Customer Reviews
The "PORSCHE" of phones !! 
2008-02-14
Fantastic phone. The best built phone I've ever owned, hands down - even better than some of the early Panasonic 900 MHz phones which were built like the proverbial tank. I mean, how many phones have their back cover attached with eight stainless steel screws? You hit someone with this and they're down for the count - and you'll be able to call the cops with the phone afterwards.
And the ergonomics! The big rubberized grips are superb. The large display and the soft, translucent buttons light up in bright orange, and there's a concealed red led on top which flashes when its receiving a call. There are no battery contacts on the handset and no charging holes on the base unit because, being waterproof, the charging is done via an inductive (magnetic) coupling.
Programming it is a snap. The menuing is perfect, very intuitive, and the buttons all feel "right". The speaker phone function is possibly the best ever made - you can walk around while you talk, switching from normal to speaker function, and the other party will hear NO DIFFERENCE. None. And since the speaker is on the rear there's absolutely no feedback looping, even on max volume. You can even use it on your ear while the speakerphone function is working - simultaneously. It will stand upright also. If Porsche or Lexus manufactured a phone, it would be this one. It kicks "A".
Oops! Didn't survive the rain here! 
2008-02-07
We accidently left it outside overnight, and it rained. Has never worked since! I took it apart and dried it out. Left it off the charger until it was decharged. Put it back on the charger and it charged, but still won't work. Not so "water proof" for us.
Good product 
2008-01-20
I bought this for our pool house extention figuring it will be outside this next summer. It's heavier than the normal light junk one sees and the range is 100s of feet from the base station. The base is really built for sitting on the counter but I mounted it to a standard phone wall mount bracket with the base's built in bracketing. Personally, for my taste, it sticks out too far but it's in an out of the way location not subject to being knocked which could break the plastic bracket receiver eyelets. One does have to run power to the base to charge the phone and I was lucky here having the other side of the mount wall being a closet with a power recepticle. All I did was drill through the back of the phone wall mount box and run the needed power cord through to the front. The phone's transformer then was permanently plug mounted out of sight in the closet.
Features, features, features 2007-10-30
We had been shopping for a phone which has lighted numerals AND caller ID. Good luck with that! Uniden has these features and more in this phone. GREAT JOB! We have had this for a week now, so we are still learning how to navigate through everything this does. The fact that it floats doesn't mean beans to me. It would be a cool feature, if you need an aquatic telephone, I guess. The lighted numerals were important for us for use as a bedroom phone. Most cell phones light up in the dark, so why don't more regular phone manufacturers offer this feature?? Anyway, we are happy with our purchase!
Improved so much... 2007-10-07
Compared to the previous model, WXI377, which I've owed for over two years, this model fulfilled most of my wishes what the older model lacked...
For example, 5.8GHz digital spread spectrum is much more secure than the old 900MHz analog. Now the keyboard is also backlighted as well as the display. The onboard speaker is nice and comes in handy. You can expand the phone to have more handset(TWX977 will give you the very same handset) and have features like transferring a call, page, intercom and conferencing, etc. Phonebook has much larger capacity, and now you can store two numbers per name, and personalize the ring tone...
Some same old problems still exist. The old WXI377 when it was submerged in bathtub, the cavity around the earpiece speaker would be filled with water that blocked the sound. I had to shake it vigorously get the water out, otherwise the volume would so low it was hard to hear the other party. The new model is still the same way, and shaking the water out would take more effort, seems to me. The chain dialing still only works when in a call(when you are connected, you can bring up the phonebook and dial another number. Works well for dialing a phone card access number first, then the real phone number from your phonebook). If you start by keying in a few digits, like "#0P"(I have a 2-line switch, #0 will access my other line. P is for a 1-second pause), you can't get in the phonebook and bring up another number onto the screen to concatenate them together then dial all at once...
The one area it screwed up is the redial number. On the old phone when you display the number by pressing Redial, you can hit Delete button to delete the last digit by each press. So you can edit the number by getting rid of the extra digits last time you entered when on hold and "press 1 go to this menu" or "press 2 for voicemail", etc. The new model does not allow you to edit the redial number. Hit Delete will wipe out the the entire line. This is the only problem I can remember now, that doesn't exist on the old model before...
UPDATE 6/22/08: If you want to expand, you don't have to buy the TWX977 Accessory Handset. Just buy another one of this, then set the base to a dumb charging station just like the TWX977, and deregister then register with the existing base (this what I've done. I've got two of these, ready to get a third one now). This way, if your old WXI477's base goes south, you can activate the other(though charging will be a minor problem, as you'd be left with one base and two handsets. But the system will still be functioning/limping.) My first was bought a year ago and second in Feburary of '08. So far, the first one's rubber piece surrounding the display, has deteriorated to make the two look not just half a year apart, but more like a couple years of use. The oil on my face has caused this, though I don't feel like I got particularly greasy face...
Uniden water-proof phone 2008-05-09
Love this phone. It's strange looking but it's heavy and big enough that I can hold it with my shoulder while talking. The speaker works great - loud and clear. I'm happy with my purchase.
I love it! 2008-04-05
We use this phone outside by our hottub and pool. Takes the worry out of dropping it accidentally.
OUTSTANDING !! 2008-03-11
Uniden 5.8GHz Expandable Water-Submersible Handset Phone with Call Waiting/Caller ID I purchased this phone about 2 months ago and I absolutely love this phone! It works great, is easy to program, has clear reception anywhere on our 1 acre property and is comfortable to talk on, not to mention it floats! We have had numerous phones that look great, but don't perform when you get them home. This phone has exceeded my expectations.....
Well built & durable cordless phone! 2008-02-25
I just bought this phone, not because I have a pool, but because it just felt so heavy and durable compared to all the others on display. The sound quality is fantastic & programming numbers into it was a breeze. (I previously used a highly rated AT&T cordless phone, and that one is now in the garbage...) This Uniden phone is extremely well built and comfortable to use, plus it looks cool and has many convenient features. I highly recommend it!
Perfectly functional, great sound and range 2008-02-15
Great phone. I bought it of course because it's waterproof and was happily surprised by both the clarity and range. Good value so I bought a second one as well. The buttons are intuitive and the screen is sharp.
