Good quality baby monitor, 10 Feb. 2014

Before I got this Avent Monitor, I had the BT 250 for 5 months and I was loving it. The sound quality was AMAZING, really fantastic. However, the battery life of the BT monitor began decreasing dramatically, and the display started fading... I had to return it and Amazon was amazing, like always, and refunded me.

So I read some reviews and decided to try this Philips Avent. Overall a great product, easy to assemble, simple to get used to, no interference. However, once you have tried the BT sound quality, there's nothing like it! I constantly use this Avent Monitor in the maximum Sensitivity because I want to hear every sound my baby makes (she has reflux), and if you decrease the level of Sensitivity, the monitor shuts down automatically, and only makes sound if your baby makes sounds too. I don't know it this is because I'm used to hear everything, but I don't like it when the monitor turns off, so I use the max. sentitivity.

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The Walls Have Ears (and Sing Too), 11 Dec. 2013

The most important thing when buying a baby monitor is the quality of the sound and in this area the `Philips AVENT DECT Baby Monitor SCD560' excels. Both units are easy to set up, just take them out of the packets, give them a little charge and you are ready to go. The sound clarity is excellent and has no interference from the rest of the utilities in the house. The range should easily cover the range of most people's houses, unless you happen to have more than one wing.

The device itself is of excellent build quality and has more than just the basic features. You can talk through your parent module to soothe the baby, or remotely set off a lullaby to try and let them drift off again before popping up to see. Another nice extra is the night light and is just the correct level of brightness so as not to wake anyone up! The device comes with a good battery life that should last all the night and most of the day, but will need recharging regularly. Therefore, the fact...

effective, 10 Oct. 2013

This is a neat but simple unit. The reception is great, and 2-way communication a boon, particularly the ability to turn on the music to soothe the baby without needing to disturb or enervate by going into the room. Both units can run on batteries or mains power, and rechargeables are supplied for the receiver end which make it extra portable. being replaceable batteries rather than built in is nice too, since this means travel and forgetfulness are not impediemnts to this working easily. On top of which, build quality is first rate.Gripes? not many but that the temperature display isn't as "at a glance as might be." I have a "Summer" branded monitor which colour codes the temperature alert, so that it is evident from the corner of my eye when the room is too hot/cold; this one is indistinct, comparatively. secondly, i like the video monitors better, and would probably spend the extra for something that gives me the added comfort of knowing exactly what's going on.