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#322812 24-Sep-2025 08:21
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My parents have a 2 story concrete house where the current cordless landline phones have poor coverage. There is a base station connected directly to ONT for the landline and 2 other handsets around the house connect to this base station. The current setup uses standard DECT and the handsets further away from the base station are always cutting out when talking. I wanted to buy Uniden XDECT 8355 + 2 which uses their XDECT technology which would solve the poor coverage. However, everywhere I've looked the product is out of stock and it may have been discontinued. I understand XDECT is Uniden's proprietary technology, but do other companies have extended long range tech or is there something I could also be looking at buying instead. Ideally I want 1 base station and 2 addition handsets. I don't mind paying for a repeater as well. I have no problem paying up to $400 for everything. I have also seen the SKU Uniden XDECT 8355 + 3WPR which comes with 4 handsets and repeater but it also seems to be out of stock everywhere/discontinued. Any help or advice would be appreciated and I don't mind looking at other brands besides Uniden. 


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iwantplaytv

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  #3476260 31-Mar-2026 17:33
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An update for anyone who stumbles across this thread.
I ended up getting a VTech CLS21252 from Amazon and it works perfectly. It comes with 3 handsets + Base Station for $225.
It seems like Uniden has discontinued a lot of models in NZ and its hard to find.
I did find some XDECT brand new on eBay from sellers in AUS but when I messaged about shipping to NZ I never got a reply.


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