Customer Reviews

Remanufactured Uniden TRU-8885-3 5.8 GHz Digital Cordless Phone System with 3 Handsets and Answering System (Silver/Black)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I purchased this phone along with additional handsets from Costco and other retailers over a year ago. I moved to this phone to get away from my previous 2.4GHz system that was interfering with my camera system in my house. It has a lot of nice features, like individual phone conferencing/paging, distinctive rings pre caller ID, remote notification of a message on the cordless and remote playback of the message(s) from a cordless handset. The sound quality is very good, but not great. You can also plug in a headset if you have one to go hands free, but still private. The handsets as well as the base station can also act as a speakerphone. I use that a lot with the cordless handsets when I get placed on hold with a bank or tech support. I would have rated the system 4 stars for sound quality and reasonable, but not great, battery life. I cut the system by another star down to 3 because the lettering for the various functions like caller ID, etc. rubs off with normal use.

This is a great system for the price. The room intercom and the choices that you have are great. I had little idea about phones so I was pleasantly suprized.

My big fear was that they were "remanufactured" but knowing I'd have a warranty I figured I'd take a chance. I've owned Uniden cordless phones like this for years & years but bought a set at Sears to replace mine & they were horrible!

Those were returned for these, and these are what I know Uniden quality to be. Loaded with features, easy to use, clear sound, I just love everything about them. Definitely not a purchase you'll regret!

These phones are really nice. It takes a while to program numbers but once done it's very nice. I'm disabled and they save me a lot of hassles, trying to get to a phone and they can stay plugged in and charged.
The base unit is also a phone.

I bought this model after returning two other manufacturers' phones and trying a third. Returned a Panasonic and a Vtech for poor sound quality. Disappointed because have had very good experiences with those brands, but we wanted an expandible portable at 5.8 Ghz so not to interfere with our home network. Tried a Motorola at a R.Sh**k and it takes the award for worst sound of the bunch. Bought the Uniden, and were impressed with the sound quality - Excellent, as compared to poor, bad and terrible.
The bonus was the list of features that work well and are well-thought-out, as mentioned in other reviews.
After three years, one battery is not charging well, and we are pleased that replacements can be found for less than $10!

I was a bit concerned about this being a factory refurbished system, but my concerns were completely unfounded. I couldn't be more pleased with these phones and the vast array of features and settings they offer. It works great, after all, it's still a Uniden system! A great deal all around!

I love this phone and can hardly imagine any other. I live out in the country with 3 acres of land and can use it anywhere in my yard. When buzy I just use the speaker phone or the Headset. I also put the base or handset by the radio or TV and take the other handset out with me and still listen using the "Room Monitor".
I also love checking massages from the handset. The handset displays the time as well as caller ID.
The Direct Link is a fantastic feature; When away from home, just give a handset to each person in the party and contact them by pressing 1-9, without using cell phone minutes.
I love this phone so much and currently owned this model but with only 2 handsets and purched this one with 3 handsets.
In my opinion, finding a phone better would be practically an infaninate impossibility.

Item works great, I only have a few issues. Once in awhile I get slight static on the reciver phone and when I add new phones the style/functions are not the same so all of my phones are not the same. I am constantly having to look for functions.

I admit it; I was looking for a cheap home phone system and realized I might get what I paid for. The refurbished Uniden TRU-8885 3 handset system filled the bill of being cheap. After setting it up, I was quite impressed by all its features. The only thing I don't like is not being able to delete caller id's on all the handsets from the base unit. That's a minor thing. Overall, I think I ended up with quite a bargain.

After two months with this phone, I'll be replacing it this week. We had a power outage today and our base unit no longer boots. I will say that we had a short period (30 seconds) with low voltage; however, this is the only device in my house that no longer works at all.