SUMMER INFANT DAY & NIGHT BABY VIDEO MONITOR WITH 5″ SCREEN – WHITE

5 Responses to “SUMMER INFANT DAY & NIGHT BABY VIDEO MONITOR WITH 5″ SCREEN – WHITE”

1. D. Terry says:

   January 13, 2010 at 9:28 am

   I have owned a total of 4 (FOUR!) Summer Infant Day & Night Baby Video Monitors, which I bought and returned and bought and returned and bought and returned. . . from Toys R Us as a result of all FOUR of them being defective in one way or another:
   1. A defective camera that DID NOT DISPLAY AN IMAGE AT ALL
   2. A defective monitor that buzzed and crackled on all channel settings
   3. A defective monitor that emitted a loud sound and ORANGE light from inside the video unit
   4. A set of camera plus monitor that DID NOT WORK AT ALL

   This is the crappiest product ever, stay away from Summer products, they are clearly poorly manufactured and have shoddy quality control.

   The only reason I put up with all those returns is because I could not get a refund back from Toys R Us, they only have a “replacement” policy.

   What a WASTE of time and money — stay away stay away stay away from this product at all costs. NOT worth your valuable parenting time. . .

   Rating: 1 / 5

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2. J. Kiernan says:

   January 13, 2010 at 11:32 am

   The image quality on the monitor is good; the sound IS incredibly sensitive. My husband couldn’t bear to have the audio on, even at the lowest setting, because of the static unless we were in another room (at which point, what’s the use of a video monitor). However, we quickly became addicted to watching the baby and fell in love with having the monitor on whenever she was asleep. This lasted about 5 months. Our daughter will be 6 months old next week, and we’ve been relying on our audio-only monitor for about three weeks. The Day & Night video monitor suddenly stopped working reliably, then just stopped working at all. The video screen wouldn’t come on, and the unit would emit a rhythmic clicking noise, but initially if you flicked it off and on, it would come around. Now there’s nothing. . . no noise, no picture. I recognize that this is at the low end of the price point for similar items, but when I spend even this amount of money, I expect the purchase to last more than a few months. Customer service has yet to respond to my inquiry. I’ll re-post if they have any impact on my disappointment.
   Rating: 2 / 5

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3. J. Nation says:

   January 13, 2010 at 1:52 pm

   I wish we had sprung for the extra $50 and gone with the better model. Do NOT plan to use this with the audio function. . . you may hear everything in the room down to a mouse fart, but you will NEVER get rid of the static that comes through. Additionally the monitor clarity is so poor we often ran into the babys room thinking that she was in some compromised position only to learn that she was just fine. Finally, after 1 yr, this item died on us. A bit of a blessing because now I will upgrade and pay the extra $50. Just not with this brand.
   Rating: 2 / 5

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4. Eileen Dusseault says:

   January 13, 2010 at 3:10 pm

   I just purchased this today and am going to return it tommorrow. I don’t mind the Black and White and I wasn’t too concerned with the CRT instead of the flat screen. The pic is pretty clear. . but there is a ton of static with the sound. The little lights in the front that should alert you (by going from green to red) to sound are always in the full red, even in a quite room, because of all the static. I suppose you get what you pay for. I am going to have to go with a more expensive model.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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5. J. Carlee says:

   January 13, 2010 at 4:54 pm

   I received this as a gift for my second baby. I was not really sure if it was something I really “needed”, but we borrowed the monitor we’d used for our first baby, so we needed something, and since we were given this, I figured I would try it out.
   My son is 11 weeks old and I have been using this since the third night he was home from the hospital. I could not get any sleep w/ him in our room, and out of desperation put him in his crib in his own room that third night. I hooked up the monitor and loved the fact that I could see him as well as hear him.
   I did have to adjust the channel to “C” instead of “A” because of interference, but once I adjusted it, there has been minimal interference.
   My only complaint is that the volume is very loud, even on the lowest setting. I just need to barely be able to hear him since I sleep so lightly now that I have babies in the house. And the lowest setting for this is just too loud. I even taped over the volume holes on the bottom of the unit, but it did not help much.
   However, it makes no difference to us now, because we just leave the sound off during the night, having just the video portion on. It works well for me since I can hear him if he starts fussing, and can see whether he is in need of me getting out of bed or am I just hearing him fuss for a minute and go back to sleep. I love it. It has saved me many trips of getting in and out of bed to check to see if he’s breathing or not. I can usually tell by staring at the monitor for a minute or two.
   This device does not alert you if the baby stops breathing like some claim to do, but that was the type of monitor we used w/ our first son, and it was, in my opinion, just a gimmick. This is more trustworthy to me because I can see him w/ my own 2 eyes.
   I recommend this to anyone who wants a simple device to use at night to ease your mind, and help you sleep!
   Rating: 5 / 5

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