Crosley Black Candlestick Phone (CR64)
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Customer Review: Solid 4 out of 5
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this phone because I thought it looked cool and thought it would be interesting to have a phone talking that you talk into in a different way- with this phone, the mouthpiece is mounted at the top on a rotating socket and you hold the earpiece up to your ear. It is definitely a different look, and you have to see it in action - that is to say, a person actually using it - to fully appreciate the aesthetic effect.
There are a few nice things about this phone, such as the braided cord both to the telephone jack and connecting the earpiece to the main part.
However, what I think will be disappointing to true purists is that these phones are made out of modern, lightweight, cheap-feeling plastic rather than the type of heavyweight plastic that make genuine plastic phones of the 1920s-1970s feel so substantial and comfortable in the hand. So, I give Crosley points just for producing such an item, and it does indeed work as a fully functional telephone fairly well, although from what people on the other end of the line tell me, the drop in signal strength as distance increases from the microphone is quite steep, indicating that the microphone is perhaps not a good choice for this device. In sum, I think that this phone is worth the price, but know that it is not necessarily going to be or feel like a real period piece. That said, there are no wiring problems!
Customer Review: Crosley Black Candlestick Phone (CR64)
Summary: 4 Stars
Second chance for modern Crosley with me. Seems like a good heavy and solid Telephone, I am happy now, but give it a year and see how I feel. Crosley reproduction radios are junk (mine was and cheaper to buy a new radio, then fix), I hope the phones are better!