BT Diverse 6250 Quad DECT Phone

We're very pleased with this phone set. Call quality is very clear, and volume is fine. Loading phone numbers from a SIM card is very easy, and copying to other phones just as easy, saves hours.

The phones were supplied as a base set with 2 handsets, plus 2 individual handsets, but registering the two individual handsets to the base station was simplicity itself, and only took a few seconds.

We've even managed to get 2 old NTL handsets registered to the base station, so we've got 6 handsets in all.

We haven't tried the Text features yet, but didn't buy them for that feature.

The answerphone is fine, with a time and date announcement for each message, controls on the base unit, and a counter showing the number of messages.

The only 2 things we can find that the phones don't do is

when searching for a name in the directory, you can only put in the 1st letter of the name you're looking for rather than than 2 or 3 letters and go straight to the entry. Still that's better than some, where you have to scroll through the entire directory list to find the entry you want,

and, if you want to make an internal call / transfer a call, the list of handsets only displays handset 1... etc.., not the names you've given to each handset.
Also, the ringtones aren't great, but this is all getting to a pretty finicky level of criticism.

The base set also came with an ear-piece / microphone, so you can use it in handsfree mode.

Overall, I think the phones are excellent, and probably worth the price premium over cheaper quad sets.