Big Up for the Big Buttons!

T.K. · 21 August 2016

This is an excellent piece of kit, bought for a friend with problems with both eyes and fingers. She is getting on very well with it, so mission accomplished! It has a very readable display, and the buttons are big enough for her. There is a facility for nuisance call barring which we haven't looked into greatly.It is very easy to set up. Contact details and numbers saved on one phone automatically transfer to the other handsets. Calls can be made between handsets and external calls transferred. or 3-way calls conducted. The instruction manual is comprehensive and easy to read - bullet points are in a margin for easy scanning, with detailed text should you need it. That is a very good idea which makes it much more readable.And it looks good, and doesn't take a lot of space up.I ordered it Thursday night, and chose standard free delivery. I had an email to say it would be delivered the following Tuesday which I was pleased with. On the Sunday before delivery date, I got another email saying it would be delivered that day - I received it less than 72 hours after ordering - well done Bolo!

Large buttons easy to use

H. · 10 November 2022

Nice phone for me as i have hand problems, but I was a little annoyed by the fact that I bought it as an open box device which should be new, i was surprised to find in memory 5 calls that had been made on it. Apart from that I am happy with the phone, its not the best looking unit but great for arthritic hands.

Fantastic and very functional

T.L.H. · 26 March 2025

Had to replace a older phone as my father was finding it difficult to use... this phone is fa for the elderly in particular.... big clear buttons red and green colour coded for answering and ending a phone call... the buttons are really nice to use and very clear and functional....Fantastic phone... looks good and comfortable to hold and use...fantastic sound and display..

Easy set up

T.J. · 12 December 2013

I brought these for my mother in law, who has an hearing aid and really struggles to hear on some days.She also has problems with her eyesight, so really needed a good allrounder.This has not disappointed, the numbers are very clear and she can see them without her glasses. The handsets are also not small, they are a good size. The controls/menus take a little getting used to, but once mastered simple to use. My mother in law struggles to take in new information (78) and so she needed something that would be clear, simple and self explaintary. This is exactly that. I had to set them up with the phone book, but now she just has to press the right hand button and scroll down the menu to find who she wants to ring. The phone back lights up so she can see (with her glasses) who she is ringing.She does still have problems seeing who is ringing, although it does display the name/number, if she does not have her glasses handy, it can still be a problem. Not a fault of the phone though.The ring (we have it on the loudest) is very clear and loud. I think there are 5 ring tones to choose from.You can see who has rung and if you want to, by pressing the left hand button, you can block that number from ringing again. Very handy for nuisance callers.The sound quality is great and she can hear clearly, even without her aid in. She also purchased a BT Decor 2200 Corded Telephone and this is much clearer to hear with.It operates very similarily to her other BT phone, which simplifies everything. Only need to understand one application of BT and every handset operates the same. Great idea

lovely clear buttons

G.G. · 31 March 2026

this was to replace a previous one. lovely big numbers. can easily block some numbers

For its target market positives just outweigh the negatives

J.U. · 2 June 2018

This phone is designed with large buttons and loud volume it aid those with vision and hearing impairment and those who are older, these features work well enough.However curiously at the same time its design has quirks which can confuse rather than assist people. There is a button on the side carefully positioned so that it will be accidentally pressed picking up the phone, resulting in error display and beeps from the phone and confusion in to user.Then there is the phone book. While it has a large display on which information could be clearly displayed the phone book displays the name and the number, the latter unneeded when just scrolling to find a person to call, the size of the unneeded number display is such that any non-local (over 6 digits) numbers do not fit so the phone animates scrolling - so as the user tries to scroll up/down to find a number the phone is scrolling most entries right/left at the same time providing unneeded distraction, and if that wasn't enough the phone book comes with unremovable entries which most users just won't need.Having now spent time helping an elderly person get used to this phone the negatives got very close to swamping the positives. If only BT had put in a little more thought this could be a great phone.

Simple to use

k.m.h. · 13 March 2026

Nice phone but disappointing no answer phone

... and my family and I think it is really good. Listening volume on the handset is reasonably loud ...

H. · 13 August 2014

I purchased this product and my family and I think it is really good. Listening volume on the handset is reasonably loud and there is an amplification button if you need extra volume. The range of the handset from the base station is good: I have had no problem having the handset work 45 feet away from the base with a wall partially obstructing the base from the handset. Syncing the handset to the station is easy. The ring volume can be made to be very loud so that you can hear it from a distance. I previously used three other brands of cordless phones before hitting on this BT set and this item has had the best sound quality and has proved to be the best when it comes to being able to hear the person with whom you are speaking. The hands-free capability is good although obviously not as good as a purpose-built conference call speaker phone (which tends to be much more expensive in price). In summary, a good product, especially for the price.