Graco Ultra Clear 49MHZ Baby Monitor
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Baby Products Reviews of Graco Ultra Clear 49MHZ Baby Monitor
Customer Review: Get the Sony NTM-910 Dual
Summary: 2 Stars
I own the Sony NTM-910 and this model. I much prefer the Sony, since it comes with rechargeable batteries in the receivers which automatically recharge, whereas the Graco won't even recharge batteries if you buy them yourself. Also, the Sony is voice-activated, which means it is completely silent until the baby makes noise, even when turned all the way up. The Graco on the otherhand, you have to turn almost all the way down to avoid a constant hum, which will make you an insomniac in no time quick if you turned it up. I just assumed all monitors had this feature, and am sorely missing it on this one. The Sony NTM-910 comes in a dual receiver model, which I would recommend over this. I almost bought it but due the (...) price difference I opted for this model. However, the (...) will quickly be eaten up in battery costs, so no real advantage there.Customer Review: Good product, but consider the limitations
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good product, and does what it's supposed to. However, there are some issues to consider:
1) There are only two channels to select from! This can be very important, because if you get unlucky you'll be waking up to someone else's baby! I live in a single home community, and someone is already taking up one of the channels. One more and I'd be out of luck.
2) The receivers buzz if the volume is turned up high; otherwise they're a bit on the quiet side.
3) This may be obvious, but if the transmitter is turned off while the receivers are still on, the receivers will make the loud buzzing sound.
4) The quality is suspect. I had to return the first box I purchased because one of the receivers wouldn't get the signal. Amazon quickly exchanged it for me, and the second one doesn't have any issues.
Customer Review: Only worked for 6 months
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this monitor and at first really liked it, but after a few months the connection on the transmitter started getting very finicky, if it wasn't at just the right angle it wouldn't stay on. It was very frustrating because I would get it just so, leave the room and then half an hour later my receiver would suddenly play static because the transmitter had just disconnected, and now my baby was asleep and I couldn't go in to fix it. Eventually it got worse and worse until it would only work if I was holding the cable... so it was useless. I didn't rough it up or anything, I just had it on her shelf so it wasn't a very sturdy product. Another thing I never really liked even when it did work is that the sounds were always very loud, there is a volume control but at the lowest sound it was still very loud and magnified.Customer Review: Ok but ...
Summary: 3 Stars
The monitor is ok, no interference so far and the 2 receiver is a good solution. But the sound is not very loud (problem that can be minimized if you point the mic to the baby - but is needed to block the strong green light w/ a black tape) and because of that you need to leave the volume as high as possible sometimes (and a stays on forever).
Before this one I had a Sony Babycall NTM910 that have some really nice features not available on this Gracco: built-in rechargeable battery, voice activated (no sound on the reciever while the baby is quiet) - but the interference was a problem.
PS1.: I do listen well
PS2.: After a few weeks the interference appeared. I live in the city, in a apartment, w/ a lot of "neighboors" around. May be in the suburbs the problem wouldn't exist.
Customer Review: Both parent units stopped working w/in 3 weeks of purchase.
Summary: 1 Stars
Both parent units/receivers stopped working within about a week of each other. When we turned the parent units to "on," we would hear sound from the nursery unit/transmitter for a fraction of a second----then nothing but white noise. This white noise/static sounded much like the fan in our nursery...so we didn't even know that the receivers had broken until we heard crying from the nursery (and then realized, "Wait...we're not hearing that in the monitor at all").
We're very careful with our electronics...and judging by the fact that these both stopped working independently of each other, I know it had nothing to to with the AC adapters, a mix-up on the channel selection, etc.
Fortunately had a few days left before Amazon's 30-day return policy ended, so shipped back for a full refund.