Handsets in this category are built for places a consumer phone would not survive: armored-cord handsets for intercoms and emergency call boxes, rugged cordless handsets for warehouse and industrial phone systems, and replacement handsets for lobby and door-entry stations. Where a handset lives outdoors, in a public lobby, or on a factory floor, it needs to be the reinforced kind.
Match the handset to the base system it serves - intercom and emergency-phone handsets are typically model-specific replacement parts, while industrial cordless handsets pair with a particular base station and frequency. For public and outdoor installations, prioritize armored cord and vandal-resistant construction over cosmetics. Keep a spare handset on hand for any station the public touches daily; it is the part that wears first. COLAMCO supplies handsets and telephony parts for the intercom, emergency, and industrial phone systems business, government, and education facilities run.