The First Years Digital Monitor Review

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The First Years Digital Monitor Review

(*est. $80)

This page is part of a larger ConsumerSearch report on Baby Monitors which includes more reviews, analysis and a summary of the top-rated models.

What the reviewers like:
Some owners say The First Years Digital Monitor baby monitor has nice clarity with little interference.

What the reviewers don't like:
Rather than for interference, the complaints we read about The First Years digital baby monitor involve signal loss, annoying beeps and a too-bright night mode. There are also some concerns about the volume control, which reviewers say can't be set low enough.

The First Years Digital Monitor review highlights

Parents posting to user review sites give The First Years Digital baby monitor a low average score. The advantage of digital baby monitors is that they theoretically get less interference from other electronics. While we didn't read many complaints about interference, we did read numerous complaints that the First Years Digital baby monitor loses its signal frequently, beeps annoyingly and that the night light is too bright. Among digital baby monitors, we found the best overall reviews for the expensive Philips SCD 590 DECT (*est. $160). As a less expensive option, the digital Graco iMonitor (*est. $60) gets good but not perfect scores.

The best review of The First Years Digital baby monitor comes from baby gear gurus Denise and Alan Fields. Based on product research and reader feedback, the authors discuss and rank nine baby monitor brands for their latest edition of Baby Bargains, their bestselling book.. Owners also weigh in on The First Years Digital at Amazon.com, Epinions and Target.com. There aren't as many posts for this digital baby monitor as for some others, but taken together the reviews on all these sites add up to a decent indicator of owner experience.

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The First Years Digital Monitor Reviews
*In order of credibility (see our Ratings Criteria).

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

Baby Bargains covers The First Years in its helpful section on baby monitors. Grades for each brand are based on the author's research and feedback received from parents.

2. Target.com
The First Years Digital Monitor Reviews
Contributors to Target.com

Target.com has just over a dozen reviews of he First Years Digital baby monitor, and the majority of customers give it the lowest rating. The biggest complaint is quality, and several owners say their baby monitors stopped working within a year of purchase.

3. Amazon.com
The First Years Digital Monitor Review
Contributors to Amazon.com

Owners posting to Amazon.com give this model a mixed overall score. We read consistent complaints about signal loss, annoying beeps and a too-bright LCD.

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The First Years Digital Monitor Review