Rexing - 4.5" Video Baby Monitor w/ Night Vision and Two-way Talking - White

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• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  A good model to replace an older baby monitor

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  This camera is replacing an older model which served us well for many years but then the battery on the monitor became unreliable and needed replacing. The Rexing camera came as shown in my photo with all necessary cables. The only thing you might want to add – and I will – is microSD card for recording and storing video. I like having the option of being able to record video without having to pay a monthly subscription for cloud storage. The camera was easy to set up. Rexing claims the pairing is automatic upon startup and indeed it was. I did not have to fiddle around with any settings to be able to view the camera once it and the monitor were powered up. I found the printing on the manual to be too small to read (there is a lot of white space on the page, so there is no reason to print in such a small font). Instead, I found the manual online and read it as I set up and tested the camera. https://www.rexingusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Baby-Monitor_Updated-for-Web-Use-V2.pdf Once set up, the camera produced a good –1280 x 720p - not great image quality. Camera placement is very important. The camera does have a 10x zoom feature which allows you to zoom in without having to move the camera. I found image quality did not deteriorate significantly when zoomed in. At first, the night vision did not work. I found that by placing the camera in a dark room and then toggling the camera on and off that it started to work. The night vision – moving from color image to a black and white image – works well enough to see movement. The camera has several nice features which are fairly intuitive. You access them via touching Home, then scrolling through the icons using the left-to-right arrows that you normally use to move the camera. I used them to set the time, to set to temperature in Fahrenheit, and to adjust the volume and the brightness. This camera has two features I have not found in many such cameras. First, there is an option to play one of eight lullabies. However, I did not see a feature to set a timer, so the music will play until you manually stop it. It also has an alarm option to serve as a feeding reminder. I like that you have the option to add another camera to the same monitor. I do have one “quality” issue with the faceplate when moving the camera view. I have to press directly below the image of the Left and Right arrows because if I touch on the arrows themselves, the camera moves up because the Up arrow is above them on the board below. Overall, I am happy with this baby monitor and retired the old one.

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  Posted 3 years ago by techsta

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Almost a perfect baby monitor

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  The Rexing baby monitor has almost all of the features that one would need. What you get out of the box are the camera, the handheld monitor, the power plugs for both the camera and the monitor, and some inserts. To set everything up is very straight forward. Place the camera in a location where you can see the general area of the room. Plug in the power plug for the camera and that part is done. Next, charge the handheld monitor. Once it's charged, press the power button on the top left and the screen turns on. You have some options such as zoom, video quality, time setup, timer, and you can choose from 7 songs. The music is probably one of the best side features. You can turn it on from the monitor, and then turn it off. The quality of the camera is pretty good in both daylight and night time. The one major downer is the fact that there's lag on the touch controls. You have to hold down the directional buttons for the camera to move. Instinctively you would think that lightly pressing it once would move it, not holding it down. What would have made this camera a true standout if it played a light show. Since it already plays music, it would have eliminated the need for a night light. All in all it's still an excellent baby monitor with great video, a nice monitor, and nice features.

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  Posted 3 years ago by EthanH

• Rated 3 out of 5 stars

  Lost in translation

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  The Rexing 4.5in Video Baby Monitor is an adequate baby monitor. It has most of what you expect in a baby monitor, though it feels kind of unfinished; like the company said, "hey, let's start making baby monitors. You have a week to research, then we're going into production." The picture quality is pretty good, advertised as 1080p. I'm not so sure that really matters on a 4 5" screen, though it might make for better quality video if you choose to record footage. I don't really understand how useful the ability to record video is. You must manually hold a button on the handset to record and then the video can only be viewed on a computer. So, if you intended to repurpose the camera as a security device or something you would have to be constantly monitoring the handset to capture the footage you're hoping for. Some sort of movement sensor in the camera would be more helpful, or the ability to set a timer. The camera can be rotated via the handset, supposedly up to 350 degrees, though I don't believe that is 100% remotely. Just tap and hold a directional arrow for the camera to move in that direction. This process can be a little frustrating. The buttons are not tactile but touch-screen, and the amount of time you have to hold an arrow before movement is just long enough for you to think you didn't have your finger in the right spot, only to let go just as the camera starts to move. Furthermore, these buttons do not have backlighting. So, in the middle of the night if you have to move the camera while looking in on your little one you'll have to turn the lights on. Some low intensity backlighting or a dimple on each arrow would help this immensely. The camera has the ability to read the temperature of the room, displayed on the handset. Unfortunately, mine does not accurately tell the temperature. It reads 5 to 8 degrees warmer than the room actually is. This poses an issue with the temperature alarm which cannot be adjusted, but luckily can be disabled. You can switch between Fahrenheit or Celsius. I found it odd that you can switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius but you are stuck using military time. You can adjust the time easily enough, but the time displayed (at least on my unit) is off by 20 minutes. One other small thing that annoys me about this monitor is the sound control. I would like a little more customization. The volume control is easy enough to operate, though it suffers from the same issues as moving the camera. It must be adjusted using touch-sensitive buttons that are difficult to navigate in the dark. Further frustrating is that the volume control sets the level for every sound. If turned up to hear crying or temperature alerts, then button sounds are also turned up. If you find the button sounds annoying, turning the volume down will also mute the very important alert sounds. All-in-all, I find this baby monitor to be subpar for the price. At the very basic, the monitor does what it needs to, but in my opinion basic is not enough for this price point. The unit has a lot of features one would ask for, but the quality of many of those features is flawed.

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  Posted 3 years ago by Cm79