Panasonic Dect 6.0 Series 3 Handset Cordless Phone System with Answering System (KX-TG1033S)

I researched a lot of phone systems and this one kept coming up on top. I bought this phone system as a gift for my parents. They had gone through many that were cheaply made and poor quality. Now I can hear them no matter where they are in their home. It is easy for them to use. They both love it. Bonus, my Dad is able to hear with his hearing aid. All in all a great gift for them and they love it. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good quality phone system.

I purchased 4 of these phones and it was the best phone purchase I ever made. It has good battery life, I've never counted the hours, but the phones claims 17 hours and I believe it. I have left it off the charger for 2 or more days and it's still ready to go. When it needs charging I just pick up another phone. It has good sound, memory and is easy to use. I have given this phone as gifts three times.

Easy to setup with lots of useful features such as copying base unit address book to other units with the push of a few buttons. Also, this unit gives us clear reception with no apparent interference from wireless network which was a problem with our previous phone.

This phone had some major inadequacies, one that was a deal breaker, and several that were big disadvantages compared to the phone it was supposed to replace. The deal breaker was that the handset in my bedroom was out of range from the base in the living room. This has never been a problem with any other phone I've had, so I don't think it's inherent in the house, which is about 3,000 sq. ft. That makes me think it probably wouldn't reach outside either, which my other phone did fine. Other disadvantages compared to the other phone: the digital numbers were difficult to read, not only because of their rather primitive configuration but also because of the orange background and the light gray print; there was no full color; the only readout was in the handset, i.e., there was no additional readout on the base itself so if the handset is somewhere else, you can't see who is calling; there is no indication of whether there are messages or how many there are (you have to push "messages" to find out); there was no voice announcement of the incoming call's number, which is really handy when you're across the room from the phone. So I'm sending the phone back and looking for one just like the one I'm replacing, which, by the way, has finally started acting weird after about eight years of use. All in all, though, this phone seems to work fine except for the things I've mentioned, but if you have a large house, I definitely would not recommend it because of the range problem.

My husband & I have a had several portable phones and this is by far the best one. We got this one at BJ's when we were members and has served us well.

Right now we have wall jack issues even though we get all of our service through our cable provider so we have the base in the second bedroom, which serves as an office. One phone is in our bedroom and the other in the basement room so the one from the base is on the main floor. It rarely needs charging even after several days being off the base. I need to get an extender phone, but it seems kind of expensive...half the cost of the full system!

I'm not crazy about the audible phone message system, but it's ok. Would like it if it displayed the number of messages. My husband hates using it as an answering machine, and he never plays the messages. However, I do like that you can pick up messages from the phone itself and it shows when you have messages. I don't like that you can turn off the answering machine system with a touch of the button on the top of the base, and this recently happened and took a minute to figure out.

Otherwise, this has served us well for at least three years, which is better than some other appliances/electronics!