content: When i first got the phone, the directions stated to charge each phone for 12 hours before use. So I did just that. For the first few months we noticed that the phones would die if you left it off the base for more than an hour. After about 6 months, we lost one of the phones in the couch for awhile, found it, and put it back on the charger but it won't come back on at all now. After a year we only have one handset that will charge but you can only talk for about 20-30 min before it dies. This is by far the worst product I have ever purchased. I will never purchase another vtech product as long as I live. I don't care if it is a vtech door stopper; I just do not trust their products anymore.