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ATandT 265CLAM Trimline Corded Telephone with Caller ID Call Waiting White

Trilingual Setup Menu, 10 Number Memory, Mute, Flash, Redial, Ringer Volume Control, Handset Volume Control, No AC Power Needed, Desk/Wall Convertible, Battery Powered, 50 Name/Number Caller ID History, Remove Button Display Dial.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Decent phone.
A decent enough phone. Caller ID works fine, phone sound quality is good. It goes through batteries faster than I would like. I just dropped it and broke it, and am buying another.

4 Stars GREAT LANDLINE
This is a great phone, but I ordered it twice in white and received black phones. Okay with me because it matched, but it may not make others happy.

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Uniden DECT 6 0 Corded Cordless Digital Answering System with Three Cordless Handsets DECT2188 3

Sleek, lightweight design fits easily into a shirt pocket, or clips conveniently onto your belt with the included belt clip. Simply connect the base to a telephone jack, and up to 8 handsets can be supported without additional telephone wiring. Satellite handsets require only AC power to become a fully functional cordless extension.

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2 Stars Two Steps Forward One Step Back
I have been waiting a long time to get some Dect offerings comparable with my 5.8Ghz Uniden system I used to have, the TRU8888. Unfortunately I gave my system to a friend when I switched to VOIP and in anticipation of the new Dect technology. What a mistake! Reluctantly I settled for the Dect 2080 and waited. Now for this phone.

What I love about this system is the combination corded base and cordless handsets. Why you ask, because most of the time I prefer a cordless handset. That is until I’m at my desk on the internet while making a business call. Then I love being able to dial from the base and place calls on speaker. Fabulous feature that I have sorely missed. I love that Uniden changed the back lighting from the unattractive orange to a very pretty blue. The price is great for basically getting four phones. I like that the sound quality and battery life are good. Another fantastic feature is that the message indicator works both with voice mail and the built in answering system. Overall pretty impressive…..until…

Now for what I don’t like. The fact that you must delete an entire number even if only to change one digit is RIDICULOUS!!! This has been a pet peeve of mine since I obtained my first Uniden system and I am angry that they haven’t bothered to fix this problem yet. Seems so trivial. Maybe this is your first cordless expandable phone system or maybe you’ve only ever needed to replace an entire number. Well, imagine this. You have decided to stop getting ripped off by the phone company and decide to switch to VOIP. There are numerous providers from which to choose, but not all of them require that you dial the same way. Some offer seven digit dialing while others offer ten digit dialing, then there are those, like my provider that require eleven digit dialing (you know, 1-area code-number). When I switched to my VOIP provider I had to literally erase all of the phone numbers in the phone book and reenter them to include the extra digits. This task is especially painful because, unlike those of you who might not have used this type of phone before, I have, for many years. I couldn’t even tell you one of my friend’s or family member’s phone numbers. We get a number, put it into a handset, then copy the new entry to all the other handsets. I am lucky to recognize an area code. It would be a very simple matter to enable the touchpad to go left or right when entering numbers so as to edit them. You can do this with the names. Why not with numbers? Why???

Another annoyance is the back lighting on the handsets. Only the numbers, * and # are back lit. All of the other very important buttons are rendered invisible in low light or dark conditions. I use my phones very often in low light conditions. I have to press buttons until I finally find the one I’m looking for. Why not just turn on the light? you ask. Imagine this. I’m sitting comfortably on the lounger watching a movie. One cat is sleeping happily on my lap while another sits right beside me and yet another has crawled up onto the bolster pillow resting his precious head on my arm. Across the room on the other couch my husband has also been conquered by his two favorite kitties. Wow, we’re hungry, let’s order that pizza real quick. I grab the phone to make the call and have to fumble around until I find the right buttons. Or you’ve started the film and gotten comfortable only to then notice the message waiting indicator flashing. Pause the film and let’s see who called. But wait, I can’t find the message key because it isn’t back lit. You get the picture. Annoying.

And now for the most hated things about this phone. Only seven ring tones! My old system had twenty. Seven is just not enough especially if you’d actually like to use the personal ring feature. These handsets also have no headset jack or belt clip. Now initially I thought of these features as something I’d never use, until I had them. The speakerphone is nice for getting through automated phone screening systems and conversing with more than one person in the same room. However it is most comfortable to use a headset for one on one conversations. It is easier for them to hear me and me to hear them without having to turn up the volume too loud. The belt clip is invaluable when cooking in the kitchen or when someone calls while your in the midst of completing a task. Before I could plug in my headset, clip the phone to me and walk about my home or yard as necessary.The fact that these items are not included in this phone system is shocking and uncomfortable enough that I may even return this to Amazon. I haven’t decided yet. I’m still loving the corded base. Then again I could just give up on this system and switch back to 5.8Ghz systems that are loaded with features and look good too.

*****UPDATE*****

I forgot to mention a very cool new feature on this phone that many of you might like. This system has the capability to block up to twenty numbers. How, you ask, could I have forgotten this? This feature is doubly redundant for me. I have used call screening devices such as Intelescreener and currently the Person to Person units. They offer much more robust screening capabilities. My current VOIP provider also offers robust call screening.

I did return the phone to Amazon. I tried to get used to the missing features but in the end just hated the handsets. It’s very unfortunate that Uniden appears to be lowering the price point on their phones by sacrificing features and conveniences that some of us are willing to pay for. I bought the Dect 3080-3 instead. It’s not perfect, but does have more features for about the same price. I will wait until Uniden has a refurbished 2188 base (or better) available and buy it. In case you don’t know Uniden allows you to mix and match bases and hansets within a given technology like DECT.

4 Stars Really good call blocking
This phone does a very good job when blocking junk calls. You may find that some repetitive junk callers simply stop calling after this phone blocks their calls. That has been my experience. The call block number list can hold 20 numbers. That does not sound like much, but the majority of junk calls I received came from only a few numbers. After a few weeks of use my call block list only includes six numbers.

Each handset maintains its own 70 number directory. Some people prefer a unified directory shared by all handsets, but I prefer that each handset has its own directory. It is easy to synchronize the handset directories if desired.

The only negatives I can report with this phone are in the areas of sound quality and handset batteries. The sound quality is somewhat inferior compared with earlier generation Panasonic systems I have used. The sound quality is acceptable, just not as good as the Panasonic system it is replacing. The handset rechargeable batteries are of a proprietary form, so when they wear out they must be replaced by batteries purchased from Uniden, unless another company produces a compatible version. I would rather have the handsets use rechargeable AAA batteries, which can be purchased from many sources at typically lower cost.

For me, the call blocking trumps the few negatives I mentioned. I could not be happier with the way the Uniden DECT2188 system blocks junk phone calls.

5 Stars Excellent clarity. Good package of features for the price.
This phone has worked well for me and my family. The caller id on the base and call blocking are nice extras. The sound is great. I am hearing impaired but I don’t have to turn the volume all the way up to hear people.

4 Stars Decent phone, some quirks
All in all a good product. Solid, durable, no major flaws.

The call block feature is better than several other phones, other phones ring once then block the call. This one suppresses the first ring, so no sound until caller id is shown. So blocked calls are just silent. Nice.

The base will work with a power outage! +++

Speaker phone good.

Some of the reasons for 4 rather than 5 stars:

Quirk 1. When you page a handset from a handset (the “find it under the couch function”) the handset you are holding rings (LOUD) as well. I have to stick the #*&*^!! thing under my arm so I can locate the missing handset. No reason to have the one your holding screaming!

Quirk 2. When you are using speaker phone on a handset, if you press talk (most phones you go to non-speaker phone handset) you just activated call waiting or hung up on your party. The base works like “normal” phones.

As the negative reviewer noted: There are several other quirks, all livable, all a pain. But the competition I checked had their own bugs.

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DEWALT DC500 2 Gallon 12 to 18 Volt Cordless Corded Wet Dry Vacuum

Giving you the option to work cordless or corded, the convenient and powerful DeWalt DC500 Two Gallon Wet/Dry Vacuum sucks up big work shop messes and job site debris quickly and efficiently. A unique, high-efficiency filter handles particles as small as 0.3 microns and captures 99.7-percent of dust, letting you present finished products neatly and keep fine drywall dust and other health hazards out of the air. The filter can be rinsed clean, and, since it is a wet/dry filter, you don’t have to worry about time consuming change overs between jobs. This vacuum’s heavy-duty rubber hose flexes to fit in awkward spaces, and it comes with both a crevice tool and a wide nozzle for added versatility. Other convenient features include an on-board hose design, cord and accessory storage that makes moving from site to site easy, and a drain port on the tank for quick, spill-free disposal of liquids. This vacuum runs off either 120-volt AC power or 12-18-volt DeWalt batteries (batteries and charger not included). This DeWalt high-performance industrial tool is backed by a 3-year limited warranty.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars It’s okay – I expected more
I’ve had the Dewalt DC500 for about a year and have used it dozens of times.

This product works for light duty pick up — saw dust in the shop; sugar or coffee spills in the kitchen. However, for vacuuming carpeted stairs, car floors, and other surfaces that you want to really clean without dealing with cords or weighty appliances, I have to think there are other products with more suction.

It does have a long cord, however, for when you want to run independent of the battery. And it’s light enough to carry around while using it.

If it had just a little more suction, I’d rate it 5 stars.

4 Stars useful
It’s a smaller shop vac that works well with plenty of vacuum to pick up wood chips and other bits around the work site. The unit is very solid plastic but not too heavy to carry while using. The hose has a nice, substantial, rubbery feel. It is very flexible and can get clogged but it is easy to clear by straightening. The 18V battery gives power for long enough to be useful, though I only used it with the battery a few times. It is a little noisy, but not too bad.

5 Stars Great unit
This mini shop vac works perfectly for vacuuming out the car and getting into places a full-sized unit won’t fit. Suction is great and battery life seems reasonable. Great value.

5 Stars Great tool for tile repair jobs
I have been using this tool for about 2 years.

At the shopping mall where i work we do ceramic tile repairs every week.

This is the best tool we have found for cleanup, it gets all the small fragments and dust out of the mortar bed.

Light weight, good suction.Dewalt quality construction, repeat that to yourself

Dewalt quality construction.

This is not some cheaply made piece of crap.

Before buying one of these we had to use a much larger and bulkier vac.

I decided to try a small portable unit, we first tried a black and decker portable. I couldn’t even give that one away.

We use this for a variety of small jobs and havent been disapointed in it’s performance

1 Star Can’t figure out whether to say it sucks or doesn’t suck.
I had occasion to use my DeWalt portable vacuum the other day to clean some concrete dust out of my car. It works, and is better than nothing, but I’m thinking for $100.00 think of how many times I could go to the do-it-yourself carewash and use the powerful vacuums there that really work. I have had it for several years now, and I rarely use it because I know it simply will not do the job.

What a real vacuum, or shop-vac would do in seconds, it took me many minutes to do with this vacuum. I have to say that I am not happy that I bought it. At the time I thought it was the perfect solution for my car and portable cleaning, but under battery power the device is even less powerful than when the cord is plugged in.

It is handy, and it better than some of the cheap vaccums you can buy for your car, but the thing is, this appliance does not do the job. This is a product that really should not exist. It costs a lot of money and it does not work like a good expensive vacuum cleaner should, it just doesn’t.

I’m very disappointed and would not buy this or anything like it again.

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