Side by Side Comparison of: Foscam vs Summer Infant

Updating my review. So far we have loved this camera system and we're super bummed we couldn't get one for our 2nd child. The only downfall was our monitor stopped charging. Thanks to an awesome review on here, which showed the solder issue and what to fix, we were able to fix it easily! we had it for 2 years before the monitor just stopped charging, charging light stayed on constantly even if it wasn't plugged in. If you're having the same issues I highly recommend the other review that is so in depth and helpful!

Got this monitor for my 18 month old daughter when we needed to move her from the baby room to make room for our second baby. She is now 3 and it still works! There are a couple imperfections now that we've been using it for over 18 months, but that's understandable since it wasn't too pricey and its seen a lot of use! The slight problems we have now are:-occasionally turning off for no reason so that i have to go in her room to hold the power button to reboot-the talk-back function doesn't always work-battery dies quicklyBut overall, we have been very happy with thus montitor and would definitely recommend it to anyone!

I never write reviews, but feel compelled to write one after reading through some of the bad reviews posted. I bought this unit almost 2 years ago and I love it. I had owned a popular Motorola baby monitor prior to this unit and it broke after four months when dropped on the tile floor. I purchased the Foscam unit and love it more than the Motorola product. The screen is bigger and the picture is so clear, even at night, which was an issue with the Motorola product (blurry night vision pic). The picture is so detailed that I can zoom in and actually see if my baby is breathing. I also like the room temperature feature. I do agree with the complaints of the cheap plastic clip/stand that this unit has...mine did break off after 6 months or so, but my husband make-shifted a fix for it, or you can just lay it on the counter flat if the clip breaks off. The overall product is great and I have actually dropped the monitor several times and it has held up strong (even on the same tile floor which broke my other unit). I recently purchased a second add-on camera for this unit, and the "pairing button" instructions were easy to follow if you still have your original manual from the box that your monitor came with. Sadly, the add-on camera box did not come with instructions. For those of you who have lost your original manual the "pairing button" is the actual on/off button on the camera....when turned on, you must push the on/off button for 1 second and then the add-on camera will sync to the monitor. You can add up to 4 cameras to the monitor. The customer service tech support was great at responding to my request via email at support@foscam.us. Which I found on their website at [...]. Do not get this website confused with [...]. They sell similar products, but they are not the same company as they are based out of China and not the USA. Overall, I am very happy with this monitor and the customer service I received.

This is, overall, a very reliable and useful camera. While it may not be exactly what everyone is looking for in a video monitor, it has been essentially a perfect fit for us with our 2 year old. I would recommend this product in a heartbeat to anyone looking for a reliable monitor, and I would purchase this item again if we find ourselves needing a second camera.PROS:-Range is great between the camera and monitor. We have taken the monitor all over our house (which is not huge) and never once had an issue with losing signal.-Sound quality is great. At the lowest volume we can hear her breathing without having to strain. This is especially helpful when she is sick and we don't want to go in her room and disturb her if unnecessary.-The temperature in her room is shown on the monitor. I don't find this to be necessary, but it is certainly useful.-There is a feature that allows the monitor to sleep until a loud enough noise is made, which reduces the light output.-The camera moves remotely via buttons on the monitor. I have not found a space in her room that we cannot see her from. It is a very tiny room, though, so YMMV on that.CONS:-The volume is both a pro and a con. The lowest setting is actually pretty loud. It would be nice if it could go even quieter without turning the sound of entirely. Our daughter has a music box on her bed that she turns on repeatedly during the night for comfort, and it picks up as quite loud.-Along the same thread, the sleep function is perhaps a bit too sensitive. The above mentioned music box triggers the monitor out of sleep, and the light and sound have woken us up before. This, for us, is not a huge issue. It could be for others, though.-Battery life is...meh? Not great. We've not had any real issues, since we have the monitor plugged in almost always when using it, but it could easily be a problem for a family that needed to be separated from an outlet for longer periods of time. Something to keep in mind.-Other reviewers have mentioned issues with the placement of the music function. There are 5 buttons on top of the monitor, from left to right: power/sleep, music, volume, talk-back function, and the home/menu. It can be easy, when very tired in the middle of the night, to accidentally hit the music button instead of the sleep or volume button, potentially waking the child. They are not back-lit and are a bit close together and small. This has absolutely not been an issue for us, though. I just count over 3 by touching the buttons if I need to get to volume, since I had read the reviews and knew this going in. I think it would be wise of Foscam to redesign the monitor to move the music button totally away from the others, but this does not prevent me from loving this product or recommending it.-This issue is very minor for us, but could be more of a problem for others: the camera moves all around, and you can see the whole room by moving the camera, however the orientation doesn't change. So depending on where you move the picture and how your camera is placed (ours is hung high up by the ceiling), you often end up with sideways pictures.So wrapping up, this is a great product with great features that works exactly how we need it to. There are a few minor design and product flaws, but if you are looking for a basic and reliable video monitor, I don't think this will disappoint.

After much debating, comparing, and shopping around we decided to purchase this over a drop cam. The Foscam baby monitor is amazing. We have had zero issues from this camera. The quality is amazing, it runs full color during the day time and has excellent pick up at night. The night time vision is clear and does not bother our kids. The talk back feature is also very handy. My favorite thing about this baby monitor though is the lack of white noise that comes from the receiver. Other brands' emit quite a bit of white noise out of the monitor which makes sleeping with it on annoying. This has zero white noise, and you can even set the screen to off, and it will come on if whatever you have it watching moves. Overall i am truly impressed with this monitor. The only negative i have noticed so far is that after a power failure in our house the camera did not turn back on, i had to go manually turn it back on. This isn't a big deal unless your camera is like mine and is behind a crib high up on a wall. It hasn't happened since, so i do not know if it was a freak accident or if that is standard procedure for this camera.Pros:Excellent Screen ClarityNo White Noise from Video MonitorExcellent Day Time and Night Time visionTalk Back works perfectlyRemote control movement is handySetup is a breezeCons:None Yet (Aside from the one time having to restart the camera)

This is hands down the best deal for a baby monitor and these guys know web cams. This baby monitor was our 3rd Foscam and we're very happy with it. From the night vision to the temperature monitor and clarity. Only additional feature we could ask for is to make it WiFi accessible as well.

We have been pleasantly surprised by this monitor. After a terrible experience with our first video monitor dying in two weeks (the popular blue off-brand one here on Amazon), we didn't expect much better with this one, as the reviews were mixed. This seems to be common with monitors, as I researched lots of different brands and types before purchasing the second time around. This Summer monitor has been nothing but perfect, though, and we use it daily for naps and all night long. Our house is around 1300 square feet, one level, and occasionally it will lose signal in certain spots (I suspect interference with our wifi signal), but I can just move it a couple of feet in a different direction and it works fine. The picture quality is fine for our needs- I can tell if my baby still has her pacifier, so that's clear enough for me. I've even dropped both the camera and the display unit multiple times, and they still work normally. Would definitely purchase again.

This is one of the best buys I have made. My son is 9 months old and I have used it since he was a baby. It is very quite and doesn't wake him when I move the camera around with the monitor from the other room which is an awesome feature! I can adjust it from the other room without waking him! The zoom is great on it as well. It works really great at night and have no problems seeing him. It has really good range. I live in a 3400 sq foot, one story house and never lose signal. I was even able to take it out side without losing signal as well. Being able to talk to him from the camera is great also but don't use it all the much and the monitor screen is a perfect size. This is an amazing product esp for the price.

I'm going to be dad in the next few weeks, and i was overwhelm with the quantity of options for Baby monitors that are in the market, and i found out that the basic needs to monitor the baby are been able to watch day & night, to hear and to talk in order to make keep first parents and experience parents as ease or a little less stress. all the Gadgets as Internet viewing and connective(monitoring means that you can actually watch all day not in intervals), is not bad when you have family far from you, but also Skype, face time and others does that. back to business this video monitor really is a good investment as it has pan,scan and zoom.Video quality it is good (not HD), great definition during day and clear at night not blurry or pixel.Zoom Option has 2 zoom Option Close and very close it is not gradual.Sound, the sound is great you can hear everything as Clear as possible and also the baby speaker incorporated doesn't provide a distortion sound i give a 5 on this one.

The is an awesome baby monitor. We purchased this model to replace an old audio only Graco model that's around 7 years old. Although the Graco model worked fine we wanted video and two communication. I was deciding between this and the newer model ( Ultra Sight ) but ended up choosing the "older" Baby Secure model. There were mixed reviews on the newer version but solid positive reviews on this model. After we got everything unpacked and charged we fired up the video monitor. It works perfectly for our needs! Nice clear video and crisp audio. The night vision is acceptable knowing what other Summer video monitors performed like. We mounted our camera on the wall (4 ft away) above the crib that gives you a nice viewing angle. The main feature I love is the remote pan/tilt/zoom functionality! Very happy with our purchase. Highly recommended.

I find nothing wrong with this product. I've been using it so far for about a month and it has been great. The set up was super easy and the picture quality is good for a monitor of its size. My children's room is small so the pan is perfect and let's me see around where I need to. The zoom is also great and makes for seeing if babies eyes are open or closed easy. I do wish that the monitor stayed on and didn't turn off after a couple of minutes but with that being said it comes right back on with a tap of the button. Not a big deal just a personal preference. The volume control is simple and adjusting the brightness of the monitor is just as easy. I would definitely recommend this product to everyone, as a matter of fact I have a pregnant cousin who I will be mentioning this product to.

I love this infant monitor. We have had it for almost a month now. I have thoroughly enjoyed having this monitor. It helps with sleep training and knowing how the baby is doing without disturbing his sleep. I have noticed some interference where it loses it signal but it has only happened a couple times and I'm not sure why it was doing it. The battery life is somewhat limited but works for the times we are away from the plug (and if its a longer time we just move the charger to room we are in). The picture is great when the sun is hitting his room the right way (color vision), and the night vision is more than adequate for our uses. The size of the screen is smallish. Sometimes its hard to see if his peepers are open or not but honestly it doesn't matter. The sound quality is perfect and it is quiet when you are adjusting the camera. Our little guy isn't a real light sleeper anyway but just in case for those who are.I thought it was important that the monitor was secure and not accept interference from anyone or be able to be hacked in to (like on WiFi). So if you want app capability this may not be the monitor for you. The only thing I wish this monitor had was a time stamp (would really help for those times you wake up in that sleep deprived haze common in the first few months and don't know if 15 minutes passed or 4 hours).

Love this monitor! The picture is clear and the sound is excellent. After 3 years, the parent monitor stopped producing sound but the screen still worked fine. We needed another camera for baby #2 so I bought a couple of other monitors to try out. None of them matched this one. I love the operable camera (an absolute must with an active toddler), the talk-back feature (which I never thought I'd use), and the screen turning on when a sound is made. I returned all the other cameras we bought and ordered this one again instead. It had no problems pairing with the set we bought 3 years ago. Could not be happier with this product!Gave it 4 stars because the monitor stopped holding a charge for very long and the sound on the monitor broke (but would still turn the screen on when the kid made a noise). Not bad after 3 years of use. Also, with two cameras, you have to manually flip to each camera, it doesn't cycle through. This is a bummer but I still love this monitor more than any others.

We LOVED this camera. The ball and swivel were perfect for movement around the entire nursery, and meant we could also pan over the entire crib at any time. After a few months the monitor didn't hold a charge well, but we were fine with keeping it plugged in when we needed it. After several more months of use the power button on the camera completely broke and caved in, but we went ghetto and used a q-tip to turn it on and off which also worked out fine.Definitely some things that could be improved, but we were very happy with what we got for the price.

I am very happy with this camera, but still may need to return.Pros:- really hard to find a camera with so many bells and whistles for under $100- love the pan/tilt from parent feature. Since I have the camera on a dresser, and it is not hanging, when I turn the camera on and off it naturally moves, making the pan/tilt great. I tried a camera without this feature and it was just annoying not to have.- Two way talk- Music- alarms/notifications that I have not seen on other monitors - can beep if room gets too hot or too cold. Can set notifications based on feeding schedule.Cons:- some of settings are great, but make sure you understand them and what is set when you start to use. I did not know but had temperature set, and in the morning the first time it was used, when the heat kicks on, the monitor would not stop beeping at us and I did not know what was happening.- VOX Setting: some people love the VOX setting, but I am personally not a fan, and this is why I may return. I want to be able to hear my child at all times, but at night, when I am sleeping, I do not want the video on, as I am not watching then anyway and it adds a light to my room that is just annoying. I do not like that the only way you can turn the video off, is if you are using VOX. I know in theory, with the VOX setting the sound will come on as soon as the child makes a sound, and you can adjust the voice sensitivity, but this is just not good enough for me.

We have been using this monitor for a few weeks. A little awkward to hang on the wall but it works. I had a stationary monitor prior and wanted one that pans, zooms and shows temp. The pic at night isn't super clear but works well enough. I am able to pan and see the entire crib. The temp gauge is not accurate. The camera puts off heat and always reads 69 or 70. I put a second themometer in the room to check and they do not match. Not a huge deal. Also, the monitor battey is very weak, runs out in an hour or so if not plugged in. So I keep it plugged in most of the time. The camera isnot wireless and I wouldn't call the monitor wireless either because of the battery issue. All in all, good price for camera and works well enough for us.

My biggest gripe/concern is that there is no battery on the camera. So when you are moving it to a new room/plug and, more importantly, when you lose power, you must physically turn the camera unit back on! What if my power goes out unknowingly in the night and baby wakes but I don't hear her?? Fortunately, she still in a basinet right next to me but now that I realize this, my husband is going to purchase a battery backup when she moves to her room all the way across the house! We live in SW Florida and the power does flicker often, especially in the summers with thunderstorms just about daily. Other than that, I don't have too much to complain about. Handy monitor.

I purchased this camera for our new little girl. It is a very good camera with a lot of functions. There are only two draw backs. One being, the monitor can support multiple cameras, but the company only sells the sets. Not just the camera. The second problem is the night vision sensor. It is ion a weird spot on the camera which can cause the night vision to not work properly. Honestly, I do love this camera and the issues are very easy to work with, just a little annoying.

Why didn't we get one of these sooner?!?! We do not have babies - we added a 3 year old and 6 year old to our family. They share a bedroom and when they initially came home we kept their bedroom door open a crack and checked on them constantly. That meant, no TV, no loud conversations, and constant questions of "did you hear something? is that them?" Not to mention that they did a great job of lulling us into a sense of complacency and then bouncing around the room for an hour. The third time they got caught, we purchased this. Life. saver. I like that it's a closed circuit system so I don't have to worry about my babies being broadcast onto the internet. The camera has a nice wide angle so we can see both of their beds. The night vision works great, although it gives them creepy eyes. The only thing that's annoying is that the picture will cut out occassionally when we're streaming movies on our TV and cuts out completely everytime we or our neighbors use the microwave. It is 2016 people - I should be able to use a microwave and watch my kids at the same time. Overall happy with this purchase.

Generally we have been happy with this monitor. Picture is good and we have never had it cut out on us. There are a couple of things about it that could use some improvement.1- Battery life is not great. Doesn't even last 8 hours so it is impossible to use it overnight without having it plugged in2- Only comes with one power cord for the parent unit. If the battery was better, this wouldn't bother me so much. We have a two story house--it would be nice to have a power cord in the living room and the bedroom.3- sensitivity--the monitor light shows red from our sons sound machine. It isn't that loud and is across the room. It would be nice if we could adjust the sensitivity.4- it would be nice if you could adjust the brightness of the display or if it had an auto dim function. It is a bit bright if you need to look at it in the middle of the nightOverall, I think this is a good monitor that works well. The above list is nice to have but not necessary. I a, sure if we had bought a more expensive set these features may be prevalent, but this is one of the less expensive ones out there.

This camera is very useful! Easy to set up and easy to operate. The camera goes in all kinds of directions and can zoom in a good distance. The noise detection on the device is very sensitive, so it's nice to be able to hear when the baby is moving around. However, it will not pick up the sound of baby breathing. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because sometimes the video looks a little grainy, but otherwise is a good camera (both in the dark and with the lights on). Connecting another camera to the device was a pinch stressful because we bought the wrong extra camera not knowing they were specifically designed to go with a specific model. Once we bought the right camera, it was a much better set up experience. Just make sure if you are connecting multiple cameras, you have the right model; they are not universal.

Very good product for the price. I purchased a second camera to link as well. The picture quality is good, it does give a lot of audio feedback-which would be good for newborns, but can be annoying if you have a fan or white noise in your kids room. we just turn the volume off so we don't hear are toddlers fans. I do not like how difficult it is to transition from one camera to another, requires a six button sequence. you can set the system to autoscan, cannot force it to scan to the camera of your choice (A very convenient option on our former system). I also wish the buttons were raised, which would make them easier to use during the night. product is durable, handheld receiver has withstood many drops and falls. battery life is good also, can handle 6+ hours being unplugged.

Awesome monitor! The video does turn off quickly if not plugged in to save power. So you have to push the button on top when you hear baby cry etc to see what they are doing but if it is plugged in the video will stay on. Holds charge for a long time and the camera is great I can see clearly all the time and no loud white noise. Since it pans I can remotely view the whole room!

Met my expectations. worth the money. Only issue with the home wifi speeds get a hit when the monitor is on.

We have owned this baby monitor for over a year now. My number one criterion when ordering was reliabilty. A monitor that is flaky, shows a "delayed" feed, or is constantly interrupted by other signals is not going to be an effective safety solution. After poring through reviews of more expensive Motorolas, this, that, and everything else, I settled on the Foscam because of the consistent reliability ratings. NOTE: It had a 4-star average rating when I bought it, but now appears to have dropped to 3.5. I haven't investigated why.The monitor is reliable. It's clear, turns on very quickly, and gives you a good picture of your child's activity in darkness and light. You can see their chest going up and down so you know they're breathing. The audio is clear, and we can hear the breathing too. All this from a distance of about 5 feet from the child. Your mileage may vary with distance. No interference or flakiness at all in well over a year.All is not perfect, of course. I would have liked to subtract 1.5 stars, but have to settle for two. The on/off button on the camera broke off after a few months and fell inside the unit, rendering it useless. Kudos to Foscam - their customer service was excellent, and they replaced it for us for free in a reasonable amount of time. We were without a camera for a week, but learned to adjust. The power button appears to have a consistent reliability problem,, however. A few months later, the replacement camera's power button broke off too. Now we can at least stick a Q-tip inside to turn it on, since it's not AS broken as the first time, but it's still a big inconvenience. The first camera also started off this way - first the outer cover of the power button fell off, putting it into Q-tip land, then eventually the entire power mechanism broke off, rendering the camera useless, and a Q-tip could not help since there was nothing to press. I have no doubt this camera will also be rendered useless eventually as well. Unfortunately, Foscam is claiming that the original warranty has expired, and will not issue a second replacement even though the replacement only lasted a few months. For this reason, and since reliability is such an important criterion for a device like this, I have had to lower my review despite the good monitoring it offers.

This is a really nice monitor for the price. There are a few minor annoyances - but they are all manageable.However - the deal breaker for us is the visible infrared lights. Others have mentioned them - but no one really pointed out just how scary they look. I attached a pic - it looks like some angry monster is watching you sleep. My son actually said it was 'freaking him out.' So this is going back unfortunately...

We bought this unit to replace a Uniden that we purchased four years ago for our first kid. I like the music feature and the daytime picture quality is really nice. However there are two major complaints that we have about the camera:1) The camera does not turn back on after a power outage. We live in a city that is very prone to power outages due to lightning. Several times in the last month that we've had the cameras we've had to go turn them back on when we realize that the power has gone out.2) The infrared/night vision is very weak compared to our old Uniden model. We have the camera mounted on the wall in the corner of our son's room (about 12 feet away from his bed). With the old Uniden - we could see him pretty clearly (albeit in B&W), but with this model we can barely see anything! It seems the IR is only good for a few feet. This was a disappointment - we'll ultimately have to move the camera almost directly above him (which we have tried to avoid in case the camera were to fall).The only other thing I've noticed is that I don't think the temperature sensor is very accurate. We keep our house at a pretty cool 75 degrees Fahrenheit. But one night the alarm went off saying that the temperature was above 82!! We walked in the room and it was just as cool as the rest of the house. We disabled the temperate alarm since it's clearly useless.

UPDATE 2: Since the last update, we started having an issue where the monitor would not charge even when plugged in. We replaced the monitor, but not even a year later, the new one is doing the same thing. I'm so tired of waking up at night to hear a supposedly-charging monitor beeping angrily at me. Still like the camera part, but no longer recommend due to this charging issue.UPDATE: Since writing this review, we have moved to a different apartment. We found that our signal problems were indeed due to the thickness of the apartment's walls. The monitor worked great at every grandparent's house we visited and works stupendously in our new home! In addition, we have now had this monitor for over a year. It's been banged around, hauled back and forth to grandma's, and thrown by a mischievous toddler. Still going strong and we're very happy! As such, changing review to five stars.This camera is an awesome way to keep on eye on your child without tiptoeing into the room every five seconds to make sure they're still breathing. I only mention that because that may have been what I did before finally ordering this camera. No wonder he wasn't such a good sleeper.This is the only one we've tried, so I can't compare it to others, but here's what we like (and dislike):Pros:1. The camera is very adjustable. You can use the monitor to turn it and follow baby around the crib, no matter where he rolls.2. Color feed! Now you can admire baby's impeccable fashion sense even from another room!3. The night vision. It actually works really well -- you can see baby as clearly as if the room were actually lit.4. Monitor is extremely portable. It can easily fit into a pocket.5. The sound quality is clear, and it picks up noises very well. You can even hear baby breathing.6. The buttons are programmed to prevent doing anything accidentally. For example, to turn on/off, you must hold the button for two-three seconds, so you don't need to worry about knocking it against something and losing the picture. When you adjust the volume, you need to hit a different button to close the menu. No worrying about accidentally closing the menu in the middle of volume adjustment!Cons:1. The monitor doesn't have very good range. Maybe our apartment just has thick walls, but sometimes I'll be in the next room and still have to nudge it until it stops beeping "out of range!" at me. The signal can be accidentally blocked by furniture, people, or piles of clutter. (NOTE: This turned out to indeed be due to the thickness of our apartment's walls, since we were in an earthquake-prone area. Once we moved, both the weak signal and rapidly depleting battery problems were solved.)2. The monitor has a pretty short battery life. We've figured out that the battery dies faster when the signal is weak. Unfortunately, that's pretty much all the time. Not that it's THAT hard to just bring the cord with you, but so much for portability.3. If the camera gets unplugged, you need to hold a button on its side until it turns on again. Which can be really inconvenient when you don't notice it's unplugged until after the baby's asleep. You can rotate the camera from the monitor, so why isn't there also a button to remotely turn the camera on/off?4. The monitor-to-camera sound doesn't work well at all. The first time we used it ("test! Test! This is only a test!"), it sounded like some kind of static message from beyond the grave. I'm kind of afraid of what a lullaby might sound like.5. Why isn't there a way to turn the night vision on and off? It usually works pretty well, but sometimes the camera takes awhile to realize the room is dark, and you're left staring helplessly at a completely black monitor until it figures it out.6. Speaking of which, the night vision lights are actually kind of creepy. It looks like a giant, red iris staring down at your baby. Or at you, if you forgot to turn the camera. They still turn on even if the monitor is off, so the only way to save yourself from the all-seeing eye is to unplug the camera itself.7. The screen will sometimes flash random colors, turn white, and reset. This barely takes a second, so it honestly isn't that big of a deal. Unless you've played Five Nights at Freddy's, in which case you might freak out and slam shut the nearest door. Actually, maybe this one is more a user problem.Despite that much longer list of cons, we are actually very satisfied. This camera is an excellent way to keep an eye/ear on your child, either at night or while moving around the house. Four stars!

To me, this is a functional, but no-frills, video monitor. It allows me to keep an eye on my kid in her crib, (in addition to an ear.) I do like that it has a temperature reading and alarm and that it does not connect to the internet. I wish it recorded video or I could take screen shots, but I knew that in advance, so that isn't really a negative for this review, just something to keep in mind. I can only give it 3 stars (and I feel like I'm being a bit generous as I'm writing this), because the camera does not power back on in the event of a slight power blip, because the range is terrible (<30 ft through 2 walls, if I push it too far away from me on my night stand it will be "out of range") and because a few times the parental unit has cut off (and not come back on) with no notice for reasons we can't explain. We continue to use an audio monitor as back up for these reasons... Our audio monitor goes about 100 yards outside of our house, in the woods and even slightly down a hill and powers back on in the event of a power blip.

At this point I am a baby monitor expert- I have had maybe 6 Motorola MBP 36 monitors- the first lasted the longest and the others broke quickly or arrived defective. I loved the model but gave up after it broke so often. Then I tried the Samsung which arrived broken so I sent it back and didn't try again. Went back to Motorola which had a batch of defective monitors one after the next so I ended up with the Foscam since my son was over 2 and I didnt want to spend huge amounts of money on defective monitors.This is a functional monitor at a good price (but not as good picture) so I can see why it sells but it has a lot of major flaws:-the buttons take a very long time to turn on and off. I first thought it might be broken but I held the on/off button on for a long time before getting it to turn on.- you can't see any buttons at night to turn them on/off, change volume etc. You have to do it all by feel and then as mentioned the buttons are so hard to push. They are also small and the line up isn't intuitive.-the worst flaw perhaps is that the viewer can be put onto dark mode where it isn't lit up all the time. This is good for when you are sleeping. However, it automatically lights up when any noise is detected. When I put my son's music on to sleep the monitor lights up for the entire CD, same when a noisy airplane or truck goes by. So all night the monitor is lighting up. I turn it over so I don't see it but it is a really bad design feature.-After 5 weeks mine completely died- sending it back today. Not sure what I will try next or if I will just go back to the old fashioned way of keeping the doors open and listening for my son!

A great buy and it takes a loud off our minds now that we can actually see our child sleep. It is great that you can move it with the remote and zoom in and out and talk through the camera. The issues are that the night vision is only so so. Everything kind of turns into white and black shapes. It can be very hard to find your child if they are not moving. The camera seems to be delayed by a few seconds too. The other issue is that sometimes it seems to freeze for a few seconds or lose the signal. It also seems to have effect on our wifi. Even with all the small issues it is still a great baby monitor and we would buy it again.

The monitor works well--we have been using it for 3 months now. Only 3 stars, because while it is a solid unit, there are definite issues with it. We have debated it returning it several times when we just got it.Pros:* Excellent video* Sensitive audio--I can hear my baby breathe through it if the room is quiet, and the unit does not need to be at maximum volume for thatCons:* It jams the home wireless network (probably using the same 2.4ghz frequency as our wifi). So internet is super slow or non-existent when the monitor is next to me. (And of course, I want to use my laptop while the baby is asleep in the other room, and I am sitting next to the monitor...)* It has no night light. So we had to get one separately. The 3+ year old audio only monitor we used with our older child has one, and it is a perfect combo.* Unlike our previous monitor there is no way to turn off the loss of signal warning. The monitor beeps if the camera unit is turned off. This is very annoying, because you have to remember to turn the monitor part off first, before you go and turn the camera off in the baby's room.

small screen on monitor, but we knew that when we bought it. problem was the quality of the video. looked very grainy for such a small size. colors were off. decided to return it. also had the Levana Astra prior to this, didn't like the noise the monitor emmited (more than just a white noise). ended up with the Vtech VM343. seems to work great so far. only one week in though. We returned the summer monitor.

Although the picture works great, the battery life leaves something to be desired. Cannot keep charged for an entire night... Would not recommend.

Monitor occasionally reads no signal just outside the room. . .Returned.

Looked like a great product. Good build, easy to set and reasonable picture quality for the price. Range is definitely not 600 ft. My cheaper monitor does better on range.

Giving this monitor 2 stars because it stopped holding a charge after 8 months, so I replaced the battery cord, and another 8 months later it has stopped working again. I love the monitor (clear picture, temperature control, pan-tilt cameras) but think it should definitely last longer than 1.5 years!

I purchased this camera and receiver almost exactly 6 months ago and I'm extremely unpleased with how it has held up with time. After about a month, the receiver would periodically lose it's connection with the camera, displaying an "out of range" message that flicked on and off for a few minutes. Our house isn't so large that I was out of the range stated in the manual. I was just two rooms away from the baby's room. A month later, the charger for the receiver broke and we had to order a new one from a third party. We learned in this time that the receiver only holds a charge for about a half hour before powering down, so we have to keep it plugged in. A month after that, the camera started powering off when we moved it with the receiver, almost as if it was shorting out when we use the controls. So we'd have to sneak back into the room to turn it on. Now, the power button (that you have to hold for a few seconds to turn on) on the camera has broken off and fallen into the base. We have to turn it on with a pen, and it takes a few tries. Often, we have to go back into the room multiple times to turn it on. It's just a huge inconvenience. Dying to replace it, as we have another baby on the way and we had planned on just adding an additional camera to this system, but now we will start over with another system after investing $100 in this one. Frustrating to say the least.

This baby monitor embodies why I always wait to review a product until I have spent some time with it. Otherwise, I would have given it 4 or 5 stars upon first use.Out of the box, the system works impeccably, great image, great night vision, good-ish battery life, small footprint, remote-controlled pan-tilt camera controls, etc.Within eight months of GENTLE use, the transformer for the screen died. We had to buy an after-market one, which only works, if you tape the cable to the monitor for good contact.Within nine months, the on/off button of the camera came off; now we have to use the tip of a pencil or pen, to turn it off.Within ten months, the infrared function stopped working.The brazilians have a saying, "Barato sai caro", loosely translated as "Save now, pay later". Do we really benefit in the long run by killing domestic US industry, in exchange for cheap Chinese goods?

The features on this setup aren't bad, but both units slowly fell apart over time under normal wear and tear:- The stand snapped off the monitor month 1- The camera stopped panning down in month 3- The monitor battery stopped lasting more than 30 minutes at a charge by month 4- The power button fell off the monitor in month 12I contacted support about these issues, and their response was to offer me 10% off my next purchase, and then to recommend one of their cameras that isn't even a baby monitor. I don't think they read my actual question.I asked them if I could buy a replacement monitor, and they don't sell those, only replacement cameras. The asked if I wanted to buy a replacement camera, which I found annoying given I'd just told them the monitor itself didn't function. Sure, Foscam - I'd love a second camera that I can't watch. Very helpful.Buy a different baby monitor. One from a company with competent customer support, or at least one that will sell replacement components without asking you to buy a whole new set.

Quite a surprise how frustrated I am with this thing. It got two stars instead of one because of the pivot camera and the fact it works. It lost a start for each of the following though:Minus star 1 - the first one we bought was having issues charging. We'd have it plugged in but unless the cord had just the right pressure on one side it wouldn't charge. Really sucks in the middle of the night when you think it's been charging the entire time and you find out it's dead. We got our money back and ordered another one. Same problem with this one! Really? and it's not user error... I know how to plug a charger in.Minus star 2 - location of buttons. When it's dark and you're half asleep it is not very easy to find the on botton. Once you get it on and want to temporary turn the monitor off and mistakenly hit the volume which is crammed right next to it you can only get it back off by pushing buttons to exit. Not only is this frustrating when tired, but it plays into minus star 3.Minus star 3 - the loudness of the montior when pressing the zoom or volume button it is so loud, click click. I can't tell you the number of times in the middle of the night I have to press this to get out of the darn volume screen (see above minus star 2) and I hear my supose-to-be-sleeping wife go "what are you doooooing?" ... I'm trying to get this darn this off honey go back to sleep. Not to mention that when it gets low on battery it has a very loud beep that constantly reminds you... "ok i get it you're low on battery, now shut up so that I can still use this thing for the last 20% because I don't have you charged because of Minus star 1 reason!We're going to buy the montior we originally had before this one... the old monitor didn't pivot or move around, but it sure was less frustrating.

Very disappointed with this. This had all the features I was looking for at a very reasonable price for what it includes. Picture quality was good, range was great (I could walk out of my house and down the driveway with it!), and the VOX feature was very nice. However I ran into the issue that others have discovered where the power cable connection into the monitor seemed faulty. You have to jiggle it just right to get it to charge, then it would randomly stop charging alerting you with the "low battery" beep at 30% power. Eventually even with the cord in there just right, the battery would not charge beyond 50%. Ordered a replacement unit, but found the problem more pronounced in the new one than in the old! I'm returning both, and sadly have to look for something else.

For 18 months it worked great. Easy to use, great sound & pic. But at 18 months it started saying "no signal" and could not sync the monitor with the video. Tried to troubleshoot with the manufacturer, but to no success. 1 yr manufacturer warranty, so this is junk now. :( Our previous monitor without video at least lasted 4 yrs, so 18 months is way too short for me to consider this a successful purchase.

This thing is such a disappointment. It could be amazing but I think we got a faulty battery. It must be plugged in at ALL times.Here's the issue: we bought it because we needed it. We didnt have time to ship it back and try to get a replacement - we had a newborn at home. We tried emailing the company for a replacement battery but nothing happened. It's a shame: The rest is awesomeMoral of the story: Buy before you need and test ahead of time

Keeps loosing connection and have to unplug/plug camera and it eventually just died after about 7 months.

We love the product if the battery lasted on the product.Pros: The scan function is great, the talk is a good function, but we don't use it. I like the light on the reciever to show you the noise in the room. We don't always leave the sound on when our son is sleeping, but the sound bar is great!Cons:It is weird, sometimes the battery lasts all night and other times barely a few hours. Also, we have to have the receiver plugged in and turned on for it to charge. I do not think this normally the case, but I wish we did not buy this product so early before our baby arrived. By the time we used it, and found out the receiver flaw, the return policy for amazon already passed.As I write this review, after 6 months of use, the battery has been working great for over 6 hours not plugged in!

Purchased only 5 months ago, and most features have ceased working already. If I tap the top to see the video, it will turn up the volume but not turn on the screen. If I hit the volume buttons to turn up or down, it will pan the camera. If I try to pan the camera, it will turn the volume up or down. All of these are incredibly annoying, but really the thing that has made me hate this monitor is that sometimes the volume will stop working in the middle of the night. The unit is still on, the video picture is still on, I've already been up with the baby heard through the monitor a few hours before, and then I wake up to a shrieking, angry baby that I can hear down the hall but with NO VOLUME coming through the monitor. This has now happened twice in the last 2 weeks and it makes me nervous to go to sleep knowing that it may or may not let me know that my baby is crying. I would not in any way recommend this monitor.

The camera and monitor are great however the battery longevity is horrible. I've just passed my deadline for returns on Jan 16,2016 and I'm very irritated. We've only had the camera for a short time and it does not hold a charge. Going to have to purchase a replacement battery I guess. Buyer beware as this is the second handheld battery to go bad.

I wish I could rate this monitor with zero stars. We bought this monitor in January, and things have been great up until about a month ago! The monitor stopped charging properly, and the battery won't hold a charge. We've taken to wrapping a rubber band around the power cord and the monitor, just to get the darn thing to charge! I have been emailing back and forth with Foscam for a week now, I've done most of the emailing and barely heard much back from them. Finally today, not only did they tell me that I have to pay to ship my broken system to them, but I ALSO have to pay for them to send a new monitor to me. $7 each way! This is ridiculous and an absolutely terrible company! This is clearly a manufacturer problem because so many people are on here complaining about it, so it's not anyone's fault, but the company. And they want to hold the customer accountable and that is BS. I am so disgusted with this company. I spent $100+ on the system, for nothing. It worked great and then all of a sudden started having problems. I do NOT at all recommend this, do not waste your money, because you'll be replacing it in under a year.

Do NOT buy this monitor, so many issues! A year ago, we purchased our Foscam baby monitor from amazon for $169.99. After some reviews and comparisons, we chose it because of the many features it offered which helped us keep an eye on our newborn, and as soon as we began using it we loved it. After a couple of months, we started having a problem where a message pops up saying “out of range”, in which case we figured out restarting the monitor or camera (or sometimes both) fixes the issue. At first, it would only happen once in a while, and progressively got to the point where this became a daily occurrence. It finally began happening multiple times throughout the day, very inconveniently, as many times baby was sleeping and it is difficult to make noise while restarting the camera next to his head. Last week our monitor displayed the “out of range” message again and now it no longer connects to the camera. To troubleshoot, we once again tried restarting both the monitor and the camera without any success. It appears that there’s no connection between both devices, so we are unable to see a video or hear sounds, which defeats the purpose of having a baby monitor. This is a huge disappointment as this product was well overpriced and only lasted 3 months in a good working condition, after which it became a game of pushing buttons and restarting it every day. The price has come down to $99.99 since then, and we realized we overpaid for such a failed product. Do NOT buy this one, shop around for better quality!

I loved this monitor. Everything about it was awesome. Picture quality was so much better than my Summer one that crapped out.it had all the cool features like pan and tilt, temperature reading, talk to you kid feature. Then I noticed it wasn't holding a charge. Wiggle the plug in cord though and it looked like it was charging up again!... But it wasn't. OK, well I can just keep it plugged it, right? Nope. Battery drained down, died and that was it for the monitor. Even plugged in.So, back in the box and schlep to the UPS store to return it. (insert sad Charlie Brown music here) Did I mention it came out of the box, got plugged in, died and went back in the box in the SAME DAY?!! This issue is real, people. So sad because I wanted to love this monitor forever, or at least longer than a 6 hour period.

Works great - while it works. In less than a year we are on our third monitor - which also just stopped working. It's a great monitor while it works but we keep having trouble with the power cord. After a bit of time it just stops charging. You have to hold the cord at a certain angle for it to charge - which doesn't work while you are sleeping. It keeps crashing on me in the middle of the night so I can't hear my baby crying. I'd like to say that it was just a fluke, but it's our third and keeps happening.Unfortunately, we are a month outside of our window to send it back. It's pretty infuriating.

We're not horribly impressed with this monitor, but given the price and friends/family experiences with other video monitors, we found this to be the best choice in this price range.To clarify, we're on our second monitor- the first, like many other reviewers stated, started not charging and when it did charge, the battery would die very quickly. This is the biggest weakness of this monitor in my opinion- cheap battery and even cheaper charging cord. I'm not sure if it was the cord, the connection on the monitor, or the battery itself which failed. If we manipulated, pulled on and otherwise twisted the charging cord it would eventually start charging again (leading me to believe it was either the cord or the connectors), but it got to the point where it just didn't charge reliably and eventually stopped charging all together. It was a somewhat painful process to return the defective unit, but not too bad. The company responded relatively quickly to my email. We had the monitor for about 3 months before it failed and I had initially requested to just return it for a full refund, however, Foscam flat out refused my request and I was outside of Amazon's return window, so that was very disappointing- I would have given it 3 stars had they just let me return the thing for a refund. Instead, they offered to replace it but asked that I send the defective unit back first, which would have left us without a monitor- a tough position to be in with a new baby. After a bit of belly-aching with the rep, they instead offered to send me a replacement (it was clearly a refurbished unit) as long as they were able to put a $100 hold on my credit card until they received the old one back (I had to pay for shipping the defective unit back- they refused to pay for return shipping). Fine- I understand why, but the least they could have done was pay for return shipping. It took them more than a week after receiving the monitor to remove the hold from my CC. Moving on...We received the replacement unit and have been using it with varied success for a couple months now. Most of the time, it charges fine but every once in a while, it just stops charging- wiggling the cord where it plugs into the unit usually gets it to start charging again. I have little reason to believe this unit won't just stop charging just like the first one did as it's already exhibiting the same symptoms the first unit did. The company claims they "stand behind our products and will work to make you happy if the replacement fails", but again, I have little faith this is truly the case, otherwise they would have just let me return the first one for a refund as I requested to begin with (keeping in mind the unit was only 3 months old- didn't even get a chance to take the protective film off).Function wise, most of the current reviews pretty much sum up what we think about it. The feature we like most is the temperature display, and find that it's relatively accurate. The thing we dislike the most is the massive delay getting sound after we use the microphone feature to talk through the camera- it's literally 4-5 seconds of delay after releasing the talk button until you can hear the person reply (which you usually miss completely if it's a simple yes or no question) on the base station. We wish the base station displayed the time as well- would have been a nice feature. Video quality is just okay- nothing spectacular. The night vision works but is not very clear- works well enough though. Despite what they advertise you DO see visible red lights on the camera at night while in IR mode- they're not bright, but they are clearly visible and for a child, maybe a bit creepy. The resolution in a fully lit room during the day is quite good, but as expected, declines the darker it gets. The pan and tilt features operate very quietly and the internal mic in the camera turns off so you don't have to listen to it moving which is a nice feature, but again, the amount of time it takes for the mic to turn back on is excessive (the same 4-5 seconds).Overall, while we aren't thrilled with this monitor, given the features it has, along with the price, it's a solid contender in the video monitor market- it's the quality that we are disappointed with. However, I have family with high-end Summer Infant monitors ($300+) who have had nothing but problems with them, so it seems as though for some reason (perhaps my expectations are far too high), it's incredibly difficult to make a quality video monitor that doesn't have problems regardless of price point. I've certainly not sampled every single video monitor on the market, but the ones I do have experience with, have all had problems. I've deducted 3 stars because: Company was not willing to accept a defective product on return for a refund after only 3 months, I had to pay for return shipping for what was clearly a defective unit (I even cited the many amazon reviews that had the exact same problem), and the replacement is still having charging issues, albeit not frequently. Time will tell if the second monitor develops the same persistent problem as the first. I'll certainly update my review if it does.Update 6/2015: The button to turn the screen off has stopped working so we're no longer able to turn the screen off at night. This presents obvious problems. We continue to have sporadic charging problems with it as well. We continue to be disappointed by the quality of this monitor. Will update again when the next problem arises- see what I did there? I have little confidence this thing will last much longer without developing some other issue.Update 8/2015: I contacted Foscam regarding the non-functioning screen on/off button and they agreed to replace the monitor again. Excellent. After a bit of back and forth, I even got them to pay for shipping both ways, which is quite nice. However, the monitor I received as a replacement is different than the one it's replacing- slightly different, but it's significant in my opinion. Foscam has discontinued the feature to turn the screen on and off with the push of a button. They instead replaced it with a feature that plays 3 different lullaby's through the speaker on the camera. While some people might find this useful, I personally think this feature is absolutely ridiculous. What happens if you inadvertently press the music button in the middle of the night? That's right- you wake your baby up because a lullaby starts playing through the camera speaker (with no way to control the volume that I could find). Not only that, but if you do accidentally press that button, you can't simply turn it off with another push of the button, rather you have to cycle through the 2 other lullaby's before it turns off, so by now, your baby is fully awake and screaming. I'm at a total loss here. They removed one of the most important features this monitor had, and replaced it with an absolutely useless one. They could have at least informed me of this change before they sent the replacement- I would have told them not to bother. I'm really frustrated with this entire situation. I'm now left with a monitor that has problems and cannot be replaced with the same model that has the same features, because that single feature was discontinued. I suppose if you have appropriately low expectations, you'll probably be happy with this monitor. As for me? well, I'm now lamenting my decision to buy this thing and looking for something else. I'm laughing at myself, I suppose.Update 11/2015: The battery continues to degrade. When new, it lasted about 6 hours maximum on a full charge (which isn't exactly impressive to begin with). It struggles to last 3 hours now. Batteries Plus offers a replacement for a reasonable amount of money that we'll try. I'll update again after we purchase and use it for a bit.Update 2/2016: The monitor continues to have issues charging which keep getting worse. We've woken up several mornings to find the monitor was completely dead despite being on the charger- I can't even begin to express how disconcerting this is. The battery has also continued to degrade to the point where it barely lasts 2 hours now. While the Rayovac battery from Batteries Plus is a viable option as one other reviewer has indicated, my wife and I are now questioning if it's really worth it- I'm sure the Rayovac battery is loads better, but if the charging cord keeps loosing continuity and fails to charge, a quality battery is rather useless. I'll update again if I find a solution to the intermittent charging that doesn't involve sending it back to Foscam.Update 8/2016: SO.......I think I've found the ultimate problems with this little slice of hell that's caused me to beat my head against the wall multiple times. #1: Power cord- they're cheap and they eventually develop an intermittent contact problem between the wires that go to the monitor connector and the voltage regulator inside the plug (AND where the wires are joined to the monitor connector) I had to break the plug end to test and verify, but ours had a wire that was almost completely disconnected, so it was going in the trash anyway. I happened to have an AC adapter which had a similar connector with the correct output voltage/amperage that we now use (I'll update shortly so everyone knows output specs to look for and jack size). #2, and this is the major issue- cold solder joint between the charging jack and the circuit board. This one was difficult to find, as I had taken the monitor apart several times in the past looking for cold solder joints and I missed it several times. The solder joint must have completely broken at some point because the contact on the jack was not making ANY contact with the pad on the circuit board (and the monitor wouldn't charge at all, regardless of what we did). I do a lot of PCB soldering at work (mostly surface mount EPROM chips), so it was an easy fix for me. I removed the factory solder from BOTH joints, re-soldered and our charging problems are officially fixed. However, the factory battery is SO bad now, it only holds a charge for maybe 90 minutes if we're lucky. Now that we have the charging issue fixed, we'll go ahead and buy the Rayovac battery. Not sure if these problems are consistent across ALL of this specific model (kinda seems like it's affecting the vast majority of them and I'd go so far as to say ALL of their charging cords will eventually develop a problem), or if they have other issues, but after almost 2 years, hours of investigative testing and ultimately, a bad cord and a cold solder joint, we finally have a working monitor. I'm of the opinion that most of the charging problems are a result of the cheap charging cord they supply, but ultimately all of them will develop that same cold solder joint because you really have to manipulate the connector to get it to charge as a lot of reviewers have noted- movement causes fatigue which causes failure. Now to buy a battery that lasts longer than what they supply. So at the end of the day, unless you actually like buying a brand new product and fixing it's flaws (which includes buying a new battery and charging cord) so it works as advertised, I would have to recommend spending a little bit more money if you can and just buy a better monitor.Update 10/16: I've uploaded a picture showing the precise location of the cold solder joint. No additional problems to report and the unit is charging reliably now.

The monitor is good, especially for the price. The battery life is pretty short and it only takes a month or so before you start to see it really dwindle to where you have to keep it hooked up to the cord after about 5 hours. It must be plugged in if you wish to have it on overnight. My biggest issue with it, and probably why I wouldn't buy it again, is the lack of ability to turn the screen off and still retain sound. It has a VOX mode but it is very very sensitive which means that it is not possible to have the screen off and just keep sound on. I like to have the monitor sound on at night but not the screen and have had to resort to putting the monitor face down to be able to accomplish this. Really wish that there was a way to do this, if they changed that one feature it would be a repeat purchase, if needed, for me.______A couple months later and I have to edit my review. I had to have the monitor replaced after 2 months due to inability to charge the unit. The next monitor they gave me lost the charge even faster and I have had to resort to purchasing another monitor because this one is pretty terrible. PLEASE DONT EVEN CONSIDER BUYING THIS MONITOR. I ended up getting the Foscam Wifi camera that runs off your smart phone. I considered this model when I made this purchase and really wish I had just bought that one in the first place.

Do not buy this. We bought this for our grandkids rooms when they sleep over. This is what happened last week when we plugged it in. It sparked and blackened the wall outlet and the charger. We had an electrician come up to replace the outlet and he showed us how the prongs were defective on this machine and that is what caused an almost fire in the babies room. We are grateful that we were in the room when it happened!!!

This is our second monitor in less than 2 years and they were both a nightmare. They stopped working, the motion abilities stop, then the battery does not hold a charge, then the screen just stays blank. The customer service is even worse than the bad product. Use a different company. Your child deserves better!

I bought this monitor and have been using it for about 8 months now. At first, I liked most of the features. One problem that I noticed right off the bat is that I don't like that it's difficult to switch between two cameras on the same parent unit. I have two kids, and I want to be able to easily switch between their cameras with just one unit, and though it is possible to switch between the two, it's a huge hassle, and it's not worth the work. Also, since I now have two parent units and two cameras, I noticed that if the two parent units are within about 6 feet of each other, they stop working! So now I STILL can't monitor both of my kids at the same time - I have to have one of the parent units across the room from me and keep the other one next to me.The newest problem that I've been experiencing is that the parent unit for my baby's room (he's 8 months old) now just randomly shuts itself off. It used to just happen once in a blue moon, but now it's all the time. What good is a baby monitor if I put it next to my bed and fall asleep and then it turns itself off?? What if my baby is screaming, and I don't wake up because the monitor malfunctioned? I can't hear him from my room, so I rely on the monitor to be able to hear when he needs me. Something this expensive should work for more than 8 months of gentle use!! I'm very frustrated, because I invested in an expensive product, thinking that it would be good quality, and it's not.

This is a great quality monitor with great features and range but the battery life is terrible! We use this for a few hours during the day for nap times for the few months and that's it and the battery is already done for. Before this, the battery didn't last a very long time, even when fully charged. Now, every time I try to unplug it from charging, it instantly starts beeping at me with the low battery flashing and then turns off. I've had it plugged in over night, saying it is indeed charging, only to take it off the cord and start beeping right away. Ughhh. I hate paying good money for products that are not satisfactory. I just contacted the company.. We shall see what happens with that.

I couldn't be more disappointed with this product and also with Amazon. The monitor never once worked no matter how long we charged it for. I cannot return it because it is no longer in the return window! I am the biggest fan of Amazon shopping and reading reviews. I did extensive research before purchasing a baby monitor. I bought the monitor a few months before my baby arrived so I had everything ready for when he got here. Hes finally here and needs to sleep in his room alone now and I go to set up his monitor, and nothing my husband and I did would get the monitor to turn on and work. We tried everything! I thought for sure it wouldn't be any issue exchanging this for a new one, but since it's out of the return window by less than 4 weeks I can't! This monitor was way too expensive for it to never even work one time! It's a shame there was no warranty with it and Amazon won't do anything to fix it. Extremely disappointed as I love Amazon and now I feel they dropped the ball here!

When unplugged the monitor goes into sleep mode every minute. This is a horrible feature. I would not buy this again. The whole point of the monitor is to walk around with it. You constantly have to turn the video feed back in if not plugged in.