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Color: Sliver/White
Technical Details
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 13 x 12 x 4 inches |
| UPC | 012914280348 |
| Item model number | 28034 |
| Batteries: | 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included) |
| Target gender | Unisex |
| Minimum weight recommendation | 16 Ounces |
| Maximum weight recommendation | 96 Pounds |
| Batteries required | Yes |
| Battery life | 10 hours |
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| ASIN | B004UAD0RQ |
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| Shipping Weight | 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) |
| Shipping | This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S. |
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Color: Sliver/White
From the Manufacturer
The Summer Infant Best View Handheld Color Video Monitor allows you to remotely pan, scan, and zoom the camera for monitoring babies even when they move around in the crib. Featuring 100 percent digital technology for a secure, clear connection, the 2-1/2-inch color LCD video monitor offers a 400-foot range and the ability to work with up to four cameras. Parents will appreciate the handy belt clip, sound activated lights, and nighttime infrared LED for dark rooms.
Camera can be remotely controlled for complete monitoring. View larger.
Digital Image with Remote Camera Movement
The Summer Infant Best View Handheld Color Video Monitor allows you to remotely zoom in or move the camera angle for complete monitoring of your baby. Featuring a 2-1/2-inch color LCD screen, the monitor displays a clear, crisp image. Automatic infrared night vision provides a quality black-and-white picture in dark rooms.
Auto Scan of Multiple Rooms
The Best View Handheld Color Video Monitor can be used with up to three additional cameras (sold separately) to monitor multiple areas of your house. An auto-scan feature will display images from each camera in eight-second intervals. The camera can be placed on a tabletop or securely mounted to the wall with anchors and security clips (included).
Compact Design with 400-Foot Range for Portability
The monitor's compact design is ideal for carrying around throughout the house. The color video monitor features a range of up to 400 feet with 100 percent digital transmission for security. Plus, it operates on either a rechargeable battery (included) with a 10-hour battery life or an AC adapter.
Convenient Features for Parents
The portable monitor features a handy belt clip and a built-in flip stand for placement on flat surfaces. It also displays battery life and signal indicators along with LED lights for monitoring a baby's sounds without turning on the volume. At night, the one-touch video on/off feature offers convenience and saves on battery life. You can also view the image on your television by connecting the monitor to an A/V cable (not included).
About Summer Infant: Products for the Best Time of Your Life
Summer Infant believes that having babies and raising kids should be the best time of your life. All Summer Infant products are held to high standards in quality, safety, and reliability. Every Summer Infant product, from the baby monitor, to the crib, to the bathtub, and everywhere in between, has been designed, developed, crafted, and created with integrity, ingenuity, and safety in mind. Summer Infant has won countless awards in many categories, including monitors, gates, bath, travel, nursery, feeding, and health & safety and continues to design safe, innovative products for parents and baby.
What's in the Box
Summer Infant Best View Handheld Color Video Monitor, camera, two AC adapters, rechargeable battery, camera wall anchor and security clips, A/V cable, and instruction manual.
Trademark Information:
Best View™
Product Description
For parents looking for the best in handheld color video monitors, Summer Infant's 'Best View' Handheld Color Video Monitor is it. It's not only 100% digital, providing a clear and secure transmission, but it looks and works great and has a 2.5" color display screen with pan, scan and zoom camera options to get the best view of baby.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
79 of 87 people found the following review helpful
By D. Demro
Color Name:Sliver/White
3l Best View Summer Infant Pan/scan Baby Monitor Redesign
The reason I gave Summer's Best View Monitor 5 stars was because I couldn't give it 10! I ordered this product for my wife after our 6-month-old son was twice found lying on his stomach, near-face-down. I cannot emphasize enough how completely satisfied we are with this product. After reading the 2 negative comments (one complained the monitor did not work when on battery power, and the other thought the picture was too grainy when used in a dark room in the middle of the night - you've got to be kidding!!!) I can assure you the quality of this $179 product is better than my $20,000 night vision goggles provided me by the National Guard. If you're expecting this to look like your 60" High Definition Flat Screen TV in your living room then yes, you're going to be disappointed. My wife and I absolutely LOVE this product and I cannot emphasize enough the peace-of-mind it has given us. I know because my brother died of SIDS, and the emotional scar it left on my mother is not something I would wish on anyone. Our son's bedroom is pitch-dark at night, and this camera makes it appear as though there is a spotlight shining on him - his face is that clear and bright (isn't technology great!!). After a few nights using the 2.5" hand-held screen, we wanted to experiment with the Audio-Video jacks provided so we plugged them into our 32" HD Flat Screen TV in our bedroom. Well... let me tell you.... this is the cat's meow!!! Now either my wife or I can simply open our eyes and immediately enjoy an absolutely incredible image of our son at rest (and can hear him over the TV as well) - it doesn't get better than this!!!!
Thank you Summer for such an outstanding product that helps parents everywhere prevent SIDS with such a high-quality monitoring system as this.
(Comments added 4/23/11)
RECORD YOUR CHILD PLAYING IN THEIR CRIB!!!
How ironic that I ended my initial review above with the words "It doesn't get better than this!!!". I can now tell you it does get better. After watching our son on our bedroom TV one morning as he was playing, my wife made the comment "It's too bad we couldn't have this recorded". I immediately went and took our DVD recorder and plugged the audio/video jacks from the monitor into the DVD recorder, and then back out to the TV, and wah-lah... we now record these precious moments for posterity. It is absolutely priceless to now record these before-unseen moments as he plays in the morning sun after waking. We have now recorded him learning to activate the carousel by himself as he struggled until he finally achieved his goal. Thanks Summer for thinking ahead to add the audio/video jacks to this great product.
The reason I gave Summer's Best View Monitor 5 stars was because I couldn't give it 10! I ordered this product for my wife after our 6-month-old son was twice found lying on his stomach, near-face-down. I cannot emphasize enough how completely satisfied we are with this product. After reading the 2 negative comments (one complained the monitor did not work when on battery power, and the other thought the picture was too grainy when used in a dark room in the middle of the night - you've got to be kidding!!!) I can assure you the quality of this $179 product is better than my $20,000 night vision goggles provided me by the National Guard. If you're expecting this to look like your 60" High Definition Flat Screen TV in your living room then yes, you're going to be disappointed. My wife and I absolutely LOVE this product and I cannot emphasize enough the peace-of-mind it has given us. I know because my brother died of SIDS, and the emotional scar it left on my mother is not something I would wish on anyone. Our son's bedroom is pitch-dark at night, and this camera makes it appear as though there is a spotlight shining on him - his face is that clear and bright (isn't technology great!!). After a few nights using the 2.5" hand-held screen, we wanted to experiment with the Audio-Video jacks provided so we plugged them into our 32" HD Flat Screen TV in our bedroom. Well... let me tell you.... this is the cat's meow!!! Now either my wife or I can simply open our eyes and immediately enjoy an absolutely incredible image of our son at rest (and can hear him over the TV as well) - it doesn't get better than this!!!!
Thank you Summer for such an outstanding product that helps parents everywhere prevent SIDS with such a high-quality monitoring system as this.
(Comments added 4/23/11)
RECORD YOUR CHILD PLAYING IN THEIR CRIB!!!
How ironic that I ended my initial review above with the words "It doesn't get better than this!!!". I can now tell you it does get better. After watching our son on our bedroom TV one morning as he was playing, my wife made the comment "It's too bad we couldn't have this recorded". I immediately went and took our DVD recorder and plugged the audio/video jacks from the monitor into the DVD recorder, and then back out to the TV, and wah-lah... we now record these precious moments for posterity. It is absolutely priceless to now record these before-unseen moments as he plays in the morning sun after waking. We have now recorded him learning to activate the carousel by himself as he struggled until he finally achieved his goal. Thanks Summer for thinking ahead to add the audio/video jacks to this great product.
71 of 79 people found the following review helpful
By Babyboojk
Color Name:Sliver/White
First of all, I've tried 3 different baby monitors with the screen. What I expected/wanted from the baby monitors are these:
1) Good quality of the screen so I can see my baby (even breathing: chest going up and down at night)
2) Easy of use (I just hate anything that is a pain to use)
3) Camera pan/zoom option (My baby moves around and I like having camera close to him, so this is a really good feature to have)
So, let me explain how those three monitors performed.
First one is Motorola Digital Video Baby Monitor with 3.5 Inch Color LCD Screen (At Amazon regular price: 229.99)
This one is the winner. It has a good picture quality, zoom in, is really easy to use. That's it. It satisfied all those three categories. Other feature I also liked but not necessary are,, talk back, lullaby (well, kinda useless for my baby). I wish it was made with a little better quality plastic (compared to other two I've tried) and wish it had clock on the screen, which is very helpful at night when the baby wakes up! One thing I noticed though, was that battery of parent unit goes out SO QUICK when it is not plugged in, and use rechargeable battery.
Second one is Samsung Wireless Video Security Monitoring System w/ 3.5" LCD (At Amazon regular price: 179)
This one,, sigh... I really wanted to love it... I always trust Samsung quality. and YES, it comes up to that quality standard (both physical material that is made out of, and some great added features) that I look for. BUT there are a few cons that I just could not live with.
First of all, this one is LOADED with FEATURES. It has the best quality screen (almost like a digital camera! which is very impressive for a baby monitor! Both day and night time, it showed consistent great quality), talk back, Date/Time, viewable from the computer, etc etc... Just a lot!
However what threw me off was that vibration/beep when the parents unit wakes up from the sleep mode. Basically this thing goes to sleep when the baby does not make a sound or makes a sound that's not too alarming. It is trying to give parents some time to sleep unless baby cries so much. HOWEVER, I noticed that it did not pick up small cries that I also wanted to hear. And that VIOLENT vibration would just startle me every time the unit wakes itself from the sleep mode. I almost had heart attack every time it did it. I mean it is VIOLENT vibration. It is way too powerful and hear this, you can not control it, nor you can turn it off. You can either choose between vibration or loud beep, which is also annoying. I guess they did not test this out themselves. If they had a baby, they would know that just sound of a baby crying will wake parents up.
Another thing that made me return this unit: lack of zoom and pan feature. OK. I should have read before purchasing this one, but so sad it did not have this feature, while having all other useless ones?! weird.
The Last thing I wanna point out on this: freaking annoying to go around the menu and hard to use! This thing is loaded with features (a lot of not so necessary) and but failed to organize it successfully under the menu. Also, it has way too many buttons around the parents unit that I do not think are the "most-used" buttons for parents. Once again, did they really test this thing with real parents with real babies?!! It's like having a cell phone, trying to figure out where/what category the feature I want to use might be hidden under. A lot of them were where it did not make sense to me. Basically, very annoying to use.
Third one is Summer Infant Best View Handheld Color Video Monitor (At Amazon regular price: 199.99)
I had a high hope for this one, as I heard good things about Summer Infant baby monitors. I will make it short. It has the best "Ease of use" amongst all three. The parents unit had buttons (shapes and placements) that made most sense out of three I've tried. Plastic (or any other material that were used) quality was great. It does not have bells and whistles as other ones, such as talk back, lullaby, etc etc. It also has zoom in/panning feature that is very helpful.
BUT, this is why I returned this thing: the BAD, BAD, I mean BAAAAAAAAAAAD screen quality, especially at night. It made my baby look like those "ghost pictures" people take. Like those grainy pictures that people claim that they have captured the ghost in the picture... Get what I mean? It is super grainy I could not recognize my own baby's face! My baby's face filled up the whole screen (I'm saying this to say that I did not have the camera far from my baby) but still I had to guess, oh those two black blobs would be his eyes.. and another one below them is his nose?? no,, mouth??? Yes, basically, if you are looking for a baby monitor with a screen, why would you waste money on a screen that is useless? Move onto other monitors.
Finally, after using three, I realized that Motorolla had to be the winner, and I've been using it over a month and very pleased with it. Hope my review helped.
1) Good quality of the screen so I can see my baby (even breathing: chest going up and down at night)
2) Easy of use (I just hate anything that is a pain to use)
3) Camera pan/zoom option (My baby moves around and I like having camera close to him, so this is a really good feature to have)
So, let me explain how those three monitors performed.
First one is Motorola Digital Video Baby Monitor with 3.5 Inch Color LCD Screen (At Amazon regular price: 229.99)
This one is the winner. It has a good picture quality, zoom in, is really easy to use. That's it. It satisfied all those three categories. Other feature I also liked but not necessary are,, talk back, lullaby (well, kinda useless for my baby). I wish it was made with a little better quality plastic (compared to other two I've tried) and wish it had clock on the screen, which is very helpful at night when the baby wakes up! One thing I noticed though, was that battery of parent unit goes out SO QUICK when it is not plugged in, and use rechargeable battery.
Second one is Samsung Wireless Video Security Monitoring System w/ 3.5" LCD (At Amazon regular price: 179)
This one,, sigh... I really wanted to love it... I always trust Samsung quality. and YES, it comes up to that quality standard (both physical material that is made out of, and some great added features) that I look for. BUT there are a few cons that I just could not live with.
First of all, this one is LOADED with FEATURES. It has the best quality screen (almost like a digital camera! which is very impressive for a baby monitor! Both day and night time, it showed consistent great quality), talk back, Date/Time, viewable from the computer, etc etc... Just a lot!
However what threw me off was that vibration/beep when the parents unit wakes up from the sleep mode. Basically this thing goes to sleep when the baby does not make a sound or makes a sound that's not too alarming. It is trying to give parents some time to sleep unless baby cries so much. HOWEVER, I noticed that it did not pick up small cries that I also wanted to hear. And that VIOLENT vibration would just startle me every time the unit wakes itself from the sleep mode. I almost had heart attack every time it did it. I mean it is VIOLENT vibration. It is way too powerful and hear this, you can not control it, nor you can turn it off. You can either choose between vibration or loud beep, which is also annoying. I guess they did not test this out themselves. If they had a baby, they would know that just sound of a baby crying will wake parents up.
Another thing that made me return this unit: lack of zoom and pan feature. OK. I should have read before purchasing this one, but so sad it did not have this feature, while having all other useless ones?! weird.
The Last thing I wanna point out on this: freaking annoying to go around the menu and hard to use! This thing is loaded with features (a lot of not so necessary) and but failed to organize it successfully under the menu. Also, it has way too many buttons around the parents unit that I do not think are the "most-used" buttons for parents. Once again, did they really test this thing with real parents with real babies?!! It's like having a cell phone, trying to figure out where/what category the feature I want to use might be hidden under. A lot of them were where it did not make sense to me. Basically, very annoying to use.
Third one is Summer Infant Best View Handheld Color Video Monitor (At Amazon regular price: 199.99)
I had a high hope for this one, as I heard good things about Summer Infant baby monitors. I will make it short. It has the best "Ease of use" amongst all three. The parents unit had buttons (shapes and placements) that made most sense out of three I've tried. Plastic (or any other material that were used) quality was great. It does not have bells and whistles as other ones, such as talk back, lullaby, etc etc. It also has zoom in/panning feature that is very helpful.
BUT, this is why I returned this thing: the BAD, BAD, I mean BAAAAAAAAAAAD screen quality, especially at night. It made my baby look like those "ghost pictures" people take. Like those grainy pictures that people claim that they have captured the ghost in the picture... Get what I mean? It is super grainy I could not recognize my own baby's face! My baby's face filled up the whole screen (I'm saying this to say that I did not have the camera far from my baby) but still I had to guess, oh those two black blobs would be his eyes.. and another one below them is his nose?? no,, mouth??? Yes, basically, if you are looking for a baby monitor with a screen, why would you waste money on a screen that is useless? Move onto other monitors.
Finally, after using three, I realized that Motorolla had to be the winner, and I've been using it over a month and very pleased with it. Hope my review helped.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Fink
Color Name:Sliver/White
In only 15 months, I have had to contact Summer to replace not one, not two, but THREE defective handheld viewers. With absolutely no dropping nor moisture, the handheld units simply stink and are constantly, yet randomly, going bad. One the first two, the screen just stopped viewing any image whatsoever after several months of very responsible usage. The latest unit is now randomly rebooting, locking up and the Summer splash image that appears upon boot up is not showing. Clearly signs that this unit is about to completely fail, too. Yes, video monitors are fantastic and almost a necessity, but I would NEVER, EVER, EVER recommend anyone (other than my very worst of enemies) purchase a monitor by Summer. Upon calling customer service, yes, they will replace your unit (after all, the have tons of experience servicing this request given shoddy product quality)--after you finally manage to get them on the phone. BUT, they will make you box and ship your entire unit (handheld and cameras) back to them, be processed by them BEFORE they deign to ship your replacement. Plan on being without a camera for at least 2 weeks while they fumble through this process. Should they ship you a replacement immediately and trust you to ship your defective unit back to them so you are not without a critical child-monitoring device for 2 (or more) weeks? Of course they should and most other companies would. OH, BUT NOT OUR SUMMER. They don't care if you are without the device you paid them for while they stumble through getting you your replacement. Even upon having to return the SECOND AND THIRD units, do they offer to ship your replacement immediately. They still make you go through the same multiple week delay before shipping out your replacement. Quite Simply - THEY DO NOT CARE and the reps are so mechanical in their "customer service rep handbook" responses, likely due to the fact that they handle numerous calls of this nature each and every day (because these monitors suck!).
TIP FOR ALL ANNOYED PARENTS: Though the will never offer, Summer will ship your replacement immediately, IF and only IF, you provide them with a credit card to guarantee that you will ship back your defective unit. Yes, it's annoying and frustrating, but in teh interest of monitoring my twins, I have done this twice now. Tell them you MUST have the replacement shipped immediately and will provide a credit card number that they can charge in 10 days if they have not received your defective unit. They will then ship out your replacement without waiting for the defective unit. Not immediately, but at elast they'll ship the replacement within a few days. Much better than the alternative. Don't even waste your breathe asking them to ship it priority or overnight. They will never agree to that unless you pay them. Even for my THIRD defective unit, they still would not do that for me. Insane, I know, but even I (who rarely loses a battle with stupid cust. svc people) could get this out of them. Tried numerous reps and one supervisor (who takes literally a week or more to return your call) and failed with each.
BTW - it is their company policy to NEVER, EVER send a call to a supervisor, even if you insist on it. They will always tell you she (only 1 supervisor for their call center) is busy or unavailable and will promise that she will call you back. She doesn't. I had to call in requesting to speak to her at least 10 times before she returned my call days later.
BOTTOM LINE - I hope my advice above helps people who are stuck with this piece of crap device and I sincerely hope that anyone considering this product runs like hell to another brand. Mediocre product with great customer service is annoying but tolerable. Crap product with crappier customer service is completely unacceptable and should be wiped from the face of the earth by customers choosing other brands. Die, Summer, Die (but only after shipping me my FOURTH unit in 15 months!).
TIP FOR ALL ANNOYED PARENTS: Though the will never offer, Summer will ship your replacement immediately, IF and only IF, you provide them with a credit card to guarantee that you will ship back your defective unit. Yes, it's annoying and frustrating, but in teh interest of monitoring my twins, I have done this twice now. Tell them you MUST have the replacement shipped immediately and will provide a credit card number that they can charge in 10 days if they have not received your defective unit. They will then ship out your replacement without waiting for the defective unit. Not immediately, but at elast they'll ship the replacement within a few days. Much better than the alternative. Don't even waste your breathe asking them to ship it priority or overnight. They will never agree to that unless you pay them. Even for my THIRD defective unit, they still would not do that for me. Insane, I know, but even I (who rarely loses a battle with stupid cust. svc people) could get this out of them. Tried numerous reps and one supervisor (who takes literally a week or more to return your call) and failed with each.
BTW - it is their company policy to NEVER, EVER send a call to a supervisor, even if you insist on it. They will always tell you she (only 1 supervisor for their call center) is busy or unavailable and will promise that she will call you back. She doesn't. I had to call in requesting to speak to her at least 10 times before she returned my call days later.
BOTTOM LINE - I hope my advice above helps people who are stuck with this piece of crap device and I sincerely hope that anyone considering this product runs like hell to another brand. Mediocre product with great customer service is annoying but tolerable. Crap product with crappier customer service is completely unacceptable and should be wiped from the face of the earth by customers choosing other brands. Die, Summer, Die (but only after shipping me my FOURTH unit in 15 months!).
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't live without video
I think it works fine, the picture and sound is very good, and the settings for brightness and volume can be set to any level you want. Reception works great for me.
Published 47 minutes ago by TT
1.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it for the whole month it worked!
I was so happy with this monitor up until this morning when the screen went half black/half squiggly lines. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Nicia Walsh
4.0 out of 5 stars
giving as a gift
I am giving this as a gift so not sure how well it will work but summer infant rated high on consumer reports.
Published 8 days ago by mrs handy
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor monitor quality!!!!
The quality of the images from this system are awful, grainy, pauses out if you're in the opposite side of the house, and our house is small, 1200 sq. ft. Read more
Published 14 days ago by R. Howard
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great when it lasted...
Worked for the first 10 months and then could only use it when plugged it. After 18 months, it completely died. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Katrina
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really Nice
We already had the older model ... and bought this on for my niece .... They were amased by the quality of the image, sound and zoom ... Read more
Published 24 days ago by ccardoso
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Baby Product
We bought this last year and let me tell you this product is SO awesome and a must have. Every night I turn the monitor on and set it on the nightstand - the button on top has a... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Lara Arnold
1.0 out of 5 stars
Seriously: BELIEVE the 1-star reviews. I didn't.
I read over and over in these reviews that the handheld video monitors break and don't last, and that customer service is poor and unresponsive. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Upstate NY
5.0 out of 5 stars
Baby shower gift
I haven't used this item for it was a gift, but it came promptly in the mail and that's what mattered to me at the time.
Published 1 month ago by Fojo
2.0 out of 5 stars
good picture poor audio
the video feature is nice for about the first month of the child's life, then it's not worth the extra money, especially since the sound quality and static is terrible.
Published 1 month ago by thecheese
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