Nanit - Plus Smart Baby Monitor & Floor Stand - White

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great overall baby monitoring and sleep tracking

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  I recently had a kid, so this product came along at a great time. We were using a wall mounted one before that we had some gripes with, so I was excited to try out the Nanit Plus with floor stand. Unboxing: The product is neatly packed in the box. Each piece of the actual stand and cable routing is neatly segmented, and the cable routing tubes can be discarded if not needed. My electrical plus was relatively close to the camera location, so I skipped that tubing. The rest of it snaps together well with the floor stand having an option to use three legs or two legs. I opted for two legs since I mostly plan to keep the camera in one place behind the crib. If you plan on moving the camera to other locations in the house, opt for the three-leg setup so you can just unplug it and relocate it easily. It is nice to have both options. For safety, I attached it to the wall with the included adhesive / screw mounted wall mount to affix it to the wall. Setup: After putting it together, I downloaded the app and went through the setup. Make sure you click on the correction version, there is a Nanit and Nanit plus option. I accidentally clicked Nanit a few times and it wouldn’t set up, I then realized I was hitting the wrong one and it gave me no issues after that. It will connect via Bluetooth and then let you set up wi-fi followed by any updates required. You will set up an account and have the option to invite family and caregivers to access the camera. Use: I am used to baby monitors, so I was excited to see what this brings to the table. Aside from its not-obtrusive mounting on the wall, it is a high-quality looking product with a high-quality app. First and foremost, there is very little lag from the actual sounds and video to what you see on your screen, this is huge since many competitors have lag. When you open the app, the video displays very quickly. The display shows temperature and humidity at the top with your options on the bottom. Zooming in the video is a little choppy but no real issues there. The activity tab will show you each time there is an important name, baby is taken out of bed, put to bed, falls asleep, etc. You get a few days of video out of the box (more on that later). The dashboard tab will show you a summary of your baby’s sleep and quality of sleep. It mainly measures this through movement detection within the crib. I have no way of knowing how accurate it is but it is pretty cool. There is also an inbox with tips that come in to improve your child’s sleep as more data is gathered. The product comes with one year of “Nanit Insights” which is normally $50 a year or $5 a month. It comes with 7 days of sleep tracking, night time-lapse (fun to watch the next day), activity feeds and video history. I never saw any prompts to upgrade during setup which is nice so it doesn’t seem to bug you too much. There is a $100 a year tier and more if you want to add more history to your tracking. Extras: There is a nice white light on the top you can turn on, you can send sound, take pictures and play some static noises. No music included on this one so far as I can tell. Your options are birds, waves, white noise and wind. I would have liked to have seen some music included or ability to stream music to the device. Overall: I am very impressed with how well this app and camera work together. It seems the company has got it right and it feels like a decent substitute for a traditional dedicated baby monitor. It has all you most likely will want and provides great insights to your baby’s sleep patterns. It is a great looking device and can be used in multiple settings. There is also a wall mounted version that is a little cheaper, but I prefer the floor stand model for stability and the ability to relocate it if needed.

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  Posted 6 years ago by psyclopps

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Great camera, monitoring service extra

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  The Nanit Plus Smart Baby Monitor has great resolution and the live feed is pretty responsive with little lag. Setting up the stand is pretty straight forward when you follow the instructions in the app. If you pull everything out of their snug packaging you may be a bit confused on how to put it all together. The USB cable is protected by the posts and you will have some left over to plug into the power outlet. A strap is included in the packaging to secure the stand to the wall with either adhesive or screws. I used the adhesive mount and the side of the crib helps to hold it in place. On the opposite side of the poles are a couple of rubber pads that sit against the wall to protect it. I did have an issue with connecting the camera to its mount. I had to bend the USB Type-C connector a little bit by wedging a flathead screwdriver between it and the two metal posts below it, it was slightly bent and the camera would not slide in easy. After I bent it back, it connected fine and I have had no further issues. Setting up the camera with the app was a breeze and it walks you through everything. I was disappointed that the monitoring feature does cost an additional amount with this, for the price you should be given at least a year of free service. They do offer a 30-day trial, but you have to have your credit card info ready so when the 30 days are up they can auto charge you. I opted not to do that so I can’t write about the monitoring features. I was just using this as a standard baby monitor with push notifications. You can set up the sensitivity of the sound and motion, but I really didn’t notice much of a difference and I have received a lot of notifications. It is nice that it will alert you to sound, motion, temperature, and humidity and the latter two you can adjust those to your liking. The picture quality is great and you can save a quick photo and share it as well. The push to talk feature works well if you have great service, but that is to be expected. I do like the night light feature of the camera, the whole top portion provides a good amount of light and for us it was perfect. Overall if they were to include a year of service I would recommend this, but since the cost is pretty high for this I would have to say there are more reasonable options out there.

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  Posted 6 years ago by jago

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Brilliant idea

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  I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome the Nanit monitor is. Baby monitors are great, but in general you still you still have a certain level of appreciation and you want to go check on them constantly. Especially with a new born and more so with my wife battling postpartum issues. So we decided to give this thing a shot. We have had the old school monitors that only listen in on the baby and we have had those with cameras. All have the ability to fail on you and they increase that fear factor you don’t need. This thing is amazing. It tells you everything that is going on in the room. It tells you the temperature and humidity. Both are important when your baby is sick. It will also monitor the baby’s sleep and tell you how they are sleeping as well as how many times they slept that day. When you set it up (which is easy), you can adjust the area of focus for the camera. Specifically, they are you want to monitor for the baby’s movement vice the parent “drop off zone.” It’s very very accurate and there is little to no lag in the response to you smart device when an event occurs. The best feature to me by far is the night vision. It’s just plain awesome! This was also a quite unexpected surprise. It can be pitch black in the room and you will see your little one as plain as day. You can zoom in and see if their eyes are open. Plus you can hear them breathing and snoring. I have it in a bird’s eye view centered over the top of the crib. It catches the entire crib and the area in front of it. I’ve taken some pictures and included them. The first one is the view of the crib through night vision. Very good overall shot of our set up. Then I included the box and it’s contents. It’s a great investment. One I’m glad we have. It’s piece of mind when you know you can’t be there watching you baby every second. I highly recommend it.

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  Posted 6 years ago by Marine778