Home > Consumer Reviews > Panasonic DECT 6.0-Series Dual-Handset Cordless Phone System with Answering System (KX-TG1032S)

Liked everything about the phone except for an important flaw. The voice volume would fad out- when I increased the volume using the control it would go up but quickly go back down again. Panasonic will honor a one year warranty and agreed to replace it since my 15 days to return to the seller was up.

After only the second time calling someone, their voice volume intermittently dropped so low on the phone (imagine trying to hear a mosquito's wing beat on the opposite side of a pane of glass) that I thought I had bumped a key with my face. Good to hear other reviewers had the same problem, as I still have enough time to return the phones to the store. Completely useless - the setup can't even operate as a phone with this problem - what a failure! Don't they test products anymore before selling them to the public?

I live in a basement apartment and my last cordless phone got very poor reception. People kept telling me to get a new phone. After hearing about the DECT technology and checking reviews, I decided to go with this system with the answering machine. I am VERY pleased with this phone system. The people who used to complain about how bad my phone was say the sound quality is MUCH better in this unit. I have found the battery life to be much longer than my last cordless phone also. Even though I did not think I really needed extra handsets, I decided to purchase this system with one extra, and it has been great. The base unit of the extra handset only needs to plug into a wall outlet, not a phone jack, so you can use the extra handset anywhere you have an outlet. I also love that there is a nice choice of ringtones. I no longer have that shrill ringing. My phones play a melody instead of ringing.

The volume on the answering machine is not the loudest, but you can listen to messages easily through the handset at a higher volume. And it would be nice to know how many messages there are, rather than just the blinking light alerting you that there is a message (or several). But those are pretty minor things. All in all, I would highly recommend this product for call clarity, battery life, and value.

This system is quite good. We had a vtech dual handset system 5.8 Ghz before, and it was heavier, bulkier, and far less coverage than these Panasonic DECT 6.0 phones.

Pros: Light, nice phones. Use normal NiMH AAA bateries, and got really good autonomy. Distance is fine for a home with garden and back: we have a barbecue on the back, at the end, and this phone perfectly covers that area, across several walls, and a distance of 30 meters or so. Sound is OK, speakerphone is OK, ringtones are OK *polyphonic, nice music, and standard beeps, including also one ringing tone that seems to be like a bell doing two tones, which I Found ideal as it is a more natural, undisturbing sound if you are sleeping *I mean, it wakes you up, but not with the "damned phone ringer" sensation*

Cons: Only one: It has a clock, and an alarm wake up system. Maybe Panasonic could have extended the firmware code in order to also let you program ringer profile for diferent time slots. Anyway, this is maybe too excquisite to ask, I know.

Remember that you can keep buying more phones, up to 6! nice upgrade path. Inexpensive phones.

The Panny KX-TG1032S come as a two-phone system with a base and charger for each. I didn't really want two phones, but it is handy to have them in two different locations and I am glad I have two now.

6.0 technology is supposed to be better, but frankly I had no problem with my old phone with 2. something tech.

The sound is clear, the buttons are big and have a good positive click, the scrolling for the phone list is nice and it is not too hard to get the two phones to share the information once you figure out the arse-backward directions for doing so. The answering machine function works fine. I can walk far from the house and still get reception so you can expect to get your calls if you go out to the garden or garage. There is no interference with a wireless internet device like Airport.

Style-wise, this is no iPhone. Still, it does have that techy silver color and is not hideous. I thought the price was fair.

I took off a star cause although I understand how to set digital devices, I much prefer the analogue approach over enters and modes and all that.

All told, this is a good solution for most any land-line need.