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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Baby Monitor, July 17, 2009
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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
perfect monitor for our needs, February 8, 2009
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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great monitor!, October 30, 2008
After my cheapo monitor konked out (after three babies) I was reluctant to spend almost $100 on a new monitor for baby #4 ... but am I glad I did. Super monitor -- very versatile & easy to set up. Function is intuitive, except nursery base has a teeny tiny green light on the front to show "on" indicator ... didn't notice it right away (I'm kind of slow, I know ....) so couldn't figure out if it was on or not at first .... With that figured out, we were set -- clear reception, great range. Great product!
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