About Summer Infant:
“We want your experience with our products to be a great one; one that will create happy, long-lasting memories. That’s why we put our heart and soul into everything we make. Who are we? We are moms, dads, aunts and uncles who love nothing more than to make safe, sensible and quality products for you and your baby. At Summer Infant, we strive to bring you the best features and broadest range of products and are continually working hard to achieve these goals. Open communication with our consumers is one of our cornerstone philosophies, and we’re always interested in hearing what you have to say. Our mission is to make this “the best time of your life.”
The catalog of Summer Infant products is extensive. Their products include:
Summer Infant has also joined forces with names that you may recognize like Carter’s, Kiddopotamus, Disney Baby and Kenneth Brown Baby.
For this event, Summer Infant was so kind to bless us with the opportunity to review their Sleek & Secure™ Handheld Color Video Monitor.
Monitor Features:
- 2.5″ color LCD screen with automatic black & white night vision
- 100% digital technology provides a secure and private connection up to a range of 350′
- 4-way split screen allows you to view up to 4 rooms at a time (additional camera purchases required) OR scan between each room every 8 seconds
- Talk-back feature that allows parents to talk to baby while in the nursery
- Belt clip
- Flip stand
- 10-hour rechargeable battery
- Auto time-out feature
- LED sound lights and one-touch video on/off button for nighttime convenience
I am so thrilled to have this in my life. Seriously.
We had a Graco baby monitor that we purchased at Babies R’ Us. It wasn’t anything snazzy, just a simple monitor. We had many problems including: horrible battery life, static, and getting “out of range” depending on where we were in the house and we could no longer hear anything.
The Sleek & Secure™ Handheld Color Video Monitor is pretty easy to use. Summer Infant includes a sheet with helpful hints to ensure that you get optimal use of your monitor. I find the picture quality to be great, but I will say that picture quality depends on where you position the camera in relation to your child. Summer Infant recommends 4-6 feet, any further than 6 feet and the picture quality will start to decrease.
Our camera is just placed on a shelf in my daughter’s closet for the moment because her crib is right next to her closet. Our house is a rental and I am not too keen on drilling holes into the owners walls unless completely necessary. I can see Baby C well from where we’ve positioned the camera, but you do have the option to wall mount it and the screws are included for you to do so.
I love the night vision. Personally, I have never seen anything like this! I’m in awe of it. I have issues sleeping some nights because I worry about Baby C- I hear phantom cries (crying that isn’t really happening) and I am always on my toes. I like that I can keep the monitor next to my pillow, roll over, click on the video and be able to see her sleeping soundly. I love that if she does cry, I can turn on the video and take a peek at what she’s doing before I bust in her room to save the day. This has saved me from having her in my bed because she’s learning how to put herself back to sleep!
Summer Infant’s Sleek & Secure™ Handheld Color Video Monitor Night Vision
The monitor features lights on top of the screen, which goes from green to a yellow-ish/orange to red. This indicates the noise level in your child’s bedroom, red of course indicates that things are pretty loud. We run a sound machine in Baby C’s room some nights and when we do run it, the monitor’s noise level indication lights definitely get up to red.
I love that I can speak to Baby C and she can speak back to me- but she’s not ready for that yet. As you’ll see in the video, when I do speak to her, I scare the bejesus out of her- my voice comes in very loud and startles her. I’ve tried whispering, but honestly, I am not very good at it.
I love that you can have up to 4 cameras. So if you need multiple angles of your child, you can have that. Or if you have more than one child, each in their own room, you can check on each child with one monitor. With the touch of a button you can see each camera on one screen.
The downside? The battery, which is rechargeable, can run out fairly quickly if you choose to use the video feature often (the video can be turned off and you can use only the sound function of the monitor). When the unit is not plugged in, it automatically turns off the video after to maintain battery life. So, when I go to bed at night, I plug in the A/C adapter to the monitor, this way I can keep the video on all night and keep an eye on my baby girl.
I haven’t found anything beyond that, as yet, that I can say is negative about this product. As always, if I do, I will be sure to write a product update post to let you know.
Buy It!
The Sleek & Secure™ Handheld Color Video Monitor is available for purchase at the following online retailers:
Giveaway Time!
Summer Infant has a new product, the Rest Assured Sleeper, that they would like to offer one of our readers for their new baby!
About This Product:
“The Summer Infant Rest Assured Sleeper is designed with baby’s safety and comfort in mind. A sturdy metal frame protects baby from parents rolling over. The mesh sides help keep your baby at a comfortable temperature and allows parents to easily see their sleeping baby. The included pad is removable and machine washable.
To help soothe baby to sleep, the Summer Infant Rest Assured Sleeper includes an electronics unit with 4 melodies, 2 nature sounds, a womb sound and two speed vibration. Loaded with parent conveniences like a nightlight with 3 settings and a 5-minute timer, and pocket for holding diapers, pacifiers and other necessities, the Summer Infant Rest Assured Sleeper provides a cozy and comfortable environment for co-sleeping with baby. The Rest Assured Sleeper, which measures 29.5″ x 13″, also folds compactly for travel or storage.”
I was (am?) a co-sleeper, so I like this and even if I wasn’t a co-sleeper, since pediatricians are saying “back is best” now, this is a great way to ensure that your baby doesn’t roll over onto their stomachs. This product is recommended for babies from birth to 6 months. It can be purchased exclusively from Babies R’ Us for $59.99.
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