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Even better than my last standard BT pair of handsets that lasted me about 5 years. The batteries gave up in the end! Don't be under any impression that you will get 1 kilometer range out of them though. The range will nearly definitely be better than what you have already but, obviously, walls and other obstacles will decrease the range drastically. I live on the side of a valley and I just run out of signal behind my garage which is elevated behind the house. The main phone base is situated in my downstairs middle room and through a supporting chimney breast wall, an external wall, an external supporting wall which creates a garden tier so there's earth the other side of it too and then the 2 external concrete block walls. Directly, the distance I get up to there is about 25 meters away, but through all those obstacles I think that kind of range is acceptable. On another note, this has plenty of choice of ring tones so you can choose the one that's LEAST annoying, internal call function, etc, etc. One thing I particularly like is the "sync" feature. Both phones will automatically synchronise to each other, which means you only have to enter the time and date once and, even better, you only have to enter all of your contacts once and they will automatically be synced to the other handset which saves a lot of time. There are other features but nothing to rave about that you don't get on other similar phones. Overall, I'm happy with themRead full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I fitted the base station 4 metres above my house (total height approx 9m) in an IP56 water-proof plastic casing. Prior I tested it bare, without any protection. Both temporary and permanent installations provided similar results. BT advertises the phone with 1km reach, under ideal conditions. I would say that my installation is close to "ideal conditions". The phone has a reliable reach of 150 metres, and a possible reach of 300m. I would not rely on the phone above 150m, when expecting an important call. I am one of many who criticise this phone's poor performance. Prior to purchase, I gave BT the benefit of doubt, because many people do not understand the physics of radio waves and install their phone downstairs or inside thick walls. My review is based on very close to "ideal conditions". Compared with indoors installation upstairs, mainly non brick walls, I only gained another 30m at good quality but gained 90m with intermittent signal strength. Normal cordless phones, which are usually advertised with 300m range, fail at around 80m. So the BT Elements 1k has approximately twice the range of a standard cordless. The phone is sturdy as advertised and battery power is sufficient. It has plenty of features as well as great hands-free / speaker-phone quality. Unfortunately it loses its clock during a power cut. A minor problem but a nuisance nonetheless. Other settings and address lists remain as programmed. I stated that it is good value. This is based on my purchase price of £39.99 including postage for the version with answer-phone, advertised as "new-other", delivered in its original packaging.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
If you want a phone that gives you greater coverage than a football field and that you can play football with, then this robust piece of kit is the way to kick.....Make sure you put the base in a high position
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The phone does what it says on the tin it works very well it will go up to 100 m or more it holds a charge for about 2 weeks and the sound quality is very good all in all it's a five star phone for a home phone
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Good rugged phone - it has a far better reach than any other we've tried but nowhere near a kilometre even over open fields, we're getting more like 0.25km.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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