KMFT-793 Krown Visual Flasher

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out of 5, based on 9 reviews

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Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  During incoming calls on a landline phone, this thing flashes in bright, cool white light. It makes no sound itself, but works whether the phone’s audible ringer is on or off. It makes fast pulses in time with the phone’s own ringing, not the slow on/off flashes I was expecting (see the attached video review – I had the ringer off in that video clip).How bright is it?It’s actually brighter than it looks in my video clip. Not nearly as bright as a camera flash, but it’s almost uncomfortably bright to look directly in to. If you’re looking towards it when someone calls, you can’t miss it. If you’re looking away from it, you’ll be notified by the light pulses reflecting off the walls. However during daytime, during a bright day, its brightness might barely be noticeable if you’re facing away from it.The package says “newly improved 180-degree dome cover and 10Cd (candela) ultra bright LED”. Wide dispersion angle is a nice idea, but it’s simply not always bright enough during daylight hours. My experience only, yours may differ, it might be perfectly adequate for some. It’s a nice idea to try aiming the light in different directions (and maybe locate it higher up) to see which orientation gives maximum visibility.BTW, the description says it requires at least 75V to operate properly. It’s not clear if this means line voltage or ringing voltage, which is higher. My phone line is about 50V when not ringing.It’s very basic – no buttons or switches, no on/off, you just plug it in, inline with the phone. Overly expensive for such a simple device. Greater brightness or self-adjusting brightness (brighter during the day) would be an improvement. Being able to flash in other colors would be better still (more attention-getting). Still, it’s a useful aid for any landline phone if you want to ‘see’ the phone ring.

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Purchased this for an elderly lady who doesn’t always hear the phone ringing. She has ear phones to listen to the TV thus when the phone rings it doesn’t get her attention. With the Krown flasher unit sitting next to her while she is watching TV she now does not miss any phone calls. Next we are going to get her a flashing doorbell.

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This one seems to be better than the one I had before it…the light is much brighter and flashes accurately. It remains to be seen (no pun intended) how long it will last…the previous one (Connected Essentials) didn’t work at all and the replacement lasted 2 days…wasted money, that…..I’ll add to this later on depending on it’s life span.Still going strong..this looks like a winner….only wierd thing is it flashes once when I use the remote to turn on the TV… ???

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For an elder’s bedroom, this device alerts when the phone rings. She’s wearing TV headphones, or the volume is turned up, so that she can’t hear the phone. This flasher is the answer. Easy to install and works perfectly as expected. A BIG thumbs up.

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Really works well for my Mom that can’t hear without her hearing aids in, so for nighttime it’s wonderful, if she’s asleep I won’t wake her, but if she’s just reading she’ll know the phone is ringing…and it works perfect.

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nice great. I bought this one because it didn’t have volume. Just wanted the flashing light.

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Hooked it up to a Panasonic NS700 SLT Port for night club/restaurant for incoming calls and to let servers know when food is ready for pick up at window………..visual strobe light a must have in a noisy enviroment

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A lot of the time I’m wearing headphones and can’t hear the phone ring, this solves that. Happy with brightness of light and installation was easy, plug it in.

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My 92 year old Mother in Law is very hearing impaired. She couldn’t hear her TV which is located at the opposite end of the family room, so we got her blue tooth head phones. She was so happy with the modern technology but we had a new problem, she didn’t hear the phone ringing. When she doesn’t answer the phone we get worried and go check on her. That can occur several times a day. After a little research I found the Known Phone Flasher. It has been a life saver. It is so easy to set up. Needs a phone jack and a electrical outlet which for us was located at the TV. We set it up and placed the flasher in front of the TV and when the phone rings this extremely bright white flashing light happens. She sees it and knows the phone is ringing. This has been the best purchase I have made in a very long time.