The First Years Plug in baby monitor Review

The First Years Baby monitor was somewhat of a disappointment for me.  We bought it because it had more than one channel and seemed to have a good amount of power.  It also has a light system, so that even if you don't have the monitor volume turned up the lights indicate noise in the room where the monitor is being used.  It was also the cheapest one on the shelf that had the features we were looking for.

The lights turned out to be a GOOD thing, because this monitor had an immense amount of static that I could not get rid of by changing channels.  The parent monitor also easily picked up other "radio signals."  I heard phone conversations on the parent monitor - I assume from cordless phones in the neighborhood.

Lesson learned: you get what you pay for.  I stopped using this much earlier that I would have if it had been a unit that I enjoyed more.  Spend the extra money and get one that works well - but get one with a light indication of noise in case your choice turns out to be as poor as mine was!