One thing that we’ve always ‘keep meaning to buy’ has been an answering machine – with plans for our wedding hotting up we’ve often found that we’ve missed calls from people such as florists, photographers and the people we are inviting. So a few weeks ago (which also happened to coincide with pay-day) I went into town with the intention of buying a standalone answering machine. A look in Argos didn’t really reveal much, so a trip over to Currys was undertaken. It’s here that I found the V-Tech Mirage on special offer for £50 – a bargain I thought. Instead of buying just an answering machine, I ended up ...  Read the complete review

I have long been a subscriber to the Consumer Association's Which? magazine. Whilst I don't often buy household goods, I was in the market to replace my ageing Panasonic Easa-phone answering machine, and thought I would go with the Which? magazines 2001 recommendation. The Panasonic Easa-phone had been a great phone/answering machine for ten years or so, and it was only age that was letting it down (a couple of the buttons no longer worked). Having read Which? magazine, I plumped for their recommended DECT cordless Answerphone - the Vtech Mirage 100.... oh dear! I bought it from Comet at the suggested price of £79 inc VAT. The base unit was a ...  Read the complete review