Panasonic Expandable Cordless Phone System With Call Block And Answering Machine - 1 Cordless Handsets - KX-TGD530M (Metallic Black) Review

I bought this for my mother, it's her first cordless phone and she is not tech savvy. She likes the phone, especially the call barring button. She LOVES this feature. It was pretty easy for her to set up and I was able to explain to her over the phone how to use the other special features (we live in different states). The caller ID display and buttons are easy to see, and she had no complaints about the ringer volume. I can hear her clearly when we talk, she says I can be heard from her side…

It is very painful to add this phone to the database. You have to be accurate and careful. I often drop my phone and get frustrated. Caller ID also stops working when I pick up the phone from the base station. Although I'm very careful not to damage the wires. I think there's something wrong. To get the caller ID I have to restart the phone. Then the caller ID works fine until I use the portable phone again. Pooh. The good thing is that the battery lasts a long time and the distance/range is…

The first few months this phone was pretty good. It took me a lot of effort to figure out how to actually silence my phone and set up calls in a specific way to actually turn my phone and answering machine off completely when I need to take a nap. . It took a bit of trial and error, but eventually I got it right and the phone worked great for me. The phone's sound quality is excellent, the phone's speaker is the best I've ever used, but the answering machine's sound quality leaves a lot to be…