Binatone iDect X1i

~~~iDect X1i~~~ We have been with virgin media for quite a few years now and we have always opted to buy our own phone. Generally because my fella is a bit of a gadget nut and loves to have the latest shiny new things. ~Cost: We purchased the twin digital cordless telephones for £25.00 at Amazon. At the time I did do a little bit of research at Amazon pretty much had the same price as other online retailers. You can actually by a single telephone or up to 6 handsets, prices vary from £20 up to at least £120. I opted for the black set of phones but there is also a silver version (not to be confused with the idect ...  Read the complete review

BT started to charge for their 1571 answer service, the free service not being free if you were no longer using BT for your calls. So I canceled the service and went shopping for a telephone with inbuilt ansaphone. I ended up with the iDECT x1i digital cordless telephone with answering machine. I paid £19.99 in Robert Dyas. I only needed one phone but there are other packages with 2 or 3 or 4 handsets. The phone was very easy to install I just had to install two batteries , (included), into the handset and do the first charge- they recommend fifteen hours- but it took nowhere near as long as that. You can set the date and time on the display ...  Read the complete review