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Any recommendations please.
I am borrowing a camera one from a friend but not happy with the sound quality and it has lots of interference.
Can anyone suggest a good monitor. Not fussed about the camera but would love two parents units or a walkabout.
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Angel care sound and movement is great.
We have the avent dect and it's awesome. Very clear and no interference. No camera either. Has a 330m range too so perfect if needing to go thru a few walls
We have an older style Angelcare and it's crap. Just bought an Oricom from Baby Bunting (recommended by Odette, I think, saw it on fb) and it is brilliant!!!! They have a whole range of different monitors, well worth checking out, and priced well too :)
I have the oricom secure 500 it worked when we needed it out in the office, it has no interference or feedback and it tells you if the room gets too hot or cold.
we have the oricom secure 500 also....it is awesome!! Whatever brand you choose make sure get a digital one...the sound quality is far superior and much less interference. Also it is on sale in the latest Baby bunting catalogue I think.
ETA: It is a walkabout one......I can be in the back garden and still be in range and I love the temperature reading feature too
FYI - Baby Bunting has the Oricom Secure 500 on sale through 5 Dec for $129 (the flyer says this saves $50).
This is the one I'm thinking of getting so glad to hear great reviews from many of you. I found a new one on eBay for $150 with two parent units.:
So I'm going to get that one now !!!
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thumbs up with the oricom 500 too! I got one and found it heaps better than the angelcare one i borrowed off SIL.
yup oricom rock!!
and just so you know girls- the batteries in mine were losing their charge so i emailed oricom and they said that any after market batteries were fine
went to **** smith and bought some new ones for $9!!! and it works a treat!!
batteries has lasted me at least 10 hours before i have to recharge it!!!
and also girls if you get the monitor with one parent handset, you can buy and hook up another handset anytime- just purchase them through oricom
Definately the best monitor i have used ( this one is my fourth! LOL)
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Cool so do I get the 500 or 200 model?
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Given that the 500 is so cheap at Baby Bunting ATM, I'd go with that. I got the 100, I'm not fussed with having extra stuff, and already have a room thermometer. I'm really really happy with it, the sound quality is excellent, so would totally recommend it. It just depends on whether you think you need the extras that the pricier models come with.
Thanks for the info det :)
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Ok got the 500 from mothercare and they matched the price! So the extra points gave me another $10 off!
Can't wait to set it up!
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Have fun with it, I love being able to play lullabies without going into the room.
Yay!!!
Just looked at their web page and the extra parent handset can not be worked with the 500 model:
Just wondering if anyone can answer why my music on the unit turns off after a while? i would like it to continue to play, has this happened to any other Oricom 500 users?
I'm pretty sure in the instructions it says it will only play for around 15 mins (don't quote me on it) and you can either repeat the one tune or all of them for those 15 mins or so? I'd check but the manual is in DD's cupboard and she's snoozing far too happily for me to risk waking her! Not sure why they've done it that way, maybe figuring that's the average time frame needed to soothe bub?
I do play them when I want to run the handset batteries flat though and often wish they'd go for longer, but I'm not a huge fan of them otherwise ;)
Thanks. I dont use the ones on the monitor i us emy itunes! much nicer. i have emailed them as i also read that they only play for 15 min, i want my child to sleep longer than that and he wakes when it turns off lol
I have a small ipod dock in the bedroom separate to the monitor...it plays soft music continuously 24/7 so that whenever we go in there which is only at nappy changes or nap times he gets the cue that it is quiet time...seems to wrok for us that way....
ahhh I forgot it could do that! So even with an external source it turns off? Hmmm that's disappointing. Hope they give you the way to get around it :crossfingers:
Nope will just have to do as melbel suggest! they said it will only do 15 min. Oh well
yeah... probably the one negative thing about it is the time limit, everything else I can't fault......an ipod dock will have better speakers anyway...the sound quality on the monitor is pretty tinny
No i found the sound to be great Mel and the reason why i chose the unit was because of the ipod function :( now i have to clutter his draws up with an ipod doc too :(
maybe it was the tinny preprogrammed music in it that got to me.....lol.....I like the dock cos I had it in our room when he was a bubba until he went into his own room a six months so I guess I was kinda used to doing it that way type thing...in fact it is my ipod and dock he has that we bought to take to hospital for our natural birth we were planning...must save up for another one for me cos i miss my music.....lOL