Withings Smart Baby Monitor

Love it! Use it to check my father has taken his tablets from the comfort of my own home, or anywhere else for that matter. Well designed & reliable over the last 2 years! Some might think it is pricey, but I think it is worth every penny.

It would be better if they would spend some time and budget to update the app, to include video recording like the typical Withings camera!

We had high hopes for this monitoring system. Our daughter is disabled and this seemed like the perfect way to watch as well as listen to her at night. The picture was clear, the sound was clear, the app easy to install on my iPad and iPhone. Good start. However, we soon realised that we were regularly losing connection throughout the night. Sometimes the app alerted me to this fact, other times the picture just froze or went black. We restarted the router, reset the camera, etc. but continued to have this connectivity problem.As the connection seemed marginally worse when my daughters bedroom door was shut, we wondered if our internet may be the problem (although nobody else in the house were having connection problems with their various laptops and phones). So we bought a wifi range extender which we plugged into my daughters room. Unfortunately this made no difference at all and my iPad was constantly advising me that the connection had been lost.So we have given up and returned it. I have ordered the considerably cheaper Baby Ping to try. Wish me luck!

Dont usually write reviews but I am astounded the company still sells this faulty model with known faults. On my second unit after withings replaced the first. The power adaptor is faulty giving up after about 6 months or so of use. Looks like the power inlet (micro b) in the device is badly designed so eventually loses connectivity and won't charge: red light of doom. In addition our battery expanded breaking the seal and presents a hazard ie pushes device off holder risking. Falling onto baby. Add to the faults the fact that picture quality is not great and software is dated we will not be buying from withings again. It is a shame as their marketing makes their products look great. My advice go with a trusted brand you can depend on quality especially if using it to monitor something as precious as your baby.

We love it!!!

I read a lot (30-50) of reviews on this product both here and on many other review sites. Many complain of dropping video, lost alert settings after app restart, poor night lighting etc.I think many problems with video streaming stem from poor wifi signals and slow broadband speeds (from ISPs). I have good wifi and ISP speed so I have not experienced those problems. I have both an ipad mini with retina display where it works brilliantly and a Nexus 5 android device where the experience is hugely poor (update April 2015 - Withings have effectively abandoned support for Android so don't buy if you are not using iOS).There is some lag on the video and voice relay (2 -3 seconds) but you would expect this on any device of the same ilk. Video streaming takes both processor and graphics processing muscle so don't expect a ipad gen 1 to cut it.Pros- on recent i-devices (etc) video quality is good/ sufficient and night lighting is fine (if not a little spooky)- Looks good- Was easy to set up (but I am technically minded and used of setting such things up) - many complain of complex set up but I thought it was simple - took 10 mins including testing of main features- Good features (video, coloured night light, ability to speak to baby - sound quality is good from ipad, alerting, lullabies, temp and humidity sensors)Cons- Do NOT buy this device if you have an android device (see above).- The mounting mechanism wont work for everyone and some people have commented that the magnetic mount is weak so is prone to be dislodged by an active baby - update April 2015 - mine has worked out how to do it so we have to dismount during the day when he is in the crib- The micro usb charger (where it connects to the unit) design, from other reviews is prone to coming away from the circuit board assembly if you drop it on the connector meaning you cant charge the device. Also trying to force the usb connector the wrong way seemed to yield the same result - probably just takes some care and attention...would prob benefit from an apple like magnetic power connector- Battery life is 1 hour tops so frankly you need to keep it connected to mains at all times.From my research very few good video baby monitors that connect to your tablet / phone...this seems to be one of the better ones and so it should be for the price. You could probably rig up an old ios device and just facetime to it and get the video monitoring part but you wont get the other features.So key tip - only buy this if you have strong wifi signal around your house and have a min 10mbs internet connection. Only use with an ios device!

Love all the Withings products. Well made and great support

We found it easy to set up, no connection problems with WiFi, night mode quality is good, really impressed by temperature + humidity sensors - comes with zoom, and you can even talk to to your baby or play it lullabies!The only downside is the high price...