Reviews for iBaby Monitor

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It's a surprise to successfully reset this camera with new AppS.Since I was planning to return this device before the customer service told me to wait a few days till the new version launched. It was very sad that the iBaby monitor could not recognize my Apple router but I was not worried as I still could use my SONY sound-sensor for my baby.
With the new version download to my phone,it works immediately!!
It is an amazing monitor! I am watching my baby in kitchen now no matter where he moves on the carpet!

12 of 14 people found this useful

I would not recommend this monitor. My wife and I thought we were purchasing a reliable monitor but it is far from that. Takes a lot of time for the app to load up and display the video.

We've used this monitor wirelessly for the past two months. Now it has stopped working completely. The monitor is not found on the network.

This monitor is a piece of junk.

11 of 23 people found this useful

This monitor works exactly as promised. The app allows me to access the camera on my iPhone when away from home, both on WiFi and 3G. Customer service from this company is wonderful. I initially had a problem accessing from outside my WiFi network and emailed them. They answered me IMMEDIATELY with detailed, step by step instructions that were easy to follow and specific to my Airport Extreme router. I do agree that the instructions and information supplied on the app itself seem to be a literal translation from Chinese and are almost comical to read. But if you email the company, they are VERY helpful! I am VERY happy with this monitor, AND with the customer service from this company!

13 of 16 people found this useful

This product works perfectly. I am able to connect to it while at work (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox or my iPhone app). While in line at Dunkin' Donuts I accessed the cam and was able to watch and hear my wife singing to my 6 month old! I had WiredUpInstallation help with the integration - they were here for less than 30 minutes to put it all together and teach us how to use it. It allows me to Pan/Tilt/Zoom and the night mode works flawlessly!

8 of 10 people found this useful

I bought this because I'm a huge Apple fan and I my wife and I both have iPhone's and iPad's. I thought how great would a baby monitor be for our 6 month old that we could just use with our iOS devices...

I'm a network engineer so setting up the product wasn't my issue (as it was with other reviews) on a 1 to 10 scale I'd give it a difficulty of 7. There's very little instructions and I know most home consumers have a hard enough time connecting their computer to WiFi let alone connecting some monitor via an iOS app.. I got the monitor setup and working (next to the router) but could not get it to connect once in baby's room. My house is blanketed with WiFi (802.11N) as I have a base station and repeater but this thing could find it 20 feet away. The iOS app is only an iPhone app so technically it does "work" on the iPad just very poorly, when the app works at all.

The video quality was superb, even in low/no light, when the unit connects. But it's just not worth the hassle.

I'm returning this and wait for the Withing Baby Monitor, I suggest you do the same.

14 of 17 people found this useful

I just picked this up last weekend and so far am pretty happy with it. My wife loves it too and we've been watching him at night.

I found the setup pretty straightforward and also had no problems getting the port fowarding to work. I can connect to the cam from the home network, from anywhere on the internet and even over 3G.

The image quality is great, the rotation angles are awesome and the audio quality is good, as well.

The one area where this product falls a bit short is the software. For one, there is only a PC client. While you can certainly connect to the camera via a browser on the Mac, it doesn't support audio.

The iPhone software is very unstable and just shuts down quite a lot. It's impossible to use it as an audio-only monitor - while it's technically supported, if you leave it running with the screen shut off and audio on, it just crashes after a while. Also, there is no dedicated iPad version and the whole app is in pink'ish tones. We have a boy and I'd rather see more neutral colors used.
Lastly, unless I'm missing something, the app doesn't seem to support the audio talkback function.

However, software shortcomings aside, this is a great product and we're happy with the purchase.

26 of 28 people found this useful

We returned our iBaby. Loved the idea and the camera worked great when initially set up. Unfortunately the App was flaky and we were constantly closing it and re-opening to get an image. Then we took it to my in laws and weren't able to get it set up easily on their network. We gave up and brought it home where we had trouble setting it up on our own network. We gave up and returned it. Would like a baby monitor that is portable, easy to set up and not as flaky.

14 of 16 people found this useful

We had to return our iBaby to the Mac store because we couldn't get it to work wirelessly, and we could not reach anyone at iBaby for customer support despite repeated tries. The instructions that come with the iBaby are insufficient which is especially frustrating given the non-existent customer support.

If you don't mind having it hooked up to your cable modem or wireless router (and you have one in your baby's room) then this product might be alright. Otherwise you should not waste your time with it.

11 of 14 people found this useful

Although the hardware is interesting (can be "steered" by iOS gesture), the software renders the whole system useless. If the app is in the background, audio is no longer heard. Far worse: When in the foreground and CHARGING on the dock, the app goes to sleep and neither video nor audio are received. This makes it useless as a baby monitor. Indefensibly poor design, and shocking to see sold in Apple stores.

Do. Not. Buy. This.

26 of 31 people found this useful