Customer Reviews

Safety 1st Crystal Clear Baby Monitor, White

5 star:		(112)
4 star:		(46)
3 star:		(20)
2 star:		(34)
1 star:		(61)

 

 

We got this as a gift at our baby shower two years ago. I am very glad we did. This is almost a MUST have for babies.

The range is fantastic. I can be outside watching my two year old while my baby sleeps. I know that I will be able to hear her. Not only is the range great but it also picks up the smallest sounds, I hear my baby rolling over in her crib when this is on. As an added bonus, I have not found this to be a battery eater.

In my opinion having a moniter is not the most important thing to have if you are having a baby. However, it is one of the more useful things if you want to have some measure of freedom while the baby is napping or if your child sleeps clear across the house from where you sleep.

I received a much more expensive model of baby monitor for a shower gift. I read the reviews online and saw lots of people complaining about static but at first mine wasn't static-y. For some reason, though, after about two weeks, the first monitor became very very static-y. I could barely hear my twin babies cry, let alone any of their softer noises. So I ordered this cheaper monitor after reading a number of reviews that said it was clear. I am impressed, not only with how clear it is, but with the sound quality overall and the much less expensive price. Not only that, but the old static burdened monitor did not have an indicator light to warn me when the battery was going low-- and in the middle of the night, my old monitor's battery died, shutting off the monitor. The "crysal clear" one has an indicator, so it warns when you're getting close.

Buy this one. Sometimes, more expensive isn't better.

This monitor is great. It picks up all sounds in the room no matter where the monitor is. We bought some others later because they either were supposed to work at longer range, or scramble signal for privacy. They were more than twice as expensive and not even half as good. We returned them both. Try this monitor, you'll like it and the price. In fact, I just had baby #2 so we bought another one for the convenience.

My wife and I received two monitors from our baby shower, this one and a much more expensive one. After testing each one we found that this one easily out-performed the other hands down. The range was incredible, I got tired of walking before I lost the signal. I would recommend this monitor to anyone especially at the price.

I have had this monitor for 2 years and still use it for my son at night. It has performed wonderfully, but I thought I should illustrate to other users the range that this monitor has, and the one quirk I've noticed with it:

If the receiver is on, but the monitor in the baby's room is off, it can pick up other frequencies. We have heard one of our neighbors' baby crying over our monitor when our son wasn't home! I'm not sure if she has the same monitor and is using the same frequency, or what; but be warned that the range on this thing is amazing! (Just be careful to turn your monitor/receiver off if you don't want neighbors to eavesdrop!)

I purchased this monitor to replace a more expensive one that we lost in a house fire. I am very impressed with it considering the price. It is quiet and I can hear more in this one than I could the more expensive one. I have it sitting up on a high dresser, my daughters bed is at least 10 foot away if not more and I can actually hear her breathing loud and clear.

We got this monitor for free so I did not expect much from it. However, the first time we used it, I was amazed by how well it worked! We could hear everything that was going on in the baby's room--even the words to the songs playing on the radio that was playing softly in the far corner of the room. The volume is adjustable, so it is perfect during the night when you do not want to be awoken to the sounds of a screaming baby. Both the transmitter and receiver are compact enough to place anywhere in the house and to pack when traveling--you can even wear the receiver. Another plus is that you have a choice of plugging them into an outlet or using batteries. It's a great monitor especially for the price!

We've been through three of these. Two were total junk out of the box. One worked very well.

The first one we got didn't work at all. It was totally useless. The static was so loud we could barely make out noises from the babies room. But, we sent it back and exchanged it for a new one. The new worked great. So, we ordered another one for the other kid's room. This 3rd one was total junk. So, 2 out of 3 were junk. But, the one that did work, we really like. For me, this explains the mixed reviews on this product. Poor quality control.

As far as the one that did work, here are some more details about why I liked it.
We've tried a few monitors. This one had the least static. For us, static is the most important issue. We hate it. We use the baby monitors primarily at night, so that we can hear if the kids wake up in the middle of the night. If the monitors have a lot of static it keeps US from getting to sleep.

The next most important issue is unnecessary beeping. Some of the other monitors we've used periodically loose the signal from the baby's room, and then automatically reconnects after a few seconds. Each time they loose the signal they beep loudly to let us know. This always wakes us up. This can happen a dozen or more times each night. No good. THIS monitor does NOT beep when it looses the signal, or maybe it just never looses the signal... either way we're sleeping much better now.

We got this monitor free with a stroller purchase. Since we'd also received an expensive 900 Mhz monitor as a gift, we threw this one in the drawer, figuring we'd only use it at Grandma's or as a backup. Our expensive monitor was trash. After fighting with it for months, I pulled this one out of the drawer. It works perfectly! The sound is clear (I can even hear my son breathing as he sleeps), the range is good, and the batteries last well. I wish we'd just stuck with this one in the first place! The only thing I miss are the lights on my expensive monitor, which allowed me to turn the sound down but still see if my child was making any noise. Other than that, I love this monitor!

The reception is clear, both units can be operated on batteries or plugged in. They are very portable, especially with parent unit having the belt clip. If you turn the sound all the way up you can hear your baby breathing. To hear EVERYTHING that goes on in the room you can keep the sound at the regular level.
I sometimes "walk" the baby by putting him on the balkony in his stroller and setting the baby's unit in it, so I do not have to keep the window/balkony door open.
Other features I'd look for in a monitor (that's where my rating lost a star) would be cool looks and charge base, but then again, in this one you can simply change a battery, whereas in a rechargeable unit you'd have to place it in base and loose portability for a while. Why not simply use rechargeable batteries? :)
Overall it's a very good monitor and I am satisfied with it.