Great value budget phone that usually retails for $99.95.
Bonus 3 year extended warranty: http://www.uniden.com.au/australia/cs_current_promotions.asp
Sorry not sure when this deal expires.
Uniden DECT1535+2C Cordless Phone Delivered for $59 from Myer & Bonus 3 Year Extended Warranty
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EBay is your friend. Also, the battery pack looks to me like 2 AAA in size.
Don't think Uniden maka any model with AAA batteries. Panasonic do and will be cheaper in the long run. Telstra may also use AAA.
That's not necessarily the case. If you look at their battery chart, even some of their more expensive phones take such battery packs: http://www.uniden.com.au/RESOURCES_MAIN/pdfs/Cordless%20Phon…
And if you look on eBay you can find these battery packs at a fraction of the cost. $8 in the case of this particular battery pack: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CORDLESS-PHONE-BATTERY-UNIDEN-BT-…
It's like saying buy a mobile phone that runs on AA or AAA batteries so it will be cheap to swap out the batteries. The good companies usually have very reliable and long lasting battery packs, but a lot of that has to do with how much the phone is used in the first place.
I wasn't suggesting you buy a Uniden phone to get one that takes AA or AAA batteries. Plenty of Panasonic phones use AA batteries. My previous phone was a Panasonic, the keypad wore out at about the eight-year mark, and I only replaced the batteries (standard AA NiMh) once in that time.
Your $8 battery pack still costs more than two AA eneloops at $5, and I'll have 2000mAh versus 800mAh (= longer talk time and standby time). And most OzBargainers have eneloops already, it would take one minute to "fix" a bad battery, and I already KNOW the quality of eneloop batteries. How long to receive your battery pack from your ebay seller, and do you know what quality it is?
As for "the good companies usually have very reliable and long lasting battery packs", I already gave you an example. My GENUINE UNIDEN battery packs had 50% failure rate at the two-year mark. Uniden have to make their profit somehow.
Would you buy a cheap printer that uses very expensive ink or toner? This is a cheap phone with expensive consumables, same story.
Yes I would . The $30 odd dollar brother laser printer cames up time and time again which many people find quite attractive. We all know the cost of the toner is more expensive that the printer itself.
So I'm not going to buy a new toner when I can buy a brand new printer. Same thing with the cheap uniden phone. I'll throw it away in 2 years and buy a new phone.
And how much were you using your phone? I have The xdect 7015 +1 that I have had since 2009, which also uses a battery pack, and have not had any problem with the batteries. Still using the same battery packs that came with the phone.
The reality is that it is highly unlikely all the battery packs are going to fail at the same time. So if 1 fails and it takes 1 week to come from eBay there are still 2 other handsets to get by with. I'm sure most people could cope in this situation.
Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. I wouldn't want to get a new phone every two years, re-entering the saved contacts takes too long, and I put a value on my time. It's different with a printer, I picked a poor example.
I agree with your point about only one handset battery will fail at a time, so you will still have two working handsets. However, if the handsets are widely separated in your house (e.g. upstairs, downstairs and garage/shed), it can be really annoying when the phone rings and you are beside the out-of-order phone.
I've checked the battery pack it can be made using two eneloop AAA easily with a bit soldering. Not for everyone though.
This phone is listed on the Hardly Normal site at $59 so appart from the extended warranty this offer is nothing exciting. The battery is usually the first thing to go on any cordless phone, and is unlikely to be covered under warranty anyway.
HN have 1 handset for $55: http://www.harveynorman.com.au/uniden-dect-1535-cordless-pho…
And 1+1 for $64: http://www.harveynorman.com.au/uniden-dect-1535-1-twin-cordl…
HN aren't selling the 1+2 pack, and they also charge for home delivery!You're right - my apologies, I missed the bit about the 2 spare handsets.
I get my Uniden batteries from gadgetcity.com.au. They are about $10 and they come with a 2 year warranty which they honour as I sent one back after a few months. New battery is from a new batch and works fine
Panasonic use AAA batteries and Telstra may also use AAA batteries.
Warning, these handsets use a battery pack (part BT-694), which costs normally costs $25 to replace. Three handsets, three batteries. Battery packs are currently on special for $19.95 from Uniden.
Spend a little more and buy a better phone that takes AA or AAA NiMh batteries, it's worth it in the long run (look at how much six eneloops currently cost). I've had a different Uniden phone since Feb 2010, the DECT2035+1, and I've already had to replace one battery pack, replacement cost $24.95 at DSE.