I'm still so old-school that I expect the mouthpiece to be directly under my mouth while the earpiece is resting on my ear. The 9151 handset is a bit short for this, nevertheless I have no problems hearing the other party nor they me. I mentioned the pager feature earlier. The three answering machine mailboxes are highly useful, especially for large families. When so programmed, the calling party will receive a menu listing options for the appropriate mailbox.
Programming is easy.
This makes an ideal situation for those wishing to separate business calls from pleasure calls, as well as directing call traffic from loved ones, friends, mistresses, process servers, probation officers, etc. Vtech needs to relocate this as it's a problem with the 90xx series as well as the 91xx. Different facial shapes may not have this problem. The base is located roughly central with respect to the yard. I roamed the entire house and parts of the yard during conversation and noticed no discernible static, breakup, or other kind of loss.