elizabethstorm says "Best monitor for the price" about Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor

elizabethstorm — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:46:46 GMT

The Lights and Sounds monitor is the only monitor I've purchased and can't complain about it. It's put up with a lot from my son and myself. I've had to replace it once, after I left it in the bathroom for a couple of days and the steam from all of the showers ruined it.

It reaches very far, which helps for when I have to go out at night to clean my car, take out garbage, talk on the phone, etc.

The only con is having to replace the batteries. It comes with a cord so you could plug it into the wall, but I travel around the house with the monitor so I'm always going through batteries. I have to invest in rechargeable batteries just for the monitor, but it's worth it.

It's also kind of bulky.

The monitor (both parts of it) sat in my car the other day in the heat for hours, and my son had taken a cup of water and dumped it right on top of the pieces. It still works perfectly :) Would definitely reccomend it to other parents.

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elizabethstorm says "An OK seat, wouldn't buy it again though." about Graco ComfortSport Car Seat

elizabethstorm — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:34:54 GMT

I bought this seat without doing much research beforehand. I knew the seat had generally good ratings, and I never seem to have enough money so the price was agreeable (less than $90 on sale at BRU)

First off, the seat itself is comfortable. My son was 6 months old when I got it and he seemed to enjoy it. I wasn't too involved in "carseat safety" at the time, but this seat only rear faces to 30 lbs. There are seats coming out now that can RF to 40 lbs, so it already lacks in that department. For $50, you can go to Walmart and get a seat that has better ratings than this ComfortSport and it will RF to 35 lbs.

The seat I have is literally falling apart. The elastic on the sides that keep the cover on is shot, and the seat has barely been used for a year now (I haven't even had it 2 years). There are little white hooks that keep the cover locked into the actual seat, and they fell out and got lost, so now the seat can't even be used until I can buy the replacement hooks....

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Reviews by elizabethstorm

elizabethstorm says "Best monitor for the price" about Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor

elizabethstorm says "An OK seat, wouldn't buy it again though." about Graco ComfortSport Car Seat