Baby Monitor?

[jr310]

I googled the shiz out of this and I can't find it.

Dh works 45 min from home. So he's gone from 545am until about 430 pm. We were hoping to find a baby monitor that he can log in remotely from work.

All I can find is stupid iPhone compatible monitors. Anything compatible with the Samsung galaxy s5?

[jr310]

Shit. Just found one.

www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Monitor-Internet-Viewing/dp/B00F5QTESS

Sorry for the wasted post guys

[jessijean]

Sweet, you saved my the search as I was planning on searching for the same thing! Not a wasted post.

[petrichor14]

I've heard of people using Dropcam for that: www.dropcam.com/

[mrsgeyser]

Yes - we use dropcams at our house and will add one for baby! They're great and have amazing audio, plus you can also talk through the cameras! I think it's about $100 a year for the recording service for 1 camera, can access through their app!

[fortunecookie2014]

When I see these I just think of the story about hackers who hack into these baby monitors b/c their security isn't very tight. Eep!

[imavera]

We have a Foscam. Not sure if that's different, but we don't pay a monthly fee. There's no audio, though, so we just used a regular (read: cheap) monitor for that when they were little. I can access it from my iPhone, and DH can through his s4.

[imavera]

Jan 22, 2015 0:06:08 GMT -5 fortunecookie2014 said:

When I see these I just think of the story about hackers who hack into these baby monitors b/c their security isn't very tight. Eep!

haha! I made DH prove this to me since I was worried, too! If you have a good wifi password, then you should be fine. He's a software developer, so I trusted him.

[fortunecookie2014]

Jan 22, 2015 0:13:02 GMT -5 imavera said:

Jan 22, 2015 0:06:08 GMT -5 fortunecookie2014 said:

When I see these I just think of the story about hackers who hack into these baby monitors b/c their security isn't very tight. Eep!

haha! I made DH prove this to me since I was worried, too! If you have a good wifi password, then you should be fine. He's a software developer, so I trusted him.

Oh, good! Also, who the hell gets off on watching random babies nap & squirm around? That's just weird.

[jr310]

That is super weird! If I can't find anything decent ill just get one that records but I'd love to be able to text him and tell him its naptime so he can check in and see his baby girl

[mrsgeyser]

Yes! Seriously that hacker story terrified me! Definitely set a unique password for your cameras!

[jr310]

Jan 22, 2015 8:26:36 GMT -5 cornpop311 said:

Jan 21, 2015 23:27:23 GMT -5 jr310 said:

Shit. Just found one.

www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Monitor-Internet-Viewing/dp/B00F5QTESS

Sorry for the wasted post guys

This got middle of the road reviews on BRU just an FYI.

Yeah I just saw that and the app is apparently shit. I'm back to square one. The drop cam looks cool but its $200. Thats a bit much..

[jr310]

Jan 22, 2015 9:42:49 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

We have the Motorola BLINK1 It is wonderful and you can pan and zoom with it. I

And you don't have to be on the same wifi to use it on your phone? Like if you're at work, you can access it and see the baby?

[jr310]

Jan 22, 2015 20:08:43 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

Jan 22, 2015 20:04:46 GMT -5 jr310 said:

And you don't have to be on the same wifi to use it on your phone? Like if you're at work, you can access it and see the baby?

Correct. As long as your phone has service. You can tell there is a bit of a lag, but it works!

I've seen some reviews of the app saying it won't connect, etc. You haven't had any issues with the app? I'm not super worried about it disconnecting dh while he's at work, but I'd like to make sure I don't have any issues seeing her when I'm home.

[jr310]

Jan 22, 2015 20:24:48 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

I've not had any problems at all with the app. But if you have patchy wifi that may cause connection issues?

That's what I'm thinking caused the bad reviews. We have a solid, secure connection at home, and at work, dh has a solid secure connection too. I doubt we'd have the same issues.

Thanks so much! DH and I just added this one to our registry and fully intend to blame you if we don't like it

[ahsile]

Jan 22, 2015 0:11:58 GMT -5 imavera said:

We have a Foscam. Not sure if that's different, but we don't pay a monthly fee. There's no audio, though, so we just used a regular (read: cheap) monitor for that when they were little. I can access it from my iPhone, and DH can through his s4.

I have 4 of these in my house. They are awesome. $48 each!

Eta. Maybe not the same I have the ones with 2 way audio. But same brand.

[jr310]

Jan 22, 2015 21:14:47 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

Jan 22, 2015 20:30:05 GMT -5 jr310 said:

That's what I'm thinking caused the bad reviews. We have a solid, secure connection at home, and at work, dh has a solid secure connection too. I doubt we'd have the same issues.

Thanks so much! DH and I just added this one to our registry and fully intend to blame you if we don't like it

I'll take the blame! And I will add you dont even need to be on wifi. It works on the 4G of your phone too!

Yeah most of the complaints said it didn't work well on 3G. But dh and I both have 4G, so I think the 3G was their issue.