Graco Ultra Clear 49MHZ Baby Monitor
by Graco Baby
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Baby Products Reviews of Graco Ultra Clear 49MHZ Baby Monitor
Customer Review: Does what it is supposed to do
Summary: 4 Stars
I walked into a baby store one day to buy a baby monitor and was blown away by the various available models (and the prices too!). Who spends $250 on a baby monitor? Anyways, I browsed through the available monitors on Amazon and thought that this one was well reviewed and was not expensive and decided to buy this one.
Well, so far, it has been working like a charm. Others have mentioned about the lighted scale on the handset and it is truly effective. The lights help you identify, even in a noisy environment, whether the baby is just making sleep sounds or if he/she is actually awake. We live in a three level house with the baby on the top level and the units work fine on all levels and outdoors as well.
I haven't used any other baby monitors to make a comparative analysis, but from a cost and functional perspective, this one gives you the best bang for your buck.
Customer Review: Exactly what we needed
Summary: 4 Stars
We purchased this monitor as a replacement for the FP Sights & Sounds monitor which was five years old and had seen better days. We had consistent reception problems and static with the FP model. I love the fact that it comes with two receivers (one we keep in the bedroom and we keep one downstairs), and that all units can be plugged into A/C power.
I was pleased to find we experienced no static or reception problems with this model-I'd gotten so used to hearing "white noise" that I actually kept checking the Graco model to make sure it was on!
My daughters are five years old, but we still like to have a monitor in the room in case someone falls out of bed or wakes during the night. I'm very satisfied with this product.
The only thing that kept it from getting five stars was the volume-I really wish we could turn it up louder.
Customer Review: These were terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
I've have used the Fisher Price sounds and lights for a few years now and thought I would try these out because they received good reviews and I liked the aesthetic appearance of them, the antenna being shorter was nice. Boy was that a waste of time. I could barely hear my baby crying on them, granted the "white noise" wasn't there so much, but neither was his voice and I needed to hear his voice. I would absolutely not recommend these. It's possible my set was defective, but I will never know for sure, I ended up just buying another Fisher Price set. The white noise doesn't really bother me, it seems most people complain about that...but I've never known monitors to not have it and the one that I tried (this set) that didn't have much white noise ended up defeating it's main purpose anyway. On the plus side, the return through Amazon was quick and painless.Customer Review: Great reception/light weight
Summary: 4 Stars
Just got this a few days ago in preparation for our 2nd child. I plugged in the monitor in the bedroom and one receiver in the living room to see how well it worked, and it works great! The TV was on in the living room which I could clearly hear in the monitor, then had my daughter pretend to cry and make noise and that's when the lights came on signifying "baby activity," which is what you should expect. The background noise was not overbearing, and there was no static. We live in a small house, so not sure how well it would do from a distance further from the base, but at small range its been great. It is very lightweight without batteries in it, so it easily topples over when plugged in. I'm giving it a 4 because although my test run went well, I'm yet to see how it does for a longer period and with an actual baby. Overall, I'd say great price for the quality.Customer Review: Quality Problems
Summary: 1 Stars
From the divergent reviews (static vs. no static) it would appear that Graco has quality control problems. The question is whether you want to roll the dice and hope for a good one. I would love to see statistics on what percent have issues. For what it's worth, the static on even the lowest setting is louder than our alarm clock and it gets louder if I turn up the volume. We've found that the best way to hear the baby is to turn off the monitor so we can hear the baby crying through the walls and down the hall. I'm trying to return it, but foolishly recycled the packaging it came in. We do have the usual other devises in the house (cordless phone, wireless router, fisher-price baby monitor) that have no static problems whatsoever. Turning them off has no impact on the static, which leads me to believe it's a quality control issue with the Graco monitor).