Baby monitor is a great tool allowing parents to monitor their baby at all time especially when they cannot be in the same room as their baby. It is not a nursery essential, but most parents like the peace of mind a baby monitor gives them as it could ensure them hear their baby when baby cries or stirs in sleep.
Basically, baby monitors consist of two units which are a transmitter that picks up sound from baby's room and a receiver so-called parent unit. If your room is far from your baby's room and you have cement walls, you will want a monitor with a strong transmitter.
New parents normally will be spoilt for choice of baby monitors as here are many brands available in the market. Based on a survey conducted with more than 500 baby monitor owners, the following are the most important criteria that they take into consideration when select a baby monitor.
Reception of Frequency
The portable baby monitor transmitter and receiver are connected by wireless frequency communications. Some cheaper units operate on a lower frequency which can result in interference from other radio devices such as hand-phones, cordless phones etc.
Power Source
Different baby monitors have different power sources. Most parents prefer to choose model that can be operated by batteries and A/C adapters or model that has rechargeable batteries.
This dual-powered devices or battery-powered baby monitors offer portable flexibility by allowing parents to carry the receiver around the house. It is useful for parents who will be busying themselves for housework or gardening while their baby is asleep.
Baby Monitor Coverage Range
Some baby monitors have more limited ranges than others, and some have trouble transmitting through thick concrete walls. A quality baby monitor's range fully covers different property sizes and types as it is crucial for its effectiveness.
Volume Controls Functionality
The function of adjustable volume control will take into consideration because some parent do not want to hear every sound their baby makes when baby is little older. Nowadays, there are models come with light up feature when a noise is detected. This is useful function for parents who are hard of hearing or always stay at a noisy environment.
Two-Way Communication
This is another features that most parent looking at. Talk back function enable two-way communication which enable parents instantly reassure and calm baby.
The Popular Digital Baby Monitor
The BT digital baby monitor gathers all the above advantages and functionalities in one. It can cater for your best needs, and guarantee you to have a peace of mind at night and daytime. The models form BT brand are consistently in the list of Amazon’s best selling baby monitors.
As one of the popular digital baby monitor at UK, BT baby monitor has integrated Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) technology. DECT technology means there are 120 dynamic channels available and the auto-select feature will find a secure channel so only you hear your baby with a guarantee of no interference.
The BT digital baby monitor also features digital sound quality with high definition sound (Hi-dS) enables parent to hear baby breathe, gurgle, snuffle or cry with complete clarity. It provides you new level of sound quality that sounds like you and your baby are in the same room.
Wireless range of BT digital baby monitor is up to 300m outdoors and up to 50m indoors (in ideal conditions). This feature gives parents the freedom to move around with clear reception and no interference from other baby monitors.
One of the highlight features is connection alert. When both of parent and units are switched on, the green link lights on both units will come on. If the link between the units is broken at any time, the link lights will turn red and flash slowly. Link light provides continuous confidence that the Parent unit is receiving a signal from the Baby unit and will alert parent if the link is lost.
In case the parent unit has been misplaced, the baby monitor owner can press “Find” button on baby unit to make the parent unit sound an alert beep to them find it. This paging feature can be found in model BT100, BT150, BT200 and BT250.