Advantages: 100% portable, mains or battery powered, good solid units Disadvantages: Can eat through batteries
Recently the video babymonitors that I had been given (second hand) gave up the ghost so I had to purchase a new set. I decided that I didn't need a video one again or one with any other fancy gimmick on it (one that plays a melody etc), I wanted a nice basic and reasonable cheap monitor just so I could hear when she wakes up in a morning etc.
After looking online at the hundreds of monitors available (most of which are very expensive) I found the Tomy Walkabout Classic Advance and after reading a couple of reviews I decided that this one should do the job just fine.
Whats in the Box?
In the box you get a set of instructions whish tell you how to get started and how to use all of the various features these monitors have, you also get two babymonitor unit, one is the baby unit and one is the Parent Unit and you get two mains adaptors ...
Baby Walkabout Advance from Tomy
Living in a flat I felt I did not really need the most high tech and expensive of monitors and just needed one that really did the job. I was looking at all the ones available to buy on Amazon and this one sprang out at me.
It was not the cheapest monitor going but it certainly was not the most expensive either. Monitors range from about £15 up to an astonishing £100 plus. The latest ones out on the market offer a television screen where you are actually able to see your baby as well as hear their sounds and monitor room temperature. I feel however the television screen is a little bit much and think I would find myself glued to the screen while all the time away from the baby.
This particular babymonitor set me back only £29. I think this is a fair price for what you are getting ...
Advantages: It looks nice Disadvantages: Can't hear baby, lights don't change when baby makes noises
works. I have a very calm and peaceful baby who hardly ever cries and the lights NEVER change except for the occasional and very rare scream or cry.
I was hoping for a monitor that displayed changes in my baby's breathing, but the thing never budges from a very faintly lit first dot of light (Mind you, I have it plugged into the mains so it is not a question of low batteries).
As a result I find myself having to walk into my baby's room several times a night because I am uncertain as to whether or not she is still breathing, fortunate to find that she still is!
You may be thinking, "Well, just turn up the volume so that you can hear your baby breathing if you can't actually see your baby breathing on the monitor". Well, I've already tried that and it didn't work. The monitor claims to have crystal clear reception that is meant to ...
Product Information for "Philips Dial-Up Baby Monitor" »
Product details
Long Name
Dial-Up Baby Monitor
Type
Baby Monitor
Manufacturer
Philips
Manufacturer's product description
This innovative monitor behaves like a regular baby monitor but also has the extra functionality of being able to call your mobile phone when your baby makes a sound. So when you are in the garden, at the neighbour's or busy in a far corner of your home (or anywhere a regular baby monitor can't reach), you can rest assured that you'll hear your baby as soon as they need you. Listen and talk to your baby using the regular parent unit OR mobile/landline phone A choice of 4 channels and a special tone transmitted along with the audio signal minimises the chance of interference from other wireless appliances e.g other monitors in the area Why we like it: Listen and talk to your baby using the regular parent unit OR mobile/landline phone A choice of 4 channels and a special tone transmitted along with the audio signal minimises the chance of interference from other wireless appliances e.g other monitors in the area Tak
