( 3 reviews )
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Posted: 08-15-2009
I think baby monitors are like tv antennae--one isn't going to work in every situation, it is very conditional. That said, this works great for us. I love the temp reading. There isn't much I can do right now in the summer but it helps me know that i need to dress the baby as lightly as I can. Our house gets very cold before the building heat comes on in the fall so I think it will be really helpful for that. We have a small apartment but it works in the apartment, down the hall, and in the stairwell. It is nice that it automatically finds an open channel so I don't have to deal with that. A great buy!
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( 8 of 8 found this review helpful ) Posted: 06-21-2009
I'm almost eight months pregnant, and my husband and I bought this monitor about a month ago. We just recently moved to a bigger home, and one of the first things I wanted to do was make sure that we would get decent reception anywhere in the house with the parent monitor. We bought this monitor after getting the Safety 1st Glow and Go monitor. I did not research that particular monitor at all before purchasing, but thought it would be a good buy. It said it was 900mHz and would get 400+ feet in range, and I liked that it also had a built in digital thermometer.. When we got it home and tried it out, though, we got it maybe 30-40 feet away, and it degraded into nothing but static and white noise on BOTH channels. Needless to say it was returned to the store the same day.After some research, I decided to give this monitor a shot instead, even though I could not find any reviews online. The SecureSleep monitor gets great range! We can have it downstairs and the sound and reception are crystal clear. You don't have to worry about finding a clear channel as it automatically scans for and chooses the clearest one for you. One of the great features about this monitor is the fact it has a built in thermometer. As our new place does not have AC, I wanted some way to monitor the temperature in the baby's room, and this is an easy way to do it. Both the baby unit and the parent unit digitally display the temperature in the baby's room, either in Fahrenheit or Celsius. (There's a switch on the back to use either one.) In addition to the digital reading, both units are backlit in either red, yellow, or blue: Red = too hot, Blue = too cold, Yellow = just right. It's a nice visual reading of the temperature for at night and/or in the dark. Plus, it functions as a night-light! Another great thing is the parent unit has a rechargeable battery, so it comes with a charger. You can either have it plugged in wherever you are, or can carry it with you. It has a convenient clip on the back as well. I could not be any happier with this purchase. We ended up buying it at our local Target (because I was anxious to try it out to see if I would need to find a better one), and the cost there was very comparable to what you would pay to purchase it online through Amazon. But as there were no reviews for this monitor, I decided to post a review so others would know what a great buy this is!
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( 3 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: 06-21-2009
I'm almost eight months pregnant, and my husband and I bought this monitor about a month ago. We just recently moved to a bigger home, and one of the first things I wanted to do was make sure that we would get decent reception anywhere in the house with the parent monitor. We bought this monitor after getting the Safety 1st Glow and Go monitor. I did not research that particular monitor at all before purchasing, but thought it would be a good buy. It said it was 900mHz and would get 400+ feet in range, and I liked that it also had a built in digital thermometer.. When we got it home and tried it out, though, we got it maybe 30-40 feet away, and it degraded into nothing but static and white noise on BOTH channels. Needless to say it was returned to the store the same day. After some research, I decided to give this monitor a shot instead, even though I could not find any reviews online. The SecureSleep monitor gets great range! We can have it downstairs and the sound and reception are crystal clear. You don't have to worry about finding a clear channel as it automatically scans for and chooses the clearest one for you. One of the great features about this monitor is the fact it has a built in thermometer. As our new place does not have AC, I wanted some way to monitor the temperature in the baby's room, and this is an easy way to do it. Both the baby unit and the parent unit digitally display the temperature in the baby's room, either in Fahrenheit or Celsius. (There's a switch on the back to use either one.) In addition to the digital reading, both units are backlit in either red, yellow, or blue: Red = too hot, Blue = too cold, Yellow = just right. It's a nice visual reading of the temperature for at night and/or in the dark. Plus, it functions as a night-light! Another great thing is the parent unit has a rechargeable battery, so it comes with a charger. You can either have it plugged in wherever you are, or can carry it with you. It has a convenient clip on the back as well. I could not be any happier with this purchase. We ended up buying it at our local Target (because I was anxious to try it out to see if I would need to find a better one), and the cost there was very comparable to what you would pay to purchase it online through Amazon. But as there were no reviews for this monitor, I decided to post a review so others would know what a great buy this is!
