It’s never easy to figure out how to choose a cordless phone for home or office that suits your needs. There are many offers and the differences between one model, and another is too unclear. In this mini-guide, we will try, just, to put some order around this topic.
The cordless phone is similar to a mobile phone because it allows you to move freely in the environment without forcing you to stay in one spot, but it differs from it, as it does not use the mobile network but the fixed one.
Many users complain because they are forced to keep the landline phone because they need the 24 hour ADSL line, and it is to them that we recommend the use of a cordless phone.
How to choose a cordless Phone? Structure
This type of telephone is composed of a base (which connects to both the telephone socket and the electrical socket) and a receiver.
The base has two tasks:
- It converts the analog signal (coming from the landline) into digital and transmits it to the receiver.
- Serves to charge the phone batteries.
Many think that choosing a cordless phone is an easy thing, it is enough to decide on a budget and rely on that. Still, it is not so because there are so many models on the market since manufacturers continue to invest in making these devices more and more advanced.
Let’s see what features a good cordless must-have.
Main features
Avoid blindfolded purchases but buy only after reading the features of a telephone set, to avoid finding yourself with a product that does not meet your needs.
The factors to be taken into consideration are different, for example:
1.) Electromagnetic Radiation
The first models of cordless phones had contradictory opinions, some said that they emitted radio waves dangerous for humans, and some said that such waves had no effect. To avoid consequences, it was decided to set a limit on emissions beyond which cordless phones became risky for health.
Today, thanks to technological innovations, it is possible to find safer devices on the market that guarantee a low emission of radiation. The best ones are those with the words ECO DECT or ECO PLUS.
2.) The Scope
When buying a cordless phone, you need to read the range. Usually, by removing the receiver from the base, it has a maximum range of 300 – 500 feet. If your need is only related to this feature, there is no need to spend as much as choosing a standard model. If, on the other hand, you have a large apartment, this range is not enough, so we advise you to buy a cordless duo or trio; just place the bases at a certain distance from each other to extend the range.
3.) Cordless Duo or Trio
If you have an apartment on different levels, a single cordless phone is not enough to cover the whole room, we recommend the duo or trio models that always use the same telephone line. These models have numerous advantages, such as allowing you to listen to or participate in the same call simultaneously; allows you, in case you need to discharge the battery of the first receiver, to be able to continue the conversation using the second or third receiver.
Offer the possibility of making internal calls with the ” INT ” key without having to install the intercom system; they take advantage of the HSP or HDSP technology that ensures excellent sound quality and the absence of interference; they allow you to memorize telephone numbers by creating different easily accessible headings.
4.) Long Life Battery
Batteries usually last one or two years and allow the cordless to have a talk time of 24 hours and several days in standby. Avoid buying appliances that only require the manufacturer’s batteries, both because it takes longer to search for them and because they can cost from $10 to $25; instead prefer those that use traditional NiMH batteries, which can be purchased from any retailer.
5.) Models With Reserve Battery
The cordless as we have said before is connected both to the telephone socket and to the current socket, for this reason, in the absence of electricity, it stops working. This is the reason why it is always advisable to keep a traditional corded telephone at home.
In order to solve the problem, the manufacturing companies have equipped the most expensive models with a backup power supply system that allows calls to be made even during the blackout. The Panasonic company has produced several models with this feature.
6.) Design
Modern cordless phones, compared to those of the past, have small dimensions that make them more manageable and easy to transport from one environment to another, but a smaller size also means smaller screens and tiny keys. On the market, you will find models suitable for all need, large and bright displays, simple and easy to press keyboards, devices for the elderly or for those with vision or hearing problems.
For special needs
A cordless phone is the most suitable system for those who want to move freely or for those with walking problems such as the elderly. Some companies, considering their needs, have decided to develop models that are larger than average but easy to hold, with the numbers clearly visible and backlit, the larger keys to avoid pressing two together, an easily accessible address book with drawings for facilitating memorization and a light that flashes continuously to allow the elderly to find him again when he does not remember where he placed him.
However, vision reduction is not the only problem for an elderly person, it could also have a hearing loss. The manufacturers have also thought of this by adding louder ringtones than standard models in order to be heard even from a certain distance; a listening volume that can reach higher levels than normal phones and compatibility with hearing aids.
Those who have problems with their hands or arms can use cordless phones with talking buttons that are operated with the voice, while for those who have problems remembering the phone number, they belong to, there are models that match the picture with the person’s picture. Then just press on the photo to make the call.
Value for money
The price of a cordless phone as well as for the brand, more or less famous, also depends on the number of functions and can cost from a minimum of $20 to a maximum of $100. On the market, there are models that have only the basic functions, ie reception, phonebook, and various ringtones, and then there are those with extra functions, but let’s see what they are.
Extra functions
The most expensive models, as well as those of the latest generation, can offer Bluetooth connection to allow connection to a headset; the alarm function; hands-free activation; call identification; the call log; the voicemail.
The possibility of connecting the home phone to your smartphone, so as to receive both mobile and fixed number calls; the color display; the ability to connect to Skype without using a PC thanks to VoIP models, which means ” Voice over IP “.
Some models of recent production also have the function that saves 60% of the electric current compared to the previous models, this thanks to an automatic adjustment of the signal strength that is made based on the distance from the base itself.
Of great value are the cordless phones that have the HSP (High Sound Performance) inscription, because they have an excellent sound quality and those with the HDSP (High-Definition Definition Sound Performance) writing that has twice the sound quality of the phones traditional.
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