VTech VM819-2 Baby Monitor, 2.8” Screen, 2 Cameras, 1000ft Range, Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Temperature Sensor, Lullabies, Secured Transmission No WiFi

This baby monitor works so well! Doesn’t run off of WiFi which is great if it’s ever down. It is a great value and the camera quality is really good I am able to tell if the baby’s chest is moving up and down. Easy to just unplug it and move it to where ever you have your baby sleeping too. Range is pretty good too I can walk outside to get my mail or grab something from the shed and not have the camera cut out. Can see the battery life, range, and temp right in the display. Buttons are really easy and self explanatory.

Works as should, easy to use, nice video quality, long battery life, doesn't need to connect to WiFi so no issues with lag or connectivity. Can go pretty far before it loses connection too

The baby monitor is fantastic. I wanted a video streaming monitor that wouldn’t break the bank. The camera is clear and the audio is crisp. I live in a 2 story town house and this monitor allows me to roam freely throughout the house, garage, driveway, and even on the back lanai. The charged battery last about 2 days and turns off when inactive. The set up could not be easier, just plug it in and go. Best baby monitor for the price!!!!

The VM819 model has surprisingly poor range, with audio cutting in and out for seconds at a time just a short distance away. The PTZ version (VM923), on the other hand, has outstanding range thanks to external antennas on each end, better than anything else I've tested. (Though the PTZ camera is larger, in case that's a consideration.) Any successor to the VM819 really should adopt the external antennas of the VM923.Unfortunately, the parent unit for the VM923 (not interchangeable with the VM819's) allows only panning with the hard buttons, requiring a trip through the (very slow) menu to adjust the volume. (In contrast, the VM819 uses the hard buttons for volume and brightness.) This really should have been configurable on the VM923 parent unit.This was the deal-breaker for me, since I nearly never need to aim the camera and frequently need to adjust the volume (and I need better range than the VM819). I ended up going with the Babysense V24R, with sensible button layout and excellent range (somewhat less than the VM923, but far better than VM819), and a more compact parent unit.Both the VM819 and VM923 have a non-replaceable battery in the parent unit and have an extremely slow UI, taking several seconds to toggle the display off to monitor audio only. (This made adjusting volume on the VM923 even worse.) Also, as others have noted, the alert tone when the parent unit loses signal is *extremely* loud, no matter your selected volume. These are all better on the V24R.That said, when in range, the VM819 and VM923 video and audio are fine, and the camera and display both work well.

Got this for my baby when he sleeps so I can have a piece of mind while I clean or just relax and watch a show in the living room. I can keep an I on him and know he is okay .PROGood picture qualitySound quality is good , goes up pretty loudFull Charge last a good 8 hrsThe screen is the Perfect size to take with you around the house .Has night mode to be able to see baby in darkConConnectivity is the only issue I live in an apartment and if I go to my other sons room from my room which is not far at all it’s starts to glitch a little bitI wouldn’t recommend if you have a large house.

The media could not be loaded. We ordered and returned SO MANY monitors before getting this one. I really love this monitor, it's so nice and small that it fits perfectly in my pocket (most other ones are just so massive). We've had no problem seeing everything we need to on such a "small" screen. The range is incredible, we've gotten it to reach way further than the marketed range.We would have preferred a split screen, but they just don't make them with the volume customization that we were looking for... let me explain.Here is how the volume control on this two camera model (vtech VM923-2) works. If only camera one is selected, volume can be turned off or on for that camera. If only camera two is selected, volume can be turned off or on for that camera. If the rotating mode where it displays camera one for ten seconds, then camera two for ten seconds, is turned on you cannot control the volume of each camera individually. Either volume from both is turned on or volume from both is turned off. You cannot have it on rotating camera mode and have camera one on volume level five and camera two on volume level one. They have to be at the same volume level on rotating mode. You also cannot have it on the rotating mode and have volume from camera one on and volume from camera two off. Either both cameras volume is on or both off (on rotating mode).If during the night you have it on rotating camera mode, let's say your child in the room with camera one starts crying. There could be up to a ten second delay in you hearing it through the monitor since it is switching between the two. Again hopefully that makes sense. We have had no issue with this functionality at all, we really love how it works.One other small note, as you're selecting options on the menu, the monitor makes a "confirmation noise". It cannot be turned down or turned off. So if you go to change something during the night be prepared to hear that each time.Apparently I'm very passionate about this, considering I just wrote a novel, but I just read so many reviews for so many monitors while we were shopping for one and no one would explain how volume on a two camera monitor works. So hopefully I've helped someone out there who was like me!

This has been such a good camera! Easy installation good quality and very reasonably priced. Product holds a charge for days and I can take it with me all over the house. No WiFi needed which is what I wanted.