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Deciding On The Right Baby Monitor For You And Your Family

By Erich Park


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. However, if you were to review baby monitors today, you would find that they can do much more than simply transmit or pick up sounds. Some systems even have video monitoring. Choosing the right monitor, can therefore be difficult and often times confusing, because the options are virtually limitless! With the technology advances we enjoy these days, you don't have to worry about a monitor which will keep you awake all night, with feedback squeals and static sounds. Now while it may seem like an information overload right now, here are some things you should definitely consider when you are choosing your next baby monitoring system.

Now for a lot of families, the price is naturally going to be an issue in making your decision. It is ok to have a budget; however you should not make your decision based solely on how much it will cost you. The best way to use pricing to help you choose today is to look at how many features you get for what price. Keep in mind that a system chosen solely because it is the "cheapest" may have a higher chance of malfunctioning, which is not a risk you want to be taking with your baby either. The most important thing in the end, is to simply weight out what you are actually getting for the price you are getting it at, so that you get the most value from your investment.

As you're shopping around, you'll notice many baby monitors have an operating frequency of 49 Mhz. This particular frequency will contain the greatest amount of interference - must be why they're so cheap to buy. One unusual aspect of these cheaper monitors is they pick up unwanted radio frequency signals such as cell phones and even neighboring baby monitors. But higher frequency monitors don't have those problems, plus they're easier to operate. However, you can side-step these problems by getting a monitor operating at 2.4 Ghz.

This might sound like a small thing, but choose a system that will let you know when its batteries are running low. No mother want their monitor to quit working while everyone's sleeping, so you'll want to remember when to charge or change the batteries. You'll save time and worry with a feature like that.

Remember that you should take everything into consideration when you want to buy your monitor, and should assess what kinds of features you want to begin with. Buyers should also be looking at price and the system's lifetime expectancy as well. Your final decision should be one that reflects the needs of your entire household, so that you can choose a monitor which will do exactly what you need it to do.




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