Summer Infant Baby's Quiet Sounds Color Handheld Video Monitor

I was really pleased with this monitor, which I ordered after reading through all the various reviews here. The good reviews are true: nice picture, clear signal, minimal static with proper placement, and very conveniently portable. Unfortunately, the bad reviews are true, too: these things do go on the fritz now and then.

In our case, we've only had the monitor for a month and something has gone wrong. The video monitor no longer gets any signal when the AC power is plugged in; oddly, it works fine when I pull the plug out and it goes on battery power.

I feel confident that, based on other customers' stories here, Summer will go ahead and exchange my defective monitor without a major hassle. I do recommend that anyone who buys a baby monitor should hang on to their store receipt and original packaging; these gadgets appear to be more prone to defects and failure than other electronics.

I'm so glad I bought this monitor with the larger 2.5" screen. We are able to see our daughter clearly even in black-and-white mode. Note that there needs to be good bright lighting in the bedroom for it to show color mode clearly.

This monitor has great reception, as I can take it down to the garage to do laundry or out to our patio to water the plants. It does generate some interference when we set it near our computers or tv.

You do have to keep it plugged in for it to show the picture constantly, otherwise it goes into standby mode with only sound (you have to press the top button to get picture).

I do wish that they had numbered volume settings on the side so I can always set it at the same level every night. I find myself fidgeting with it each night to get just the right amount of sound. We have a sound machine that runs in her room at night, so we try not to make it too loud.

All in all, this will save you the hassle of running to the baby's room all the time. Good quality and effective!

We discovered that if we held the monitor at a certain angle we could see the neighbor's sleeping baby. Which means that they could probably see us too. Other than that issue, the monitor works.

My wife and I ordered this monitor to watch out daughter as we transitioned her from a crib to a regular bed. The monitor only gives a decent picture if the monitor and receiver are very, very close to each other (i.e. The Same Room!). Our bedroom is directly over our daughter's room and the picture quality is awful. I would not recommend anybody purchase this monitor.

great product. a little staticky but i have yet to hear a monitor that doesn't have any type of static.