Owlet CAM - Smart Baby Video Monitor with Video and Audio Camera

Love this!! Now, with that said I hated it the first week my baby was born because it’s harder than it looks to put on a tiny baby foot. Once I had a family member show me how to use it properly and my baby grew a little more, then it became the easiest thing to put on. I recommend putting a fitted sock over the foot monitor to help a little more. Also, it seemed like it didn’t like a sock and footed onesies because it would disrupt the signal. You might hate it right away if you are putting it on a newborn, but it does get easier to use as they grow and just takes some patience!

This is a nice camera with great features. I purchased this so that my husband and I could see our child while we are at work through Wi-Fi. It was very easy to set up you just download the app and follow the instructions on your phone. The camera will tell you the humidity and room temperature in your room and if it’s a comfortable environment for your child, it also has playback, audio, and background noise which you can turn off it the settings. The camera quality is very nice. It also has night vision and based on your Wi-Fi connection the first image quality is usually great. Through the app you can choose to have notifications tell you when your child is crying or like loud noises , however, I chose not to opt for that because if your child tends to cry a lot the notifications can get quite annoying. One downside that I found to this camera is that you have to manually rotate the camera whereas my other baby monitor camera be rotated from the monitor itself. It would be nice if you could rotate the camera from your phone that should be a feature they consider adding in the future. Also I usually will watch my phone and my other baby monitor screen while I’m in the house and I have noticed that there is a bit of a lag in the video playback with the Owlet camera compared to my other baby monitor camera. I use this camera in conjunction with the Owlet Dream sock. Overall I think this was a great purchase and I would recommend it to any new parent

TL;DR Frustrating to set up or use when traveling, spend your hard-earned money elsewhere. This camera is fine (video/audio/night vision), but the most infuriating and obnoxious part is trying to connect it to WiFi and pair with your phone/account. If you have to change WiFi (traveling, change ISP, etc.) you have to repeat the ENTIRE process and it never works the first 20 times (camera light won't blink, or won't say it's ready to pair, or won't read the QT code, or won't connect). Last time I ended up on the phone with tech support after trying all the troubleshooting things (i.e. making sure phone is on the same WiFi, the WiFi is 2.4GHz, etc.). Eventually just by trying for the 87th time, it ~*decided*~ to complete the process and connect. My husband tried to create and account and set up the camera on his phone/app/account, and it booted the camera from MY account, without ever working on his phone, so I had to again repeat the whole stupid process to get the camera working on my phone. Pro tip: don't set up a different account for other users, just use the login information for whoever set up the camera. Also, since it requires an app on your phone, unless you have a dedicated tablet set up with the app, good luck figuring out how Grandma or a babysitter would be able to use the device in your absence, unless you are cool with them downloading the app and giving them your username/password! Another minor annoyance is when using the sleep log, if you press the "Tap to start sleep session", but try to edit the start time, it automatically ends the session. Look, sometimes I don't have my phone on me or my hands are busy when the baby falls asleep, so I want to adjust the start time after I extricate myself, but before the little monster wakes up. I don't want to enter both start and end times manually later. It defeats the purpose of the app sleep session function. We don't use the sleep sock, but I can only imagine I would have absolutely lost my mind trying to get yet another component to work in this system. Also, from a friend who used the sock - the false alarms from the sock moving or falling off caused too much panic to be worth using it.

Love the camera and how it tells you the temperature of the room, wish the quality was a little bit better but it gets the job done and one less app I have to download. Super easy to set up and I don’t have to constantly check in on him when I’m doing things around the house & he’s napping

I love having this camera! I’m able to watch my daughter while typing this review right now. Yes the signal can get spotty at times but overall it’s reliable. I wouldn’t recommend this camera if you live somewhere with ZERO internet signal/connection, but everyone else should definitely try this one.