Customer Reviews

VTech CS6229-3 DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone, Silver/Black, 3 Handsets

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This telephone set is perfect! I researched cordless telephone manufacturers and I came to the conclusion that Vtech phones had the best overall reviews. I was not disappointed.
Clear sound and no battery issues. Remote phones are problem free. I particularly like that telephone numbers and other things entered into any of the telephones are available to all of them. The buttons are easy to use and using the features is simple.
I have optimum digital/cable phone service through Cablevision and I have the primary base phone connected to the modem. The bases of the two secondary phones are plugged into electrical outlets. No problems at all.
I am not using the answering machine system that is a feature of this set. A really great thing for me is that the telephones actually tell me when a voicemail has been left on my digital/cable system.
This set is a great deal! Other cordless telephone systems sell for a lot more.

12/2/2011: I have had this telephone set for about 2 1/2 years now and I have not had to replace any batteries and everything is still working perfectly!

I've been using VTech expandable cordless phone system for 4 years. Few weeks ago I was forced to look for a rechargable battery replacement in one of my phones (VTech 2660 series). It could no longer hold the charge.

However, as I was looking around for the best deal, instead of replacing the battery I ended up with a new VTech phone system (CS6229-4) purchased directly from VTech. As of this writing Amazon doesn't offer 4 handset unit but because they all work the same regardless of the number of handsets, I wanted to share the experience with mine.

I'm very pleased with this upgrade. Besides good sound quality and ease of setup/use, I really appreciate the feature of Directory entries being shared by all system handsets. "Any additions, deletions or edits made on one handset affect the directory on all handsets." My old system did not support that - inconvenience.

VTech 6229 allows to answer calls by pressing any of the backlit dialing keys (0-9, #, *) besides those two dedicated (unfortunately non-lit) Talk/Flash and Speakerphone.

Handsets have 10 different ring tones to choose from.

This phone has all I need. It saves from caller ID to the memory. It has an easy to see display with a battery indicator much like a cell phone. Multiple ring tones are nice. It is really simple and easy to use.

Clarity of voice is good.

It has NiMH batteries, which take 16 hours to charge, according to the manual. Once charged, they stay charged at least four days off the base. This is nice.

If you are looking for a phone that is easy to use, with plenty of features, but not complicated, get this one.

After a week's experience with these phones a couple observations that haven't been mentioned: 1. I can get about 200' away from the base station, and through two walls, before the signal starts to break up; 2. the speaker phone feature works well; 3. unlike traditional home systems, if an incoming call needs to be picked up on another phone you have to explicitly transfer the call to that handset number - you can't just have someone pickup another phone. The system also uses this mechanism for "intercom" calls within the system. You can have up to 12 handsets on one base station; 4. unlike many phones I've used, accessing the handset features is pretty obvious, but a quick scan of the manual doesn't hurt; 5. The handsets are very light weight yet the controls have a solid positive feel. All in all these phones are an excellent value.

I purchased this phone less than 6 months ago at a local store. Recently, I picked it up and heard a noisy interference sound in all of the handsets. I tried another phone to make sure it wasn't a problem with the line, it sounded fine. I took my Vtech to a neighbor's house to confirm it was the unit and it again sounded bad. I contacted the company and they informed me that the warranty was only good if I paid for shipping both ways. I bought this system to replace a Vtech system that lasted about 2 years and had the same noisy problem. My advice is don't buy it unless you are willing to purchase an extended warranty so you can take it back to a store no questions asked. I will never buy a Vtech phone system again. They stink and their customer service made very little effort to try and solve my problem or keep me as a customer.

I bought these to go along with our Xlink Bluetooth gateway. The phones are really great & have excellent sound quality. The speakerphone function is top notch and sound quality is excellent on the sound and mic. I haven't used a cordless phone in a long while, and I must admit it was really neat to see that if you program a phone number into 1 phone, it shows up on all 3. The phones themselves are very light, but a caution is that their design doesn't let you hold it between your head and shoulder easily. They feel cheaply made, but I think that is because they are so darn light. Don't assume they're cheap. I've dropped them several times and had no problems. The standby time is really long. We left ours off a charger for +2 days and hadn't lost a battery bar.

I'm very happy with the product & would recommend it to anyone.

I've had this phone system for close to a month. It's great to have the additional wireless handsets since my older house has only one phone jack. Now there are phones in the kitchen and the master bedroom and all the handsets share info..such a convenience. The readouts on the handsets are easy to read, too. The answering device is simple to use.

The only downside is that the battery covers pop off if the handset gets dropped in the floor. It would be nice if the covers were more sturdy.

One tip: set the ringer volume at the base. Setting volume on the handset doesn't seem to do the trick...and the preset volume is LOUD, especially with three handsets.

Our old AT&T portable phone bit the dust, and I wanted something with more power and portability. Bought these, and am amazed on the simplicity of the system. Not a big electric whiz, but these were very simple to set up and operate. Love the fact you program one phone with the directory, and all the other phones have the numbers on them. Very nice. Good quality sound, nice features. Now, we have a portable phone in the bedroom, living room and computer room. No more having to run from one room to another getting the phone. Would buy them again in a heartbeat.

We got the 3 phone set so that when we had one unit low on battery we'd be able to switch over to another phone. The battery life on each of these phones is easily three times the life of the single old Uniden cordless we had.

What I really like about this phone is the backlit caller id screen, as well as backlit numbers which make it easy to read and dial with. The handset stores numbers previously dialed and allows an easy two button dial is a great feature.

The caller ID works with the magic jack system while the Uniden phone did not, each handset has a speaker phone built into it which is of surprisingly great sound quality and clarity.

The only thing I would change is to add a rubber grip to the back of the phone rather than the smooth plastic. The phones are also pretty slim which is a plus for most folks but I have big hands, though it is plenty comfortable for the amount of talking I do on the phone.

Bottomline: These are the best 3 phones our family has ever owned and I'd recommend this product to anybody!

Pros:
- Comes with 3 handsets. I spent a lot more money for only 2 handsets with my last phone. Plus, you can expand up to 12 on the cheap with this model.
- All the phones share one phone number directory! For other phones, you have to manually enter it in one phone, then copy the number to all the other phones. What a pain! This one is worry free.
- DECT 6.0 technology. It's on a different frequency than wi-fi, so I'm happy about that. Haven't had any dropouts or interference since we got this phone.
- You can access and dial from the directory while on a call. This is great if you want to dial using Google Voice.
- Shows the current date and time which is really convenient. What's pretty novel is that it syncs the date and time when you have Caller ID and someone calls. Pretty good idea.

Cons:
- You can't name the handsets on these phones. Not a big deal, but you have to memorize that handset 1 is in the living room, handset 2 is in the kitchen, etc. if you want to select the right phone for the intercom.
- The talk and flash functions are on the same button. This is annoying for me when I use the speakerphone and then press the green talk/flash button to turn off the speaker, and then accidentally hang up. Luckily, I can switch back right away without losing the person, but I wish the functions were separate.

Overall, it is a great phone system, especially for the price. You really can't go wrong with this system.