How to Buy a Baby Monitor
When you were young, you may have used your parents baby monitor to secretly tap into the phone conversations your neighbors were having, and that was pretty much the most advanced thing a baby monitor could do. Today baby monitors do more than transmit and pick up sounds. Some come with video monitoring as well. Thus, the selection of the perfect baby monitor for you and your family can be a confusing and difficult process at first, because you may feel overwhelmed by all of the options. Also, if you are thinking that baby monitors are simple, there is a lot more to consider now than just whether or not the device will have too much feedback and static that keeps you awake all night. But before you go ripping your hair out in frustration, just consider these tips as a general guideline to help you and your family pick out the best baby monitor.
First, you'll probably want to control the volume on your receiver. Every mother wants to know the minute baby is unhappy, but you'll want to have a volume adjust for practical reasons. Imagine flying out of your bed because it sounded like a three alarm fire, and you rush in to discover your baby is playing with a toy and making noise. Naturally you would appreciate a system with a reasonable amount of volume control for comfort. 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. These sites or magazines can be extremely useful, as they rate the top brands of every type of product, including monitors, and compare them in a detailed manner. With these type of reviews you can find out what brands truly represent the best value and which are overpriced or poor quality. If you really want to learn which products have the best performance record and give you the most value, these are types of reviews you should study. This is one of the few places where you can find truly objective information about products being sold. Many positive reviews you read online are on the company's site; these may only be giving you one side of the story.
What other kinds of things can interfere with your baby monitor? You might not realize it, but many of the electronic devices in your home right now (such as cordless phones or even your radio) could interfere with how well your baby monitor operates. This is why it’s important to pick a system which operates on a different frequency than the devices you currently have in your home. When choosing a baby monitor for your family you can look for many different things. If there are certain features that you think are critical, you can buy a monitor that has these. You may get good recommendations from people in your family or circle of friends. You may want to consider the recommendations of unbiased consumer groups. You can surf the internet looking for user reviews. You can even simply start comparing features on the boxes when you are at the store. Whatever you decide, make sure you've thought it out as much as possible. This is something you are trusting to watch your baby when you aren't there! This is one case where you don't want something that's second best!
When you were young, you may have used your parents baby monitor to secretly tap into the phone conversations your neighbors were having, and that was pretty much the most advanced thing a baby monitor could do. Today baby monitors do more than transmit and pick up sounds. Some come with video monitoring as well. Thus, the selection of the perfect baby monitor for you and your family can be a confusing and difficult process at first, because you may feel overwhelmed by all of the options. Also, if you are thinking that baby monitors are simple, there is a lot more to consider now than just whether or not the device will have too much feedback and static that keeps you awake all night. But before you go ripping your hair out in frustration, just consider these tips as a general guideline to help you and your family pick out the best baby monitor.
First, you'll probably want to control the volume on your receiver. Every mother wants to know the minute baby is unhappy, but you'll want to have a volume adjust for practical reasons. Imagine flying out of your bed because it sounded like a three alarm fire, and you rush in to discover your baby is playing with a toy and making noise. Naturally you would appreciate a system with a reasonable amount of volume control for comfort. 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. These sites or magazines can be extremely useful, as they rate the top brands of every type of product, including monitors, and compare them in a detailed manner. With these type of reviews you can find out what brands truly represent the best value and which are overpriced or poor quality. If you really want to learn which products have the best performance record and give you the most value, these are types of reviews you should study. This is one of the few places where you can find truly objective information about products being sold. Many positive reviews you read online are on the company's site; these may only be giving you one side of the story.
What other kinds of things can interfere with your baby monitor? You might not realize it, but many of the electronic devices in your home right now (such as cordless phones or even your radio) could interfere with how well your baby monitor operates. This is why it’s important to pick a system which operates on a different frequency than the devices you currently have in your home. When choosing a baby monitor for your family you can look for many different things. If there are certain features that you think are critical, you can buy a monitor that has these. You may get good recommendations from people in your family or circle of friends. You may want to consider the recommendations of unbiased consumer groups. You can surf the internet looking for user reviews. You can even simply start comparing features on the boxes when you are at the store. Whatever you decide, make sure you've thought it out as much as possible. This is something you are trusting to watch your baby when you aren't there! This is one case where you don't want something that's second best!
