| | |  | Books, Music & DVD | Home » » Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor and Two Parents' Units | | | | | | | Description: | | The Angelcare Movement Sensor has three modes of use, enabling parents to use the sensor/sound monitor well into toddlerhood and beyond, if desired. With the Sound & Movement function, you can hear your baby's sounds, see sound lights, and hear a "tic" sound with every movement the baby makes. If no movement is detected, the "tic" will stop and after 20 seconds the alarm will sound. In the Tic Off mode you will not hear the ticking sound with every movement. However, you will still hear the baby's sounds and see sound lights, and your baby's movement is still being detected. An alarm will still sound if absolutely no movement is detected for 20 seconds. And finally, with Sound Only, the movement sensor is disabled, but you will still be able to hear your baby's sounds and see sound lights. In this mode, the Angelcare functions as a regular sound monitor. For many parents, just being able to hear the sighs and squeaks of the newest member of the family is reassurance enough. For those who need more input, for whatever reason, the additional sensory features of the Angelcare can be lifesaving. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 15.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.8 pounds | | Package Length:
| 15.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 372 reviews |
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 Core functionality - five stars; Other "features" - one starAug 20, 2010
Ultimately I bought this as a breathing monitor... and it works perfectly. We had two false alarms and both were when my son was sleeping deeply (very light breaths) after having wedged himself all the way to one end of the crib. As the instructions (and others) have pointed out... you will need a piece of wood or something sturdy to set it on under the crib. Ours was set at the perfect sensitivity straight out of the box, but you should run some tests with the baby out of the crib to see if the alarm goes off. I found that if I had the ceiling fan on the highest setting, the vibration was enough to prevent the monitor for working properly. All in all, the breathing monitor functionality (the pad and the alarm unit it connects to) is very easy to set up, and reliable. I wouldn't change a thing.
However the other advertised features seemed to be poorly designed afterthoughts. The tic funtion is annoying in the room... I'd love to just be able to have the parent unit lights flick instead of having to make it tic and then "see" the tics through as audio parts of the monitor. Speaking of audio monitor, this one is very staticy and lacks the feature of others (like radio silence unless there's noise on the other end). I already had an excellent baby monitor when I bought this so I just continued to use that.
Overall, I think $100 for just the breathing monitor functionality was totally worth it for my piece of mind (and therefore sleep). I'd buy it again (although I'd also by my other sound only monitor as well).
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 This may have saved my son's life!Feb 27, 2010
I was taking a nap in the room with my son's crib, when the alarm went off. I jumped up and ran to the crib and he was not breathing. No chest rising, no movement. I screamed and poked and prodded him until he started to breathe and awaken. Wether he was just in a very, very deep sleep or wether he was not going to breathe again, I don't know and I don't want to know. They say that when they enter very deep sleep like that is when they stop breathing. To me, it appeared he was not breathing. Every night we slept with this monitor on, it gave us tremendous peace of mind. I would NEVER be without one of these. We are now expecting our second child and I will be purchasing one again. (We took our last one on vacation with us and something happened to the sensor pad in the luggage. It lasted a long, long time, but it didn't last through baggage on the airlines. I would recommend packing it in the carry-on next time)
This product is worth every penny.
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A bit hard to set up, but its worth the peace of mind. NO SIDS with THIS.Feb 12, 2010
Do you know it's normal for newborns to stop breathing in their sleep? Most babies have the mechanism in their brain that turns the switch back on, to breathe again. However, some newborns do not have this switch. This is why there is SIDS. Also, did you know....if your baby did stop breathing and you, the parent, knew they stopped breathing-just going and picking them up or even touching them, will also trigger the brain to breathe again (as long as it is right away, as the alarm sounds).
This monitor is worth every penny. We only paid $90 at our local Babies R Us. We did have to call around to a few locations to finally find one of these.
With my first child, I never got any sleep. She was born a few weeks early and was ill due to acid reflex, she couldnt keep any milk down. She was a breastfed baby, but was very weak. Back then, I didn't know about this item, I wish I did. My husband and I would take turns to stay up all night with her, to make sure she was always breathing. As a first time mom, SIDS was a scary thing (still is, even with our second baby). I remember being the most tired I had been at any time in my life. Those first months should have been a lot more joyous.
With my second daughter. She was delivered at 35 weeks (preemie) and was a perfectly healthy baby. However, any type of preemie has an increased chance of SIDS. My preemie still thought she was in my womb and would not wake up at all for the first month at home. She was in a sleeping coma. She wouldn't even want to wake up to eat. I was very worried about her 20 hours of sleeping all day/night. The first few days home I would watch her sleep all night and never sleep myself. By the 3rd day of this, I couldn't handle the no sleep thing, so I read about this item and had to buy it.
LIFE SAVER PRODUCT ALERT!! Get this! It's worth every penny.
Once my husband brought it home, we started to set it up right away. Our crib didn't have a hard base under the mattress, so we measured the crib and went down to Home Depot, to have a slice of ply board/wood cut out to put under the mattress and above the frame/box (the wood piece only cost $5). You MUST have a sturdy bottom to get accurate readings. Once the monitor is set up, you'll need to adjust the level of sensitivity. It may be a bit tricky at first, but only should take a few adjustments. Also, you can have a constant ticking sound on, which is the baby breathing. Dont worry, you do not have to have this ticking sound on, just to know your baby is breathing. For a test run, without the ticking sound on, you may need to have your baby sleep for a nap, then take your baby out, after the nap, without turning or touching the monitor/alarm. Once you walk out of the room, the alarm should go off (because its not picking up any movement). You will know, the alarm is working, if the alarm is sounding, once your baby has been removed from crib. Be aware, if you are walking near the monitor, it is so sensitive, that it picks up footsteps, so the monitor will not trigger if are moving all around the crib.
THANK GOD, I found this item. There were a few times in the first few months, my daughter did stop breathing and the alarm went off. Even though, it's most likely, she would have started breathing on her own. The sense of knowing and the peace of mind is WORTH having this item. I love this alarm. It's a life saver.
Only baby product you'll needJan 24, 2010
this is the only baby product you'll need beyond your basics... If there's anything you're going to splurge on, let it be this product. This monitor gives you the peace of mind that your child is alright... it's my only sense of sanity. I can't tell you how many times I've jumped out of bed when my son was a baby and slept for more than an hour or 2 without crying, however, I learned to trust the monitor and that gave me a whole new sense of ease. When I would wake up at night, I would have the comfort that my son is ok since the monitor is on. It does truly work, the few times we've picked up my son out of his crib forgetting to turn it off it will sound as soon as it doesn't sense the baby movement. The other thing to consider, if anyone were to ever break in to your house somehow and were to grab your baby, then at least you would immediatley wake up to the alarm when the heart beat is no longer detected. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this product. This is the only gift I will give you new moms even if it's not on their registry... they'll thank me later for it.
 Sound quality horribleJan 19, 2010
The sound quality of this monitor is horrible - there is so much static, we are unable to use it at night, as the static keeps us awake!
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