Bébésounds Angelcare Deluxe Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor
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Baby Products Reviews of Bébésounds Angelcare Deluxe Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor
Customer Review: Solid Peace of Mind Product
Summary: 5 Stars
We recently purchased this in anticipation of our first childs arrival. We have used it for about 3 weeks so far and its surprisingly easy to use. The directions almost made it seem harder than it really is so I tossed them aside and had no problem pretty much plugging it up and going. Its much easier to use than you would think. We haven't really had a false alarm. The only complaint is when you have a newborn to pick up and feed every 3 hours I wish there was an easier way to shut it off because it will beep loudly when you forget (half awake in the middle of the night). Its great peace of mind when you can look over and see the motion monitored on the parent unit and you feel more comfortable about leaving him while you do stuff in other parts of the house not to mention you sleep much easier. I think the deluxe is worth it just for the more information you get in the parent units showing motion, sound etc in more detail. It is easy to turn off the sound monitoring for when they are in the room with you and turn it back on when you are downstairs or something. Overall, I would buy this again and recommend it to friends, especially nervous new parents. A very solid buy.Customer Review: Peace of Mind
Summary: 5 Stars
Our first was born with a cleft palate which caused her spit-up to come out of her nose. I'm a heavy sleeper and I was worried that I wouldn't hear it if there was a problem. This monitor gave me the peace of mind to get some sleep. The monitor itself is very clear- you can the smallest baby noises clearly. I found I was able to get out of bed before the baby was screaming because I could hear her moving around. The movement sensor is so wonderful. With both kids, we had several alarms in the first week. They were probably false alarms because the baby is so light but it just made me feel like the monitor was doing it's job. As the baby gets big and starts moving down to the edge of the crib- you will get some more false alarms. The key is to make sure that the sensor is in the center of the crib and you put the baby to sleep in the center too (be sure to check the sensor placement after you change the linens). The biggest complaint I have is a fairly laud static burst you get when you turn off the monitor (which isn't great if someone in the room with the receiver is trying to sleep) but I considered it a small price to pay for the peace of mind this monitor gave us.Customer Review: Great for infants. . .once they move in their sleep, is another story!
Summary: 2 Stars
This was a HUGE piece of mind when we had our son over a year ago!! However, some warnings for those purchasing this; 1. once our son started rolling over, the alarm would go off (yah, it's working! however, night after night, we decided to disable that feature, as he kept rolling close to the railings on the bed). The sensor pad is great, however, it doesn't detect movement from all around. Also, during the summer, whenever we have his ceiling fan on, it created enough movement to have his decorative blanket hit the side of the mattress (therefore creating enough movement for the alarm not to go off - we found this out by accidentially leaving the monitor on after we took him out of his crib). 2. Sometimes in the middle of the night, we get our neighbor's children crying, vs. ours. We switch between "A" and "B" on the monitor, however sometimes that does not help. :o) We live on a 1/4 acre lot, so we're not "that" close to neighbors . . . close enough, I guess :o)
Other than these two things, this was a good monitor for the peace of mind it gave us during the "SIDS" age of greatest concern.
Customer Review: Worth it for peace of mind
Summary: 5 Stars
We had a premature baby that spent some time in the NICU. They didn't feel a monitor was necessary for her, but we were nervous so researched and found this product. We love it! You do need to read the manual and decide if you need to adjust sensitivity. It did not go off when we took the baby out of the crib when we had a fan running, so other vibrations can fool it. Other than that it consistently goes off when we forget and take the baby out of the crib without turning it off. We also haven't had any false alarms, just once when she was breathing very shallow (I was awake and in the room with her) and it might have been legitimate. The beep woke her up enough that she started breathing normally again. It is not a piercingly loud noise, btw, and after spending time in the NICU with lots of babies on monitors, it doesn't even wake our baby up when it goes off. (we frequently forget when we take her out of the crib... ;)
I've recommended this to my pregnant friends. It is a bit pricey, but if you have a preemie or are the type to worry, it is definitely worth the money.
Customer Review: useful but flawed
Summary: 3 Stars
Well, we just bought this device for our new baby. The alarm part does work fine. But, there are a few serious flaws. The most important one, as many others have pointed out both with this model and the previous model, is that there is no other way to silence the transmitter alarm other than powering it off. I simply cannot believe the engineers (hopefully they are also parents) don't think this is a very useful feature while they added so many others. I'd think it would be nice to at least have the option to to turn off the sensor alarm once the receiver side alarm is turned off so that the baby and the parents won't be startled in the middle of the night longer than necessary. The tempearture reading is also way off. The display temperature is almost 5 degree lower compared to a good quality, dedicated thermometer. Several other features listed in the manual are either incorrect or broken. This is a cute, but overpriced device that leaves much to be desired. Only if they would listen to many customer desires, this could be a much more statisfying monitor than it is now.