Baby monitor recommendation

dublin2000

Moved our baby to his own room as he has outgrown the cosleeper therefore sourcing a baby monitor. Read some reviews online but finding a lot are contradictory, just wondering anyone has any recommendations of a practical and solid video baby monitor.

maxsmum

dublin2000 wrote: »

Moved our baby to his own room as he has outgrown the cosleeper therefore sourcing a baby monitor. Read some reviews online but finding a lot are contradictory, just wondering anyone has any recommendations of a practical and solid video baby monitor.

I don't know if you've thought of an Echo/ Alexa. You can listen in on the room elsewhere with another echo and they do more than that obviously.. Play music.. Set timers and reminders.. We use ours a lot. If you want a screen there are loads of the usual Motorola ones but in my experience screen was pointless. They're either yelling or they're not! (we only went in if he was yelling!)

Pistachios & cream

We got a nooie cam https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monitor-Wireless-Security-Tracking-Detection/dp/B07PK9J2L6

It’s a camera that you access via an app on your phone,tablet etc. It doesn’t come with a video monitor of its own. It’s been great and the app is well supported. We’ve used it on a 2nd generation iPad and a iPhone 4 So you don’t need new technology for it.

It’s also handy that we can login from anywhere on our personal devices to see the room and do a check that she’s ok.

Once you’re logged in on a device you can set it up that you can get sound and motion notifications even when you’re not using the app so you don’t have to be watching the monitor all the time. In fact monitor watching can be addictive. It’s a bit like a tv in a pub your eye will constantly be drawn to it. However it’s very handy if u hear a cry at night to be able to look at her and see if she’s settled back or not

Gem15

We've the BT video baby monitor 6000 and really like it. When our daughter was in the cot we had it positioned so it gave a close up & very clear visual. Now that she's in a bed she has a tendency to wander around the room before settling down & the camera has a function that allows you to change the angle the camera is facing.

SnowyMuckish

We use ‘angel care’. It doesn’t have a camera but it has a motion sensor pad and the ability to talk back to your baby. I love it, I feel it gives me real piece of mind with the sensor. Personally I prefer not to use a camera monitor. I saw an awful segment on This Morning showing someone hacking into a child’s monitor and talking to her in her room. It made the hairs stand on the back of my neck. Apparently there are easy fixes to prevent this but it just put me right off them! Sorry if I put the frighteners on anyone!

Former Dublin BlowIns

After much research and deliberation we went with tenboo. Very happy with purchase.

dublin2000

Thanks all for your kind replies! I was originally thinking of a WiFi monitor so I can log on when I’m in work but I also read about hackers so wasn’t too sure then. If it wasn’t that I would actually love to have one that both comes with a monitor and app!

dublin2000

Thanks all for your kind replies! I was originally thinking of a WiFi monitor so I can log on when I’m in work but I also read about hackers so wasn’t too sure then. If it wasn’t that I would actually love to have one that both comes with a monitor and app!

dublin2000

Thanks all for your kind replies! I was originally thinking of a WiFi monitor so I can log on when I’m in work but I also read about hackers so wasn’t too sure then. If it wasn’t that I would actually love to have one that both comes with a monitor and app!

dublin2000

Sorry my internet acted up the post posted three times!!

crisco10

We went with this cheapy from Amazon, got it on Black Friday for about €50:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monitor-Detection-Two-way-Wireless-3-2inch-603/dp/B07NPJJMGT/ref=asc_df_B07NPJJMGT/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309961363640&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16059083242149966463&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-671101242653&th=1

Guts of 2 years on we can't complain. The handset battery isn't amazing (as noted in one review), but we find it's near enough a plug once a day anyway to get charged up fully. The "VOX" mode helps battery a lot. It only turns the screen on when there's noise where the camera is.