Rating:

PROS:

- Great clear picture when available

- Very sensitive microphone

- Convenient charging cradle

CONS:

- The biggest concern for me – the red lights for night vision come on when you turn off the lights and they scare my son. I know it might sound silly – but the first time he saw them – he freaked out, totally. Now he does not let me turn the camera his way, so I basically have an audio monitor for now. I’m hoping to convince him not to be scared so I can see him, but he won’t give up yet. To mention – they do look spooky those small bright red dots in the circle… My son told me they also made a beep, but this is unverified

- Sound mutes when baby is quiet and then suddenly comes on when it loses signal or baby stirs. This sometimes shakes me a little when I’m in the quiet room.

- Range is not that great. In my 5,000 sq.ft 2-story house I have quite a few “low signal” and “no signal” zones. But I also had them with Summer Infant monitor. The Safety 1-st monitor had a bigger range and worked almost anywhere in the house.

- The on/off button should be re-located as it is often pressed accidentally because of its location.

Hope this helps.

Rating:

Pros:

–clear picture

–instant pairing of camera to receiver

–good packaging and instructions

–solid feel

–cameras and receiver use the same, small 9V AC adapter; receiver can be charged on or off its home base.

–doesn’t look like scary spy equipment

–cute feature of being able to turn on the nightlight on the camera from the receiver. If someone waves for help, you can signal that you’re on your way.

–bright red LED’s to indicate sound being received–grabs your attention nicely if you’re sitting quietly reading while baby’s in another room asleep.

–cameras run well on 4 rechargeable AA batteries

–night and low-light performance are amazing, and the infrared lights are completely unobtrusive

Cons:

–turns on at full volume, so that if monitor and receiver are in the same room, feedback can result. This is not fun at night when trying to use the monitor to help baby and partner sleep.

–related to this, there is no mute–you can turn the sound sensitivity and alarm volumes down, but can never be sure they are OFF.

–buttons on edges of device are too easily pressed by accident.

–camera units are very slighly top-heavy.

–slick, rounded profile of receiver is slippery; doesn’t stand up well; slides around on bed or couch.

Hope this helps,

Sanjay

Cambridge, Mass.

Rating:

Setup is extremely easy – charge and turn on. Picture quality both day and night vision are excellent.

Camera can be rotated at good variety of angles and can be battery powered (though night vision would drain batteries quickly).

It’s digital, so neighbors can’t see your cameras and you can’t see theirs instead of yours.

What differentiated this from the other ones for me was:

1) availability of additional cameras, up to 4 that can be monitored from same receiver, and

2) this system uses Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum technology, so it can co-exist with your 802.11b/g access points. I was able to use my laptop over 802.11g just fine while using the camera receiver right next to it.

Rating:

Both have many similar features but I initially purchased the Lorex with 2 cameras over the Summer Infant because of the automatic cycling between cameras feature and AV port feature. With a lot of monitors if you have more than one camera hooked up you have to manually switch from one camera to the other. I have 2 small kids and I need to monitor them both. With the Lorex you can set it to automatically switch b/w cameras about every 5-8 sec. Also the Lorex has an AV port connection that allows you to connect the monitor to your TV.

The Lorex is a quality video monitor for the the price. However, after using the Lorex I sent it back because of one feature my wife and I did not like. It automatically mutes the sound if the noise in the room is below a certain level. When the sound in the room gets above that level the audio comes back on. Lorex customer service told me that the feature prevents listener from hearing a soft hissing sound (white noise) in the receiver when the monitor room is quiet. You can’t disable this feature.

Don’t get me wrong, it does pick up most sounds such as normal conversation, walking on hardwood, crying, something dropping on the floor, etc. But it does not pick up very soft sounds like a baby breathing, whispering or walking on carpet. This may sound trivial but at night while I’m sleeping great audio is important. It’s usually the audio that alerts me that something is going on in the room. Then I look at the video to determine if it’s trouble or not.

After returning the Lorex I purchased 2 Summer Infant Best Views to monitor both my kids at the sametime. I was unable to find a monitor in the

Rating:

Pros

- Highly sensitive microphone

- Low light capability

- Very easy set-up

- Will interface with your television – will allow for a split screen using your picture-in-picture.

- Works with a recording device – a DVR, VCR, or other devices.

- Alarm for any changes in status – if it detects movement or sound

- Decent range (Not great but not bad)

- Monitor will support up to 4 cameras

Cons-

- Need to watch for audio feedback if the monitor gets to close to the camera (It could wake a baby) … note that this is standard for any audio equipment if the receiver gets to close to the source.

- A bigger screen would be nice – if I was trying to find something to complain about

Final Verdict-

Great product at a reasonable price – the Lorex LW2002W is a easy product to review and enjoy!

5 stars