Customer Reviews

Astak 2.4 GHz Pan & Tilt Baby Camera with 2.5" LCD Color Handheld Monitor with Night Vision

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

Excellent product and the tilt and pan is so important when your baby moves in her sleep. you dont need to keep running back to the room to fix the camera. however on channel 1 there was a lot of interference with our wifi so we switched the frequency to channel three. there's still a little interference because we have concrete walls and sit two rooms away but overall this is an excellent product. It allows you to place rechargeable batteries but does not charge the batteries when plugged in. you'll have to purchase a charger seperately.

This monitor works well and helps me keep an eye on our 2 year old twins. That is, as long as you use the included AC adapter. It uses 4 AAA batteries when unplugged, and really eats them up in a short time. Also, I returned the first unit I received, because when unplugged, if you left it on for more than a couple of minutes, the back would get very hot. I found that it was the batteries that were getting hot and radiating through the back plate. Then, the screen would suddenly go crazy and it would emit a loud buzzing sound. Now I use the 2nd unit I recieved only when I want to do a quick check of their room. So basically, I have to have a standard sound-based monitor, and if I hear something, I can turn this one on and see what is going on.

I like this camera and use it to watch my baby (dog) at night. It's a good deal, and I would recommend it with these two warnings:

If you want to use it for monitoring sound also, you may find the feedback/interference annoying. It emits buzzing and popping sounds that make it hard for me to sleep, so I have to keep the volume all the way down. If I were using it during waking hours, such as doing chores or other stuff around the house I don't think it would bother me. (I do have a lot of wireless traffic in my home - a wifi router (old netgear), cordless phones (newer Dect6), and a windows mobile phone that synchronizes every 10 minutes.)

The range is also not that great. Its limit seems to be about 20 or 30 feet before the pan/tilt begins to get unresponsive and the static starts to get very significant. This is inside the house, so passing through walls and floor.

I am very disappointed in this camera! I was really excited about getting this camera bc of the ability to move it from the remote. My little boy moves all over the bed so I thought this would b a great feature! The hand unit is constantly staticy when it's plugged in, and if u try using it w/o the plug it dies almost immediately! Spend the extra $70 and get a quality camera!

Returned item after using for 30 minutes! I originally bought this item because it had all the functions I was looking for. Set-up was easy, and that is about it. The picture quality including the color was horrible. So much static and interference...I could not tolerate. Looking for a digital baby camera now.

I paid $70 in a open item on Frys, it works perfect. This is a excellent product especially for the tilt capacity, this is great. I have friends who bought expensive models and they where very impressed by the tilt capacity on this one.

The very first day I installed this camera and used the handheld monitor, it stopped working at a little after one hour while on batteries. I though it was a battery eater but I soon found out that it would do the same with the (included) power adapter.
I have two wireless access points (WiFi AP) at home. Interference was picked up on all three available channels on the monitor, even when I switched my WiFi APs to any of the 11 available channels or any combination. Besides the constant flickering of the screen (due to interference), the audio is useless for the same reasons.
It is possible I received a defective unit, but that would only explain the 1+ hr capability, but the interference I think it wouldn't.

I have had this product for a couple of years...we use the camera to view out a side window to monitor our driveway...the monitor is set up in our kitchen...we don't need sound. This has been on continuously 24/7 for the time we've had it. Works super...love the tilt and pan feature. We can see when people drive up, see when UPS delivers, etc. LOVE IT!

Impossible to keep it powered on because is too noisy, must use it with another monitor and power it on when the other monitor warns you.

From the moment I plugged this camera system in - it started working. Very clear picture both day and night! The monitor allows you to move the camera back and forth to scan a room. THIS ITEM IS GREAT! Great price too!