Philips SCD 590 DECT Baby Monitor

While owners love the Philips DECT SCD 590, giving it near perfect scores across the board, some experts say it's just too expensive. Although the Philips baby monitors easily get the best reviews overall, the high price makes them more appropriate as a last resort for those who've experienced interference and eavesdropping with cheaper baby monitors. The Philips SCD 590 and similar SCD 589 baby monitor work on a little used frequency to eliminate interference from other electronics, and they are digital, so the voice signal is scrambled. This means that it's unlikely your baby monitor will be picked up by a neighbor's cordless phone or similar baby monitor.

The best professional review of the Philips SCD 590 baby monitor comes from the book "Baby Bargains" by Denise and Alan Fields. Although the authors don't conduct extensive hands-on tests for their reviews, they do base their ratings on extensive product research along with feedback from their many readers. The best sources of owner-written reviews on the Philips SCD 590 are Amazon.com, which includes enough posts to be useful. Consumer Reports has not tested this particular model, but it has tested a similar Philips baby monitor.