When DD was first born we were living in a small house - about 5 metres walk to her bedroom from ours. We used it first night and it had so much static and we could hear her anyway that we never used it there again. When she was 21 months old we moved to a much bigger house - rooms at other end to ours so we uplled it out. IT broke (it was a cheapie) so we got a new one that is AWESOME!

Technically you can still hear her cry without it but it's much easier with this and my DH takes it with him outside during day if he needs to. It also had the room temperature on it as well as a small torch light. When she cries or talks we can also see the lights light up as well as hearing it. At her end there are 4 stars that acta as night light and it even plays about 5 songs on it! We love it!