[BP-Revo]

We have a Uniden set that we bought at Costco.

The base came with a corded phone attached to it. Kind of pointless, since it wont work if there is no power to the base. Occasionally I end up using it though, since my parents [Mom] somehow manage to displace the downstairs handsets...

It also came with 5 cordless handsets - 2 black, 1 white, 1 blue, 1 red. Color coding helps keep track of the phones for us.

I'm pretty sure it's a 5.8ghz setup (says "Direct 6.0" on the phones).

However, all that crap above (for me) is worthless.

What matters is the batteries!!!

We've had a ton of different cordless phones in the past and they were ok but after a year they all had TERRIBLE battery life. The common theme was that they had NiCD (one had NiMH).

The ones we have now are Li-Ion, and have been going strong for at least a couple years now.

So you can do whatever you want regarding brand and operating frequency, but it's important to look at the batteries.