As a phone -- it works. It does all of the things that a phone is supposed to do. Battery life and range is adequate though I haven't stress tested either.The big surprise -- Handset answering machine access. I don't recall reading about it in the marketing material and I think it is an extremely valuable feature.I've owned Panasonic before, as well as V-Tech and a few others. Panasonic always seems to exceed their competitors.