PanasonicDECT 6.0 Expandable Cordless Phone with Answering Machine and Call Block and Caller ID - 2 Cordless Handsets - KX-TGC222S (Silver)

We bought these phones 13 years ago and they worked perfectly!, then one day they didn’t so we went back to our previous order and bought them again. We need a landline because my husband, a disabled Vietnam Vet doesn’t know how to use a cellphone AT ALL and he loved this phone, knows exactly how to use it and depends on it to reach me when I’m at Costco! It’s beautiful, and easy to use, it’s definitely dependable, as I said I had it for 13 years. You won’t be disappointed. God bless.

Love them the hearing is perfect

So far it’s doing well from my family.

Work well. Third time I buy these.

We've been using Panasonic phones for decades. There are now so many choices among Panasonic, though, that it's hard to be sure you're choosing a system that has the features you need and want. For example: no flashing light indicating voice message waiting. far too easy to miss a message for hours (or days). Pick panasonic, but pick a better model.

As expected

The phone sounds very clear and works as telephone, but that's about all the good things.Cons:-The backlight for keys is extremely dim, and is an ugly "cigarette smoke" yellow color.-The silent function doesn't work properly. You can set it to be silent between 10pm - 8am and it will stay silent 24/7. There is no other way to quiet the phone other than going through 4-5 menus.-Like most landline phones, these phones are designed like giant Tylenol pills and are slippery as hell, very easy to drop.-The max volume isn't very loud, you have to press the phone against your face just to hear clearly. The shape isn't very comfortable on the face either.-The batteries seem to lose their charge pretty quick, my last set of cheap ATT phones lasted 2x as long.-The front panel has so many icons on it, you can barely tell when you have a new message. That, or a message covers the entire screen.-Cannot change how the front screen looks, huge clock, etc.-When checking the missed-calls log, you have to hit down to show it, then it shows the name, then you have to hit right just to see the number that called. Again, pointlessly forcing us to hit multiple buttons for something that should be quick and easy.-When punching in a number and hitting 'call', the phone dials the numbers very slowly.-'Phonebook' feature is very annoying, there are 4-5 hotkeys to get to it from multiple menus, yet is the last thing I ever want to use.-The buttons are very small and oddly shaped. Not comfortable at all with its 'pill' shape.-When someone leaves a message it plays through all receivers and only way to mute it is to turn the volume down, which has to be turned back up later.-No option to delete a voicemail, you have to go through several menus to delete them.-The caller ID is cut off because of the huge font on screen that can't be changed.-The caller ID and previous call log shows the caller's name first, and you have to hit Right Arrow to see the number, each and every time.

I was going to replace the battery on my old cordless. But with shipping it was going to run about $13. I wasn't sure if the battery would be old or new since this handset was more than 10 years old. So after some research found this at a used price from Amazon. For around $25 I got 2 handsets with batteries that last about 6-7 days. The old one barely lasted a day. The base is a little smaller than the old one I had. There's no way to increase the volume on the recorded messages. It sounds a bit low. There's also no beeping sound to alert you that there's a recorded message. There's a text message on the phone screens. You can listen to the messages on the handsets. A lot of features. Scam call blocking. Noticed less robo calls after installing this. Great phone so far. A great value with a lot of features.