Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor Review

What the reviewers like:
Owners are highly enthusiastic about the Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor, available with one or two receivers. They say its motion sensor pad is sensitive enough to pick up a baby's smallest movements. Parents of infants with health problems benefit the most from this monitor, which alerts them if the baby has not moved in 20 seconds.

What the reviewers don't like:
The biggest owner complaint about the Angelcare Movement Sensor is the number of false alarms (although the sensitivity of the sensor pad can be adjusted). Some users don't like having to turn off both the base unit and the parent units to avoid triggering the alarm when a baby is removed from the crib.

Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor review highlights

Owners are consistently positive in their reviews of the Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor, giving it near-perfect average scores on most user review sites. Editors at ConsumerGuide.com, on the other hand, rate it a more conservative 3 stars out of 5. For those who like the movement sensor concept, there's also the pricier Angelcare Deluxe Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor (*est. $130), which gets great reviews and includes some extra features.

Owner-written reviews are the best source of information on the Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor. Amazon.com has the most posts on the Angelcare, but Target.com, Epinions, Walmart.com and Lilaguide.com have enough to make these sites worth a visit as well. ConsumerGuide.com also has a short entry on the Angelcare, with separate ratings for value, performance, ease-of-use and features. Consumer Reports has not included this movement monitor in its latest tests.

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*In order of credibility (see our Ratings Criteria).

1. Amazon.com
BébéSounds Angelcare Movement Sensor Reviews
Contributors to Amazon.com

With over 300 owner-written reviews of the Angelcare Movement Sensor, Amazon.com is the best source of information and ratings for this model. Most users posting here give the Angelcare perfect marks, and some go so far as to say it saved their babies' lives.

2. Walmart.com
BebeSounds Angelcare Movement Sensor & Sound Monitor Reviews
Contributors to Walmart.com

In the over 50 reviews for the Angelcare Movement Sensor on Walmart.com, users report similar experiences to those on Amazon.com. Praise for the Angelcare centers on the sensitivity of its motion sensor. Those who don't like it say the sound quality is low and the false alarms are annoying.

3. Epinions
Bebesounds Angelcare Baby Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor Reviews
Contributors Epinions

Epinions has fewer owner-written reviews of the Angelcare Movement Sensor than either Walmart.com or Amazon.com, but entries here tend to be longer and more thorough. The majority of comments posted here are also highly positive.

4. LilaGuide.com
Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor Reviews
Contributors to Lilaguide.com

Lilaguide has about four dozen reviews for the Angelcare Movement Sensor, but posts are quite short. Ratings here follow the pattern found on other user review sites: near-perfect marks along with praise for the sensor and frustration at the false alarms.

5. Target.com
Angelcare Movement Sensor with Nursery Monitor Reviews
Contributors to Target.com

The few dozen posts about the Angelcare Movement Sensor on Target.com include enough detail to give consumers a sense of how owners feel about the Angelcare baby monitor once they've tried it.

6. Consumer Guide.com
Expert Review: BebeSounds Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor AC201
Editors at ConsumerGuide.com
Jun. 27, 2005

ConsumerGuide.com has what it calls an "expert review" of the Angelcare Movement Sensor, but it's not clear what if any testing or analysis was done to justify the ratings.

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Angelcare Movement Sensor with Sound Monitor Review