Customer Reviews

Fisher-Price Aquarium Monitor

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(32)

 

 

This monitor was terrible! Even with the volume turned all the way up both on the child receiver and the parent receiver, I still couldn't hear my son. Sometimes I would hear him crying from the other room but couldn't hear him on the monitor! Useless! I liked the light show so we bought the FisherPrice Flutter Bye Crib Attachment, which has a light show, and then traded this monitor in for the Fisher Price 900mhz monitor which has crystal clear reception.

I love this monitor!! When my little guy cries, the light show starts automatically, calming him down before I even get there. I had the old Sounds and Lights monitor for my oldest, and we loved the fish light show for the second. I have bought this monitor for every shower I have attended, and all my girlfriends love it, too.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT TO BE USED AS A BABY MONITOR. I HAVE TRIED TWO OUT AND THEY ARE BOTH WORTHLESS. YOU CAN NOT HEAR YOUR BABY THROUGH IT, WHICH DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.I GAVE IT ONE STAR FOR THE COLORFUL LIGHT SHOW THAT IS CUTE. BUT AS A MONITOR FORGET IT. FISHER PRICE WILL NEED TO REMAKE THIS IN ORDER FOR CUSTOMERS TO WANT IT. THE LIGHTS AND SOUNDS MONITOR IS LESS EXPENSIVE AND OF MUCH BETTER QUALITY.

I loved this monitor when we first received it for our daughter (now 2yrs old). We actually had the older model first, after about a year the light bulb burnt out - which I thought was pretty reasonable. Since then we have had nothing but problems. I replaced the light bulb and it immediately burnt out, again and again, they kept shorting out. I finally took it back to the store and replaced it with a new one (this model). Thank goodness for babies R us 's good return policy... since then I have returned this monitor about 4 times, each because the light bulb had burned out and everytime I replaced the bulb it would only last a day or two if that long. I have since thought maybe I was using the wrong bulb and now I can't even find a PR 12 light bulb or equivalent. It was quite disappointing, my daughter loved it and had a hard time falling asleep with out the light show, it took her a long time to get along with out it. I give it 4 stars for cuteness and effectiveness, but if you really want the light show to work, better buy something else!

Absolutely can not hear my baby. My husband even yelled into it from another room and I could not hear him on the monitor. The automatic feature really does not work. The light show is good, but only stays on for a few minutes (then will not turn back on to crying because the automatic feature, as I mentioned does not work). DON'T BUY THIS!

Great concept but really bad design/engineering. Sensitivity wasn't great (baby has to really scream to get it to turn on by itself) and I agree with everyone else that the sound quality sucked - would often hear him crying through the door when the monitor wouldn't pick up a peep (even with sensitivity turned way up). But that was acceptable with the first one we because of the light show and music. My son absolutely loooves the light show on the ceiling! But then that quit working after 5 months. Changed the bulb, took it apart - projector just would not turn on any more. So we exchanged it for a replacement (no problem at Babys R Us) which the light show again just suddenly quit working. This time only after 1 month. I think we'll take it back and get a monitor only and some other light/music thing for the crib.

Also - the turning on of the music & projector was a pain - have to constantly flip each off/on; off/on - probably what causes it to quit working. The switch wears out.

Our son loves the lights and music, but the monitor is not a good product. It has static feedback on both channels at any volume level and the noise activation system does not work unless you stand over it and shout.

The main reason we liked this monitor was for the light show. This light stopped working when my daughter was 5 weeks old! And there is tons of static and buzzing. Definitely not worth the money!

My husband and I bought this monitor because it was the cutest one, and matched our aquarium set that we bought. We really liked the projection and light show. We figured a monitor was a monitor and it didn't matter what type. We were wrong. We tested it out and it was fine in the baby's bedroom, no noise and it picked up the baby's noise. However on our end, it was a constant buzz that never went away. So when we were sleeping it was very irritating to have a constant buzzing in your bedroom all night long. I would not purchase this monitor again.

This monitor is horrible and should be recalled. You can not hear your baby crying and the light show does not come on with moderate noise.