Long Range Dect Cordless Phone - Buying Guide Help
There are many different Dect cordless phones on the market and it is difficult to tell which phones have the longest range. Well to tell you the truth the majority of Dect phones don’t have a great deal of difference between them, because in the end they all use the same DECT technology and produce similar results.
When you are looking at which Dect cordless phone to buy you have to be realistic in what range you are going to get. Nearly all cordless phones offer a range of up to 300m, and it is this “up to” that is the important factor. It’s because most people are never going to use a Dect phone where there are walls, desks, and other electrical equipment that will reduce the range.
The rule of thumb with Dect phones that offer 300m is you’re probably going to get a range of around 50m indoors. Also what a lot of users forget is that half your range is in the opposite direction, so try and put your base station in a central location.
Of course there are always exceptions and some brands can be stronger than others. What Phone and Headsets has discovered is two Dect phones that produce results that are not the norm, and offer a much longer range.
BT Elements Dect Cordless Phone
The BT Elements Dect cordless is a phone that is quiet unique as it has a stronger than normal range. BT actually advertise this phones as having a range of up to 1km which in reality isn’t going to happen in most environments. In truth the BT Elements is probably going to give you a range of around 100m in most office environments.
BT Elements Dect Phone
Also another benefit of the BT Elements Dect is that the base station that sends the signal to the handset is separate. This means you can actually locate the cordless base station in the best central location for range, not where you want the handset to sit.
Overall the BT Elements is an effective Dect cordless phone. Obviously results do depend upon your personal surroundings, but from our experience the results have been impressive.
BT Diverse Dect Cordless Phone & Repeater
As one of the longest running Dect ranges the BT Diverse has been around since the very first Dect phones started hitting the shelves. At the beginning they were expensive and were known for developing faults, however over the years BT have developed a very good phone.
What were trying to say is if you have had a problem with a BT Diverse phone in the past; don’t let it put you off as the latest model is excellent.
BT Diverse 6210 Dect Phone
As a stand alone Dect phone the BT Diverse 6210 will give you a similar range to all the other good cordless models. The reason we class this phone as a long range Dect is because you can add a Dect Repeater.
BT Diverse Repeater
The BT Diverse repeater works by picking up the wireless Dect signal sent out by the Diverse 6210, and then sending it on again for the handsets. Location is key and by placing the BT Diverse Repeater in the correct place you can nearly double your range.
Another feature of the BT Diverse phones is that you can put up to four repeaters in different locations for the same phone. These are to expand the range in each direction from the phone, not to expand the range already extended by a repeater.
The following BT Diverse phones are compatible with the BT Diverse range repeater:
BT Diverse 6210
BT Diverse 6250
BT Diverse 6350
BT Diverse 6410
BT Diverse 6450
