Philips Avent Digital Baby Monitor with Zero-Interference DECT Technology
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Baby Products Reviews of Philips Avent Digital Baby Monitor with Zero-Interference DECT Technology
Customer Review: Worth EVERY penny!
Summary: 5 Stars
This monitor is wonderful! We had a less expensive monitor with our first child, but after the interference waking up our children multiple times, we purchased this Philips monitor. We couldn't be happier with it!
We NEVER have interference with other electronic devices. It has a lot of great features, but the one we use the most is the temperature indicator. Our older home presents a problem with regulating temperature in the children's bedrooms, but now we can see what the temperature is in their rooms at any time. We even had our furnace fail in the middle of the night and the monitor alarmed and woke us because the temperature was dropping too low!
Worth every penny!
Customer Review: can't hear it -- bad product
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought this because of the interference in our neighborhood and our neighbors sometimes heard our baby instead of theirs, but we returned it because if you are 8 feet away from the monitor you will lucky to hear your baby cry. Also, you don't even hear that until your baby is in full cry mode, so why even have the monitor!
The other features -- temperature monitoring, auto-off from the receiver, and 2 way speaking are great, but what's the point if the main function is defective?
Customer Review: Ludicrously expensive but worth it - the Cadillac of Baby Monitors
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this to replace the Graco iMonitor (see my review for why we didn't like that one). I wanted a digital monitor to avoid interference with all our wireless gadgets and neighbors baby monitors...plus I didn't like the idea of someone being potentially able to hear *my* baby on the monitor!
All told if you are a light sleeper and don't want to hear static, beeping, and extraneous noise - just when your baby needs you! - this is the perfect monitor.
Pros:
- Zero interference or static in two months' use
- Never lost signal
- Adjustable sensitivity. The monitor ONLY broadcasts when the baby makes noise! It can detect things like the A/C and even the mobile music and recognize them as background noise and not broadcast them. (If you are paranoid and want to hear all sounds from the room, just set the sensitivity to maximum and it will broadcast constantly).
- If it does lose the signal (I had to turn off the base to test this) it doesn't start beeping right away. It tries to reconnect for about 30 seconds, and then beeps if unable. (The iMonitor started beeping immediately which was not really helpful in the middle of the night. I can cope without hearing my baby for 30 seconds.)
-Temperature monitoring and alert
-Lullaby - we don't use this much but it is nice to be able to turn it on remotely if the baby wakes up unexpectedly - it has helped settle him a couple times
- Uses regular AAA rechargable batteries. You can put regular batteries in it too - just do something to remind yourself NOT to put it in the charger if you do that!
Cons:
These are not so much reasons not to buy as things that were either pointless or should be better designed on a $200 monitor
- The charger is a little temperamental. I thought we had battery problems or a bum charger at first, but what happens is it's possible to put the unit in the charger, have the charger light illuminate, but the unit is not charging. Always look to see if the battery icon is inidcating charging to ensure it's properly seated in the charger. I supspect this is the problem some other reviewers had.
- Base and monitor should have pads to prevent sliding
- The "starry night" night light is just lame. I was expecting it to make little stars on the ceiling, but basically the base just glows.
- Separate attachments for neck strap and belt clip. Seriously, who can keep track of these? We just took the neck strap off and looped it around the belt clip so we can use either/or
- Volume is a little lower than on most monitors. This is fine by me - Level 2 will wake me up - but hubby needs to set it on MAX.
- Battery life is kinda short - much worse if you turn up the sensitivity. It would be nice to be able to get a separate charging base. If this is a concern and you can do without the temperature & lullaby features, get the model with two parent units. On the other hand the fact that it uses regular AAA batteries means you can always have a spare set in a regular charger.
Customer Review: Wonderful product
Summary: 5 Stars
We enjoy this baby monitor very much, as it picks up on sounds very well. It activates very well when our baby is crying, not just when she's peacelfully coo-cooing. The quality of sound is very good. Because we don't want to expose the baby to radio waves too much, we put it a little further away from her, but the device still picks up on her crying very well. We also love the fact that it chooses it's own frequency, so that you know only you can hear your baby, no neighbors can listen in. The night light is a bit weak and the price is a bit high. Nevertheless, it does what it's supposed to do very well and we consider it a wonderful product, with great technology. Customer Review: Almost Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this monitor. My last one, a Sony, kept making clicking noises, as well as channel changing noises (similar to the ones you hear from a cordless phone). It was quite annoying and we couldn't take it anymore. The Philips is perfect. You don't hear a thing, unless our baby made a sound. In addition, you can also push a button to "talk" back (like a walkie-talkie) and or turn on the starry night lights (though I don't use this feature).
One problem, which other reviewers have also mentioned, is that the maximum volume on this device, is not that loud. You really need to watch for the lights if you're doing something very loud and can't hear the sound. We can live with this though, as the sound is loud enough on a normal environment (with tv on, etc).