Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Great phone - bad batteries

The phone works great, although the headset volume could be a little "hotter." I don't program #'s in the phone or base station, so I can't comment there. The answering machine works fine and sounds good. The handset and base station speakers are acceptable for talking to friends and family, but I wouldn't hold a work conference call on either if I could avoid it. My house is on a 1 acre lot and the handset maintains clear communication anywhere on my property.As mentioned in other reviews, the handset batteries are horrible, but they can be easily replaced with ER-P511 NiMH from Energizer. I've been unable to run that battery down. If the batteries from Panasonic were worth anything, I'd have given the phone 5 stars.