The rotary telephone was once hi-tech…but it ain’t no more.
This is not a rotary phone, it’s a force button phone.
The round center in the middle of the buttons is your re-dial button…so don’t expect you can stick a picture of fido or your kitty there, or like in the old days, your telephone number.
The hand set is loud and clear. I have announcer id and my announcer id box has redial on it as numbers i have stored there, so a phone like this without all that “jazz” is fine by me. This is a significant phone as clarity.
The plastic is not the old westinghouse weapons grade plastic….the old phones were so unbreakable you could practically hammer nails with the handset…don’t try that with this phone. The plastic is fine, it’s just not like your phone from the 60’s & 50’s. It’s not weapons grade…lol.
The phone comes with a prolonged cord so you don’t need to buy one, like i did. The prolonged cord you see here on this page is not the same color crimson as the telephone…fyi.
I’ve had no problems earshot the caller, or the announcer earshot me on this phone. If you speak directly into the mouthpiece you can be too loud as the self on the other end, significant as talking over people…lol.
I highly recommend this phone, it’s a significant kitchen phone, adds a dash of color and spices up the place.
The ringer is not as bad as the original ringers, however it’s a ringer as sure. You can turn the ringer off.
The phone comes with a “template as the holes” to mount it on the block. Two anchors and two screws and it’s up. The jack is in the posterior of the phone.
You have to adjust your habits handling the handest. The handset does not accommodate the desire to rest the phone on your shoulder and use your two hands. You can do it, however it’s easier with a handset that is flat. The handset is very satisfying to hold, it’s balanced, and it’s big. It reaches my ear and mouth conveniently and makes crosley 302 wall phone easy to speak into the phone and easy to hear the announcer.
The phone is easy on the eyes. Its clean looking design blends into many every kitchen in america.
I am very happy with this phone, i expect it to in conclusion like the old westinghouse phones, perhaps i expect too much, perhaps not, only time will tell, i sill have a couple of the old black rotary phones made by westinghouse, they still work….if i hook em up…this phone looks like a rotary phone, but’s it’s not.
I like the way it looks in my kitchen, and it’s prolonged cord lets me go anywhere in the kitchen and beyond.
If you want a new phone with an old look that is familiar to you and reminds you of when you were younger, i expect this phone is it, and the rest of you can use cell phones as all i care. I never have to say “can you hear me now” with this phone.
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