Graco Ultra Clear II

With it's two parent units, I really wanted this monitor to work well for us, but the static is intolerable. For now, I am just keeping the house very quiet when baby is in his crib. I'll be replacing this… monitor soon. Also, the battery case is quite difficult to get into, and the set feels really cheap because of it. Upon further consideration, I would much rather have a monitor with rechargable batteries anyway, but this review is based on the static. I'm giving it two stars because about 20% of the time the static isn't so bad.

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Does this monitor work? Yes. I can hear my little guy stirring before he is crying and that is important to me. I also like that it comes with 2 receivers, so I can put one receiver in my living room and… another in my bedroom. However, the receivers offer up SO much static and a constant buzzing noise. It drives me insane at night. No matter where I move the receiver in my bedroom, I still get the buzzing. The only other electronics in my room are an alarm clock/radio and a cordless phone. Not only do the receivers suck the life out of the batteries amazingly fast, they aren't rechargeable. It isn't that easy to put batteries in which you will be doing daily if you don't have it plugged in at all times. The base set is plug in only and that is a huge problem if your power ever goes out. The other night our street lost power for 12 hours. I actually had to have baby sleep in our bed for the night because I wasn't comfortable not being able to hear him in his crib. We are not co-sleepers and I found myself actually angry at an electronic device. I put up with the constant buzzing, but that was the final straw. I'm buying a new one.

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