Motorola SD4581 2.4GH Cordless Phone & Handset - Babyphone Discounters

I am an obssessive shopper, I like to do the research and then try different alternatives. In order to replace our old Motorola system that is a few years old and not working as well as a primary system needs to work, I tried the Uniden TRU8885 as well as the AT&T E5826BC before comming back to Motorola. I won’t bore you with the technical details, you can read them for yourself, I will, however, give a summary of overall pros and cons. The reception on the 5.8 gHz sustems was noticable less than the Motorola 2.4 gHz and we have never had any interference from our wireless router. The ATT was nicely designed although the icon menus were difficult to navigate and you had to select the Caller Id (CID) menu from either the handset or the base before you could see calls. Once you selected them, there was no way to have local calls listed without the area code, so you couldn’t dial from the CID log as you could from the Uniden and the Motorola. The Udiden was set up better but because of the 5.8 gHz freq has less reception than the 2.4 gHz Motorola, I found the buttons alittle small on the Uniden and ending calls was not always reliable as many times the phone rang after hanging up with the other party still connected. In addition, the Uniden answering machine picks up briefly every times the phone rings and is not answered even if the caller hangs up. I have found the Motorola’s menu to be easy to navigate and very intuative. ATT and Uiden make a big deal about ring-tones which I don’t care about, and ATT sings the praises of their color display that allows you to assign an icon for people in your phonebook. again, I don’t care, I think that the Motorola is much easier to use, the reception has always been good, and the product reliable. I would by the Moto in a heartbeat over the competition.

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I’ve been dealing with a house in which 5.8 is useless. I get 30-40 feet line of sight. anything in between or on another floor (just one away) and the phone signal dies or turns to junk.

This is the first 2.4ghz solution that has some real functionality to it.

Pros:
solid construction
great range/sound quality
AWESOME ability to view a camera on the system. (not tested yet)
Shared phonebook for all handsets
day/night ringtone settings

Cons:
No speeddials? wtf is that?
2-line capability

Overall i’m impressed so far. If the camera monitoring works as advertised i’m sold (shipping soon).

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S. Going “G4IT” (Laguna Beach, CA) –

  

I purchased this set used and so the price wasn’t bad. Overall the phone is quite nice to use and has some excellent features. I would like to test the walkie talkie feature but only have one handset. This set has much better handset to base answering machine features than most I’ve tried. Different ringer volume settings for changeable day and night hours is nice too. The handset will set on a flat surface horizontally for use as a speakerphone. Other reviewer might not have thought to try that. Also, I have had no problem using the message forwarding feature as someone else mentioned in a review. I’m happy with this system.

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