Angelcare Baby Movement and Sound Monitor Deluxe Plus, Blue
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: AngelcareBrand: Angelcare
Release Date: 2009-12-18
Model: 401-2PU-US-2SB
Color: Blue
Product features:
- 2 parents unit 2 charging bases 1 nursery unit 2 sensor pads 2 AC adapters 8 NiMH rechargeable batteries
- Nursery unit has a soft nightlight and room thermometer
- The sound monitor operates on the 927 MHz frequency so there is no interference from 2.4 GHz equipment
Description of Angelcare Baby Movement and Sound Monitor Deluxe Plus, Blue
The Angelcare Movement and Sound Monitor Deluxe combines a quality sound and movement baby monitor in the same system Whether your baby is awake or asleep the under the mattress sensor pad will detect all of your child s movements.Baby Products Reviews of Angelcare Baby Movement and Sound Monitor Deluxe Plus, Blue
Customer Review: Great idea, nice product, but a tad frustrating
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a first-time father who's a worrier by nature, so this product is in some ways a godsend. It is well made, and well featured, and I may some day thank its makers for saving my daughter's life.
I'm happy but not thrilled with this. For the sake of skimming, here are my concerns in bullet form:
1) I found it quite difficult to set the pad sensitivity 'sweet spot.' The sensitivity dial goes from 0-5 (though the manual notes 1-5...perhaps 0 means the pad is turned off entirely, but this isn't mentioned, I don't think). When it was set at a more sensitive level (say, 2.5), it would detect movement even with no baby in the crib and no-one within a foot of it (and without an obvious source of vibration). With it set to a lower sensitivity level (1.5), we had lots of false alarms. The small dial range in between these points gets close to the right setting but doesn't get rid of the problems. This is NOT a deal breaker for me, and I'm sure experience with the product will help - but it is a bit frustrating for me. If you follow the spacing suggestions from the manual, there is a fairly large gap (perhaps 10 inches) between the two motion pads. With a 20 inch baby, there's a lot of the baby that isn't on the sensor. We just put the pads closer together, but I prefer to set things up so they look exactly as they do in the diagrams provided for fear that I'm using the product incorrectly.
2) I think the instruction manual is AWFUL. This might sound snotty, but 3 people sharing 6 degrees spent *hours* trying to get this set up. My wife (admittedly, chock full of new-mom hormones) was in tears, convinced she was an idiot (she's not. If you're reading this, I love you honey, and think you're very smart). I don't point out the degrees to sound cocky, and hope I don't come across as a jerk. But we are *not* stupid, illiterate consumers, and despite being fairly bright people, set up was far from easy.
One problem is simply the formatting of the instructions: I'm used to instructions that use "Step 1" and "step 2" style prompts actually leading you in a direction with an end point. These are more independent nuggets about what the product can do. Getting it up and running is actually quite straightforward - but it's much easier if you rely on your intuition rather than trying to follow the guidelines.
3) You have to have a pretty good memory for turning things on and off! Obviously, if you remove the baby from the crib so you can feed it, the motion pads will interpret this as something to be worried about! It would be nice if there was a way to turn off the nursery unit without it causing the parents' units to sound a warning that the nursery component is switched off! I totally understand why it sounds that alert, but if you're woken at 3am by the 'need to feed', remembering to turn off the two parents' units plus the nursery unit, and then remembering to turn all three back on...well, let's just say it's easy to forget!
4) As one or two others have commented, the sound through the monitors is not terribly loud, even with the volume on full.
I would buy this unit again and don't intend these comments to put others off buying it. I would *highly* recommend getting this set up well before your due date so that you're not trying to get it functioning when you're sleep deprived and stressed. Perhaps that was my mistake!
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