Baby Monitor Review

One of the modern mom’s favorite nursery items, a baby monitor, allows her to keep an eye or ear on the baby while taking care of other needs in her home. Monitors come in a wide variety of styles, and you can get a basic monitor for as little as $30 or you can pay as much as $200 for one of the more advanced models.

Baby Monitor Overview:

Basic monitors allow you to hear what is going on in the nursery while you are in another room of the house. Most monitors come with a portable receiver, so you can take it with you from room to room.

Some monitors have a silent mode, with a light that comes on when the baby begins to make noise. This is handy when you are vacuuming, or doing other chores, where it might be hard to hear the monitor.

Other monitors are designed to work like walkie-talkies. This is nice if you are in with the baby and you need something from another room, and call for someone to bring it.

Another feature that is nice to have is a low battery indicator, so you aren’t caught off guard when you may need it most.

Baby Monitors come in both analog and digital models.

Popular Brands of Baby Monitors:

Popular brands of baby monitors include: BebeSounds/Unisar, Evenflo, First Years, Fisher-Price, Graco, Safety 1st and SBC/Phillips.

Analog or Digital Baby Monitor?

The biggest complaints of baby monitors are the static interference and the occasional eavesdropping that can occur with the analog models. The eavesdropping problem on some models is so bad that some people have reported they can pick up the sounds of their neighbor's baby. Some have even heard their next-door neighbor's conversations or conversations from cell phones and cordless phones.

Newer digital baby monitors have come out to address the problems of static and eavesdropping by using digital spread spectrum (DSS) technology. This technology scrambles signals traveling from monitor to receiver so that signals can't be intercepted by any outside devices.

Best Baby Monitors:

ConsumerSearch.com looks at reviews from all over the Web and lists the highest number of positive reviews for different products. Their research shows that the Graco iMonitor is considered the best baby monitor according to internet reviews. The Graco iMonitor is a digital baby monitor, which means the static has been greatly reduced and the eavesdropping problem has been virtually eliminated.

Another Baby Monitor which is considered one of the best baby monitors is BebeSounds Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor. The Angelcare baby monitor includes a sensor pad which is placed beneath the baby which detects the slightest movement. An alarm is triggered if the baby hasn't moved in 20 seconds. This baby monitor is good for preemies or those parents concerned about SIDS.

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