Best Cordless phones

This score reflects the judgment of an expert jury listening to playback of a message recorded from a corded phone of high-quality voice recordings in a quiet, acoustic environment.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Message quality has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Handset speakerphone, One-touch dial, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Mute, Wall mountable, Recording time, Mailboxes, Advanced playback controls, Remote handset, Voice-mail indicator (Telco), Base ringer and Talking caller ID.

The number of cordless handset(s) with a charging cradle included with the product.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Number of cordless handsets included has the following features: .

Voice quality considers listening quality which reflects what you hear and talking, what's heard by other phones. Tests were conducted in a quiet environment.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Voice quality has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Mute, Wall mountable, Recording time, Mailboxes, Remote handset, Voice-mail indicator (Telco) and Base ringer.

This covers ease of setup and use; adequate labeling, size and location of buttons and controls; and other convenience factors, such as the ability to play new messages first, to not erase unplayed messages, and the presence of advanced playback features such as slow, fast, and rewind.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Answerer ease of use has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Base speakerphone, Base keypad, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Mute, Wall mountable, Recording time, Mailboxes, Announce-only mode, Remote handset, Voice-mail indicator (Telco), Base ringer and Corded phone on base.

The manufacturer stated maximum number of cordless handsets that can be registered to a multiple handset capable phone. A phone that can support up to eight handsets, for example, can have eight handsets registered to the base, but you may only be able to use four at once, say two using handset to handset intercom, while two others conference with an outside party. Others may just allow one handset to be used at a time, so can't be used like an additional (extension) phone you have connected to the same phone line. NA represents not applicable. See Buying Advice for more information.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Maximum no. of cordless handsets has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Base speakerphone, Base keypad, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Mute, Wall mountable, Recording time, Mailboxes, Announce-only mode, Remote handset, Voice-mail indicator (Telco), Base ringer and Corded phone on base.

This score mainly covers handset weight and comfort, talk time, ease of phone setup and use, readability of labels; accessibility, location, and size of controls and buttons; and other convenience factors, such as auto talk, any key answer, lighted keypad, one-touch dial, and others.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Phone ease of use has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Base speakerphone, Base keypad, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Headset jack, Hold, Mute, Wall mountable, Recording time, Mailboxes, Announce-only mode, Remote handset, Voice-mail indicator (Telco), Base ringer, Corded phone on base and Bluetooth.

This score reflects the tested distance a phone can maintain an intelligible conversation, make a call and receive a call. We report a score instead of a distance because range can differ greatly due to variables such as phone base location, home size, room configuration, construction materials, multiple stories, wiring and other electrical and physical interferences. A low scoring phone is more likely to have some connection problems at short distances such as between different floors in a house or when going outside the house while a high scoring phone is less likely to have connection problems and can typically keep a clean signal in all but the largest of homes or when you go outside your home.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Range has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Base speakerphone, Base keypad, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Mute, Wall mountable, Recording time, Mailboxes, Announce-only mode, Remote handset, Voice-mail indicator (Telco), Base ringer and Corded phone on base.

Our measurements, to the nearest minute, of total recording time using continuous speech. Cordless phones of all types are available with a built-in answering machine that has digital message storage, typically 15 to 20 minutes. In many cases, recording time may include not only incoming messages, but greetings, memos, and saved messages, so the total may be misleading. Most answerers maximize capacity by detecting pauses in a message and not storing them in memory to increase recording time. Recording time with an asterisk (*) is manufacturer specification. "NS" indicates not stated.

This Cordless phone which tested best for Recording time has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Hold, Mute and Voice-mail indicator (Telco).

Talk time, displayed to the nearest hour, is the manufacturer's claim of how long you can converse on the handset when it is fully charged. "NS" indicates that the manufacturer did not provide a value. Typically, these are stated by the manufacturer as "up to X hours talk time." .

This Cordless phone which tested best for Talk time (hrs.) has the following features: Number of cordless handsets included, Maximum no. of cordless handsets, Handset conferencing, Handset speakerphone, Lighted keypad, Ringer, Mute, Recording time, Mailboxes, Remote handset and Voice-mail indicator (Telco).