Fisher-Price Private Connection Baby Monitor Review

What the reviewers like:
Most reviewers say the Fisher-Price Private Connection 900 MHz Monitor has good range and sensitivity. Owners also give it good feedback for its overall reliability. Many like that it has ten channels.

What the reviewers don't like:
Not everyone likes the Private Connection's batteries - several users say they don't hold a charge long enough. There are also some complaints about static, interference and durability.

Fisher-Price Private Connection Baby Monitor review highlights

Reviews of the Fisher-Price Private Connection analog baby monitor are a mix of high and average scores from both experts and owners. While the Private Connection receives a top rating from one expert source, another professional review says it isn't the equal of top-rated baby monitors such as the Philips SCD589 DECT Digital (*est. $160) and the digital Graco iMonitor (*est. $60), both of which are less susceptible to interference. If you just want a basic analog monitor, the Graco UltraClear II (*est. $30 with two receivers) gets similar ratings compared to the Fisher-Price monitor, and it costs less.

Consumer Reports and the book Baby Bargains both cover the Fisher-Price Private Connection baby Monitor in their comparison reviews. While Baby Bargains has a more in-depth discussion of Fisher-Price's monitor line-up, Consumer Reports has the advantage of basing its ratings on independent testing. We found the most user reviews for the Fisher-Price baby monitors at Amazon.com, which has excellent coverage of both the single and dual receiver versions.

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

1. Consumer Reports
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Ratings: Baby Monitors
Editors of Consumer Reports
Apr. 2007

For its April 2007 report on baby monitors, Consumer Reports rates the Fisher-Price Private Connection with Dual Receivers according to how well it performs in laboratory tests for convenience, sensitivity, battery life and interference. Besides the Private Connection, ten other audio-only baby monitors are reviewed, along with three audio-video models.

2. Baby Bargains
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Baby Monitors
Denise Fields and Alan Fields
7th Edition, 2007

Baby Bargains, an informative baby gear book by consumer advocates Denise and Alan Fields, gives Fisher-Price's baby monitors a detailed review based on an analysis of its current models, manufacturer history and customer service.

3. Amazon.com
Fisher-Price Private Connection Monitor Reviews
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In several dozen reviews at Amazon.com, the Fisher-Price Private Connection baby monitor gets mixed reports. Despite the fact that about half of owners give the Private Connection perfect marks, there are complaints about interference, static and a range that is less than advertised.

4. Epinions
Fisher Price 900 Mhz Digital Private Connection Monitor Reviews
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There are on a few reviews of the Fisher-Price baby monitor on Epinions, but entries here tend to be thorough and detailed.

5. ToysRUs.com
Fisher-Price Dual Private Connection Monitor Reviews
Contributors to ToysRUs.com

The ToysRUs.com website has only a handful of reviews posted for the Fisher-Price Private Connection baby monitor, and reviews here aren't as detailed as those on Amazon.com and Epinions. The overall score here is high, and owners say they like the simplicity of the Fisher-Price baby monitor as well as its clear signal and reliability.

6. ProductReview.com.au
Fisher-Price Private Connection Review
Contributors to ProductReview.com.au

The few owners posting reviews of the Fisher-Price Private Connection to this Australian site give it ratings similar to those posted on American review sites. Users here like the Fisher-Price baby monitor's light display but complain about interference and background noise.

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Fisher-Price Private Connection Baby Monitor Review