Customer Reviews 
Brilliant!
2008-07-15This monitor is a must. I am so grateful it was invented before we had our baby - it probably saved her life - twice! She has been super squirmy from 3 months on and both times the alarm went off when we found her rolled over face down right into the mattress! I would never have slept soundly without it - I know it seems paranoid, but all new moms are. It's not the best monitor for sound - we'll probably trade it for a normal one when she's a little older. But I think if I could only pick one product to recommend for a newborn, this would be it. It's nice to see the price has come down so much also - lucky new guys!
Horrible Monitor...Would Not Recommend
2008-07-01This is a horrible monitor and a waste of money. I've never even used the sensor pad because, like others mentioned, you have to put a piece of plywood or something under the mattress to keep it steady. Not convenient if you don't have a piece of plywood laying around. Another frustrating thing with this monitor is that if you don't put it on the right setting, it clicks, so I've never even used any other setting than the noise setting. The biggest frustration of all for us has been the horrible static and buzzing that comes through on the receiver! We have to put our electric fan on at night so we can sleep and not hear the monitor buzzing. It seems every other night we're jiggling and playing with it to get the transmitter in the exact spot where it doesn't have static.
Safety Net for premature babies...
2008-06-29My great nephew was born 3 months premature and this baby monitor
hwlped keep our Donovan alive, he is now 26 months old and thriving!
excellent
2008-06-17I love this!! No false alarms unless I pick her up and forget to turn it off. I sleep so soundly at night now. Excellent product! Highly reccommend it!
helpful product during the night
2008-03-29This is a great product. During our child birth classes at the hospital, the instructor said that these aren't proven to work. I am a healthceare professional and my baby choked quite a bit in the first few months and at times had shallow breathing. I had comfort knowing that during the night while we were sleeping, the alarm would go off if the baby didn't breathe. It only went off a few times and I was able to check the baby just as he was taking a breath. It allowed us to rest better in the night.
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