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Been ready to throw out cordless phones out the window the last few months.

Two reasons, the battery life (and this plagues them all) is now extremely low on the those nicad batteries after a few years.

Related, the bigger issue is the lack of warning on a call before the phone goes dead. The last model we had gave you enough warning that you could go and pickup another extension before it dies....but this one beeps once and goes dead right away. And, for whatever reason, the line is tied up for a couple minutes (even picking up corded phones in the house, you get static). Really annoying.

Anyone have recent experiences in buying a model?

It should be no frills..no answering machine, just two handsets that have caller ID. Ideally 5.8Ghz.

The biggest thing, that isn't always advertised on the box, it should have enough of a "low battery warning" beep that when it does die, there's enough warning to get another extension, or tell the person on the other end the phone is about to die, instead of being cutoff immediately.

I know X-S Cargo always has them cheap...but battery life is crappy enough on new models, so who knows what they're going to be like on refurbs.

Not looking to spend more then 100$.

I don't suppose anyone makes those phones with lithium batteries yet?