Recommend a Baby Monitor please

kPATm · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:20

Evening. The Mrs and I are expecting our 1st child this summer

Im looking at getting a decent baby monitor setup. Im looking for something that does everything well ( Night Vision, Sound, Video Quality) Budget is around £100/£150. Thanks

kkelly · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:26

Congratulations, ours is only 8 months old we got given this as a gift and it's done alright.

https://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/digital-video-and-movement-monitor

The sensor pad goes of sometimes at random as he rolls off it

Liquid_Entity · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:28

We’ve had this one for 2 years now. Works fine in day/night mode. Good audio quality too. Only issue is over time the battery does degrade but you can plug it in to a normal micro usb charger as well as the wall socket charger anytime.

Motorola MBP36S Night Vision Digital Video Baby Monitor - White

https://www.babymonitorsdirect.co.uk/motorola-mbp36s-video-baby-monitor-large-screen.html?

Efour · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:38

14" is very small by these days standards

LOAM · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:39

We used an angel one that monitor's movement / breathing.

NewGamer11 · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:45

https://www.beetronics.co.uk/products

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:45

LOAM said:
We used an angel one that monitor's movement / breathing.

That's what we used, it's fantastic. No camera 'though.

kPATm · 24 Jan 2018 at 19:45

Liquid_Entity said:
We’ve had this one for 2 years now. Works fine in day/night mode. Good audio quality too. Only issue is over time the battery does degrade but you can plug it in to a normal micro usb charger as well as the wall socket charger anytime.

Motorola MBP36S Night Vision Digital Video Baby Monitor - White

https://www.babymonitorsdirect.co.uk/motorola-mbp36s-video-baby-monitor-large-screen.html?

Have my eye on that one Liquid but I have been seeing reviews of the USB socket breaking and some other issues?

crinkleshoes · 24 Jan 2018 at 20:27

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x BenQ GL955A 18.5" 1366x768 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £68.99

Total: £80.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)

Smallest one I could find...

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jan 2018 at 20:32

@crinkleshoes class.

a1ex2001 · 24 Jan 2018 at 20:33

kPATm said:
Have my eye on that one Liquid but I have been seeing reviews of the USB socket breaking and some other issues?

We have one of these picked it up second hand on the bay and it's a great bit of kit picture quality is great with the night vision being good and the range is fantastic. We also have a big standard sound only BT one that is great value for money.

Diddums · 24 Jan 2018 at 20:45

Liquid_Entity · 24 Jan 2018 at 20:52

kPATm said:
Have my eye on that one Liquid but I have been seeing reviews of the USB socket breaking and some other issues?

Never had an issue with connecting the charger. Could have just been a faulty batch in processing.

Devrij · 24 Jan 2018 at 21:19

I have a cheapo Motorola one and it is plenty. Unless you live in a mansion you'll know all about it anyway. Naturally you'll be paranoid as **** that they've somehow died in their sleep for a while (that doesn't go away, in my experience, but it is limited to when they sleep through the whole night), but your money is best spent on the mountains of nappies, muslin squares, wipes, baby grows etc that you'll burn through.

Liquid_Entity · 24 Jan 2018 at 21:23

Totally agree with devrij. Spend most of your money on nappies and wipes.

Our boy slept through the night from 5 months. I used to wake up at every noise on the monitor to excess and suffered bad sleep because of it. Definitely no need for all those pressure sensors and the like. They are babies they roll around everywhere.

Thekwango · 24 Jan 2018 at 21:26

LOAM said:
We used an angel one that monitor's movement / breathing.

String said:
That's what we used, it's fantastic. No camera 'though.

this. you can get them relatively cheap if you look around. no need for cameras, imo.

branddaly · 24 Jan 2018 at 21:42

Liquid_Entity said:
We’ve had this one for 2 years now. Works fine in day/night mode. Good audio quality too. Only issue is over time the battery does degrade but you can plug it in to a normal micro usb charger as well as the wall socket charger anytime.

Motorola MBP36S Night Vision Digital Video Baby Monitor - White

We have this one swell. Been working fine for 17 months, with no real lost in battery performance, though we have it plugged in most of the time. The night vision is really good. Most useful feature is the two way audiot, so we can talk to our lad when he wakes up screaming. Don't have to get out of bed to reassure him.

Liquid_Entity · 24 Jan 2018 at 21:57

Haha we usually speak to him to tell him to go back to sleep when he wakes up before his 7am gro clock sun rise

ZedPowered · 24 Jan 2018 at 22:04

Motorola MBP50 we have used and been really impressed. The video and night vision is awesome. Decent size screen too.

Tute · 24 Jan 2018 at 23:10

String said:
That's what we used, it's fantastic. No camera 'though.

Yeah this is the one we have. No camera but sound and movement and that's fine.