Crisp & Clear Plus Rechargeable 900MHz Monitor

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• ASIN: B000056OWN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,979 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

This highly sensitive nursery monitor delivers on its promise of crisp and clear sound. While most monitors operate at a frequency of 46 to 49 MHz, the Crisp & Clear Plus works at 900 MHz--the bandwidth of radio frequency signals. As a result of this higher frequency, the monitor enjoys superior sound quality that is sharper and less brittle-sounding than most lower-frequency monitors, as well as an impressive range of up to 400 feet. Unfortunately, the higher frequency does not completely eliminate static, extraneous noises, and occasional blasts of feedback. The complete system includes wallet-size nursery and parent's units, two standard AC adapters, and a set of rechargeable AA batteries (battery charger not included). Along with low-battery and out-of-range indicators, the parent's unit has a handy light bar on the top that allows you to monitor the noise level in your baby's room when you are vacuuming, running the dishwasher, or otherwise unable to hear the sound of the monitor. --Chris Burns

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great quality monitor at a good price, May 28, 2001

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Jeffrey Dixon (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crisp & Clear Plus Rechargeable 900MHz Monitor (Baby Product)

I have never owned any baby monitor other than this one, so I don't have a real basis of comparison. However, I do know that this monitor works well. It's very compact and travels easily. I also am pleasantly surprised at how sensitive it is. The monitor seems to pickup even the smallest peep from my stirring baby. The receiver has a decent range. I sometimes unplug it from the outlet and use the unit's batteries to garden outside or roam about the house while the little one sleeps inside. Finally, because the product operates on 900 MHz, I have never ever had any interference from another monitor or other electric appliance (Evidently other monitors sometimes experience this).

The only complaint I have is that the receiver occasionally lets out a little static (as mentioned in the Amazon review). This happens infrequently enough that I don't consider it a huge issue, however.

There are other monitors out there: video, two-way, etc., but for a solid 'traditional' monitor, this one works great.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crisp & Clear Picks Up Minute Sounds, September 23, 2001

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"bigfry" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crisp & Clear Plus Rechargeable 900MHz Monitor (Baby Product)

I registered for this monitor because of a positive report written up in a baby products' book. The first few nights I used it, I nearly jumped out of my skin when my child cried, because it picked up his sounds and movement so well just on the 4 (out of 10) setting. Since then, I keep it on setting one and can hear wonderfully. It's great to be able to hear him breathing.

The only problem I've run into is when I have my cordless phone in use next to the carrier unit. It causes static to come from the unit.

All in all, it's a wonderful monitor.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Short range, poor sound, diminishing quality during night, July 5, 2001

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Chuckela "chuckela" (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crisp & Clear Plus Rechargeable 900MHz Monitor (Baby Product)

We tried this monitor because it was ranked highest by the Baby Bargains people and we had otherise agreed with them on many items. But this one was terrible. Our house is compact, but even in the next room (10-15 feet), it would go out of range and get such severe static that the baby was inaudible. Then it developed this bizarre habit of period static that got longer and more frequent as time went on, until it was nearly driving us mad. We thought it was just our house or was because we have cordless phones and live close to our neighbors. But then we tried the Fisher Price Sound N Lights monitor and our problems were 100% solved - plus, it's cheaper. I would not recommend this First Years monitor - or their other electronic products - to other parents (we also have their crib white noise machine and it gobbles batteries like no tomorrow).