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2.4GHz Digital Wireless Baby Video Monitor System With Night Vision -- 2.4" Color LCD Screen (Two-way Radio communication)

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I was searching for a good video baby monitor for weeks. I had an audio-only baby monitor, but it's a pity I could not see the condition of my son, e.g. his sleeping position, whether the blanket is in place, etc. Unfortunately, most video baby monitors are either analog (interference) or without the talk-back feature. My old audio-only monitor is analog and it has quite a bit of interference, but it has a good feature: two-way radio for talking back to the child -- a feature that I feel very important.

This 2.4GHz Digital Wireless Baby Monitor System with Night Vision meets all my expectations, at a very affordable price comparatively. It works immediately out-of-the-box, no interference, clear audio and video, good night vision, and I can talk back to my son. The voice activated alarm and video works pretty well. Only one small complaint: it wakes up from sleep mode and turns on the video/audio for only a brief moment (like 5 seconds) which is too short, it would have been better if the duration is like 30 seconds or configurable; but it's not a big deal - I can always turn off the sleep mode immediately with a touch of a button.

I highly recommend this baby monitor.

Product as described. I bought this monitor to observe my 81 yr old Mother on Hospice. In just one day, this monitor brought me so much peace of mind allowing her to have some time alone, and I was able to be in another room or out in the yard for more time than I have been in a long time. It was such a relief to just look at the monitor and see if she was awake or getting out of bed and instantly hear her call for me because her voice is so weak.

I can turn the visual off and give her her privacy yet hear her when she called me. A really great option.

I can go into another room or go outside and continue to view and hear her. Since she is in the stage where she can't remember to push her Lifelink button anymore, this was the perfect answer, it is voice activated! If she falls, I can hear or see her immediatly, yet she has the feeling of freedom to do what she can still do around the house and I can see if she goes outside and is at a risk for falling. I only wish I would have thought about this 3 years ago when my Father was in Hospice and unable to walk, confined to bed, yet would attempt to get up all night when he didn't know what he was doing. I can now sleep in my room and feel more at ease!

You should really market this item to caregivers, it is wonderful.

Thank you for helping me keep my Mother safe!

Daughter,

Marianne

This model has good video quality and good audio quality. It includes battery pack for both pieces which is nice. However there is a terrible oversight that ruins this product in my opinion. The speaker always stays in off mode and comes on only if the sound gets to a certain decibel level. This is highly irritating because I cannot hear the small noises that can also be important. It didn't even pick it up when my daughter was faintly crying! So forget about hearing your child unless they are crying or talking loudly. I'm sure it's just a battery saving feature if they are running on the batteries, but why didn't they make it possible to change the setting on the speaker to full time?!! If I can't hear my infant stirring or if she's sick and possibly vomiting, this is not a safe baby monitor to me. Sure it has video, but who wants to keep their eyes glued to a video receiver? Otherwise it would be a good monitor. Good luck.

So I will start with the fact that I have purchased 4 different monitors :
1) 2.4GHz DIGITAL WIRELESS BABY VIDEO MONITOR SYSTEM WITH NIGHT VISION -- 2.4" Color LCD Screen (Two-way Radio communication) by Smart AV ,
2) MOBICAM DXR DIGITAL MONITORING SYSTEM,
3) SAMSUNG WIRELESS VIDEO SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM w/ 3.5" LCD,
4) SUMMER BABY TOUCH COLOR VIDEO MONITOR by Summer infant.
I have a 3yr. old and I was still using my Sony baby call monitor which I still love, but now I need to see when she gets out of her bed and I wanted the two way feature "talk to the baby feature" so I could talk to her and tell her to get back in her bed. I should also say that I want to see as much of her room around her bed as I could her room is 11 ft. by 12ft I put the camera in the corner on a shelf six feet off the ground about 10 and ½ ft away from her bed, so if she got out of her bed I could see where she was. I could also see her during the day playing in her room. Well, let me say that they at least now don't make a monitor with a "clear" picture.
So I bought the 2.4 GHz MONITOR by SMART AV: It was good I could see her ok during the day, and at night with the night vision and I could hear her and she could hear me when I talked on it.
CONS: Not the best picture but it was good enough. The camera did not adjust down far enough I had to put a coaster under the back half to get it to angle down some more. The big problem was it did not have the rechargeable batteries the other reviewers said it had. (Amazon told me it was probably because they bought it from a different seller not DBroth.) You can put regular batteries in it but if you want to plug it in you have to remove the batteries first. I tried to purchase the rechargeable batteries from them it has been a week and a half they still have not answered my emails. I returned it. Update: I never received a response.
Next up the MOBICAM DXR DIGITAL MONITORING SYSTEM: it had a ok picture during the day a little grainy but you could see. Night vision was grainy but ok. CONS: grainy day and night vision, when you touch the talk button to speak to the child it did not always work I would have to let it go and press it again to get it to work. I had it replaced with a new one thinking it might have been that one and the new one did the same thing. I called Amazon and they said they are not selling these directly anymore because of that happening to the batch of these they had maybe a bad batch they are investigating it, but you can still buy it from third party sellers on Amazon. UPDATE: Amazon is now selling them again.
Next up, was the SAMSUNG WIRELESS VIDEO SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM w/ 3.5" LCD: this one had the best picture of them all but only for during the day (although it had a yellow glow at the top of the screen from the light in the room but the light was not in the cameras view I adjusted the camera down even further and it still remained. It has a nice night light and music that you can turn on and off from the monitor. I really, really wanted to like it.
CONS: The camera did not adjust down far enough for me, so I put a coaster under the back half to angle it down some more, There were also some "delays" (like when walking or just moving fast the screen would "miss some frames/some of the movement" in the picture.) The temperature gauge was not correct, the alarm for detection of sound in the room was a pain to adjust, the zoom function was a BIG pain you have to go into the menu out of the "picture screen" and put it on zoom then go back to the "picture screen", the volume was not very loud at all my husband was like it doesn`t turn up louder than that? The "talk to the baby" function was "choppy"(not as clear as the summer infant baby touch) and my absolute deal breaker was, I would think the MAIN REASON you would purchase a monitor like this the night vision: at night with and without a night light on in the room I could barely see anything much less my daughter in her bed you would really have to stare and look good to make any thing out, the infrared led's must not be strong at all. (If you want it for close up it might work I don't know never tested close up tested all of them in the same place about 10 and 1/2 feet away from her bed up on a shelf I need to see at least part of the room around her bed.)
I was so aggravated by this search, I printed out a twenty percent off coupon from the internet for Babies R Us and went and bought the SUMMER INFANT BABY TOUCH MONITOR, the new one they have with the touch screen monitor and pan and zoom camera. I put it to the test compared it to the SAMSUNG and MOBI. My two most important things were the night vision to see her at night and the "talk to the baby" function so I could talk to her. This summer infant model has a secure private connection unlike the other summer infant monitors. Its picture is ok (not HD but none of them are) slightly, slightly, slightly grainy during the day but still really good, and its night vision although a little grainy was the best out of all of them for the distance, (again I did not test close up) plus I can move the camera around remotely from the monitor to see where she's at in the room and I can zoom in easily the functions appear below and to the right of the picture when you touch the screen although the closer you zoom in the grainier it got but that was with ALL of the models I tested.
AFTER A LOT OF TESTING AND DEBATE, I RETURNED THEM ALL EXCEPT FOR THE SUMMER INFANT BABY TOUCH MONITOR. I really like it. I am glad I just went ahead and spent a little more money and bought it. The pan and zoom features work great. (THIS IS THE ONLY MONITOR OUT OF THE ONES I TESTED THAT HAS THE ACTUAL PAN FEATURE. THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE CAMERA AROUND THE ROOM REMOTELY FROM THE CONTROLS ON THE MONITOR. The Samsung does not have the pan feature.) I can see her WHOLE room day or night. After a certain amount of time it goes into power save mode when it is not on the charger and turns off the picture but you can still hear the sound and if you want to see the picture again just press the button on the top. If it is on the charger the picture will stay on unless you press the button on the top to turn the screen back off. The monitor has a lithium-ion battery and the camera has the option to put regular batteries in it if you can not plug it in a outlet. The monitor also has a belt clip that doubles as the stand for it when the monitor is not on the charger. I called summer infant to ask about recommendations for the rechargeable battery for the monitor the company says not to charge the battery more than eight hours and let it run down before you put it back on the charger for maximum battery life.

We bought this device because we were sick of sitting at the top of our stairs listening for our toddlers to stop messing around and get to bed.

The features of this device looked perfect for our needs. You have a camera with night vision to see what's going on, you have the option for the receiver to stay silent until a loud noise is made, you have included rechargeable batteries so you can take the receiver and put it in a convenient place, plus you have the ability to talk to the kids with an intercom!

Using it, we were able to see when our kids were getting up and playing when they were supposed to be going to sleep. The device worked like a charm! You just press a button and say "Get to bed" and they know they're busted and quickly scamper under the covers (sometimes grumpily crying, but they go). It's also benefitted us more than once in other important ways like seeing when our child got their leg caught in their bed frame so we knew they needed help and weren't just throwing a bedtime tantrum.

Unfortunately, the device isn't quite perfect. The receiver often loses connection with the camera which you have to turn off then back on to get working again (which is bad news if you're trying to get kids to sleep). The night vision is also very flaky, turning on and off every few seconds throughout the night.

The origin of the device is also a bit of a mystery. You get a box with product pictures, but literally no branding on it. No manufacturer claims to make the unit thus there's no manufacturer to stand behind it if something breaks. I tried Googling the model number and discovered this monitor comes from a factory in China, but it weirds me out that no one officially claims to make it.

That said, there's no other baby monitor out there I know of that has both video and intercom capability and this unit gets the job done, so I recommend it despite its shortcomings.

I use this monitor to let me keep an eye on my 87 yr old mother who has moderate dementia. It has a very clear monitor picture, the sound quality is way above average and the convenience of moving from room to room with my part of the monitor is awesome. I keep it in my bedroom at night, take it throughout the rest of the house during the day and even into the back yard when I'm working in my garden. It also eases her mind because she knows she can call to me when she needs me. I can answer her to let her know I'll be there shortly. I have tried several monitors over the past 6 or 7 years but this is the first one that meets all of our needs. I'm truly happy with this monitor.

It's a baby monitor. It's not an HD screening device. I use mine to monitor office meetings in a wood building in Afghanistan, and it does it's job well. Batteries mean I can move it around easily, and night mode means people look like the devil when the lights are out... sweet. Plus side? I get to use it as an actual baby monitor when I go back home. Win/win!

I bought this product in early July. I did have problems with the first monitor sent to me. It could not get signal and would not work. I emailed the seller and they replaced the defective unit. So far the new one seems to be doing good. I love the video quality and sound quality. Just hoping the new one lasts longer than the first one!

This is my 3rd child but my first video monitor. I don't know how I did it with my first two and not having this video monitor. Very easy to set up and use. The video quality is great as is the sound quality - I love the fact that the speaker only goes on when there is sound ands the most amazing thing about it is that can actually respond to my child via the built in 2 way Radio that future is truly amazing! you can see your baby in full color and at night the picture is great but black and white. and it is cheaper then all other brands WONDERFUL item and I would HIGHLY recommend it!!!

I love this monitor. I have a 3 yr old and a 3 week old, so I ordered this video monitor to watch my children while I get house work done. It works very well in my basement and my 3 yr old thinks it's great that we can talk to each other from different rooms. The picture is very clear and the audio picks up all the different noises. I couldn't be more happy or satisfied with this product.