What about (corded) speakerphones?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I'm still debating about what to do for a house telephone. Right now we're

using a normal corded phone, but it gets held to the head, and has an

illuminated keypad, and of course the speaker has some electric and magnetic

field, and the phone jack at the wall makes some AM radio noise. So, I'd prefer

to find something else.

I remember asking about corded phones some time ago on one of these lists; I

can't find the messages anymore, but there was some talk about the big Panasonic

corded phone Less EMF sells along with the air-tube headset, but I've forgotten

what was said about it; it's also over eighty bucks, some people may not have

liked that phone itself, and having read some reviews on that air tube headset,

it seems the sound quality can be a bit sketchy/hard to hear or be heard.

I do recall some saying to maybe look for older phones, but that can be hit and

miss. A farm I was at last year found me an old corded phone (well intentioned,

understanding my concerns) at a second hand shop, and this thing had the most

ridiculous magnetic and electric fields you could imagine.

So what about using a corded speaker phone that you can turn up the volume on

and sit well away from?

I know I should look for a model which does *not* require an AC adapter, those

transformer blocks should be avoided when possible; thus, something that gets

all the power it needs from the phone line.

Besides that though, what should I seek/avoid? The less features the better?

Or can you all make any recommendations as to specific models you feel fine

with/have taken measurements on with good sound to the listener and talker?

Many thanks!

R.