Customer Reviews

Panasonic KX-TGA271V 2.4 GHz DSS Accessory Handset for Panasonic KX-TG2700 Series (Violet)

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I searched a year ago for a home cordless phone/answering system all in one to take the place of my somewhat outdated cordless phones and separate answering machine. Looked at many models and finally settled on the Panasonic KX-TG2700 series. I am impressed, and my family loves it. Yes, we still have the old corded standby for power outages, but these phones have worked well for 2 years now, and I bought a second system for my home office with 2 line capability. Then found an add on handset/clock radio to reduce the clutter on my nightstand. So, has lots of good functions, and everyone has one in their room and me in my office and by my bed. Only complaint was the battery life - very poor. I use the speakerphone feature in my office for conference calls and was always having to revert to the corded model to complete the call. Told Panasonic about this and the only response was to ship me a new battery, which I charged just as they stated. But poor battery design. So I did a little research and found Eveready made an Energizer battery that supposedly cured the problem. I bought a box from an on line retailer and replaced all the handset batteries, one by one, charging each as the phone instructions said. WORKS GREAT!! Batteries are sold by Technuity, Inc. and are model ER-P511. Now my phones have been in operation for over a year with these batteries and never lost a charge or cut my call off. If you find a good deal on this phone, go for it now before they sell out. Really good to use and easy to learn. I even have a door paging system/doorbell hooked up to the phone line and these phones do a great job when I use this for door intercom. And the bedside clock radio works great, sounds great for a clock radio. Panasonic got the design right - they look a little clunky, but work great. The reason I'm writing this is I'm looking for a couple more handsets before they phase out this phone. Not ready to go 5.8 gig yet. By the way, wireless modems have problems with cordless phones so we're still in the wired mode around here for the internet connection.

The system is a great idea and I own 3 remote handsets. I have had to return two of them because the LCD displays failed, one after about 8 months of use and the other didn't work "new" out of the box. My third handset is also showing signs of LCD screen failure. ALL of the handsets that have failed have been "Violet" colored which seems like an unusual coincidence(?) and makes me a little suspicious that "Violet" units may be a substandard product line. I also have "White" and "Gray" handsets that work just fine. The return policy is pretty hassle-free, but why the problems to begin with?

The rechargable battery in this handset WILL develop a memory and become unusable during the warrenty period. Panasonic claims the battery in this handset is an "Accessory" and not covered under the warrenty. And, they say "sorry" but they can not help. Interestly, they do cover some batteries in other handsets.

My suggestion is NOT so buy products from a company where the usage of the product causes a problem they do not cover. If you are willing to replace the battery yourself every 3 - 6 months of use, it is probably a good handset.

Personally, I will not buy another Panasonic product.

Work good a great way to add phone in your house just need a Panasonic KX-TG2700 Series base.

Mike

Works very well. No problems. I try to leave it off the charger occasionally to cycle the batterys. Has worked fine.

I was pleased to see that Panasonic has changed their batteries to a nickel metal hydraid. These last so much longer and make it a welcome addition to the others I have. Once all the batteries are changed out I suspect I will be very happy with the system. This one is attractive and easy to use.

Tech equipment becomes "obsolete" or out of production quickly these days. I needed a Replacement Panasonic KX-TG2700 Series Handset and none of the mainline stores carry this unit. A Google search actually indicated Amazon.com had a competative price along with a good history of solid transactions. The Panasonic Handset is a 2.4 GHz model and still a very good performer as my main phone system, presently 6 handsets. No hard wired phones. Very pleased with price, performance and reliability. FYI, I use a small UPS for my phone system, no loss of telephones with power outage.

Regards, Dave

I have had the base of this phone and keep adding more phones that go with it over the years. It has been very reliable. I like the features such as paging to other phones in the house, that you can retrieve messages from any of the phones in the house. I have no problems with this phone.

These phones are compatible with the Panasonic cordless answering machine system, KX-TG2730. I have used this for about 3 years and overall it is a good phone. Battery life is low and the construction is somewhat flimsy (if you drop the phone, everything will go flying).

A nice system overall, but not nearly perfect. We purchased a set of these to replace our burnt out Siemens Gigaset 2402 system. While we were happy to have something that worked (the Siemens system had died a slow death over about a year and ultimately became unusable after a little over two years of use) the features and design of this system leave much to be desired. Numerous minor inconveniences and awkwardnesses make these phones less than they could be--nothing major, and perhaps only noticeable when compared with the excellently designed Siemens phones (really nothing more than the difference between Japanese and German design).

Two features stand out in comparison with our retired Siemens phones, one negative and one positive. On the positive side, these phones support detection of voice messages on an existing message system, so that it is easy to see from any handset whether there are unplayed messages on either line. On the negative side, the system does not support handset naming. We imagined this would be a minor inconvenience when we bought the phones, but it has proved to be a major drawback: there's simply no way to get the entire family to learn what number goes with what phone. When we had the Siemens system, which supports handset naming, the we had a working intercom system (not to mention convenient transfers of calls); now we're back to shouting.