VTech DM222 Audio Baby Monitor with Glow-on-Ceiling Night Light, 1,000 ft of Range, Vibrating Sound-Alert, Talk Back Intercom & Belt Clip

This is a fantastic monitor. We just had our third child and this is our third audio baby monitor (never saw the appeal in the video monitors). Five years ago we purchased a Phillips Avent baby monitor. It worked well enough, but had some trouble getting the parent device to "connect" to the charging base and therefore had trouble holding a charge. We purchased the VTech DM221 (silver monitor) for our second child because we didn't want to spend a lot on another monitor. That one had (and still has) linking problems between the parent unit and the child unit. It frequently beeps in the middle of the night and wakes us up. Terribly annoying.So then we had a third child. We chose this one hoping they had improved on the DM221. We love it. We've been using it over two months now and have had no linking problems. It projects this brilliant, crystal clear celestial scene on the ceiling (or wall or wherever you want to put it because it has a swivel base). The fifteen minute scene has parts that fade in and out to keep the child interested. There is also a repeating melody that can play along with it, but the projection can run in silence if you prefer. The monitor gives you a basic menu with volume control, sensitivity control, and sound notification options. We did find there was a little too much white noise on the highest sensitivity so we have that set at three and it has been perfect. I dislike being notified of every insignificant sound coming out of the room anyway. Cries and coughs and speaking come through great - and of course the parent unit has the ability to speak to the child's unit too. It also comes with a two parent unit option if that's something you're looking for. Oh did I mention I bought this for my third baby (currently 5 months and still in our room) but my two year old loves the projection so much it is now in his room. A second unit should be arriving next week. Fantastic monitor with a great mid-range price.Update: Been using this monitor for a year now. It still works great and hasn't had a single connection problem.

Ok, first off, I never totally felt the need for a video monitor. That being said, my experience is based solely on audio only monitors.I have 3 kids. I've owned many monitors. Usually the most I've gotten out of them is 2-3 years tops but I've always had an extra monitor as backup also. So with all the different features available on the different models, I've come to the conclusion that this one fits the bill. I've also had the best luck with vtech monitors as far as brands go. The talk feature is wonderful. The range and clarity are fantastic. My absolute favorite though is the light projection and music. Some people complain it's loud through the parent unit... Eh, it really doesn't bother me. I just turn the volume on the parent unit down until the music stops, which is 15 minutes.This is really a great monitor. I know it doesn't have all the bells and whistles but unless there is a specific reason, I don't see the need for anything more. This works great and my daughter absolutely loves the lights and music.

So far so good. We were using a pair of cordless phones in intercom mode before this, which worked fantastic actually, but the battery life was an issue. We will be using these plugged in almost exclusively. It WOULD be nice if the transmitter had a large rechargeable battery in it for when Baby travels with us or we put her to sleep in odd places, but whatever. The projected mural thing is not really that exciting a feature. As for the vibrate and "audio alert" thing, all I can say is that the baby would have to be in an almost complete meltdown to trigger the audio and / or vibrate alert. I obviously tinkered with the "sensitivity" setting, but it actually didn't appear to have any effect whatsoever on the operation of the device.At any rate, it's great for transmitting sound from one room to another, and the price was right.

This is a really good monitor with excellent features. Everything works first time around. The ceiling projection light is really cool. Linking up the parent (mobile) unit with the child (stationary) unit is instantaneous. I haven't tested the full range yet but it works quite OK when the baby is upstairs and we're downstairs. Our house is build of concrete block walls and a cast concrete decking which sometimes affects WiFi connections but the monitor is not fazed. Don't tarry get this monitor. It has unshackled us from the constant baby checking routine. Now we can relax and do other things with less worries.The only negatives which still do not affect the 5-star rating are the following:1. The chargers/power packs that come with the unit are 110/120V only. I live in a country where our voltage standard is 220/240V. I would have had to use a cumbersome step-down transformer, (Well, until the day somebody forgets and plugs the charger in directly-pffff). I think universal power chargers should be standard by now and I'm sure it would be very cheap too. VTech pls put in universal power packs. I eventually got a work-around by ordering 2 of  6V DC NEW AC Adapter For Vtech DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone Base Power Supply Charger  which are universal chargers and output the 6V required but are also higher rated at 1A than the 3 supplied with the unit itself. The chargers were about $12 each but have been unavailable since then. I'm sure it will be possible to get some other charger that will do the same thing but the one above has everything you need including adapters to fit the parent unit. The DM222 is also not available on the amazon.co.uk site. Why is this so? Don't Europeans deserve ceiling projection/music too?2. The manual says the parent unit will be charged after about 11 hrs or charging. I have charged them for over 20 hrs but the charging light (red) does not go off to indicated fully charged as stated in the manual. The onscreen battery level indicator shows full bars but it would have also been helpful to know when to disconnect the unit from charging as stated in the manual.