AT&T SL80108 DECT 6.0 Digital Cordless Expansion Handset (Titanium and Carbonite)
by AT&T BY GEMINI INDUSTRIES
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Customer Review: Good Phone with some design flaws
Summary: 3 Stars
We have three of these phones (a main base plus two additional bases) - well, we SORT OF have three - more on this later. The sound quality is good, and the features (directory, review of recent calls, etc) are easy to use.
The phone does have some serious design flaws, however. For one, volume control for the ringer is right on the side where you hold the phone during normal use, and it's very easy to press the flat toggle-style volume control.
As a result, we routinely turn the ring volume off without even realizing it. No big deal, if you always return the phone to its base immediately. BIG deal if you are a wanderer while you talk, or have children who put the phone down in some messy corner. This is why we TECHNICALLY have three phones, but really only have two. We can't find one, and since the volume was (once again) turned all the way off by accident, we can't make it ring to help in our search. It also appears that sometimes the ring volume is muted when you signal the phone remotely from the base and then hit the "stop talk" button to get it to stop ringing. Again - bad design that leads to frustration when your phone ceases to ring.
Overall, it's a decent system, if pricey, and you will have to decide if the ring volume issue would be a problem in your house.
Customer Review: AWESOME phones!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We've owned these phones for a year or so...and they are the BEST we've had!! We are very hard on phones...always droppin them or getting them wet. We have been through a lot of handsets in the past few years...and these are the BEST by far!! They allow us to walk all around our property (and even down the block a lil way) before a little static can be heard. Most other phones had a lot of static in our own back yard! We have the main handset w/the answering machince base..and we've bought a couple of the expansion handsets. The phone is very easy to use/figure out. It has a book to walk you through the setup...but we didn't even use it. It also has several different rings to choose from, and a speakerphone button that works quite clearly. We HIGHLY recommend these phones!!Customer Review: Most versatile expandable phone system around
Summary: 4 Stars
We had already reached the maximum (6 handsets) on our previous system, and found we needed 3 more: 2 for an elderly live-in parent's quarters, and 1 for the new garage. Seems all other manufacturers top out at 6, but this AT&T system goes up to 12. It's compact and easy to set up, has ringer and voice volume buttons on the side, and a clear backlit keypad. Sound clarity is excellent and the handset feels solid in spite of its comfy light weight.
Only complaints: 1) the poor visibility of the display screen. I have good eyesight and I still have to pick it up or lean in close to read it, and Mom, with poor eyesight, can't make it out at all.
2) no distinction between the phone line ring and the intercom ring.
A very good value, all in all.
Customer Review: AT$T SL80108
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a four unit set of the AT&T SL80108 (the AT&T SL82418) about half a year ago when I was switching my telephone service from Verizon to Vonage. At the time I was planning to use Verizon as my internet service provider and I did not want to rewire the house telephone system, since you can not mix the DSL lines with the regular telephone lines. The system worked so well that I decided to buy another expansion unit.
After I had the whole AT&T SL82418 system I decided to try to use the in house wiring system for my old telephones, but that caused a lot of noise on the whole system.
In the end I switched to internet service from RoadRunner, a little more expensive but I do not have to deal with Verizon and their numerous add-ons to my telephone bill.
Customer Review: Works great... for a while.
Summary: 3 Stars
Likes:
Sound quality was good. Intercom system is handy. Really like that a phone number added to the phone book from one phone shows up on all of them. Good range.
Dislikes:
They don't hold up too well. Started having problems with handsets within a year or two of use. Only have 3 working handsets now out of the original 5. The microphone died on one and the other one kept resetting itself when you would try to use it and eventually quit working entirely. Will try replacing the battery in the dead handset, but even if that's the problem, the battery should have lasted longer than a year. I have NEVER had to replace a rechargeable battery in a cordless phone before and I owned most of those for years without the battery dying.