DH and I were thinking a wifi video monitor would be nice so we could just pull the picture up on our iPhone to check on baby. But reviews I'm reading on Amazon (no matter which brand) seem to be mixed and it sounds like many are glitchy and drop their connection a lot!
Does anyone have a video monitor that they can use with their iPhone/smartphone? Do you like it? Or should we spend the money on a "regular" camera with a screen?
Thanks for your expertise!!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
We have a Foscam and love it. There is an iPhone/iPad app that we use. A few days ago I put LO down for a nap then went to Starbucks (DH was home) and I pulled up the app and checked on her while I was in the drive-thru line! DH also loves checking in on her from his phone while he's at work.
GOLD / pomegranate / 3938 posts
My sister has a "big brother" type monitor and they think its the best invention ever. It streams to the computer, ipad and i think their cell phones. (They always text me when I'm late putting the baby to bed. Gees.) But you know... I've seen news stories recently that say something about the baby monitors getting hacked or the lines getting switched. Sorry I don't know more detail but i'm not techy at all. I'd be curious to look into that.
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
There was a story in the news a couple of months (someone posted it on here too) ago about how some perve had tapped into the video monitor's online signal and was talking to the little girl through the monitor. SUPER creepy...The parents heard a man's voice coming through the monitor, and because the little girl's name was written above her crib, he even knew her name. Creeped me the hell out!
We have the motorola, and I do think sometimes it'd be nice if I could pull it up on my phone if I was gone and she was at home sleeping with DH...But that story squashed that!
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
We have a Foscam and we love it. It's great when DH is at work and wants to peek in, or when he's out of town.
Regarding the above story, we have our password locked (and not an easy one) as is our wi-fi. Not to say that there's no chance that it could happen, but it's ONE single (albeit super creepy) case that's been reported. I've done everything possible to make it as hard as possible for anyone to hack into it, but I can't completely bubble wrap him, nor do I want to. I recognize that that case is a definite exception, not the rule, and I refuse to let that dictate my behavior. The chances of it happening are just.so.miniscule. Now if there were other cases reported I might sing a different song, but as it stands unless there are a ton of people who have had a similar experience but for some reason kept quiet about me (which seems unlikely) it was an isolated, or at least super rare, problem.
ETA: But I completely understand and respect that other parents might not be okay with taking even that small chance.
pomegranate / 3160 posts
We got a Foscam and just set it up this weekend. We're still trying to figure how the eff to get it to work for remote viewing (like if DH is on the road or we're away from home), but once we work that out, it'll be awesome!
persimmon / 1331 posts
Thank you everyone! I don't know why, but the Foscam completely slipped my mind when I was looking at different ones! While I have heard the story of the hacked one, I think some measures can be taken to help prevent that (And I'm sure they have upped their security since then too)! I will look into it more though!
honeydew / 7917 posts
We also have a Foscam and love it! DH is a techie so he knows exactly how to set it up and make it secure. It's so nice to be able to leave LO with a babysitter and check up on him with our phones. If my sister is having a difficult time getting LO to sleep, I can see what he is doing and give her tips on how to help him. It's so useful, and I need to buy a second camera for LO2.
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