Plantronics - Cordless DECT Headset Telephone CT14 (Poly)

We bought two of these and they are the best! Very clear conversations from everywhere in the house, so light and comfortable you forget you're wearing it, long battery life and no interferance from the microwave!We just bought two CT-14's to replace a pair of Plantronics CT-12's that had started to fizzle after 4 or 5 years. Perhaps replacing the batteries (again - they last about 2 yrs) would have helped, but the volume started to peter out on the old units and people complained they couldn't hear me. After reading the reviews, and that the CT-14 had solved the annoying interferance from the microwave oven, I decided to jump in and buy the new version. The new model has larger (though still small) buttons, better display contrast (still nothing fancy), and otherwise is nearly the same externally as the CT-12. Also they have cleaned up a few usability issues and I find it more intuitive to use the speed dial and manage caller ID numbers. I especially like that you can press "*" to add a "1" to the front of a caller ID number when you want to call someone back; the lack of a "1" on the front forced me to write down and rekey numbers so this is a welcome improvement.DETIALS FOR MULTIPLE CT-14'SMy wife and I both like these headset phones so much that we have two of them - so we can have one upstairs and the other downstairs (though the range is good enough to use them everywhere) - and so we can both jump on a call at the same time.There is no interferance between the two phones. However I was curious about some of the product literature about how the phones can interact; here's what I was able to piece together:- Multiple handsets can share a base unit, OR,- A handset can be keyed to more than one base unit, but the handset has to explicitly connect to a base unit, it's not like a cell phone switching dynamically to the nearest base unit- You can't have multiple handsets units floating among multiple base units as I had imagined or hopedThus I ended up just having each phone operate independently. This works fine, but left me wondering why they bothered including the multi-phone/multi-base features.One thing I liked was the ability to enter a custom "label" to the phone display. So one phone displays "Upstairs" and the other "Downstairs" on the LCD display... makes it easy to remember which phone goes where when it's time to recharge.Overall a big recommendation for this handset phone!

It's only been a day, but I'm impressed. Over the decades I have used cordless phones from AT&T, Sony, V-tech, Panasonic and Radio Shack. They all had their good and bad points, and were serviceable. Today after charging its battery I fired up my Plantronics CT14 Cordless Headset Phone and said goodbye forever to the others. The range is astonishing, almost as good as the really old low frequency cordless phones from the early 1980s. I have had the transmitter base actually touching my computer (an iMac) without interference. Trying both the headband and hang-on-the-ear options, I found both comfortable even after 12 hours. The volume and sound quality in the earpiece is superb. People whom I've asked about the clarity of my voice said it is excellent.Some of the comments about Plantronics devices have been derogatory especially when compared to Panasonic. I have used lots of Panasonic products and they are very good, but this product is terrific. Before buying this product, I tried out Plantronics' headset by itself, the one that plugs in to your cordless phone. I found it difficult to keep the microphone away from scraping on my mustache; it wouldn't quite adjust to prevent contact. The CT14's microphone is on a shorter arm and clears my bushy upper lip just fine.The only problem I have encountered so far is the "touch any button to answer" feature. The instructions should say "touch any NUMERAL button." The others don't work.I really like the Voicemail button--put in the phone number for your voicemail and simply push one button to receive your messages. There are a lot of features on this phone that I won't be using that will probably be very useful to some, and the actual receiver unit is so tiny you can put it in a shirt pocket and still have room for your pet frog.Highly recommended if you need both hands free to type or sculpt or cook or chop down trees though the sound of your chainsaw may mask the ringer. But that's what voicemail is for.Plantronics claims an "up to 300 foot range." WRONG! I have gotten over 450 feet from the base unit and carried on a conversation. But I'm in the boondocks and only have oak trees to block the signal. It's very strong at over 350 feet and beats anything I've ever owned except the old "brick" 29MHZ (I think) phones with the whip antennas that nobody makes anymore.