Say Hello to Peace of Mind with These Top Baby-Monitoring Devices
What are the Best Baby Monitors?
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As much as you might like to be, you can’t be by your baby’s side every minute. A trusty baby monitor provides peace of mind for those moments you can’t be. Whether you're looking for a simple audio monitor or a feature-rich video option, there's a monitor to suit your needs and budget. In curating our list of top choices, we considered their reported battery life, AV quality (when applicable), user security, ease of use, and baby-specific features. Which monitor do you depend on?
Our nominees were researched and selected as the top products in their category. We then turned to the experts—the Motherhood Community—to place their votes and determine the best of the best! The votes are in, and the winners are...
- Owlet Dream Duo 2
- Nanit Pro Camera
- VTech Digital Audio Baby Monitor (DM221)
- Sense-U Baby Monitor Pro
- Lollipop Baby Camera
- Hello Baby HB65 Baby Monitor
- Eufy (SpaceView) Baby Monitor E210
- Infant Optics DXR-8 PRO
- LeapFrog LF920HD Color Night Vision
- Babysense Max View
Best Baby Monitors of 2024 Winners
Owlet Dream Duo 2
This monitoring system pairs a Wifi camera with a sock wearable that tracks heart rate, oxygen levels, and sleep analysis. A comprehensive phone app provides real-time motion and sound alerts and lets you listen to the audio feed even while doing other things on your phone. Camera features include night vision, four-power zoom and a 180-degree view.
Nanit Pro Camera
This Alexa-compatible monitor employs a user-friendly phone app, which will continue monitoring under screen lock. It offers impressive 1080-pixel resolution with split-screen capability and a customizable notification area. It also comes with a wearable breathing band to monitor your baby’s movement and routine activity. You can take advantage of additional video storage and insights tracking with a subscription.
VTech Digital Audio Baby Monitor (DM221)
This digital-transmitting audio monitor has a lengthy range (approx. 1,200 ft), five-level sound indicators, and good sound activation, so you get the alerts and audio you need around the house. The compact units have a belt or pocket clip for easy carrying. The system is reasonably priced, even if you spring for the package with two parent units.
Sense-U Baby Monitor Pro
A wearable button, this rollover alarm connects to your phone via WiFi and Bluetooth (but the alarm itself works with or without the app). It uses both vibration and audible alarms as alert methods and monitors breathing, temperature, and baby position. A highly portable option for babies up to six months, you can use the app to check real-time data.
Sense-U
Lollipop Baby Camera
This smart camera offers excellent video, sleep tracking, and cry detection as well as a stylish and bendable design in fun colors that allows for versatile mounting/placement. Lollipop syncs with a phone app, which provides a data history for behavior analysis and continues monitoring when your screen is off.
HelloBaby HB65 Baby Monitor
An affordable option for a video monitor, this option from HelloBaby offers an impressive set of features for its price point. In addition to above-average video for a non-Wifi monitor, the camera offers infrared night vision and remote pan, tilt, and zoom. You can also add additional cameras to monitor up to four rooms. The device also works in an audio-only mode, and LED lights monitor the nursery’s sound level.
Eufy (SpaceView) Baby Monitor E210
Also referred to as the SpaceView monitor, the Eufy E210 provides a large five-inch screen with some of the best video quality for a non-Wifi monitor and excellent audio. You can pan, tilt, and zoom the camera, and it includes several baby-friendly features, like lullabies and two-way audio so you can talk to your baby from anywhere in the house.
Infant Optics DXR-8 PRO
The DXR-8 PRO stands out from most other dedicated video monitors with its consistency and reliability. It’s also among the easiest to set up and use, and the remote camera adjustment is much improved over the non-PRO model. You can keep eyes on your child through a five-inch LCD screen, and you can switch out lenses for differing views and expand the system to up to four cameras.
LeapFrog LF920HD Color Night Vision
This simple, non-Wifi video monitor provides a decent range and lots of features, such as two-way audio, a nightlight, a temperature/humidity sensor, and night sounds and lullabies. At seven inches, the screen is larger than most monitors, and users can opt between color or black-and-white night vision. The camera can zoom up to eight times magnification and pan and tilt 360 degrees.
Babysense Max View
This non-Wifi monitor lets you view two rooms simultaneously with a split-screen mode on its 5.5-inch 1080-pixel HD video display. You also have the capability of adding two additional cameras for even wider monitoring. In scan mode, the system alternates audio between cameras every 15 seconds. Bonus features include a nightlight, sound machine, and two-way talk.
