On 2014-08-20 6:48 PM, Cheri wrote:
ut a battery in the base and it will have a backup power supply when
>> the electricity is out. It's the same idea that your alarm clock and
>> thermostat work on.
>
> My portables don't have a battery option in the base.
>

Nor do mine. I have been looking for new cordless phones because mine
are getting old and it is usually just as expensive to buy batteries as
it is buy a new phones with extra features. I have not seen any with a
battery backup in the base.