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Brand Rating Summary Sample Color & Price
Bebe Sounds Infant Movement Monitor
4 stars -- Great
4
Great

A good value!
This infant movement monitor with an integrated audio monitor, works as advertised, has a good features, and acceptable audio. Although some households with wireless devices may experience static in the audio.

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The Good:
  • Good movement accuracy
  • Includes audio monitor
  • Nice features
The Bad:
  • Lacks a functional belt clip
  • Some audio static
$80.10

In-Stock + Free Shipping


Summer Infant Day and Night Video
4 stars -- Great
4
Great

A good value!
This audio and video baby monitor has a good range for video and audio, with some interference. Its good feature set includes infrared sensing for night viewing.

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The Good:
  • Video and Audio quality
  • Decent range
  • Power cord security clips
  • Sound indicator lights
The Bad:
  • No battery backup power
  • Some interference
  • Kickstand on parent unit is hard to activate
$179.99

In-Stock + Free Shipping


Philips Digital SCD589
3.5 stars -- Great
3.5
Great

A good value!
This audio baby monitor has an excellent feature set, good range, and very little static. We would have rated it higher if the audio volume were better.

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The Good:
  • Signal Privacy
  • Range
  • Baby Lullabies
  • Battery backup power for baby unit
The Bad:
  • Audio quality
  • Battery charging procedure
  • Menu settings
$189.95

Out-of-Stock


Fisher-Price Private Connection Dual
3.5 stars -- Great
3.5
Great

This audio baby monitor has easy-to-use features, and good audio. Parent units use rechargeable batteries, but the baby monitor lacks a battery backup power source.

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The Good:
  • Range
  • Audio quality
  • Sound indicator lights
  • Channel selection
The Bad:
  • No battery backup for baby monitor
  • Over-charging risk for parent units
$57.99

In-Stock


Safety 1st Crystal Clear
3.5 stars -- Great
3.5
Great

A good value!
This audio baby monitor earns its name, when no other 49MHz transmitters are near. It has excellent audio quality and range, but can easily be overheard on neighbor’s monitors.

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The Good:
  • Exceptional range
  • Great audio quality
The Bad:
  • Non-rechargeable battery
  • No sound indicator lights
  • No eavesdrop protection
$16.24

In-Stock


Graco iMonitor, 2 parent & 2 child
3 stars -- Good
3
Good

This audio baby monitor has a good set of features, including battery backup for the baby unit, and eavesdrop protection. However the audio quality was poor.

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The Good:
  • Eavesdrop protection
  • Battery backup for baby unit
  • Low static
  • Sound indicator lights
The Bad:
  • Tin can sounding audio
  • Low volume level
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$111.02

In-Stock + Free Shipping


Graco iMonitor, 1 parent & 1 child
3 stars -- Good
3
Good

This audio baby monitor has a good set of features, including battery backup for the baby unit, and eavesdrop protection. However the audio quality was poor.

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The Good:
  • Eavesdrop protection
  • Battery backup for baby unit
  • Low static
  • Sound indicator lights
The Bad:
  • Tin can sounding audio
  • Low volume level
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$59.99

In-Stock


Fisher-Price Sound ‘n Lights Dual
3 stars -- Good
3
Good

This audio baby monitor has easy-to-use features, very good range and sound quality. Rechargeable batteries would have earned a higher rating.

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The Good:
  • Audio quality
  • Very good range
  • Sound indicator lights
The Bad:
  • Non-rechargeable batteries
  • Large antennas
  • No Eaves-dropping protection
$34.99

In-Stock


Graco iMonitor, 2 parent & 1 child
3 stars -- Good
3
Good

This audio baby monitor has a good set of features, including battery backup for the baby unit, and eavesdrop protection. However the audio quality was poor.

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The Good:
  • Eavesdrop protection
  • Battery backup for baby unit
  • Low static
  • Sound indicator lights
The Bad:
  • Tin can sounding audio
  • Low volume level
Blue
$89.99

In-Stock


Babysense V Infant Movement Monitor
2.5 stars -- Good
2.5
Good

This infant movement monitor does perform well at monitoring baby movement. However, the lack of a monitoring unit for the parent’s room is a major disadvantage compared to other infant movement monitors.

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The Good:
  • No wireless interference
  • No power adapters
The Bad:
  • No unit for parent's room
  • User manual is complicated
  • Missing feature
$129.95

In-Stock


Evenflo Whisper Connect
2 stars -- Flawed
2
Flawed

The audio baby monitor has unacceptable audio. While static was low and intermittent, volume is nearly inaudible.

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The Good:
  • Easy setup
  • Low static
  • Sound indicator lights
The Bad:
  • Nearly inaudible volume
  • No battery backup power for baby unit
$29.99

Currently unavailable


4UCam Dancing Daisy Kid-Cam
1 stars -- Unacceptable
1
Unacceptable

This audio and video baby monitor broadcasts video up to 30 feet. Audio was almost unusable at any range. Strong interference occurs in homes with a wireless devices. Power cords can be connected to the wrong units!

Full review...

The Good:
  • Video quality
  • Night viewing
The Bad:
  • Power cords can be attached to the wrong unit
  • Audio is poor
  • Channel-changing is difficult
$144.95

In-Stock


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