Graco Baby iMonitor Multi Child Multi Room Baby Monitor

by Graco

Product Features

• Monitor 2 children or 2 rooms at the same time
• Two color sound lights let you see which child you are listening to as it switches between rooms
• Adjust volume and length of time to listen for each room
• Includes 2 child units and 2 parent units
• Three AAA batteries are required

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 3 x 12 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 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: B000FUTW86
• UPC: 047406095926 047406078523
• Item model number: 2794DIG2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,337 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

For moms with more than one child, the imonitor is like having an extra set of eyes and an added piece of mind. It comes with two child units and two parent units, making it possible to monitor the safety of two children located in two separate rooms. Dual color sound lights on the parent units allow for easy distinction between the sounds of both children during naptime, playtime and every time in between. Using the compact parent unit, moms can readily adjust the volume level and length of time for which they listen in on each room. With an extended range up to 2,000 feet and a convenient belt clip accessory, mom can run about her daily activities without losing audio on either child. Digital power gives the unit extended range for up to 2,000 feet. The monitor includes two rechargeable batteries and can also use 3 AAA batteries in each child unit for battery backup in case the power goes out in the middle of the night. The docking stations ensure that the units are always ready for use.

Product Description

Until you grow eyes in the back of your head, the innovative Multi-Child Digital Baby Monitor is the best way to help keep tabs on 2 kids or 2 rooms at once. Designed with dual color sound lights, you can "see" which child you're hearing as this multi-tasking monitor switches between rooms-?you can even adjust the volume and listen time. Or, keep 1 child unit in the bedroom and another near your playard for convenient, around-the-house surveillance.

100% digital technology gives you crystal clear clarity, an extended range of up 2000 ft. and complete privacy, so you can stay on top of multiple children's needs from anywhere in your home without interference or worries. The Multi-Child Digital Baby Monitor turns you into the all-knowing superhero your children already think you are.

Features:

• Monitor 2 children OR 2 rooms at the same time with only 1 parent unit
• Dual Color sound lights let you "see" which child you are listening to as it switches between rooms
• Adjust the volume level and length of time you want to listen to each room
• 100% digital technology guarantees no interference from home wireless networks, microwave ovens or cordless 2.4GHz or 5.8 GHz phones
• Hear even the tiniest whimper with crystal clear clarity
• Complete privacy so you can't hear your neighbors and they can't hear you
• Extended Range up to 2000 ft. to hear your baby all around your home
• Compact parent unit with belt clip lets you monitor Baby while moving throughout your home
• Rechargeable batteries & docking station make it easy and inexpensive to recharge parent unit
• Includes 2 parent units, 2 nursery units and 4 a/c adaptors
• Out-of-range alarm on parent unit alerts you when you're too far to monitor your baby
• Low battery and charging indicator lights alert you when it's time to recharge
• Child unit battery back-up for peace of

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I thought all baby monitors were supposed to be terrible, until this one..., December 29, 2007

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B. Wong (Morton Grove, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Graco Baby iMonitor Multi Child Multi Room Baby Monitor (Baby Product)

We had been using the highly-rated Sony 900MHz monitor for a couple of years and it gave us all sorts of trouble from the start. It wouldn't go 20 feet without losing signal and heaven help you if you were to walk in front of the child unit...

I originally was interested the iMonitor because of the automatic digital signal switching. What a difference it makes in our multi-level house. Now we can still hear the upstairs nursery from the basement! If it loses signal, it'll switch channels on its own to attempt a reconnection. The multi-child feature allows sort of a room alternating monitoring (where it checks one room for a user-defined length of time, and then switches to the next room for another independent user-defined length of time, and then back and forth). That feature works rather nicely. The sound quality is good and the child unit has a good level of sensitivity even when the baby isn't directly in front of the unit. Similarly, it has independent lights for each of the 2 rooms.

A couple of small quibbles that prevent a five-star rating:
The battery life is pretty poor. Even after following the initial charging directions, it couldn't be outside the cradle for three or four hours before giving up. It seems like a design decision rather than a flaw though - the parent units are extremely lightweight. Still, it comes with two charging bases so unless you're on the move temporarily, it has enough bases to leave one upstairs and one downstairs permanently.

Also, sometimes the unit doesn't recover from signal switching on its own. Basically, I just turn the unit off and turn it back on and it's back to normal. Not huge a deal.

Finally, the out-of-range alarm or low battery alarm is kind of faint. That's a double-edge sword. Granted, it doesn't ring so loudly as to wake the baby, but a heavy sleeper might sleep right through it (we're not heavy sleepers so it doesn't bother us too bad).

Overall, quality unit. I can say it restored my confidence in this baby monitor gear altogether.

38 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good idea; poor execution; does not monitor rooms simultaneously, January 3, 2008

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Donald H. Nelson "Don Nelson" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Graco Baby iMonitor Multi Child Multi Room Baby Monitor (Baby Product)

After hauling two separate monitors around the house for years, the prospect of one receiver for two rooms seemed like a great idea.

Unfortunately, Graco took this great idea and botched the execution. This monitor does *not* monitor two rooms at once; rather, it switches between rooms at preset intervals (from 10 seconds to 2 minutes). This is not immediately clear if you read the box, which states, "...monitor both children at the same time!", but then adds in another place "...adjust length of time per room." What this means in practice is that there is at least a 10-second blackout in each room. If my toddler is calling "Daddy!" during that 10 seconds, I will not hear her.

For the $130 asking price, Graco should have installed dual-tuners in the receiver units so that they could fulfill the promise of monitoring "...both children at the same time". Even if this was cost prohibitive, the receivers could quickly scan each channel and stop automatically on the one with activity as police scanners have done for decades. The solution Graco came up with is inelegant with blackout periods of up to 2 minutes.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Has a few quirks but overall I'm incredibly satisfied, April 10, 2008

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RRH "Ryan" (Charleston area, SC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graco Baby iMonitor Multi Child Multi Room Baby Monitor (Baby Product)

Fantastic product...I couldn't be happier. We splurged for this dual monitor after a nightmarish experience with another, cheaper (in every aspect) product.

Pros:
+ Great range. I have it set up in bedrooms on opposite sides of a 2300sqft house and it monitors fine. I can even take a monitor into my backyard without losing signal.
+ Monitors are portable! They come with internal rechargeable batteries, which last at least 3 hours before they need a charge. When the battery is low it warns with a chime. Child units can also run on (non-supplied) batteries so the system will function even with a power loss.
+ There are 11 volume settings (including mute), which is enough to fine-tune your volume comfort level.
+ The LED lights are bright but they don't blink persistently. They're no brighter than an average alarm clock when everything's quiet. They're also color-coded so you instantly know who's making noise.
+ The monitors beep when you make adjustments, but it's a quiet beep that won't wake up your sleeping spouse.
+ Buttons are easy to find and manipulate even in the middle of the night. Unlike a prior reviewer I found the buttons and their combinations to be intuitive and easy to learn (and I'm not an engineer).
+ Something like 30 digital channels to ensure your neighbor's monitor won't interfere.
+ Monitoring intervals are adjustable - for example we can set it to monitor our older child's room for just 20 seconds at a time while devoting a longer 2 minutes to the baby. This might be one of the most attractive features for me.
+ Receivers are sensitive enough to hear any baby cries, but unless you have the volume up pretty loud you won't hear breathing or any other background white noise (humidifier, fan, etc).

Cons (there aren't many):
+ If you accidentally turn off the child unit you must turn the receiver off and back on before it will pick up the signal again.
+ Whenever we have a power loss or a thunderstorm, one (not both, just one...?) of the child units tends to get finicky with its signal and we have to try different channels.
+ Child unit's power and channel buttons are too close together and too hard to distinguish in the dark.
+ Okay, yeah, it's pricy. But well worth it in my opinion.

I was not put off by the cycling between units versus simultaneous monitoring. If you think a 10 or 20 second "blackout" is too long, this unit is not for you; but I have never found it to be a problem. I'd highly recommend this unit to anyone--it's well worth the cost.