Tips To Consider When Choosing A Baby Monitor

| Sunday, October 16, 2011
By Clyde H. King


At one time, knowing what to get for your baby was not such an overwhelming task. After all, if you needed a baby monitor, high chair or crib for your baby, there were only a few different choices on the market.

Today, however, the number of choices is vast. You want to get what's best for your baby, but the question is, how do you determine the best quality and value for baby products?

Having so many choices can make it confusing; how do you know you are picking the best products for your baby? In order to make shopping for your baby less complicated, here are a few guidelines to follow. How large should the monitor be? Finding the smallest and least obtrusive monitor may be necessary if you do not have a lot of space to work with. You may have room for a rather large machine, and might even not mind if it takes up a lot of space, as long as it transmits sounds or does what you want it to.

If you are lucky enough to have this happen, you would be getting just what you need without having to spend a dime! It's important to get specific comments about monitors from anyone you ask. You don't want general answers that don't really tell you anything. If asking friends and family don't provide you with a solution, go to the library, bookstore or online. Find publications and websites that rate consumer products and look up baby monitors.

That is why it's important to assess these kinds of things, because you need to find a device which will work with your type of lifestyle and habits. Consider as well, that if you are only going to be using the monitor in one room, then something larger is perfectly acceptable, however if you are planning on moving around a lot, you will want something which is definitely light weight.

As you're shopping around, you'll notice many baby monitors have an operating frequency of 49 Mhz. You'll get a lot of other radio frequency interference at 49 mhz. You'll also find out that these monitors will pick-up phone calls from cell phones, conversations from people using their phones in passing cars, and more. Higher frequencies drop out all of the extra noise and are easier to operate. However, you can side-step these problems by getting a monitor operating at 2.4 Ghz.

Check out the user reviews on sites like Amazon or other massive sales sites. These are honest reviews from consumers who are familiar with the item. You are likely to find the whole spectrum of reviews on sites like these. You will find that no one agrees about anything; some will say a product is the greatest thing ever while others will say the same product is garbage. For this reason, you have to look for useful specific information so you can make an educated decision.

These are just a few things to keep in mind when you are choosing which baby monitoring system is right for your home. The bottom line is you should choose on what is best for you, overall. Your situation may dictate a long battery life is really important. You might want a system that lets you visually monitor your child when you are not in the room.




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