Hey Pregpan,
I was wondering the same thing as I have just bought my sis one for her new bub and was considering giving her mine. I guess my only hesitancy was that I like being able to listen to him in bed at night. Especially now he has a cold, I like to hear him breathing and to know that all is well. I think you can turn the sensor to make it alot more sensitive, then you don't get the false alarms. This is on the part that goes in their bed.

As for the sensor pad component, I belive Sids is mainly a risk prior to 6 months. I guess it is up to you then how comfortable you feel being without the extra "protection". As bub gets bigger he might move around alot more and stand up in teh cot, thus maybe making it more of a hassle.

Good luck with your decision.

PS I heard Caden chatting to himself oneday in the cot and thought I would take a peek to make sure he was ok. He had unplugged the monitor and was happily wrapped in the cord! What dark irony that would have been...I now have it safely on the floor out of harms way