Respisense or Ultimate Reassurance?
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Topic: Respisense or Ultimate Reassurance?
Posted By: lilfatty
Subject: Respisense or Ultimate Reassurance?
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 5:52pm
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I'm just looking into baby monitors at the moment. Id like feedback on the respisense and the baby monitors that come with movement pads, Id like to know the plus and minuses (sp) Both are pretty pricey and If I had a respisense I would still need to get a monitor for sound so Im thinking that it will end out costing about the same so Im going to go on advice from other mummies. Thanks ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 7:19pm
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We have an AngelCare Sound & Movement monitor (the kind with pads under the mattress) and have found it to be invaluable for us. Here are my personal pros and cons: Pros:
Cons:
All those things aside, we found this monitor to be awesome, and we learned to work with its "quirks". I liked the idea that this monitor was not dependent solely on batteries like the RespiSense one, because I would worry that the batteries would die in the middle of the night and I wouldn't realise it! I also like that this monitor isn't "attached" to the baby but is sensitive enough that it can be under the cot mattress and still detect Baby's breathing. I'd recommend it to anyone. |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 8:45pm
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What she said. We have the same one and have just found it invaluable for peace of mind. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 9:10pm
I third that about the Angelcare monitor. And will add that it has already saved Sam's life after she tried to smother herself with a blanket a few weeks back
We love it!!  Oh, and we have the tick turned off otherwise it drives me insane!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 1:18am
Another vote for the Angelcare. Ours went off when Kate was about 4 weeks old- I don't know if she would have been fine or not. Am I quite happy that we got the choice to check on her because of it though! Its brilliant for peace of mind and I find it really good as a monitor. No faults for us (except when you forget to turn the movement sensor off and it starts beeping when you're halfway down the stairs!)- its a good way to 'test' it though  ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 10:34am
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I've got the ultimate reassurance and it pretty much matches angelcare feature for feature (though I'm not sure about the range).
We've just installed and tested it under both the bassinet and the cot (innersprung mattress). It's really sensitive and you can adjust the volume of the beeps - the default setting is pretty loud but you can make it louder. You can adjust the brightness of the night light too. Cons are pretty much the same as listed for angelcare - it is cheaper than angelcare though and we haven't experienced interference - yet (but I'm sure portable phones would probably do it). Also - I think DJ posted this previously - it doesn't take rechargable batteries so once your batteries run down you would have to buy new ones (though it will primarily run from mains power anyway) to give you an idea of how sensitive it is - my DH was barely touching the innersprung mattress of the cot and it was registering movement. You can adjust the sensitivity too but we haven't needed to. Oh one big pro for this one is you can easily see if the monitor pad is on or off on the unit - because it says "on" or "off" when you slide it (and it's right under the nightlight so you can see it) With Angelcare it's on the side. -------------  
 
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Posted By: pesky
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 11:47am
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can you use them in baby hammocks? I assume not. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 11:53am
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Thanks ladies ... my work have decided that the baby monitor will be my baby gift (lucky me, since its a pricey item) so its awesome to know the features ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 12:12pm
No I'm pretty sure you can't - the pad is unbendable plastic. But I think you can get different monitors which clip onto the baby's clothing -------------
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pesky wrote:Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 09 December 2007 at 8:33pm
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No, because the pads need a flat, level surface to rest on in order to register movement. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 2:00pm
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We had the Respisense monitors for the gremlins and I wouldn't have been without them, Mercedes had two apnoeas which resulted in hospitalisation so the monitor literally saved her life. I liked that they could have them on anywhere not just in the cot, and they did wear them 24-7 in the early months, then just for their sleeps as they got a bit older.
The only cons were that I did have to have a sound monitor as well, altho I still had the same one that I had with Maya so $$ wasn't a factor, and also that they didn't fit over cloth nappies with front snaps so we had to use either aplix or sidesnapping nappies while we were using them. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: scarecrowfarm
Date Posted: 12 December 2007 at 10:34am
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We have the Angelcare monitor and really like it too. It's only ever gone off once (several times one night when L had a heavy cold).
It seems to me that both monitors are really good and whatever people own they seem to love so I think you probably want to work out what in particular you want, i.e. something that is with bubs most of the time and runs on batteries, or something that runs from a power source and is used in their bed. Maya, how long do the batteries on the respisense last? ------------- Robyn www.scarecrowfarm.co.nz |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 13 December 2007 at 7:33pm
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i have a respisence monitor and it saved my boys life so to me its worth more than gold!!!
its small, loud and you can take it anywhere, and you can tell if it has gone off as the lights will flash different colours!! after 20sec of no movement it vibrates 2 stir bubs and then if no movement is detected the alarm gos off ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 10:59am
I'm not sure, they say up to a year of being used 16 hours a day, and you can send them back to have the battery replaced. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 11:36am
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we have the angelcare..on recommendation from 3 friends with babies) nice to read others recommend it too! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |