MOBI - MobiCam AV Nursery Monitor 3.6 5 317 341
Truly a great monitor I had the mobicam monitor for both my children's bedrooms and i broke it. When I went searching the internet, I found the updated version on Walmart.com for a great price. I could not wait to get it site to store. It was driving me crazy not being able to see if my 3 year old had fallen asleep. He was also sick and was coughing and crying a lot through the night. I couldnt tell if he was sleeping or sitting up. We has a lot of sleepless nights. I truly love this monitor. It is so much better and improved. The reception is a lot better. It gives me a piece of mind to be able to see my kids when they are sleeping, its also nice to see if my 3 year old has fallen asleep or is up playing. My husband and I sometimes find ourselves watching and laughing at him trying to fall asleep. I highly recommend this monitor and could not live without it 04/19/2009
Very useful, not perfect Some of the previous reviews state that the monitor screen is bright in a dark room, but I have to say that this has not been a problem at all because there is an "LCD On/Off" switch on the side of the monitor screen unit. I switch mine to "Off" at night, and then it works just like a regular sound monitor! If I hear crying, I can quickly switch it back on to check on my baby. Because the VOX switch is on the camera unit instead of the monitor unit, that feature has been useless to me, however I have found I do not even need it with the "LCD On/Off" switch.The wide viewing range of the camera is nice, something I didn't find with other video monitiors, but if the product was perfect it would have a zoom feature on the lens to allow for being placed at different distances from the crib.The monitor screen picture is excellent when the lighting in the room is right (I found that closing the blinds down instead of up in the baby's room improved the monitor picture, oddly). There is a hazier picture with dimmer lighting and good picture with full infrared. The closer the camera is, the better I can see my baby in all lightings.Walmart's product description says that this monitor comes with a "hanging loop" but as far as I know, this is not true! I emailed the company hoping to receive one.I have had some trouble with static. It is easily fixed when the monitor is placed in just the right position, but it is an annoyance.I wish this monitor came with batteries that could be charged by plugging the unit in. Instead, the user manual says batteries should be removed during long periods of using the AC adaptors, which is very impractical, especially given that the battery compartments are screwed shut!Overall, this product still gets 4 stars because it is very functional, a very good product at a price that is lower than many video monitors. I have a premature baby with special needs for safety, so being able to visually check on her without disturbing her has been very important. It also allows me to know whether she is fussing and trying to go back to sleep or waking up hungry. A very useful, functional product, though not perfect! 03/20/2010
Love It! We love this and wish we had purchased it sooner. I mainly wanted it so I could allow my 1 year old to play in his room without having to stay in there with him. But we use it for naptimes and nighttime as well.It was no-brainer setup, the nightvision is great, and I love that you can watch without sound if desired. I also like that you have the capability to add another camera and use the "scan" mode to automatically switch back and forth between cameras. It will be great if we have another kid.The one downside is that the screen is really bright in a dark room at night, but we remedied that problem by turning the sound up just a bit and placing the monitor face-down on the chair next to our bed. It's still within arm's reach if I want to see him, but the brightness isn't lighting up the entire room.We are still using our "regular" monitors too, just so we can have sound monitoring capabilities in other rooms without having to move the viewscreen around the house. They don't interfere with each other. We also have a wireless network, and the only time we get any buzzing is when the laptop is close to the receiver. 11/20/2008
One main reason for returning this! All in all this was a good video monitor. The sound and video were both good.We bought the monitor because we could hook up two cameras, auto-scan between the cameras, and the video monitor had a voice activated switch to turn it on.The reason I returned it was because of the voice activated switch. I like to keep the video monitor off for the most part but like the freedom to push a button to turn it on every once in a while (like with the Summer Infant Day/Night Video Monitor). With the Mobicam, you can either have the video on at all times or have it turn on only when activated by voice. The problem is that the switch between these two functions is on the video camera and not the monitor. Therefore, if you want to just take a quick peak at your baby you have to go into the room to switch it from voice activated to on all the time! Pretty much negates the purpose of having a video monitor in the first place! 09/24/2009
