Graco imonitor Video 2.0 Version Review

We bought this monitor because it was digital and wouldn't interfere with other monitors in our neighborhood. We've had it for 2.5 yrs and have had to reset it maybe once a month. The picture quality isn't the best either. We used it for our toddler, who doesn't need much monitoring, and it was good enough for us but I wouldn't recommend this for a newborn. After 2.5yrs, we couldn't keep the handheld monitor charged because the connection is loose. It's pretty much useless to us now. This was our 4th monitor so it wasn't the worse but certainly wasn't the best...especially with the expensive price tag.
This monitor uses the 2.4ghz range, but still has a pretty short range for the audio, and even shorter range for the video.



Video quality is reasonable, a bit washed out. The NIGHT video is not very good with range (maybe 6 feet visible range), and it has brightish RED leds that shines at the child and I can see that creeping some kids out. An IR LED for night time does NOT need to be visible to the child.



Video drops out regularly with a Ding!Ding! warning which gets pretty annoying over time when you are at the range of the video, which in our house is about 45 feet (2 rooms). Audio reception is almost twice that.

Even in the adjacent room, connection drops out regularly through the night which causes the 'DING DING' waking us up.



The audio is reasonable, but wierd because there is a 2 second delay, Not because we care that there is a 2 second delay, but we can just hear the original cry and then the monitor echoes it which is a pretty creepy effect at night.



One more annoyance is that the sound controls are not very gradiated. Even on the quietest setting it's too loud for a quiet room and every snort gets amplified. We duct taped the speaker hole and that helped.



Battery time for us is about 2-3 hours with occasional video. Enough for a nap, but you'll want to leave it plugged in otherwise.



The parent unit IS amazingly portable, however the drawback is that it's not built nearly as robustly as other graco products. A minor drop from our toddler's hands popped out the OLED screen cover. Another got the video all wacky.



I wouldn't recommend it for retail price, Check out the SUMMER brand video products, but in a pinch it'll do if you can find it on clearance.


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