Panasonic DECT 6.0 Expandable Cordless Phone with Answering Machine and Smart Call Block - 2 Cordless Handsets - KX-TGD532W (White/Silver)

When I came to Amazon looking to replace my home phone, I wanted a cheap phone but it had to have a built-in answering machine. My husband and I both have cell phones and I have a separate business land line so I just wanted cheap with an answering machine. The built-in answering machine does add cost to all of the phones, but this one also had a call block feature that I wanted to try. I cannot tell you enough how wonderful I think that call block feature is. I always used to screen my calls on the home phone. If you actually wanted to talk to anyone, you had to start talking after the beep. I always answer the phone now, just so I can block all of the nuisance callers. I answer the phone, they (or their machine) start talking, I push the 'call block' button and voila! The call is immediately terminated and they are blocked. Stand-alone call blockers run the gamut in price from $25 to over $100. This is a fabulous feature.As I read the reviews before purchasing, I saw a lot of people complaining about the extra handset holder. It could probably use a little more weight, but I have no problem putting or keeping the phone in the cradle. Also, we must keep things in perspective. It is $1.55 for the extra handset, base, two more rechargeable batteries for the extra handset and another phone cord. The rechargeable batteries are $1.00 a piece from Amazon Basics (also a great deal). This phone is a good deal. I also like the large numbers and the simple voice-mail feature. I find the calls I make and answer as clear as the $80 phone I am replacing, but my phone placement is nowhere near other electronic devices which can interfere with the phone line.I think this phone is a great deal. I compared many models in the lower price range and reviews of those models on Amazon before purchasing this phone. I paid for the telephone and the answering machine and got so much more. Did I mention the call blocker? Great! I am very happy with my purchase.

I am very happy with my decision to buy this answering machine and handsets. The handsets are very nice, they are very thin as compared to the one it replaces. I like that I can take the handset to my chair and do any programming that needs to be done. Each handset is able to be customized to it's particular function. The handsets lightup on the screen and the keypad so at night in emergency you can read the menus and the keys. You have very good control of things from the handsets and a very nice block feature for unwanted calls. The base answering machine is very simple to use as are the handset menus. It is very nice that you only need to plug the extension handset bases into an outlet and do not need to plug into a phone jack. I highly recommend this item, so easy to use and very large menus.Update 5/15/2020: why didn’t I see these sooner! I absolutely hate robo calls and this is a good way to fight back by just pushing the block button on the handset. My old phone answering machine would beep every few seconds when we got a robo call and the answered picked up and the caller said nothing! Then the machine keeps beeping thinking we had a legitimate message. It would beep until I erased the message. This one doesn’t do that, no beeps and I can easily block that caller and very easy to erase calls and review them as compared to my old one. The calls have been cut back nicely!

I bought this to replace my old and simple Panasonic cordless phone. This one has almost too many functions to make it simple to use. On my old phone, I just had to press one button on the receiver to delete a phone number from the caller ID. On this phone, it takes 5 different steps to do that (6 including pressing the button to get back to the main screen). It seems almost every function takes numerous steps to either set it up or to use it.The sound quality is very good, but the listening area where you put your ear is very small. On my old phone I could hold the receiver between my shoulder and ear while I was multitasking (hands-free holding the phone while doing other things when talking to my 85 year old mom - she can talk at great lengths, so I try to get other stuff done while I make my daily phone call to her... and she KNOWS I’m doing this, so don’t say I’m being inconsiderate to my mom!), because the listening area covered pretty much the whole top part of the receiver. With this new phone, I have a hard time holding the receiver like that, because unless my ear is right ON the small listening area (honestly, the area is smaller than a dime!), I can’t hear anything! Neither phone has/had the capability for using earbuds. This new phone does have a speaker, but I’m not a fan of using the speaker phone - I move in and out of different rooms too much (remember, I multitask), and I DO think a speaker phone is rude. It’s hard to hear the person using the speaker phone because it’s echoey and you hear all the background noise.I bought this particular phone because of the reviews on its sound quality. All in all, it’s a decent phone, but I would prefer something with not so many bells and whistles.

This phone is exactly what I was looking for. I read many of the reviews in order to help me decide to buy it, so I wanted to give a review in order to add my opinion on the phone. I wanted a phone that would be easy to use, reliable, and had good quality sound. This phone meets and exceeds my expectations. The ring tone which comes with the phone is very easy to listen too. It has very good sound and there is no problem hearing a caller. I like being able to turn the ringer off while allowing the phone to still take calls and allow messages to be left. It is easy to see if there is a message. It is also easy to listen to the messages and to delete the messages. And it has the Block Caller feature which is wonderful. This was an added bonus and the whole package has been affordable. It is easy to use the Block Caller feature too. I did not think I would like the call announce feature and wanted to be sure this could be turned off before I bought it. Instead I have found this feature to be really nice and I have not turned it off. I recommend this phone for all of these reasons. It is easy to set up also.