This review is from: Angelcare AC401 Baby Movement Sensor Pad and Sound Monitor (Deluxe) (Baby Product)
We have used this product for over 1 year now, it’s reliable, and give us confidence as it is one of the very few products that senses motion / breathing. With risk of sudden infant death syndrome, and especially when the baby is very young, this is invaluable, providing us with a piece of mind. It’s also really useful to bring on holidays, if you have a standard cot where you will go (like grandparents’ home), but doesn’t work on many travel cots as the mattress is not usually detachable, allowing you to slip the sensor pad under the mattress. Overall, it’s indispensible, we love it!
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This review is from: Angelcare AC401 Baby Movement Sensor Pad and Sound Monitor (Deluxe) (Baby Product)
I wanted the added reassurance of the movement sensor as well as a sound monitor, and I’m delighted with this.
Initally the set up looks daunting. But there is a telephone helpline which was answered straight away when I got a bit stuck, and we were given very helpful advice. After that, everything was very easy. Since then, we’ve had to problems. It has been set up three times now in different locations with no issues.
The only things I wish it had are:
a talk back function
a less bright nightlight. For night-time feeds, it is really dazzling and I’ve had to stick some tape over part of the ‘halo’ light.
But I’m still thrilled with the product, gives extra piece of mind even when our baby was sleeping next to me in the moses basket. A quick check of the monitor would show that it is still working without having to reach over and touch her and risk waking her.
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This review is from: Angelcare AC401 Baby Movement Sensor Pad and Sound Monitor (Deluxe) (Baby Product)
We bought this for our newborn son as a replacement for our other one which gets interference on it. We also wanted one with the sensor pad on it for peace of mind and so I could sleep without fear of SIDS happening.
This product would most definetely get 5 stars if it weren’t for a couple of things that can annoy you.
Setup was a little difficult at first but once you get the hang of it it’s OK. During initial setup I kept setting off the sensor pad alarm off even though it wasn’t plugged in! It took me a little while to figure that out and turn it off using the receiver. Once I realised that I understood what a useful feature it is, and how useful it is to be able to change all of the settings remotely without having to do it at the sender end. I found most of the features on this unit to be useful and an improvement on our old system. It also came with two receivers which meant we could leave one upstairs in our room and one downstairs permanently. However as with everything it’s not perfect, I find that when getting up to see to the baby during the night one tends to forget to turn off the sensor pad (or pause it sensing) on the receiver before you get up and wander off to lift the baby out of the cot and tend to them. Once you do that you get a warning sound to signify that the unit can’t sense the baby and shortly thereafter all hell breaks loose with the alarm on the sender and receiver end (which is a good thing and what it is designed to do). Just turn off the sender I hear you say but that makes the receiver end bleep to signal it’s lost the reception, which wakes up the other half and now the whole house is awake. In short it would be nice to deactivate the sensor pad alarm from the sender unit as well for sleepy headed parents an auto-pilot. Other than that it is still a great buy and would have got the full 5 stars.
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excellent, the best product,
We have used this product for over 1 year now, it’s reliable, and give us confidence as it is one of the very few products that senses motion / breathing. With risk of sudden infant death syndrome, and especially when the baby is very young, this is invaluable, providing us with a piece of mind. It’s also really useful to bring on holidays, if you have a standard cot where you will go (like grandparents’ home), but doesn’t work on many travel cots as the mattress is not usually detachable, allowing you to slip the sensor pad under the mattress. Overall, it’s indispensible, we love it!
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|A fantastic product, glad we bought it,
I wanted the added reassurance of the movement sensor as well as a sound monitor, and I’m delighted with this.
Initally the set up looks daunting. But there is a telephone helpline which was answered straight away when I got a bit stuck, and we were given very helpful advice. After that, everything was very easy. Since then, we’ve had to problems. It has been set up three times now in different locations with no issues.
The only things I wish it had are:
a talk back function
a less bright nightlight. For night-time feeds, it is really dazzling and I’ve had to stick some tape over part of the ‘halo’ light.
But I’m still thrilled with the product, gives extra piece of mind even when our baby was sleeping next to me in the moses basket. A quick check of the monitor would show that it is still working without having to reach over and touch her and risk waking her.
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|Not quite 5 stars,
We bought this for our newborn son as a replacement for our other one which gets interference on it. We also wanted one with the sensor pad on it for peace of mind and so I could sleep without fear of SIDS happening.
This product would most definetely get 5 stars if it weren’t for a couple of things that can annoy you.
Setup was a little difficult at first but once you get the hang of it it’s OK. During initial setup I kept setting off the sensor pad alarm off even though it wasn’t plugged in! It took me a little while to figure that out and turn it off using the receiver. Once I realised that I understood what a useful feature it is, and how useful it is to be able to change all of the settings remotely without having to do it at the sender end. I found most of the features on this unit to be useful and an improvement on our old system. It also came with two receivers which meant we could leave one upstairs in our room and one downstairs permanently. However as with everything it’s not perfect, I find that when getting up to see to the baby during the night one tends to forget to turn off the sensor pad (or pause it sensing) on the receiver before you get up and wander off to lift the baby out of the cot and tend to them. Once you do that you get a warning sound to signify that the unit can’t sense the baby and shortly thereafter all hell breaks loose with the alarm on the sender and receiver end (which is a good thing and what it is designed to do). Just turn off the sender I hear you say but that makes the receiver end bleep to signal it’s lost the reception, which wakes up the other half and now the whole house is awake. In short it would be nice to deactivate the sensor pad alarm from the sender unit as well for sleepy headed parents an auto-pilot. Other than that it is still a great buy and would have got the full 5 stars.
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