We had them for 7 months last year. What a nuisance! Dad never did figure out how to work him, and we had teh walkie talkie kind. Didn't matter, he was still out of reach. Sigh. I used it a bit for the work we were doing during that 7 months, but I hated it the whole time. I could never figure out most of the features, and if something was pressed, then I couldn't even get calls or messages. I spent more time with the darn manual.

I was quite glad when we didn't need them any more and I could get rid of them. I hope never to need them again. What an awful experience, and quite expensive as well! And no, we never used up our monthly minute allotment, so that wasn't the issue.