VTech VM818HD Baby Monitor, 5" 720p Screen, Night Light, 110-degree Wide-Angle True-Color DayVision, HD No Glare NightVision, 1000ft Range, 2-Way Talk, Secure Transmission No WiFi

We got this monitor to replace our infant optics which was already on its last life and showing a terrible picture. Overall I'm very happy with the replacement purchase. The quality of this video is unmatched. We can see so clearly! The main two downsides: 1. Low sound. Compared to the infant optics this is so quiet at the highest volume, but I think it just takes time getting used to. We have a sound machine in my daughter's room and the old monitor picked up the white noise, this one doesn't. At first I hated that but I'm kind of used to it now. I can hear her when she's crying but if she's just talking it's hard to hear. 2 - battery life sucks! If you don't mind having a charger around then this is a non issue, but I was expecting longer than 4 hours at least. The only other comments I'll mention... You can't move the camera. Infant optics you can move it with the monitor but this stays in one place once it's mounted. I don't mind this though because the angle is so good that it covers a large portion of what you need. We have it above the crib and it captures the entirety of it! The last thing is the button to turn on the monitor... Most have it at the top but this is on the side and a bit hard to find at times (esp half asleep at night). Overall, these are all minor things that just take getting used to. I'm so happy we got this. We're even tempted to replace my son's one as well (he has hello baby). This monitor never once cut out for us... It doesn't interfere with other monitors. The infant optics constantly did! I would definitely recommend for picture quality. Overall I think it's great value!

Great product, clear video and good sound. The built in nightlight is a huge plus as my children don’t like when the room is completely dark. Another great feature is the ability to play lullabies and baby music from the camera base. The range is very decent to keep a clear connection and I love the fact that the connection is NOT over Wi-Fi as it is much more secure just connecting to your personal monitor.I can’t really talk about battery life as it is usually plugged in, but the few times it wasn’t the battery seemed decent enough.I hardly use the 2 way connection as it confuses my baby but my toddler found it fascinating, so that feature may or may not benefit you. My one complaint is that the camera only pans in zoom, so you really can’t see all parts of the room by moving the camera from the monitor. With that being said I still highly recommend this baby monitor as a quality item with many useful features

The media could not be loaded. We have been using the owlet camera since she was born and have had a handful of issues with it freezing. Finally had enough & purchased this. Has been AMAZING! We can actually see her, get notifications when she moves or makes noises (if you turn that effect on) and can carry the screen around the house with us.Only downfall is that the battery life of the screen isn’t the best, but we mainly only use it for bedtime so it stays plugged in on our nightstand.We haven’t used our owlet in days & most likely will be giving it away now that we have this!

There is a lot to like about this baby monitor. Quality is good, the screen is nice and large. It has a variety of features. Some things are not straight forward though.If you want the screen to remain ON all the time, then you need turn off the "Auto Wake-Up" setting AND turn off the "Dim screen" setting. The screen dimming causes the infrared night vision to turn off(ergo, you can't see the baby even though screen is on), and the auto-wake feature turns the screen & infrared off after 50 seconds. So, it's not the clearest thing.My biggest gripe, and this is a fairly substantial one, is that the sensitivity for sounds and the volume are both wayyyyy too low!! This is a baby monitor for cryin out loud. It's one of the basic things it needs to do. By comparison, we own the VTech traditional baby monitor (like walkie-talkies), and they have incredible sensitivity to sound, and volume control from very quiet to very loud. While this video unit doesn't pick up nearly as much sound. Our baby basically needs to be making loud noises, taliing or crying, for it to wake up the display, and at max volume it is still really quiet. The whole point of buying this unit was to just have one system, and now it seems like we'll need to keep both. It's just so weird that they tuned the audio down so much on a baby monitor of all things.Anyway, no problems with signal connection. Battery life is fine if using the auto-off (auto-wake) setting. I like that it uses standard USB-C to power the display unit, as we can charge it anywhere around the house (I suppose you could even use an external USB battery pack too). I just have mixed feelings, I want to like it, but the ridiculous low volume/sensitivity thing is a big downer.Update: July 1st, 2022,So I decided to move the monitor a few feet closer to the crib by moving it lower down the wall. Sonce doing that, I will say the monitor is adequately loud if the baby is talking or making lesser sounds. I will admit if she is crying or wailing it gets plenty loud. So, we're keeping the unit and I'd say Im happy with it now.Also, the battery life even with the display set to turn off(auto-wake/dim) only lasts a portion of the day. Not great. But not really an issue since we have USB-C chargers around the house.

The battery only lasted off the charger about an hour majority of the time we had it (2.5 years). However, while on the charger it was a perfect monitor. No issues with connectivity, sound/picture quality, and ease of use. But not being able to use it off the charger was a big issue for us.