Panasonic KX-TGJ420EB Landline Phone Cordless, House phones, Automated Call Blocker, Answer machine, Colour Display, Single Handset - Black

This is probably my fourth set of Panasonic DECT phones: they are well made and perfect for my use. I like this fairly high-end model because it has a sneaky headphone socket which is perfect for listening to long conference calls with half an ear whilst doing other stuff. The other thing I really like is voice announcing - when a call comes in, it says "Call from Rishi Sunak" (or whoever, as long as you have them in your phone book, and have the caller id service) - so useful.My observation from owning them is that they seem to have a predetermined life span. The phones just all decide to die, sometimes within days of each other. Put the phone on its cradle, and it will start chirping. Change the batteries, no difference, change the cradle, no difference. The handset itself will die after maybe 8-10 years. Good for Panasonic sales.I find the handset volume more than adequate - and similar to previous versions - but I would say that it wouldn't do any harm if they could go a bit louder.The colour screen doesn't do much for you other than prettification - you can't e.g. watch movies on it. But it is pretty.A phone like this shouldn't need a manual, and indeed you don't get much of a manual with it, but you get a link where you can download one. Again my observation is that they seem to favour short codes in the manual (e.g. press #137 to do this). Might be okay in the Panasonic design department, but for the casual user, they're not going to want to fill their brain with short codes. To be fair, almost everything can be done through the phone menus, but (at least from reading the manual) there's a few things that require a short code e.g. "deregistering a handset", so you need to keep that downloaded manual handy.A few bells & whistles over my last set of phones (e.g. voicemail can be set to call a number if a message is left), but nothing really earth-shattering.The handsets curve upwards slightly at the bottom, which probably improves speech pick-up, but means they don't fit in the old cradles, and it gives them a slightly imbalanced look.One out of my 5 old handsets is still working (so far), and it is easy to register it with the new system; it is fairly compatible - but you can't access the phone book on the new system. And likewise there's no way to copy the old phone book on to the new system (I called Panasonic to check) - so be prepared for a morning of button pressing when setting it up.In short - a very good phone, but some features could be a little more user-friendly, and don't expect it to work forever.

Value for money

Phone quality is exceptionally good

Phone is working to my expectations so far. Good product and recommend

Previously I owned the earlier model of these but they did not have the call blocking feature. Decided to upgrade to a two handset with blocking. Although more cosmetically up to date sets available none had the voice announcement that gives the name of the daller as they appears in your address book. Call blocking is basic where you can ask the caller to input a number you choose before your phone rings. This stops the pre recorded messages. You can also block those callers with number hidden or stop a range of numbers. You can instantly block a caller even when on a call. Speech could be a little clearer but still happy with these. Instructions need to be read carefully when setting up. Easy enough for most users.