Vtech 15850

Horrid phone – Useless phone with only 6 rings until the answering machine cuts in. The range is appalling for the second hand set. Support from their Australian office is non existent, I have sent 15 e-mails with only auto-replies so far. This phone should not be on the market and totally avoided.

Just terrible – Don't be fooled by the specs... this phone's software is badly flawed and so is the sound quality. Even with the supplied range extender, I get regular drop outs about 30m from the base. Phone doesn't seem to answer sometimes, just hangs up. Max rings of 6 is ridiculous. What if you have a larger property? Replaced the phone after nearly breaking my leg running to answer it... Best to stay away...

a maximum of 6 rings is not enough! – Having exactly the same problem that "Aussie 11" has stated. The maximum setting of six rings cannot be changed and the company has no plans to release firmware to change or extend this feature. If you turn off the answering machine feature it will ring out until it's maximum time and then asks the caller to dial in the remote access code. A feature that callers have said they find very annoying.

Randomly locks up and will not ring or let you call out. People email to ask if we have a phone problem! We have found that we regularly have to power off and then power back on to get the phone to work again. Very embarrassing.

Regretful purchase. Would take back if we noticed these faults earlier and exchange for a Panasonic or Uniden.

not a good buy - max of 6 rings before goes to answering machine - cannot change – Bought this product VTECH 15850 after seeing a Charlie Brown (tech guru on channel 9) review on its fantastic features. The sound quality was very very bad in comparison to the 3 Panasonic cordless phone systems we have had over the years previously. We rang the company in Australia and they agreed we could return it for repair. Quite a few parts were replaced and the sound did improve BUT then we found there is no way to make the phone ring longer than 6 rings before it automatically goes to the answering machine!! - We rarely make it the telephone in time even with 3 stations around the house. We think having time to actually answer the phone is a very basic requirement in the design of any telephone. Looking at a replacement already - back to a Panasonic that seems to have caught up with the new features on this phone now anyway.