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Originally Posted by !Aznboi128
I think it's about time we have one of these here as we're all growing up (at least some of us) we have little ones running/crawling around let's share some of our best practices and help each other out.
I'm currently looking for a better video monitoring device. Purchased an Angel care before my kid was born and now that I'm using it I just find the viewing angle to suck. I have to find a way to mount it far enough away from him to see the entire crib. |
I'm a little late to this thread, but the absolute BEST baby monitor is Dormi Android app installed on an old phone. For something like $10 it was unlimited use, could install it on any phone you wanted. Could monitor it simultaneously from either one of our phones. Since I have a wifi hotspot in my garage, I could monitor him from there with no range issues. A small phone is much simpler to pack than a whole monitor system with proprietary charger and stuff.
If we went on a trip and forgot his phone, we could just use one of ours as the child device.
When he was still a newborn we set it up on a tripod and used the camera to peek in. Later we just used audio only. The Dormi app boosts the mic gain on the phone and it's sensitive enough that it can pick up even the smallest little movements.
We were handed down one of those AngelCare units with the movement monitoring pad. We never ended up using it and sold it.
I boggles my mind why anyone would spend hundreds of dollars on one of these systems when a simple phone has all the capability built in.