Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor

1. Baby Bargains

Review Credibility: Excellent The Baby Bargains book and website offer buyer's guides and ratings on a comprehensive selection of baby gear. The authors say they conduct hands-on testing and interviews with parents, manufacturers and retailers before reaching conclusions. Parents posting to Amazon.com say this is the best baby-gear book available, with plenty of current info and lots of attitude, including sections aimed at steering consumers away from unnecessary features. Baby Bargains offers a roundup of top audio and video based baby monitors and provides coverage of specific baby monitors and overall brand performance.

Review: Chapter 7, Monitors, Denise and Alan Fields, Version 9.1, 2012

2. ConsumerReports.org

Review Credibility: Excellent In this report, the editors at ConsumerReports.org compare nine audio monitors and three audio/video monitors, and summarize their findings. Monitors were tested for interference, ease of use, battery life and range.  The BabyCall Nursery Monitor is one of the tested models.

Review: Ratings: Baby Monitors, Editors of ConsumerReports.org, Not dated

3. BabyGearLab

Review Credibility: Excellent Baby Gear Lab subjected 14 popular baby monitors to a battery of tests to select recommendations. The Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor emerges as their pick for the best value award. They say that it is easy to use, well built and well-priced. While they admit that it has fewer overall features than other monitors, the ones it has are the most crucial. The review warns that this monitor will be more susceptible to interference than higher end digital and DECT models and recommends purchasing at a store that will allow you to return it if interference is an issue in your home.

Review: Sony BabyCall Monitor Review, RJ Spurrier, March 30, 2012

4. Babble.com

Review Credibility: Very Good The Sony BabyCall nursery monitor receives the Readers' Choice award in Babble's 2012 best baby monitor roundup.  Babble describes the BabyCall as a tried and true monitor that will serve you well -- as long as you don't run into interference due to its analog signal. They say that when interference isn't an issue, the BabyCall works well with a good battery life and nice features like the water-resistant parent unit.

Review: Babble Best 2012 -- Baby Monitors, Michelle Horton, Not dated

5. Amazon.com

Review Credibility: Very Good The Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor has more than 1,000 user reviews at Amazon.com with an overall rating of 3.5 of 5 stars. Feedback on the monitor is mainly positive, with more than 525 5-star reviews. Parents who like the monitor say that it offers a clear signal without static thanks to the many channels. They say that the rechargeable batteries work well and that the monitor is sensitive with a good range. Parents also complain that the parent receiver is bulky, the range beep can go off at random and the monitor is susceptible to interference.

Review: NTM-910YLW - Sony Baby Call Nursery Monitor, Contributors to Amazon.com, As of December 2012

6. Babies 'R' Us

Review Credibility: Very Good In more than 990 reviews, the Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor receives an average rating of 3.5 of 5 stars. The parent feedback is all over the map, with many parents lauding the BabyCall for its reliability and range, while other parents say that it has major issues with static, interference, and range. There are also complaints about the erratic out of range alarm. It seems as if most of the issues have to do with interference.

Review: Sony Baby Call Baby Monitor - 900MHZ, Contributors to BabiesRUs.com, As of December 2012

7. Target.com

Review Credibility: Very Good The Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor receives an average rating of 3.5 of 4 stars based on more than 220 reviews posted on Target.com. Similar to other user reviews, parents either love the BabyCall, saying it is clear and easy to use, or have major issues with interference.

Review: Sony 900MHz BabyCall Nursery Monitor, Contributors to Target.com, As of December 2012

8. About.com

Review Credibility: Good Heather Corley, About.com's guide to baby products, describes the Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor as one of the best baby monitors available for less than $50. She says that because of 900 MHz analog technology, interference may be an issue, but that you're likely to find a channel that works among the 27 offered. She likes the voice activation mode, rechargeable batteries and water resistant receiver. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)

Review: Top 5 Baby Monitors, The Best Digital and Analog Audio Baby Monitors, By Heather Corley

9. Parents.com

Review Credibility: Fair Parents.com selects seven baby monitors in this online roundup, but it only notes the best features of each model. It is unclear whether these models were thoroughly tested. The Sony BabyCall monitor is described as a bargain and commended for its 27 channels that limit chances of interference.

Review: 7 Baby Monitors, Jessica Hartshorn, Not Dated

10. TheBump.com

Review Credibility: Fair TheBump.com names the Sony BabyCall the best long-lasting monitor. The brief but detailed review states that while the BabyCall is simple in design and features, it works well for the essential task of monitoring a baby.

Review: The Long-Lasting Baby Monitor, Editors of TheBump.com, Not Dated

11. Bestcovery.com

Review Credibility: Fair The Bestcovery.com reviewer is a mom of two who says she's dedicated hours of research into products geared toward children and parents. She does not indicate what methodology she has based her reviews on, but it seems to be research rather than real-world use. She describes the Sony BabyCall Nursery Monitor as a simple monitor with advanced features, including 27 channels to help you find a clear channel. She says the 900 MHz technology offers a large range and notes the utility of the out of range alarm, water resistant receiver and built-in rechargeable batteries.

Review: Baby Monitors, Natasha Puryear, Not dated