I've been looking for a good cordless phone to use at home for work. I tried many, but none of them could meet all of my requirements. One simple requirement I has was to be able to use a corded headset for many hours. This essential meant that the phone had to be on A/C power and not battery power while I was using the headset. Many manufactureers say thrie phones can go 6+ hours on battery; however, this has not been my experience. I needed a cordless phone base station that had a headset jack (never found one) or a cordless phone that could sit in the charging station while it is being used (never found that either, they all hung up while in the charging station).
I finally decided to purchase a corded phone in addition to the cordless Panasonic phones I already owned. My main requirement was that the corded phone had to have a headset jack. I went to Staples to see which phones had this feature. Long story short, I purchased and returned a Panansonic corded phone which did not function well with the headset plugged in.
While searching online for a corded phone, I came across a phone brand I had not heard of AASTRA. Several models had the integrated headset jack and I wound up puchasing the PT-470.
The phone is simply fantastic. It's solid and well designed and everything functions as you would expect. I've used alot of phones, corded and cordless, and most are disappointing with regard to some function of the phone. If you are in the market for a solid home office phone, check of this phone or one of the other Aastra models.