Cordless SIP Phone - Aastra 57i CT

I don't currently have an official home office, but I've had an office phone at home for years now. This home office phone mirrors the phone on my desk at work. Both phones are registered as a contact for my SIP address so they both receive all my calls an otherwise behave exactly the same - all very easy to do with OnSIP Hosted PBX, but that's another story. A few weeks ago I swapped out my home office phone for an Aastra 57i CT which comes with this nice little cordless handset that syncs with the main station.

While it has never been an issue for me at the office as I'm pretty much at my desk most of the day, having the phone at home hardwired to my DSL router has always been a little bit annoying as I kinda like futzing around the kitchen and whatnot while talking. This is no longer an issue thanks to the cordless handset.

The main unit appears to be identical to the 57i and works as expected. Overall the Aastra cordless has been great, but I found installing the battery for the handset non-obvious - it took a little head scratching as to which way it was supposed to go in and I was also afraid that I might break the battery's connector/wire in the process. Another nit pick is that it took me a while to remember which button was to answer and which was to hangup. While the buttons are in logical places, they confused me for some vague reason and I found myself occasionally hitting the wrong one during the first week. But once I managed to get myself past those issues, it has been smooth sailing.