3 Comments on “Infant Optics DXR-5 2.4 GHz Digital Video Baby Monitor with Night Vision

  1. 213 of 217 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Great Deal, Great Monitor, August 4, 2011
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    Erin Lightfoot (Chelsea, MI) –
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    This review is from: Infant Optics DXR-5 2.4 GHz Digital Video Baby Monitor with Night Vision (Electronics)

    I had two concerns when purchasing this baby monitor. I was worried that the rather bright night light in my daughter’s room would obscure the ability of the night vision monitor, and I was also worried that the price was lowered because they had found this to be an inferior product. Neither of these has been a problem. I did notice the “cheap plastic feeling” of the casing that other people mentioned in their reviews, but for one third the normal price on Amazon, I was more than willing to look past this. I’m interested to see how long it holds up. I’ve only had this product for a short while, but I’m moving the monitor around a lot already- we’ll see how long the clip lasts. As for the night vision, it seems to be a transitional night vision, allowing anything in the light to remain bright, without obscuring the night vision’s ability to clearly make out everything in its view.

    The ONE thing I would change would be the beep that happens every time the monitor goes to sleep (after a period of inactivity from the camera view). Even this can be tamed, however, by lowering the over-all volume.

    Things I LOVE about this monitor:
    -Clear view day and night
    -Clear audio
    -NO INTERFERENCE
    -Private channel
    – Battery-saving Auto “Sleep” with inactivity

    Things I’m not keen on:
    -Battery is not a standard size but a camera battery

    I’ve only ever used an audio monitor, but I took a chance on this. I fell in love with it the minute it was hooked up.

    Oh, and if you think the viewer’s not working when you first set it up, try taking the small lens cover off the camera… LOL.

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  2. 143 of 146 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Excellent digital monitor for the money, July 17, 2011
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    sd1923

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    I decided on another video baby monitor as I am expecting a third child. I used to own a summer infant video monitor that I bought from babies r us but it broke down after my 3 year old decided to throw the monitor into the sink. I was not prepared to pay another 200 dollars so I shopped online for alternatives. I got this on amazon (because of the price) and this product is great. I was prepared to return it if it was crap, (which cheap products are usually online…)
    Pros: The VOX setting activates only when it registers loud noises (like cries) and it doesn’t inadvertently turn on due to loud traffic noises (unlike my old baby monitor).
    price, the price is unbelievable for a monitor with video, and static-free
    video and audio quality – I can not complain. It is far better than my old monitor.
    interference – it works fine with our wifi and 2.4ghz cell phone
    presentation – comes in nice gift box and cute design
    range – I can leave the camera in the nursery and be in the kitchen (around 300 feet away) and I still get reception
    no background noise – the monitor cuts the background noise when there is no sound and becomes totally quiet. My old unit always had this constant clicking sound even when it was dead quiet.

    Cons: the material falls below what I wanted, but for the price it makes up for everything. It’s uses a light weight plastic material which is good and bad because it is nearly weightless when you strap this on your waist when you are moving around in the house.
    features – I wished for a pan and tilt camera but this doesn’t have it.

    Verdict; if you are looking for something that works well and doesn’t give you any problems, this is it. if you are looking for a high-tech baby monitor, this isn’t what you are looking for. This is like a Honda – always works, does what it is designed to do very well, great specs and features, good price but lacks the solid feel, and the extra niff-naff ‘nice to have’ features that a mercedes-benz has.
    4 star for the product itself compared to other video monitors in the market
    5 star for what you get for the money.

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  3. 53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Best baby monitor of all, August 19, 2011
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    This review is from: Infant Optics DXR-5 2.4 GHz Digital Video Baby Monitor with Night Vision (Electronics)

    I reviewed just about every baby monitor that is out there for weeks and there were lot of expensive ones and some not so expensive. When I bought this monitor it was on sale for $99.98 and I got lucky because price went up very next week to regular $299.98. I cannot say anything bad about this monitor. We have been using it for about 3 weeks and it is great. Very light wt and easy to carry. My wife does a lot of computer work since she has become a stay at home mom and she watches our little one all the time when he is asleep.
    Pros: Excellent night vision picture quality and color picture rest of the time
    Very light wt.
    Easy to mount and sync both unit
    Option to add 3 more cameras and can be controlled with one monitor
    Very good color of light blue as it works great for our baby boy
    Awesome price of $99.98 (when it is on sale)
    excellent sound quality
    Auto standby mode for monitor and is sound detector activated so if baby makes a little sound monitor comes on.
    monitor battery last all day if left on.

    Cons: Do not forget to take lens cover off as of my wife and lots of other people said that they thought camera is not working.

    Overall great product and great customer service as my wife called them that camera is not working since she forgot to take lens cover off and customer service called us back the next day on Sunday to help us out.

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