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Olitech EasyTel Mobile Homephone OLT2017 (page 4 of 6)
son in lawSouthwest, VIC
Elderly parent has difficulty with too many buttons
Perhaps there is a place for a simpler device with 10 memory buttons on which the recipients names can be displayed. EasyTel Homephone comes as advertised. is easy for us. hope our elderly parent learns to use it.
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IanPerth, WA
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Olitech EasyTel Mobile Homephone perfect for 92 year old in aged care
I purchased the phone for my father-in-law, who is now in aged care. I set up the phone at home with his three daughters on the three dedicated speed dials. Within five minutes of being installed, he was already receiving and making calls, as it has a very familiar interface. Being a mobile phone, nothing was required by the aged care staff other than to plug it into a power socket. With the bonus of volume boost if needed, it is perfect for him.
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Jean B.North Western Region, NSW
Great subsitute for my old Land Line
Great home phone to replace costly land lines, very easy to operate very easy to see and has a nice loud ring tone very pleased with my purchase and would highly recommend
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IsabelQueensland
Just what I was looking for
Looks and works just like the old landline that my mother 93 was used to with the advantage of not depending on the NBN. Also on a cheaper plan than the landline.
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CarolynDarling Downs, QLD
Perfect for people with hearing loss
I purchased this phone for my dad to use in his nursing home. He had a habit of misplacing his mobile and it was becoming harder for him to hear on it also. This phone is the perfect solution, as it works from a sim there’s no telephone point needed. The backup battery is a great touch also. After sales service has also been superb
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Excellent phone for my 97 year old Mother
Highly recommend this phone. My elderly mother can easily contact family using the programmed buttons. Even with hearing aids, she can hear her callers. After so many problems with her landline, this phone is excellent. Customer service is outstanding.
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Easy to use for my mum!
My mum has just moved into a nursing home and needed a new phone. She has limited mobility due to severe arthritis. We found this phone online and couldn’t believe our luck. It’s fantastic! With restrictions in place, at present, and not being able to go and visit mum this has been a lifesaver. Mum can just press one button (on speaker) to answer the phone and doesn’t need to pick up the handset, but easy enough to use if needed. My two sisters and myself are on the yellow speed dial numbers. Too easy!
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great phone
The phone is everything I wanted and more its great value to.The only problem I have is my Mother who keeps un plugging the phone from the power . Any idears
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protreeservices
- 3 reviews
- Verified purchase
Perfect for my parents.
It is very easy to use, especially for elderly people. Easily programmed. Great if you wear hearing aids. And can be easily relocated, no phone connection needed, just a powerpoint.
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This handset has changed our lives
My Mum has dementia and resides at an Aged Care Facility. Since the recent restrictions were introduced, we are no longer able to visit Mum and we relied on the carers at the Facility to call us and then put Mum on the phone. This new handset has allowed Mum to again be able to initiate calls to us (I have set up my number and my brother's number on the speed dial buttons). Thank you so very much for providing this product. I think you need to market it a little more, even the sales rep at the store where I purchased the SIM card was very impressed, and noted down the details to purchase one for his Grandfather to use.
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TonySydney Surrounds, NSW
Good product but some restart issues!
I bought the product for my mom who is in an aged care facility. The product has been a godsend due to the coronavirus lockdown. The only issue I have with the product is that if the product is disconnected and the battery runs out, once it is plugged in again it does not automatically restart. A restart button needs to be pressed. This has caused issues because aged care staff are constantly moving the phone and once they realise that the battery has run out they just power it up and think that it is working. We have to call up the nursing home to restart the phone and that might take two days. This function should be changed to allow for mobility.
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RobertSydney, NSW
home use
Excellent product suits our lifestyle as a home phone without having To rely on NBN
Volume of the ring is excellent especially with members of the house being hard of hearing
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J9Greater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 62 reviews
- 56 likes
Good product
My mum is in her 80's and doesn't like using mobile phones. She has recently moved into a serviced apartment in a retirement village and this phone was perfect for her. It's easy for her to use and simple to set up, the only issue I have is that the answering machine doesn't give much time for her to answer the phone and picks up after just 4 rings which I think is a negative for an elderly persons phone but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to turn this off or delay the answering machine pick up. Otherwise she is a happy customer.
2 comments
Thanks for that she's using the SIM card you sent with the phone so do we need to contact you to get this changed?
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Excellent product
This phone is so much easier to use than the previous "seniors" mobiles etc that my 90+ yo mum has been using. On her previous mobile, she was starting to miss calls (not familiar or loud enough ringtone) and the call volume was not high enough. Also there was unnecessary button pushing to take/end calls. Now she simply picks up the handset to answer a call and returns it to the cradle to end. The Olitech's much better sound quality and volume levels (for both ringtone and handset calls) are - at least for my mum - more than sufficient for her ...Read more
to hear clearly with or without her hearing aids in. FYI she is using the $10/mnth Belong Mobile sim and there are no issues. I would make some (very minor!) suggestions for improvement. There needs to be a setup option that disables the LED light from flashing whenever there's been a missed call. My mum does miss some calls and has limited mobility. This means she's unable to access & exit the missed calls/logs menu, and that's the only way to stop the LED from flashing. So I covered the LED with some cardboard & tape to avoid distracting her through the night etc. The handset sits in the base unit cradle very well. All the same, I'd recommend the design to be altered slightly in future models so that the cradle mould on the base unit for the upper end of the headset is somewhat more spoon/egg shaped so that the handset sits more snuggly in place. The manual gives 3 ways of making a call. But I found that the Olitech can also make a call by simply (a) lifting the handset, then (b) dialling the number. After a short pause, it will happily start calling the number, just like an older style home phone would have. I tested this with several AUS landline and mobile numbers and it started dialling by itself every time - no need to push green arrow or redial keys etc. The manual doesn't mention this simple (and good!) extra behaviour so the section on calling methods in the manual should be edited to reflect this.Similar opinion? Write a review on ProductReview.com.au!
Sue M.Sydney Surrounds, NSW
- 2 reviews
For aged mum
The phone is fine, no connection to landline was required. Even better did not have to deal with Telstra, sits nicely in the room. Looking at if the flashing message light can be stopped without picking up message as screen states a message left.
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Olitech SupportOlitech
Hi Sue,
Thank you for your review and comments. The red light is a notification light that indicates missed calls. To make the light stop flashing, you need to view the missed calls. To do so, please ... Read more
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NotHappyJanGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
- 2 reviews
- 3 likes
Great product
I bought the Olitech EasyTel Mobile Homephone for my elderly father to use. We have had ongoing problems with our telephone provider when he transferred to NBN which included loss of service to the landline for hours on end. My father also has hearing problems.
The Olitech EasyTel Mobile Homephone has been wonderful. He can now hear people when he uses the phone, it is easy to use and it is cheaper than the old landline phone service.
Thank you Olitech for this great product.
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LynneSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 2 reviews
- 2 likes
Great transition phone
Purchased for elderly parents who were resistant to changing to a traditional mobile style. My mum seems most happy with using it so far, loving the easy memory buttons, and the fact that it looks and works very similarly to a usual landline handset.
A pity, she says, that she has to dial, before picking up the receiver, but is getting used to it already. She's 94 years!
Peace of mind for all, as parents will be losing their landline (due to nbn) in a few weeks.
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Jason B.Southwest, VIC
this is good can be better
We bought this for my mother in law and have found that the phone needs to have a longer ring time before going to the answering service 3- 4 rings in not long enough and also need a way to show phone number not private
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Des
- 2 reviews
Ideal Phone for Older People
At the age of 91, I have found the Olitch 2017 phone simple to use and is a vast improvement on the VOIP phones provide on the NBN Network. Carry on the good work.
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Just brilliant!
A brilliant concept for the elderly. It's a shame that a lot more advertising of this product is not done. The setup is so simple then NBN or other Telco's fixed landlines phone......for calls out and in coming.
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srbasked
HOW DO I CHECK A MISSED CALL??
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Brian Kingasked
My wife is in aged care and found the phone easy to use. She does not bother with the menu, I sort out contacts , missed calls etc.
On Friday the 22nd after two weeks lockdown I went to clear call history but could not get the menu button to respond. The battery was low as the cleaners had turned off the plug. After recharging there was still no response on any buttons. I tried the SIM card in the original mobile and it functioned perfectly.
The unit is under twelve months and should not fail in such a short time. Your advice please.
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As the unit is less than 12 months old it is still under warranty so I would contact Olitech directly and ask for tech help - I have found them to be very helpful and obliging.
Lindsasked
Does the phone have a battery or is power required all the time. What I mean is "is it mobile"?
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Yes the phone has both battery and power.
It requires power to charge
As far as mobile it can be used on any power point. I love it.
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Olitech SupportOlitech
Thank you for your review and comments. The ring time and voicemail service are settings determined by your telecommunications/SIM provider (not a setting within the phone). I recommend you contact th... Read more
em directly to request the ring length be increased and they turn off (if this is your preference) the voicemail service. Kind regards, Olitech