General Electric 29869GE2 Digital Answering Machine

Pros: 40 Minutes record time, very reliable, voice clarity, ease of use

Cons: Phone wire cannot be replaced if damaged.

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this answering machine, it is by far the best available for the price.

Review: I purchased this machine about 5 years ago and It has always worked perfectly. It is quite durable, as it has fallen several times and I have spilled numerous beverages on it!! The voice clarity is excellent, you can even record music on the out ...

Pros: Very reliable, compact, great features

Cons: 1 failed after 2-1/2 years

Review: I don’t understand the other two reviews as I have two of these answering machines and they both work great and have for over two year now. I did have one fail about 2-1/2 years ago but it still answered and recorded you just could not record a new ...

Pros: Battery backup; 40 minute message storage; reliable.

Cons: None

Review: I've had this machine for several years without the first problem. I came back to Epinions because I'm buying another for my mother. I'm own a real estate brokerage and receive 5 - 10 messages per day. This machine allows me to delete messages after ...

Pros: Sturdy, dependable, easy to understand, durable. Can't go too wrong. The price is good too!

Cons: THE BATTERY CHANGING PROCEDURE. UGH!

The Bottom Line: For approximately $30.00 retail price and for all it's features, buy it, try it and if not satisfied (how could you not be?), return the item. You can't lose.

Review: After having sworn off the local telephone company VoiceMail service many, many years ago after taking inventory of just how much I would spend over the years of use, I've been sticking with answering machines ever since. Starting with my very first ...

Pros: It has many features including 4 mail boxes and a battery backup.

Cons: It won't work with dsl broadband.

Review: I think it would be an excellent answering machine if only it would work with broadband internet service. What's more, their tech people do not acknowledge the problem. They finally decided I must have a defective unit. I disproved that by setting it up ...

Pros: Very inexpensive. 4 Mailboxes. Can have pretty long outgoing message.

Cons: No mailbox specific messages - The sound quality is fair.

Review: Nice unit for not much money ($40 delivered). I needed the multiple mailboxes for my home/businesses and this did the trick. After ordering it I read the reviews here and several said it would not work with SBC (now ATT) DSL and I thought I had blown ...

Pros: Okay sound quality for the price

Cons: Doesn't work with my SBC DSL.

Review: This machine worked okay until I had SBC DSL installed. Even with a filter on the line, it absolutely won't record incoming messages. The phone rings the specified number of times, the answering machine begins to pick up the call then beeps and seems ...

Pros: Looks Great. Compact.

Cons: See Review...

Review: It took about 3 months of use before the Play button for Mailbox 1 began to stick and eventually the button stuck so I was unable to retrieve messages. Poor Interface. Not as easy set functions as seen on other machines. Can only be fixed at Repair ...

Pros: 4 mailboxes, 40 minutes of recording time, decent interface

Cons: Unreliable

Review: In terms of features & price, this answering machine is one of the best deals you can get. With 4 separate mailboxes and 40 minutes of digital recording time, what's not to love, right? Well, after less than a year of use, the answering machine no ...

Pros: Long recording time.

Cons: Power surge will switch the machine off. No indication that machine is offline.

Review: Sound quality is extreamly poor. Often enters a state when power off is required. In this states buttons do not work and there is no indication that machine is offline. It's a shame that GE puts its brand name on this crap. I tried a cheaper GE. It had a ...