Cheap Panasonic Dect 6.0 Silver Cordless Phone with Answering Machine (KX-TG1031S)

I was in the market for an answering machine but my desk is kind of cluttered so I didn't have much space. So I was going to buy one of those stand-alone answering devices. You know, one of those things that ONLY records messages, no phones attached or anything. But I kept reading pretty negative reviews for most of them. But I read good reviews for this and it not just an answering machine but also a cordless phone. I figure, that's not a bad deal.

I'm glad I purchased this instead of one of those other devices. The sound quality of the phone is very good, and the footprint (the amount of desk space it takes up) is almost just as small as one of those dedicated answering machines. Using it is pretty simple too. If you have a new message waiting, the big, easy to see and press, play button will flash red. Pretty logical. The sound quality of the recording and playback is very good, I haven't had an issue trying to understand a name or phone number on the message yet.

But the best feature about the answering machine part of this phone is the ability to play back the messages on the actual handset. So you can be downstairs, away from the base, and still listen to your messages. The sound quality of listening to the messages that way is just as good, if not better since you can hold it right up to your ear if you like.

The phone itself works fairly well. Visually, it looks pretty nice. It doesn't have a visible antenna, but the reception is pretty good, although I haven't tried walking down the street with the phone yet to test out what the range of it was. The sound quality is very good, and the speakerphone also works quite well.

The only thing is that the handset, while visually attractive, feels a little weird in the hands at first. But it's not THAT bad and you get used to it pretty quickly, so it's no big deal.

I say if you're looking for an answering device, just get this, and you can expand it later with the stand-alone handsets and chargers so you can replace all of your outdated phones in your house with matching cordless phones if you like. And it's made by Panasonic, a brand you can trust. Sorry to sound like a commercial for them, but it's the truth, they typically do not sell low quality products.Get more detail about Panasonic Dect 6.0 Silver Cordless Phone with Answering Machine (KX-TG1031S).