Graco Digital imonitor Mini Baby Monitor in White

by Graco

Product Features

• 100% digital technology
• Complete privacy and 2000' extended range
• Exclusive adjustable vibration sensitivity
• Three wearing options, neck, arm or belt
• Auto adjust light and sound when entering dark room

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 2 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0019FAMMG
• UPC: 047406089130
• Item model number: 2M13
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,938 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

All Digital mini Imonitor from Graco is a parent's dream for monitoring every whisper from your baby. The crystal clear clarity and complete privacy lets you have 2000' of extended range from your baby. With adjustable vibration sensitivity and three options for wearing the monitor, freedom and comfort are your way to stay active yet connected to your baby's world. You can wear the monitor on your arm, belt or even around your neck. The monitor auto adjusts for both sound and light when entering a dark room. A convenient parent unit charging stands recharges the batteries as well as offers additional speakers and a charging light. The parent unit also includes a finder feature and out of range alarm to assist the busiest of parents. The nursery unit includes a battery backup and low battery alert. Both units are energy star rated.

Product Description

Want a portable, wearable baby monitor? Want to be active while your baby naps and still know when your baby needs you? Graco's iMonitor Mini is for you. Our exclusive Vibration Call lets you adjust vibration, sound or both, so you feel and hear when your baby needs you. And iMonitor's encrypted digital technology ensures sound clarity and complete privacy. Extended range of up 2000 ft means you can move through your home and yard confident you'll hear your baby's call.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars perfect monitor for our needs, February 8, 2009

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Allen Soong "monkeyking" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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After confronting the bewildering array of monitors at a couple of major retail chains, we settled on this model because of the small size of the receiver and the digital technology. We ignored video because a friend had a video model that just seemed too grainy to be of any use, and the signal was really delicate. (Besides, if baby's crying, doesn't matter what you see on the screen, you're walking over there anyway.) We also didn't feel we needed two receiver units since my wife is the only one at home during the day and we take turns with the night feedings anyway. We definitely feel we made the right choice. The teeny receiver is so convenient and we've had no problems with the signal, which we were a little worried about before we bought it, but that's more because of our past experience with various cordless phones and wi-fi routers -- it's always a crap-shoot. We've found that poor reception can be just as much due to the construction of your house, where you place the base station, and the number of other wireless signals in the air as it is the fault of the unit itself. We were relieved to discover that this monitor works perfectly in our circa 2005, 2500 sq ft, two-story house and coexists peacefully with our four-handset 5.8 ghz cordless phone and 2.4 ghz 802.11n wi-fi network (the bases for which are in the same room as the Graco, BTW). We were also surprised at how sensitive the microphone is; it really does pick up every little whimper. The only issue we have is that we had to crank the volume all the way up on the receiver. The charging cradle itself also has a speaker which gives you a volume boost as well, which is helpful and a nice touch. Battery life seems pretty good, and because it's replaceable I'm not worried about burning it out by leaving it in the charging cradle all the time -- I'll just go get another one at Radio Shack if I have to. All in all, we're very satisfied and we definitely recommend it. If the receiver were louder (insert "but it goes to 11" reference here) we'd give it the full five stars.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good monitor for active parents, January 7, 2010

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Christopher Kennel "remodel carpenter" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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I've been using this monitor for 16 months now, and so far there is no other monitor that I think would fit my active lifestyle as well. My review boils down to this: if you're active, you might want to consider this monitor.

I'm a stay a home dad, avid gardener, and carpenter. When my baby takes his mid-morning to afternoon nap it's time for me to garden, landscape, exercise or remodel the house.

I need a baby monitor with only 4 features:
1) a real life range of about 250 feet (that's the length of our lot)
2) alerts that work even if I'm mowing or using power tools
3) is small enough not to get in the way
4) has a rechargeable battery that lasts at least 6 hours

Other gimmicks aren't important to me although I do use the monitor base station as our nursery's night light.

This monitor is probably the smallest on the market, and I usually wear it around my neck on the included lanyard. There are no antennas or bulk to get in the way. If I don't want it jostling about, I wear it under my shirt. This also makes it easier to feel the vibrate function during the winter months when I'm bundled up.

The vibrate function allows me to feel the alert if I'm wearing earplugs while operating loud machinery (even a jackhammer).

When I exercise indoors, I don't like wearing the monitor so I place it beside me where I can see its alert lights.

We live in a brick house, and the range is adequate for us, meaning that it starts to break up at around 250 feet. It works when I'm on the roof, in the basement, or the back of the back yard. The only place it didn't work well was when I was digging a 5 foot deep trench for a waterline. I had to keep it above ground level.

The internal lithium ion battery works for about 8 hours per charge, but this probably varies depending on how loud the volume is set. When the battery wears out (hasn't happened yet), it can be replaced which is nice.

Another nice thing is that it has pretty good circuitry to prevent feedback if you take the parent unit into the same room as the base station.

My only criticism was that our first parent unit started having too much static after about 4 months. I called Graco, and they provided excellent customer service by sending me a new one. I suspect that either there was a quality control problem or that the parent unit wasn't designed for one of the following: getting knocked around or sucked on by our baby, getting swung around by the lanyard, or being exposed to humidity when I gardened in the rain or showered (I used to hang it on a hook in the shower, now I leave it by the bathroom sink).

The only improvements for this monitor would be to make it more durable (perhaps waterproof or resistant) and make the base station turn back on in the event the power goes out (or someone accidentally flips the wrong breaker when working on the house's electrical system).

If you only want or need a basic monitor that works and doesn't get in the way, then this might be a good choice.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Baby Monitor, July 17, 2009

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Stephen D. Kirkish "stephenkirkish" (Healdsburg, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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We have used this monitor now for about 3 months, and it really is quite perfect! There are two main parts: The pod that sits in Baby's room - no batteries needed, comes with a power supply plug - and the monitor itself. The monitor is amazingly small - about the size of 1/3 deck of cards or 1-1/2 D-Cell batteries - and comes with a belt clip and lanyard (can use only one at a time.) It also has an arm strap that is best if you like that method. The monitor battery is rechargeable in the compact docking station (very easy to use!) and battery lasts about 5-6 hours.

Sound quality? Excellent. Very low noise, and no interference like you find on the 49 MHz, walkie-talkie style monitors. The transmitter pod is very sensitive, and we can hear the ocean-wave noise maker in her crib over the monitor speaker (helps us go to sleep :-). We find the volume levels to be just fine, although we don't have a particularly noisy household. Nevertheless, when she whimpers, cries or even just coos, we can hear it over the monitor.

I'd highly recommend this monitor if convenience and sound quality are important. Note - it does only come with one monitor, but we find we don't have a need for two.