Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White
The Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor is one of the more unique monitors on the market. Monitors in this category use a motion-sensing pad that sounds an alert if your child doesn't move for 20 seconds. They are often marketed as a preventative device for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), but medical professionals often warn against this. Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White - Owners are consistently positive in their reviews of the Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor, giving it near-perfect average scores on most user-review sites. On the other hand, experts at the American Academy of Pediatrics caution that the vast majority of parents don't need this type of cardiorespiratory monitor, and that there's no evidence that using such a monitor prevents SIDS. Despite this, parents say they still get peace of mind from using the Angelcare Sensor, which alerts if your baby doesn't move for 20 seconds.
Owner-written reviews are the best source of information on the Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor specifically. Amazon.com has the most posts on the Angelcare, but Target.com, Epinions.com, Walmart.com and Lilaguide.com have enough to make these sites worth a visit as well. Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White ConsumerGuide.com also has a short entry on the Angelcare, with separate ratings for value, performance, ease of use and features. Note that the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend these monitors for the vast majority of parents.
Angelcare has been around since 1997, providing people with additional care and monitoring products for their little angels. The Montreal-based company has dedicated itself into creating products that would definitely help ensure the safety of your child. Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White Through their baby monitors, parents would never have to worry if their babies are having troubles while sleeping at night; they are informed through the monitor if there any problems. One of their products, the Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor White, is such that would help monitor in hearing all the sounds that are happening in the baby’s room. This is perfect if the mommy and daddy wants to hear their baby’s sleep talking dreams at night! A lot of consumers and baby monitor reviews enthusiastically talk about the effectiveness of this product, but for further satisfaction, there are important things to know about said product.
It does the basics of what it's supposed to do quite well. It lets you listen to what's going on in your baby's room very clearly. The radio transmission is reliably free of static, even in our house with way too much metal in the walls. I would have expected that if it did this well (which it does), that's all I need in a baby monitor. Turns out there are so many other small problems with it that I have mixed feelings about it.
First off, it's really quiet. Even with the volume turned all the way up, you can't hear baby's small wimpers that indicate she's starting to wake up, unless the room where you're listening from is nearly silent. Other baby monitors are so loud they're fine to use in rooms with several people holding a conversation. This one you need to pay extra attention to. With other baby monitors this wouldn't be a deal breaker, because there's usually a visual indicator of the volume level too.
The Angelcare also has a visual indication of the volume level in the room. But the color LCD display is very difficult to read because it has a tiny viewing angle. If the monitor is on a table, and you're standing, the display always appears to have all of its indicators on. (All bars, 88 in the number display.) You need to be almost at eye level with it, or have it pointing straight at you to be able to read it. So you can't count in using the visual display to see when baby's waking up either. I prefer the kinds which have bright lights that tell you there's something going on that you can see even in the middle of a rock concert.
Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White
Also, the out of range feature is simply bizarre. Most baby monitors will start complaining loudly to you if they lose signal and are no longer tracking what's going on in baby's room. Angelcare has this feature, but implemented in a way that I don't understand at all and makes it somewhat dangerous. Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White There's a switch on the transmitter unit (the one in baby's room) which says whether or not the out-of-range alarm should be active. The parent / listening unit has no indication whether the alarm is active or not. So if you take the monitor out of range, the alarm might sound telling you that you're out of range, or the monitor might remain silent with no indication that anything is wrong. No indication at all. There isn't even an icon telling you that the out of range alarm is disabled. Again, let me emphasize something because it makes no sense. Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White This isn't a switch you throw on the listening unit to make it shut up because it's annoying you that you're out of range, maybe because you know and don't care. It's a switch on the baby's room unit. Moreover, the switch is easy to move by mistake, and doesn't even light a light or anything saying it's gone into dangerous mode. I have taped mine into safe mode.
Aside from these problems it's got neat features. Seeing the temperature in the baby's room is kinda nice. The rechargeable batteries it comes with are nice. Angelcare Baby Sound Monitor, White The sound quality is good. It does the basics right, but is flawed in the features.
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