Customer Reviews

Uniden EXI376 900 MHz Cordless Phone with Call Waiting/Caller ID (Ivory)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

Note: October 2002 Consumers Reports rates the Uniden EXI376 HS (head set) as a CR Best Buy! It is their top model without an answerer.

This EXI376 is my second Uniden cordless telephone. The other is a TRU346, a fine 2.4 GHz instrument, selling for about $50. I bought this one, the EXI376, as an economical replacement for a cord-type bedroom phone that failed to operate after over ten years of use. I am happy with my choice.

Amazon's product listing here is very sketchy. It tells next to nothing about this device. It is a modest 900 MHz cordless phone with a ten-number AND NAME dialing memory, one-number redial and one-number RocketDial, for twelve stored-numbers total. It has a thirty-number caller ID, and can place a call from this list. Like many, most or all Unidens it displays the number to be called on a viewing screen for the caller to review for accuracy before placing the call. No more wrong numbers.

I have had some bad luck in the past with cordless telephones. One never did operate; one lasted only two months; a current one of another brand is in use in our guest room, but is inferior in all respects to the EXI376. The last cordless would work for only ten minutes before its battery went dead. The TRU346 revealed to me Uniden quality, and I would now buy no other brand.

Reception is clear and audible. It tends to be too loud, but the instrument has a volume control. It is slightly noisy to listen to, noisier than the TRU346, but is acceptable. People I have called say my voice sounds fine to them, as good as on any telephone. Our microwave oven does not create noise on either end of the call, but the computer does. The TRU346 was not usable with the microwave running, because the base unit is installed on top of the microwave (my bad). Battery life of the EXI376 appears satisfactory, at present. I used it for one long call, and experienced no dead-battery difficulties.

Range is modest, no better or worse than others we have had, except for a DSS 900MHz that failed for other reasons. That one would work at a distance of about a city block. This EXI376 works with the handset anywhere on our small residential lot, but fails to communicate when I carry it two houses down the street.

In summary, the EXI376 is an excellent choice for those who want an economical cordless 900MHz telephone. There are better phones available if you want to pay more money, but if you do not want to spend between fifty and two-hundred dollars, consider the EXI376. I give it a five-star rating for price and quality, but reduce the rating to only four-stars because of the slightly scratchy reception. That may be unfair to Uniden and Amazon, because I would buy another EXI376 without hesitation if I needed another.

Love the 3 line LCD display which lets you store numbers AND names, just like a cell phone...remember the old "memory" phones which had something like 20 individual memory preset buttons and you had to WRITE on little tabs next to them?

It wouldn't hurt if they used more powerful batteries so you could really crank up the earpiece volume, but this seems to be almost universal across the industry, and many of Uniden's competitors---especially GE, AT&T, and VTech are known to have even worse sound quality. I chose this one after giving away a 2.4 GHz Uniden phone which had INFERIOR sound quality---until they finally get the 2.4 GHz technology right, I'd strongly recommend sticking to the trusty (and much cheaper) 900 MHz frequencies!

This inexpensive cordless phone does the job! It is great for the price.
Pros that satisfy our family:
The stand is not too large and the caller id screen faces out on the holder so it is easy to see who is calling.
Cons that annoy my family:
If you press the up and down buttons to check your messages and you have not pressed the menu button first, the phone will ring. At first we thought someone was calling! Also, the phone has a choice of 2 rings at a high or low tone, sounds good but the sounds are annoying.
The quality of the phone is nothing to complain about, though. I have been quite happy with how quickly it charges and the sound quality of the calls.
I recommend this phone because it is an inexpensive phone device you can take with you anywhere on your property.
Good luck,
Heather

Have only had this a week, but so far it's ten times better than the 2.4Ghz phone I bought just 6 months ago. Decent sound quality, an earphone jack, long battery life, and decent range, all at a great price. Not at all bad. Bought it because it was rated highly by a popular consumer mag. Meets my expections.

Fairly clear sound, both incoming and outgoing.
Battery life seems OK.
Simple operation.
Good ergonomics, comfortable handset.
Strange wall mounting, juts into the room.
Caller ID faces out for easy reading.

This is a good value. In my experience, no wireless phone has "corded phone quality", and the EXI376 is no exception. But, as cordless phones go, it has very good reception and transmission, all for a very reasonable price. What more do you need?

I would agree with what most of the other reviewers have said about this phone, but there were a few things they didn't touch on, and actually were the reasons I bought this phone...

The ringer has an on/off switch and since most phones nowawdays have such obnoxious rings this is a good feature since I have this phone in my bedroom.

It is comfortable to hold, and if you need both of your hands, you can actually hold this one on your shoulder. For some inexplicable reason ALL the phone manufacturers have decided to make their phones flat; and by doing so, it makes them hard to use hands free either because the shape is wrong or because by holding it this way, your face pushes the buttons, and you can end up losing your call. With this phone however, the shape is right and although your face does touch the buttons, they aren't so sensitive that you'll be hanging up on your friends!

One last thing; the caller ID screen is easy to read and is backlit, which is a really nice feature, especially in a bedroom.

Pro:
Light, compact, backlighted LCD (auto shut off after a few seconds), ringer off option (even though the manual doesn't say so), good ergonomic (ear piece area slightly contours out to fit ear/face), callerID+callWaitingID, volume+ringer control, memory store with name, cheap

Con:
sound quality is OK (not as good as my old Panasonic900mhz), no lighted keypad (Amazon description is wrong), buttons are hard plastic (I like them w/rubber), any button pressed will turn on phone (could be a plus for Rocket Dial). only 10 memory dials, annoying ring tone(s), short battery
life.

Well, all in all, an OK phone for the price. I don't have
the problem with poor contact with the base while charging.
I only had it for a few weeks. Reception is OK, even when the base is at 2nd floor, and I am
trying it down in the basement, the sound quality is the same.

I have an expensive $200 digital answering machine phone. It is a great phone, with excellent features.

The EXI376 phone has the EXACT same features, without the Digital Answering Machine, but costs that much less! The sound quality is CRYSTAL clear, and it can hold up to 10 names in the memory. The RocketDial feature is great, for easy one-touch calling!

I HIGHLY recommend this product, to anyone.

This EXI376 is my second Uniden cordless telephone. The other is a TRU346, a fine 2.4 GHz instrument, selling for about $$$ I bought this one, the EXI376, as an economical replacement for a cord-type bedroom phone that failed to operate after over ten years of use. I am happy with my choice.

Amazon's product listing here is very sketchy. It tells next to nothing about this device. It is a modest 900 MHz cordless phone with a ten-number AND NAME dialing memory, one-number redial and one-number RocketDial, for twelve stored-numbers total. It has a thirty-number caller ID, and can place a call from this list. Like many, most or all Unidens it displays the number to be called on a viewing screen for the caller to review for accuracy before placing the call. No more wrong numbers.

I have had some bad luck in the past with cordless telephones. One never did operate; one lasted only two months; a current one of another brand is in use in our guest room, but is inferior in all respects to the EXI376. The last cordless would work for only ten minutes before its battery went dead. The TRU346 revealed to me Uniden quality, and I would now buy no other brand.

Reception is clear and audible. It tends to be too loud, but the instrument has a volume control. It is slightly noisy to listen to, noisier than the TRU346, but is acceptable. People I have called say my voice sounds fine to them, as good as on any telephone. Our microwave oven does not create noise on either end of the call, but the computer does. The TRU346 was not usable with the microwave running, because the base unit is installed on top of the microwave (my bad). Battery life of the EXI376 appears satisfactory, at present. I used it for one long call, and experienced no dead-battery difficulties.

Range is modest, no better or worse than others we have had, except for a DSS 900MHz that failed for other reasons. That one would work at a distance of about a city block. This EXI376 works with the handset anywhere on our small residential lot, but fails to communicate when I carry it two houses down the street.

In summary, the EXI376 is an excellent choice for those who want an economical cordless 900MHz telephone. There are better phones available if you want to pay more money, but if you do not want to spend between fifty and two-hundred dollars, consider the EXI376. I give it a five-star rating for price and quality, but reduce the rating to only four-stars because of the slightly scratchy reception. That may be unfair to Uniden and Amazon, because I would buy another EXI376 without hesitation if I needed another.

The Uniden phone is a decent cordless phone with one problem: range. The phone just doesn't have good enough range to qualify for more than three stars. We live in an average, 1600 sq ft home. If we are more than two rooms away from the base, the phone starts losing clarity. If I step outside into the yard, the phone starts crackling and cutting in and out. The base lacks an external antenna which may account for this problem. I tried putting the base up on a higher platform. It did not seem to help. So as long as you stay within one room's distance of the base you're all right. But it's annoying to someone like me who likes to walk around, in and out of the house, while I talk on the phone. If you are like me, look for a more powerful unit or one with an external antenna on the base cradle. Oh, by the way, it holds a decent charge and has a good handset seek tone.