DM221-2 Digital Audio Baby Monitor with 2 Parent Units, DECT 6.0, 1000ft Long Range, Talk Back Intercom, Vibrating Alert, Night Light, Rechargeable - White

I read a lot of Amazon reviews for other baby monitors before deciding to give this one a try. I am happy that I did. Sensitivity This is an "open mic" design, not a "voice activated" design. I prefer open mic, and have always had issues with voice activated products. This unit is impressive, picking up a surprising amount of sounds. It picks up blue jays when they are drinking from our patio bird bath. It picks up the sound of the breast pump. During a storm, it picked up the wind blowing outside the windows. The sensitivity is adjustable - 5 settings. Range I haven't thoroughly tested this (haven't gone outdoors with the receiver). We live in a 3 level townhome, and have had no range issues at all. Notifications Beep and vibration notifications that are tuned perfectly. A light sound will not trigger them, and constant crying will not cause them to go off like crazy. Instead, when baby makes enough noise for a few seconds, the audio and vibrate will sound off once, then will wait for a bit to sound off again. Appropriate use of the technology, and nicely implemented. Two-way communications We use this feature all the time. My wife will be upstairs with the baby, trying to get the baby to sleep, and she will need something. She says what she needs out loud in a normal talking voice, which I hear clearly on one of the handsets. I use the push-to-talk on the handset to talk back to her, confirming that I'll bring her whatever she needs. In a 3 story townhouse, this has made our lives much easier; no shouting up/down the stairs, and no need to change floors to communicate clearly. I have a feeling we will continue to use this system even after baby has grown, due to the convenience. We keep one receiver on the first floor, another on the second, and the send unit on the third floor. It's easy to forget the listener is on, so be warned! We have had entire conversations with company over, thinking we were having a private conversation, when it was actually being broadcast throughout the house. Secure communications Uses digital communications with frequency hopping. This is great, because someone with a radio cannot listen in on our conversations. Sound quality and interference Zero interference, and the sound quality is crisp and clear without any noise. Friends with kids comment on how clean and clear the sound is. Overall, we are extremely happy with this product. Thankfully, we haven't had any issues with it (knock on wood), though I have seen in these reviews that others have. We would highly recommend, and we would buy another one. At this time, we have had this unit for 2 and 1/2 months. ***** 6-month Update: We have had this for 6 months now with zero significant issues. I read about the "unlinked" beep prior to purchase. I have experienced this with this product. It is easy to fix - reboot the receiver. Unplug it from the wall socket and remove the battery, count to 10, then reconnect it all. It's a digital device, which means it's a tiny little computer. Every now and then, it needs a power cycle. This is the best monitor out there, in my opinion. Simple, and it works perfectly. The only gremlin (reboot) is easy to live with. I am extremely happy with this product. Highly recommended.

We have been using this monitor for almost a year and love it. We had a no WiFi video monitor for our first baby and besides the trouble with charging it constantly and carrying it around from room to room, constantly checking the video feed almost added stress and it stopped working after less than a year so we had to buy a replacement. For our second, we wanted something different, and no WiFi was important to us. These monitors are basic, functional, and zero drama. Plug them in and they work. We keep one adult end in our bedroom and the other in the living room, so we never need to worry about where the monitor is. Depending on your preference, you can just leave them on all the time - we often do this. There are several sound sensitivity settings, and they can get LOUD. I have the baby end on the opposite side of the nursery from the crib and it picks up noise perfectly. The range is great, even across first/second floors. We recommend these without any hesitation.

This monitor system has been a trouble-free worry-remover for me. I am using it to keep track of my husband's needs, as I care for the rest of our household, inside and out. He sleeps now in a first-floor room next to a bathroom and close to the kitchen. He gets IV nutrition for 12 hours a day and is tethered to his IV administration setup. Plus, he is weak from a month in the hospital, so he can't do a lot for himself. We have a Linksys EA3500 Router. (Sorry, That's all I know about the channel, frequency, whatever..) The monitor signal has to "cross" this signal and it has not caused any interference at all. The range is well capable of letting me get out in the garden or into the barn, or even across the street (through LOTS of power, cable and telephone lines.) Transmission and reception have been loud & clear at every distance. Though I haven't tried 1000', it is certainly completely adequate for our rambling old house and 5 acre yard and barns. I also like the fact that I talk to my husband from anywhere, to ask if he needs something, etc. Of course, I hear him if he calls out to me. NB Adults are noisier sleepers than babies, but I found that I quickly became accustomed to his "normal" nighttime noises. I quickly learned to recognize the ones I should get up for...like the IV pump bleeping, etc. So I get a pretty good night's sleep. As for the "Parent" batteries not lasting very long...I have found that to be true. They don't last very long...maybe 3-4 hours. But what I do is take the monitor in my bedroom in the morning as my portable monitor. Then, when it starts bleeping that the battery is going dead, I just exchange it with the monitor in our family room. If that unit's battery starts to go, I repeat the switch. Works fine, because you get plenty of notice that the battery needs recharging. Such peace of mind PS I forgot to post this review 2 months ago when I got these monitors. This week, one of the receivers started shutting itself off. What a nuisance, and unsafe, too, because I rely on them tp get me tom husband when he needs me! I will contact the manufacturer...and I will keep you posted.

I'm using this monitor with my third child and I have had lots of different monitors. I've had this monitor for a couple of months now and have used it every day, so I feel like I can give a decent review on it. Things I like: - The two parent handsets that come with it; it's nice to leave one to charge while I take the other with me wherever I wander around the house. - How quiet it is when it's on. Hardly any white noise comes through and the lights don't turn on unless a child is making noises. Or something really loud happens in the room. - Paging a parent handset with the monitor set. It's saved my sanity a few times now. - The sound is really clear on both sides. I can hear baby no problem and she can hear me if I call back. Works wonderfully. - The volume settings are perfect. At night, a volume 2 will wake me up. If I'm outside with the other kids, the 5 will be heard over the racket. It gets as loud and as quiet as I need. Things I don't like: - The parent unit turns on when you plug it in. I will usually put baby down for a nap, grab a unit, find the battery is low and go switch it out with the one that's plugged in. Then I plug it in and have to remember to turn it off after it starts up. Or I forget and wonder why I keep hearing noises from my bedroom. - The battery power leaves much to be desired. I know that it's how it goes with these monitors these days, but you have to leave it plugged in when not in use if you want to be able to take it around with you when you need it. You can't just leave it in the kitchen between naps and then expect it to be charged and ready to go when necessary. Having two handsets comes in handy just for that reason, though. All things considered, I'm glad I bought it.

Update: July 25th, 2014: I left a comment on my review and updated this on July 7th and waited to see if VTech would see and respond to my comment or my update. I assumed that they were busy and I am sure overloaded with emails to find my comment/update. So I called them today and the lady I talked to was very helpful, since I had previously called and had issues they had my number on file and swiftly took care of my issues. They are going to send me another replacement set for the one that stopped working properly. I also asked that she note on my file that when they receive my unit back that is defective if there is something I did wrong, or that I could do to keep this from happening to have them give me a call. I am going to also try a couple of things I discussed with her to see if I can make them work and if I find a solution that works for me I will be more than happy to update this review with some step by step instructions that may be helpful to others as well. Update: July 7th, 2014: Well we decided to move into a new home and the set that I was sent from VTech are actually still in the box because I bought another set. Well the other set I purchased when I unplugged them and moved them will not communicate with each other rendering them useless and in the same state as my others were that caused this review in the first place. I may have to resort to opening the replacement set VTech sent me and throw these away or put them in a box to never be seen again. I love them but not if they won't sync back up after unplugging them. Update: January 4th, 2014: After Vtech Support left a comment on this review, I called this per their request and within 10 minutes of being on the phone with them they are sending me a new system with expedited freight. So I should get them early next week, and once I get them I can pack up my current "bad" set and send it back to them. Didn't cost me anything other than the phone call. Talk about good support! Before I got their comment and talked to them I went ahead and purchased a second set because out of all of the ones I have had, reviewed and otherwise had friends complain about they are still top notch. Their quality has been great, their range has been great it was just the issue of it not wanting to link anymore. Hopefully I don't have that issue again in the future. We have been dealing with an Angelcare Sound Monitor system in between getting the new Vtech set, mainly because I bought it with the motion board setup and never used it. The Sound Monitor worked out of the box but has some major interference issues with the parent monitor. It is odd too cause I cannot identify what is causing it to have a loud audible hum.. but doesn't matter now since I have a set of Vtech's and another on the way. not going to return my second set, will just use it for travel or will take to my parents and set it up for when we visit. If your unit stops working, read the comments left by Vtech that have their 800# and call them, tell them your situation and see how well they can help you. If you are looking for a system that can be used within a house with multiple levels, our babies room will be on the upper floor and the monitor works in the basement, out by the pool and etc... the pool is stretching it but it does work. They seem very durable and the belt clip seemed pretty sturdy as well if you clip it on your pants or belt. I have banged it a few times and it never fell off. So over all I can't complain about the system especially after they have jumped in and are replacing our faulty set. -------------- my old review below: THIS IS OUTDATED IS UNTRUE AS OF JANUARY 4th, 2014. Well I purchased these on December 18, 2012 and yesterday we powered them off to take to my parents house so that we could use them there. Come to our surprise that no matter what we did we couldn't get them linked back up. I thought it may be because I only brought one of the parent unit's with me instead of both and that the one I didn't bring was like a main unit... nope. So I am sitting here, barely got a year usage out of them (considering I bought them in December and the boys were not born till March) and now the transmitter communication in the baby monitor unit has gone out.... seriously? I cannot say I would recommend them, but if you get them because of the large amount of reviews it has then I would say once they are working DO NOT SHUT THEM OFF or MOVE THEM! God forbid you try to do something like that and have them function again. ---------------

My Mother had fallen at night in her bedroom and was unable to get up for quite a while. She was also unable to yell loudly enough for my father to hear her. He sleeps in another bedroom and does not wear his hearing aids at night. I was very concerned about that situation and started looking for something that would assist them to communicate with each other, even if my Mother was unable to reach a communication device. I first thought of walkie talkies, but realized that would require her carrying it with her and being able to push the button in order for him to hear her. Then I thought about baby monitors. When I started reading reviews on these, I saw a lot of other people were using them for elder care and safety. The base unit picks up sounds without effort on the part of the one needing that level of assistance. The "parent unit" or caregiver in this case received the sound without effort as well. Then the caregiver can use the parent unit as essentially a walkie talkie to talk through the base unit if needed or to go see what the issue is. Also with the 2 parent units, my Mother and Dad can use the two units during the day to communicate with each other as long as the base unit is left on in the bedroom. My father can go downstairs or in the study where he normally can't hear my Mother very well and she can keep the other parent unit on the table next to her and call him if she needs to communicate, and he can call her as well if he has a question while he is away from her. After the easy installation it is working perfectly for their needs! My parents didn't need the video unit, and the sound unit is perfect for their needs. Both of my parents feel more secure knowing they can easily contact each other in the house or even when one is outside. Both feel and are much more safe as they go about their lives. My siblings and I are very relieved that they are safely in their own home and able to communicate easily both day and night. This product is amazing and does exactly what we needed it to do. Sound can be adjusted and doesn't interfere with my fathers hearing aids, is clear and doesn't pick up a lot of residual noise. The batteries seem to be sufficient for their needs but they do plug then into the chargers when they are not carrying them with them. The two parent units have a built-in belt or waist band clip which allows them both to just wear them as they go about their day. These are truly a blessing to our family!

Excellent price for an excellent product! I like the fact that there are two parent receivers. Not only for the fact that if one is dead you can use the other but for the fact that two different people can be on alert at once. The 2 parent receivers also have a ‘TALK’ button on them. This allows you to communicate with the child monitor. In my opinion, this would be a very useful feature if one was using the monitors for an elderly family member or friend. The person in the room with the baby monitor simply speaks and you can hold down the talk button on the parent receivers to respond. If using both parent monitors at once- you can hear the other parent receiver speak if they push down the button to talk. Both of the parent receivers are cord AND cordless. They have a rechargeable battery that you simply plug the whole monitor into the wall to charge. The monitor still works while charging. I also saw a comment about the parent monitors constantly beeping when not in use- this is due to the power button being left on on the parent monitor and the baby monitor being turned off. The monitor is chirping to let you know it has lost signal with the baby monitor. Simply press the power button off on the parent monitor and this will stop. All in all it’s an excellent product for the price! I can take it out in my yard and still hear perfectly. Great range!!! Would definitely recommend! Would be a great baby shower gift!! Hope this helps!!!!

This item was better than I expected. The range was wonderful - I did use it for monitoring an adult. The monitor was in my room, and the person was in an adjacent room. I had the volumes on everything set to the highest level, and I was able to hear via the parent unit while I was in a basement. Although I did not hear the radio on in the room, I was able to hear the person squeak a closet door and get out of a squeaky chair. I was also able to hear another person down the hallway in another farther away room, coughing but not the TV. I was able to hear a person walk down the hallway, but I could not tell wh ich person was walking. When everything is quiet, you just hear air sounds comimg through the parent unit. As for setup, it was simple, instructions comprehensive and clear. One of the reasons I chose this was that it did not require internt access, and I would get this again. Only negative is the battery life which in time will need to be replaces as its abilty to be recharged via an outlet diminishes.

These are wicked. I have now used them for approximately 7 months. Originally we got a video monitor for our baby shower that hooks up to your phone, but these are so much better. Let me tell you why. These don't rely on your internet connection. They work even when thats down. They sync so easily and ive never had an issue. Not once. They stay charged pretty well. Honestly ours stay plugged in (one bedside, one in living room) but when we do have to take them to do random things, theyre great. Sound quality is phenomenal. Honestly I can hear the quietest whisper when its on 3 out of 5 volume bars. My only issue, and its a non-issue is that there is a little light to show its plugged in and the handle glows slightly. I covered it with electrical tape and the handle actually is very faint, I covered most of that with tape too actually. Anyway, I highly recommend. Will be using these for our next children if we have any. Im very happy with our purchase as I write this at 1:30am because the video monitor has cut out.... again.

Perfeito para deficientes auditivos.

The monitor worked once and then stopped working. The 2 units don’t even come on despite charging them for hours

Es facil de empezar a usar, tiene comunicación para que el bebe te escuche aunque estes en otra habitacion, el alcance es super bueno. Muy buen producto, lo recomiendo!

Funcionan muy bien! Los use en una casa de dos pisos la unidad de padres estaba arriba y la otra abajo y el sonido super claro sin interferencia. Ideal si buscas algo que no tenga cámara