to be lacking. Panasonic may not produce the sexiest phones on the market, but it puts solid engineering into the most essential functions. Uniden, VTech, Motorola, etc. could all benefit from paying a little more attention to the primary utility of a phone.

My quibbles with this phone:
1) When a headset is connected, the microphone volume suffers a little. This is a high-quality headset that has no problems on other phones, but the volume on this phone is reduced.
2) Okay, I really WOULD like more ringtones. There seems to be some confusion on this point, but this phone does NOT allow one to download additional ringtones. That is possible with a similar Panasonic model (KX-TG5433M).
3) The display is readable, but a higher contrast LCD would ease use for people of a certain age.

Complaints aside, this system trounces the competition in performance, and is highly recommended.

This phone system was a snap to set up using the quick start guide. The hardest part is waiting 6 hours for the initial battery charge (per the instructions).

The sound quality is quite good and the functionality excellent. We still haven't learned to use all the features and may not ever need them but it's nice to have them.

It's nice to have:

Three phones in the house with only one phone jack being required.

An excellent intercom capability.

A phone system without a built in answering system. Personally, I have an aversion to all-in-one systems in that you lose the whole system if repairs are required and inevitably, one of the components of the system doesn't have all the features desired.

Our current setup is that my office is in the basement and my wife's office is upstairs. What a joy to be able to just call her rather than yell through the heat vent. We have the base unit on first floor and have had zero problems with static or poor sound quality.

So far, we have found it necessary to charge the phones every 4 or 5 days which is quite excellent. Overall, we are so pleased with this purchase that we are going to buy one for my parents as a Christmas gift. Good job Panasonic!

I had to switch to a 5.8Ghz frequency because of interference with my wireless home network. After a lot of research I bought this phone and it is great! Clear as can be and I don't have any type of interference. It works like a cell phone with 7 different ring tones and the 50 number capacity. My kids love it - they each have thier own ring tone for their friends and I have a different one for work. And contrary to what some reviews have said, you CAN transfer the phonebook between phones. You just can't transfer the ring tones. It is a great value for the price.

I love this phone, the 3 handsets are a plus..I set up a special ring for when my daughter calls. I also like the

idea of transferring the phone book info from phone to phone.

-The only con I can think of is that when the phone is set on auto answer and you pick up the phone, there is a loud static like noise..But that is minor..I am a phone fanatic, for "my" money it was worth every penny (I wish I'd gotten in on the $127 sale).

Great phone system. I have the receiver on the middle floor with the extentions on the first and third floor and it works great. No conflicks with my wireless network. If I could only get my wife to read about all the features we aren't using in the manual.

This set of phones is super. The speaker phone is so clear the caller can not tell you are useing it. The ring tones are great but I wish you could add more. The handset is light and easy to handle and the battery life is amazing, you can leave it off the charger for almost a week before it needs to be recharged. This was the best phone purchase I have made and I am very pleased.

I ordered the phone on the 6th and it arrived on the 10th. Great phone with great clarity and a call-id display large enough for someone over 50 to read without glasses.

Clarity is excellent for regular telephone operation and speakerphone operation. Batteries last through hours of conversation. Conference mode clear without feedback. Does not interfere with other wireless products on premises.