Back when I was pregnant we knew we needed to get a baby monitor and naturally, I wanted a good one. I'd had my eye on this one, but at £180 it was way out of my price range. Then at an Asda baby event, they had it on offer for half price, so just £90 - that was a price I was more comfortable with, and the order was placed. Over 5 months on, I thought I'd share my thoughts with you on it.
It does come with a sensor mat that the baby sleeps on and will detect if they stop breathing. I felt that I'd be a nervous nellie if I used this, so we decided to put that bit to one side - this we bought for the LCD monitor more than anything.
The system itself is great, it can tell the temperature in the room, and has full on infared night vision - so that in the night when all the lights are off, you can still see how your little baby is doing and if their dummy has popped out etc. It's a decent sized screen, and you can zoom in and move the image about a little etc. It also has a 2 way chat - so if your baby has woken up and needs some reassurance, you can press the chat button and talk to them.
Other than the full colour screen seemingly seems to have a pink wash over it, it's pretty good and serves the purpose. It's also got a decent range on it so I can see him wherever I am in the house.
However, for us, this hasn't been the perfect solution we thought it might be. For example, when unplugged from the charger, the battery doesn't last that long, it won't last a full day, so every night it needs to be on charge. There's also been quite a few occassions where he's been crying and the monitor hasn't picked it up until a good 30 seconds after.
The screen is supposed to come on if it detects movement from him, but 90% of the time the only occasions when the monitor comes on is when one of us walks past it, and that's only now and then - normally the monitor only lights up if we make it.
I think for the money this is a very over-priced piece of kit - yes it's great to have the screen and be able to see him, but other brands like Motorolla do similar systems for a lot less money - here ytou're paying for the sensor mat, and as much as I haven't used it myself, I have been told it gives a lot of false positives - but that's just conjecture.
All in all, I wouldn't buy it again, I'd try something else. I'd definitely go for a video monitor again, but not this one, I think it's really over priced and has a very poor battery :/
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