CPR V100K Call Blocker for Landline Phones – Preloaded Spam Protection + Manual Block Button – Satisfaction in Stopping Repeat Robocalls, Telemarketers & Scam Callers (10,000 Number Memory)

I love this call blocker and can whole-heartedly recommend it. My only caveat is to read all the information in the questions section and on the CPR website to see if (and how) it will work with your phone set up before you buy. The customer support is pretty proactive - I haven't had to call for anything because the guide that came with the phone and the online information covered everything really thoroughly. Most of the people who are disappointed with the product seem to have compatibility issues.I decided to buy a call blocker after I tried to tell a scam caller to take me off their phone list and he began making a series of (rather hilarious) death threats against my husband. When I reported the call to the phone company (after filing a complaint with the police), the operator at Verizon's Harassing Call division basically advised me to buy a call blocker. My only other option was to pay a monthly fee for the ability to block only a few callers.I researched the options and this one looked the best. I have Verizon DSL landline with Caller ID on an older VTech wireless phone system. When the device arrived, it took about a minute to set up. The only confusion was that you have to plug in to Line 2 on the back of the blocker. My instinct would have been to go for Line 1, but the user guide set me straight. I was able to set mine up in the serial format. I then manually programmed in the 11 numbers that had been calling me incessantly (copied them off my caller ID). Within 24 hours, the blocker blocked 3 calls. It's been a couple of weeks, and none of the scammers that were harassing me have been able to ring through. Sweet quiet!The blocker has a couple of what I would call quirks, rather than problems (hence my 5 star rating). First, the blocker causes every call that rings through to my phone to show up twice on my caller ID. I read some advice on the CPR website that said adding a DSL filter to my line might help, so I did, but the double caller id still happens. You know what? Totally don't care!! The doubled caller ID doesn't bother me at all if it means no scammers calling me 6-10 times a day. The other quirk is that if I am talking on one line and a scammer calls on the other line, it doesn't seem to block the second call. It only happened once, so I'm not even 100% sure that it was a caller on my blocked list. Again, if that is the case, I'll do what I do with all numbers I don't recognize: don't answer and then check out the number on www.800notes.com later. If it's a reported scam caller (or political caller), I can block them manually.Things I really like about this call blocker:- I can block 1000 numbers (not including the 200 pre-loaded into the device)- I can manually block a number during a call by pressing #2 and hanging up. Sometimes I even tell the caller I'm blocking them, which I enjoy. I would like it even more if there was a sound effect, like a toilet flushing! CPR: think about adding this for your next version!- If I don't want to bother answering a call from a questionable number, I can let it ring through and block it later from the handset by pressing **7# and adding the number.- the ability to do things from the handset is key for me, as my single phone jack is no where near the living room where we answer the phone most often.- I can check the device to see how many calls have been blocked from each number to date. In my case, the forerunner (by a WIDE margin) is the "Microsoft Windows Virus" scam callers who have been blocked 9 times so far. Persistent little buggers, aren't they?- I do not hear any ring at all when the blocked numbers call. The CPR blocker heads them off at the pass. For the first time in months, the only calls that come through are actual friends and business calls.If this device works with your phone system and set up, buy it. It was going to cost me $60 a year to block up to 30 numbers on my phone service. For just a little more, I pay once and can block 1000 calls. Thank you, CPR.

The V100K I thought was too good to be true.The fact that it commands a price three times higher then others. I was really reluctant to buy it.I work from home and for years and recently months just bombarded by calls all day and even nights and weekends.Facts your phone company wont help. None I ever have had does. I also record videos and who loves hearing the phone ring why recording.LOOK: I tried all the ideas, don't answer, turn off answering machine, tell them not to call you. Even tried a recording that made it sound like my phone was disconnected nothing worked.So I have a fiber optic phone line, with a modem and thought this wont work.Plug it in, simple easy direction. Next day no calls, 4 days nothing. One on the 5th day and I blocked it.But it comes preprogrammed and also filters for international calls and suspicious ones.My phone has a base unit and I plugged it in and tested calling to make sure it didn't just block everything.But it works well. The reviews by others can be confusing, I think it has allot to do with how your phone company is setup on whether this works for you. I have a very picky phone system and it worked on mine.My opinion, do not call lists you register are useless. They give the list to legit company on who they can not call.However illegal scammers do not care, and by registering you now are part of a list that knows you are a live person and then use these lists for what they are not intended.This unit is small and no issues at allPROS:Easy simple setupNo BatteriesComes phone cords that are color coded.Directions are simple and easyLarge screen I can read with out glasses.Seniors will love it huge block button.Cons:The unit is preprogrammed with 100,000 filter numbers.There is no way to see these numbers or edit them.There is no information on if it updates firmware.( however you can manually add by the button)Final thoughts:Buy it, yes it is more then many others. But it works.Nothing is perfect, but so far I am very happy with the system.I wish there was more ways to edit blocking features.But it is built for simplicity, and that it does well.I am a huge tech junky and was really not thinking it would work.It did for me right outta the box.Remember phone systems vary and nothing can work on everything.I do hope it works for you and gives you some peace like it did me.