The Panasonic KX-TGM420W + KX-TGMA44W is our go-to choice. It has great sound quality, a long range, and is very user-friendly. For those shopping on a budget, the AT&T EL51203 is a reliable option at a great price point.
If you are searching for the absolute best cordless phone, we highly recommend the Panasonic KX-TGM420W + KX-TGMA44W. "This model is one of the easiest to use," remarks our lead tester, and boasts crystal-clear sound quality and impressively long range. This versatile phone offers plenty of features, like an integrated answering machine and the ability to expand the system with additional handsets. It also has a very long battery life, lasting more than 14 hours in our talk time test.
If you''re searching for a reliable phone to fit your budget, the AT&T EL51203 is an excellent choice. "The value of this phone is fantastic," notes one tester, offering solid across-the-board performance at a reasonable price. The sound quality and range on the EL51203 are above average and relatively easy to use.
The AT&T CL82207 performed remarkably well in our testing process, narrowly missing the top spot overall. "It had the best sound quality in all our tests," our tester noted, and it is hundreds of dollars less than the one phone that overall scored higher, the Panasonic KX-TGM420W + KX-TGMA44W. Its range, ease of use, and battery life are all solid and more than meet most people''s needs. While it is more expensive than the AT&T EL51203, it is also much higher scoring and a great deal.
"The only big downside to this phone is that it lacks bells, whistles, and features on other top-scoring phones," our lead tester mentioned. Look at our rating chart for other feature-rich options if you want all of those. However, many people may not want to pay for those features and may even prefer a simpler phone and interface. If that describes you, imagining a better phone for the money is hard.
Even though mobile phones have now surpassed home phones as the dominant means of communication, there are still some good reasons to consider purchasing a cordless phone unit. Our in-depth buying advice article goes into even more detail, but there are a few key questions you can ask yourself to help guide your purchase decision.
This may seem like an obvious prerequisite for purchasing a cordless phone, but you''d be surprised how many models we tested that can link to your cell phone. This feature is especially useful if you have difficulty with cell service in part of your home — you can leave your cell phone in that spot and then use the cordless handsets spread throughout your home to answer the phone. We''ve highlighted which models have this capability under the specs listed in our comparison chart.
A cordless phone can be much easier for folks who are hard of sight or hearing. Physical buttons — especially illuminated ones with large font — are easier to read and press than touch-screen buttons. We''ve highlighted our favorite options in our Ease of Use metric, which considers several key characteristics and ranks models according to overall user-friendliness. For folks who are hard of hearing, we have also ranked every model based on the clarity of a phone call in our Sound Quality metric.
To help you determine the right model for your needs, we broke our testing process into five weighted rating metrics — sound quality, range, ease of use, features, and battery life. We aggregated the results from each category to determine the overall performance for all cordless phones. To make our ratings as practical and fair as possible, we used a mixture of objective side-by-side assessments, like maximum range and battery life, and more subjective tests, like audio quality, using a panel of judges.
Sound quality is an integral part of a phone. The principal function of a telephone is hearing and understanding someone in a different area. Cordless phones offer clear conversations without the hassle of a cord. Our sound quality test may be more subjective, but it is a good analog of what most people will use these products for.
To test each model''s sound quality, we set up the base of each phone and moved the handset a consistent distance away. We then left a voicemail on Google Voice with each model and read a passage from a book (Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne). Next, our panel of listeners rated each message''s quality and characteristics without knowing the handset''s make or model.
The AT&T CL82207 performed best in our sound quality metric, sharing the top spot in this performance metric. The CL82207 leaves extremely clear messages, with a noticeable lack of static compared to many of the other models. Though not the loudest phone in the group, its sound levels are suitable.
The Panasonic KX-TGM420W + KX-TGMA44W, AT&T TL86103, the AT&T DL72219, the VTech VS112-2, and the AT&T BL102 offer good sound quality, though listeners can detect some very slight distortion and a noticeable reduction in volume.
These second-tier phones all do a good job of keeping conversation sounding fairly close to face-to-face conversations but just a bit worse than the top-tier models. One thing we appreciate about all of these phones is the limited to nonexistent background buzzing or hissing.
Our next metric rated and scored the effective range of each of these products. Since range can vary wildly, depending on the number and type of obstructions, we split our range metric into two distinct tests: an unobstructed line-of-sight test and an obstructed test with multiple walls between the base and handset.
All the phones we tested thoroughly impressed us with their unobstructed range, which we would guess would be more than enough for just about any application. The Panasonic KX-TGD532W made easy work of the unobstructed range test, making a clear and understandable call with over 840 feet separating the base from the handset.
However, our second test with multiple walls truly separated the top-tier phones from the rest of the pack. We left each phone''s base inside the house, forcing the phone signal to pass through approximately six walls. Our tester walked each phone along the test course and played an audiobook into each handset. Our test course had markers every 40 feet, up to the end of the street, and our tester called out the number of each marker over the audiobook as he walked by. We then listened to each voice message to determine the effective obstructed range of each product.
The Panasonic KX-TGD532W continued to perform very well in the obstructed tests as well. We successfully carried on a conversation with more than 300 feet separating the base and the handset. There were tiny bits of static, and the call quality was diminished, but you could still easily carry on a conversation at this distance.
The AT&T CL82207, Panasonic KX-TGM420W + KX-TGMA44W, and the AT&T DL72219 followed, matching the top scorers in the line-of-sight test but falling a little short in the multiple-obstructions test. The audio of the CL82207 wasn''t as clear at 300 feet, making it nearly unintelligible.
The AT&T DL72219 did a bit better than the CL82207 in the obstructed range test, peaking at close to 390''. However, one interesting thing that we noticed about this phone is that it only seems to do well at the furthest extents of its range if you are standing still. The call quality would plummet the moment we started moving but then resume whenever we stopped.
The Panasonic KX-TGM420W + KX-TGMA44W did very well in the unobstructed test, matching the performance of the best phones overall. It only made it about 280'' in the obstructed test before the call quality started to suffer, with it entirely dropping around 390 feet.
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